Campo Velo -- Lake Oroville and Feather Falls 2006

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CHICO WILDFLOWER BIKE RIDE

Our campground was right on the route of the famous Chico Wildflower Century ride on Pentz Road. We rode 60 miles of the most scenic portion of the ride taking in Honey Run Canyon and Table Mountain.


Leaving the camground and heading to Paradise

The state park was named after Lime Saddle Ranch
 
Neal Road is a gem -- an 8-mile, 2000' descent from Paradise down to the valley floor with no traffic Terriffic bucolic valley views off Neal Rd
 
Evidence of basalt layers rimming the central valley Bikepath all the way into Chico along Midway Rd
 
From Chico, we took Honey Run Rd back to Paradise --Butte Creek was flowing high and fast The first 6 miles of Honey Run Rd is flat and very picturesque
 
A stop at the historic Honey Run Covered Bridge
 
Bridge was constructed in 1894
 
Views of the 1,000' high basalt cliffs forming Honey Run Canyon
 
The road tilts uphill and narrows down to one lane in the last four miles
 
Honey Run Rd is famous for pavement graffitti and is one of California's classic cycling roads
 
Lunch stop at Izzy's in Paradise. A strange combination - burgers and a hot tub? Abandoned cabin below Table Mountain
 
Valley views off Wheelock Rd below Table Mountain
 

What the heck? A trailer park or vintage trailer museum?

Neither. These classic travel trailers are collected and restored by two vintage trailer enthusiasts, Mike and Sherry Morris, who live near the historic town of Cherokee on Table Mountain. On their property are about 10 vintage travel trailers that are restored or in the process of restoration. Being a teardrop trailer owner, I just had to pay them a visit and get a tour.
 
Sherry cleans and waxes a classic Airstream Mike offers me a soda and a tour of their trailers
 
Interior views of their trailers
 
 
Airstreams and little Shasta trailers are two of their favorites
 
Two Shastas from the 1950s
 
Nearby is the historic mining town of Cherokee
 

With the assistance of an English school teacher, a tribe of Cherokee Indians established and operated this mine. This is the only gold mine owned and operated by an Indian tribe in the U.S.
 
Rusting caboose and evidence of hydraulic mining in Cherokee
 
Texas longhorns ankle-deep in clover
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