What’s Next?

Oh we’ve got your bike tour coming right up. It’ll be posted here soon. In the meantime, get on our mailing list and we’ll send you the juicy details when we announce it.

Quinn and Ryan took a spin down Hwy 1 to route a new tour. We’ll call it the Slow Coaster.

It’s inspired by California’s organic farmers and the Slow Coast Network, check ‘em out.

The event will be days and days of food, beach, and bicycles.

Watch this page for updates as we build our newest tour!

Here’s the map and elevation profile.

Here’s how to find us.

event             (miles til next event)  {mile marker}
next event      (miles til next event)   {mile marker}
[significant crossing, road condition, etc.]  {mile marker}

DAY ONE

Exit Plaza- head south on Broadway                     (0.2 mi.)    {0.2 mi}
Merge onto Park Ave.                                        (1.5 mi.)    {1.7 mi.}
Left onto bike path                                           (2.4 mi.)    {4.1 mi.}
Right onto Oro-Chico Hwy.                                 (1.1 mi.)    {5.2 mi.}
[Cross Butte Creek]                                          (3.8 mi.)    {9.0 mi.)
Left onto Durham Dayton Hwy.                           (0.4 mi.)   {9.4 mi.}
[Cross Hwy 99] Continue on Durham-Pentz Rd.      (7.1 mi.)    {16.5 mi.}
Right on Wheelock Rd.                                       (1.9 mi.)    {18.4 mi.}
[Cross Hwy 70]
Right on Coal Canyon Rd.                                   (1.4 mi.)    {19.8 mi.}
CHAFFIN FARMS on left
606 Coal Canyon Road
Exit Chaffin Farms- Head south on Coal Canyon Rd.     (1.4 mi.)    {21.2 mi.}
Left on Table Mountain Blvd.                                   (7.1 mi.)    {28.3 mi.}
[Cross Feather River]                                             (0.2 mi.)    {28.5 mi.}
Continue on Washington Ave.                                  (0.4 mi.)    {28.9 mi.}
Continue on Olive Hwy./ CA-162                              (3.8 mi.)    {32.7 mi.}
Right at Quail Ridge Rd. [GRAVEL!]                            (0.3 mi.)    {33.0 mi.}
Left at Quail Hill Place                                            (0.2 mi.)    {33.2 mi.}
Quilici Winery on right
72 Quail Hill Place

DAY TWO

Exit Chaffin Farms- Head south on Coal Canyon Rd.     (1.4 mi.)    {1.4 mi.}
Left on Table Mountain Blvd.                                   (7.1 mi.)    {8.5 mi.}
[Cross Feather River]                                             (0.2 mi.)    {8.7 mi.}
Continue on Washington Ave.                                  (0.4 mi.)    {9.1 mi.}
Continue on Olive Hwy./ CA-162                               (2.9 mi.)    {12.0 mi.}
Right onto Oakvale Ave.                                          (1.3 mi.)    {13.3 mi.}
Right onto Mt. Ida Rd.                                            (1.0 mi.)      {14.3 mi.}
Left onto Foothill Blvd.                                            (3.0 mi.)    {17.3 mi.}
LODESTAR FARMS on left
3719 Foothill Boulevard

Exit Lodestar- Left onto Foothill Blvd.                        (0.3 mi.)    {17.6 mi.}
Right onto Oro-Bangor Hwy.                                     (6.7 mi.)    {24.3 mi.}
Continue on Los Verjeles Rd.                                    (5.0 mi.)    {29.3 mi.}
Left onto Loma Rica Rd.                                           (1.4 mi.)     {30.7 mi.}
Left at Marysville Rd.                                              (2.7 mi.)     {33.4 mi.}
Right to stay on Marysville Rd.                                  (7.4 mi.)    {40.8 mi.}
*Right at Old Dobbins for Lake Francis goodie stop*      (0.3 mi.)    {41.1 mi.}
*Left at Lake Frances Rd.*                                       (0.3 mi.)    {41.4 mi.}
LAKE FRANCIS GOODIE STOP!

Return to Marysville Rd., Right at Marysville Rd.            (8.7 mi.)    {50.1 mi.}
Right at Hornswoggle Group Campground
Campground Four, Hornswoggle Group Campground

DAY THREE
Exit Hornswoggle Camp- Left on Marysville Rd.              (0.8 mi.)    {0.8 mi.}
Left on Moonshine Rd.                                              (5.0 mi.)    {5.8 mi.}
[Cross Oregon Creek]                                               (0.1 mi.)    {5.9 mi.}
Right on CA-49                                                        (5.1 mi.)    {11.0 mi.}
Right on Pleasant Valley Rd.                                       (5.3 mi.)    {16.3 mi.}
[15% Grade, narrow road. EXERCISE CAUTION!]            (1.7 mi.)    {18.0 mi.}
[Cross Yuba River]                                                    (0.3 mi.)    {18.3 mi.}
Left on Bitney Springs Rd.                                          (6.9 mi.)    {25.2 mi.}
[Bitney Spring on left]                                               (0.3 mi)    {25.5 mi.}
Left on Rough and Ready Hwy.                                    (1.9 mi.)    {27.4 mi.}
Continue on W Main St. [Grass Valley!]                         (0.9 mi.)    {28.3 mi.}
Right on Mill St.                                                        (0.8 mi.)    {29.1 mi.}
Right at McCourtney St.                                            (0.5 mi.)     {29.6 mi.}
[NEVADA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ON LEFT!]

Ride The Divide <http://www.ridethedividemovie.com/> is a documentary on one of the world’s most intrepid cycle tours/races. Come get amazed.

If you’d like to see what we’re all about this will be a good introduction. And anybody even remotely considering joining our Wanderlust Bicycle Tour should come by so we can convince you how awesome bike touring is.  They also serve incredible beer floats at Cafe Flo. Get two!

See you on your bike!

Last week we received an email from Chris Kerston at Chaffin Family Orchards

Clearly this is very important to us here at Wheeled Migration. The Chaffin Farm is beautiful. Everyone should be able to learn from and visit this special place.

So we wrote a little letter to the county supervisors asking them to support agritourism in Butte County. If you’d like to send a note, you can reach the Butte County Board of Supervisors by clicking right here.

Our thanks to Chris, Kurt and everyone at Chaffin Family Orchards. We’ll see you again soon!

Mat is Wheeled Migration’s brand manager.
All our flashy design stuff- that’s Mat’s work.

Mat and his partner Alex work for ID International. If you’re going to break into a  market, or keep innovative with your brand- go with these pro’s.

They have us over to cook up marketing campaigns, design new ride materials, and keep WM lookin’ snappy.

We appreciate ID International’s sponsorship and helping us down the road. Thanks guys.

Chaffin Family Orchards is the most dynamic sustainable farms in Butte County. They are our hosts for the first day of Wanderlust!

Located on 2,000 acres at the foot of Table Mountain,

Chaffin is home to hundreds of animals that help graze and till the land.

Generations of care have made Chaffin Family Orchards the inviting place it is.

Heirloom Mission olives, stone fruits, citrus, chicken, eggs, grass fed goat, beef, & sheep create the menu of CSA options from the farm.

We will also visit the (and take a swim in) rarely seen Table Mountain Lake. A relic from the days of Del Chaffin, the farms founder- and Butte Counties first hydro-powerplant.

Chaffin is the site of America’s oldest olive trees. This is where we will sleep our first night, and the site of our first nights concert!

Check this out to learn all about Chaffin Family Orchards. And take a look at Chaffin featured on Peak Moment for a deeper look at this farm.

Chris will be hanging out with us all day at the farm. If you’ve got questions he’s got answers and great stories.

It’s a relaxing 19 miles to Chaffin on our first day. We’re looking forward to sharing this gem of Butte County with you.

See you on the bike!

]]> http://www.wheeledmigration.org/blog/2010/06/day-1-chaffin-family-orchards/feed/ 1 http://www.wheeledmigration.org/blog/2010/06/a-day-worldfest/ http://www.wheeledmigration.org/blog/2010/06/a-day-worldfest/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:41:34 +0000 Ryan Laine http://www.wheeledmigration.org/?p=1026 Would you like some more? WM is now including your first day at Worldfest as part of our Wanderlust tour package!  That’s a half day to play in Grass Valley or Nevada City.. or to ride those gold country hills.. Plus a full evening of music.

See MaMuse at their first performance, just off the road. We can promise that will be memorable. And the Worldfest experience. We’ve got the shuttle home ready for you that evening.

Do you want to ride Wheeled Migration? We’re working to see you on a bike tour. Send us an email or watch this blog for discounts and opportunities for support. We’ll go ride all day.

Max does all sorts of stuff. Ask him for tips on:

• composting
• farming
• vermaculture
• alternative home design
• recycling
• and how to find a bounty in scarcity.

Max is at the very core of Wheeled Migration. He helped route our first tour in 2008 and, among other things, Max coined our name.

“I am proud to be on the Wheeled Migration and to share my love for the land that supports us, the communities that host us, and the roads that guide us with you in a unique way.”

We’re certain you’ll like him. Thanks Max!

Max Kee with Karisha from MaMuse.

This afternoon WM visited the rolling lavender fields of Bayliss Ranch. Donna Bayliss led me on private tour of her families incredible property as we talked plans for a future event. Anyone wanna go sleep in some lavender fields?! The ranch has deep history in Northern California, check out this timeline. We’ll keep you in tune as the ideas unfold.

Ride on!