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Over the winter, there was a strong current of interest in riding in California 'early season' ( i.e., May) as an adjunct to, or replacement for, the usual Sept/Oct Nor Cal BCSB WWD trip. And since I had a lot of unfinished business left after a weather-restricted two weeks that LCPeter and I spent there in May 2015, I found myself in the role of 'catalyst' and prime route-suggestor. Initially it seemed that most people were interested in Nor Cal, and in day-tripping out of Anderson CA, while my interests were in 'touring', both thru parts of the Gold Rush country and Sierras that had been denied to us last year, and further east into AZ and NM to hit places I'd missed on an earlier trip. I therefpre expected to join the main group for a couple days, then to break off south and east solo. As time passed, however, and as numbers dwindled (as they always do), I was quite surprised to get a string of contacts expressing interest in the touring sections. In the end, only a single pair ( Nancy Joyce - squire - and David Carson) did the 'traditional' Nor Cal base trip, while 8 riders made up the 'tour' group: Adam Sky - tattoodles; Brad Kornack; Carl Cooke - dirtbagbiker; Dahl Chambers; Mark Rowe - syncro; Miles Federspiel - milosvichy; Scott Murray - the bartender; and myself. Four of us carried on for a second week out thru AZ and southern Utah, returning across the Nevada desert, but that'll be a separate story. What follows here are a few notes, maps, and photos of the California adventures... ( my content will filter in over the next few days, and I'm sure others will contribute as well)