Going to California: San Diego, Los Angeles, Redding, McCloud, Shasta and beyond….
We’re about to hop a plane today to head down to San Diego for the National Bicycle Tourism Conference (#biketourism2015 for Twitter folks) in San Diego. It should be a fun and informative conference and will give us a chance to connect with both our bicycling and tourism colleagues. From there, we’re going to the Los Angeles area to ride the Verdugos, visit with family and celebrate my birthday (yay!).
From there, we are on sort of a road trip (with a car unfortunately and bikes in tow) making our way back to Portland, Oregon. We have rough plans to stop in Redding, CA to do some #bikefishing with some locals then stop in some Shasta area communities to interview folks behind the new Great Shasta Rail Trail. We’ll be posting on our various feeds (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and if you want to meet up or give us suggestions of what to check out, let us know!
You should check out the birthplace of Soma Fabrications.., American Cyclery in San Francisco. Look outside your narrow and overpriced Salsa-centric view and check out bikes like the Soma Wolverine; just as good as any Salsa for adventure biking, and a fraction of the price.
Whoa! Where is that? I wanna go!
Have fun in San Diego! I can’t wait to hear what you learn about the Great Shasta Rail Trail. I hope there are plans to make it suitable for loaded bicycle travel.
You should hit up the ladies that run Adventure Shuttle in Mt. Shasta.
http://adventure-shuttle.com
We would love to meet you if you are going through Fresno.
[…] Long Beachers The Path Less Pedaled are headed back down to SoCal for a […]
Stop in Sacramento to visit & ride the 33 mile long Class one America River Bike Trail. Starting in Historic Old town Sacramento to Bealls Point Folsom lake in Folsom!
Excellent! There’s so much good riding around Redding. Be sure to pick up a Trails brochure/map at your hotel or at the Visitor Information Center adjacent to Sundial Bridge. Safe travels!
-Visit Redding
Had I learned this sooner, I would have offered a tour of the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in Davis, CA.
David Takemoto-Weerts
Bicycle Program Coordinator
Transportation & Parking Services
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Ph. (530) 752-BIKE (2453)
Fax (530) 754-9948