Sonoma Motorcycle Rides, On My Own and With Family | Favorite Ride
Lake Hennessy and Lake Berryessa highlight the northern arc of this spectacular loop ride through Sonoma?s hill and wine country.
This is a tale of two amazing rides. One threads its way through some of Northern California?s beautiful wine, lake, and hill country. The other winds its way through my very being to the center of my heart.
Recently, my wife and I traveled to California?s Sonoma wine country to attend a ceremony in which our son?Âin?Âlaw, Lt. Col. Joffre Lander, assumed command of a squadron at Travis Air Force Base. Since I don?t like to be far from a motorcycle when traveling, I took my BMW G 650 X?ÂCountry along for the trip.
Sonoma?s backroads trace beautiful paths through rolling hills.
A Wine Country Loop
During a lull in the military and familial activities, I snuck the BMW out for a loop ride through the golden hills and grapevine?Âlined terrain in the Sonoma region. I rolled out of Vacaville on Interstate 80 to reach the sweeping corners of narrow, scenic Wooden Valley Road, which is lined by trees and passes through rolling grasslands and vineyards.
The turn onto State Route 121 provided even more varied terrain as rock outcroppings added texture to the ride. Various wineries staked their claims with stone archways and beckoning signage. As SR-121 morphed into State Route 12 on my approach to the town of Sonoma, the density of wineries increased.
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