LINCOLN HILLS SPORTS CAR GROUP

ITINERARY FOR GRAEAGLE TRIP, SEPTEMBER 2005

Trip Leaders: Ernie & Chere Drake, Dave & Annie Herbert

TIMES / MILES / ITINERARY
07:15 / Meet at Orchard Creek Lodge (far end of parking lot near the gym). Form three lines of appx. six cars each.
07:30 / 0 / Leave OC Lodge and proceed East on Hwy 193.
07:40 / 5.5 / Turn left at Fowler Rd;
--go 1.8 miles, turn right on Fruitvale;
--go 1.5 miles, turn left on Gold Hill;
--go 0.7 miles, turn right on Wise Rd.;
--go 1.0 miles, turn left on Baxter Grade Rd.;
--go 2.1 miles, turn right on Mt. Vernon Rd.;
--go 0.7 miles, turn left on Joeger Rd.;
--go 1.7 miles, turn right on Dry Creek;
--go 0.9 miles to HWY 49.
08:02 / 15.9 / Turn left on HWY 49 and proceed North appx 17.9 miles to Grass Valley.
08:20 / 33.8 / Take the “McKnight/So. Auburn” exit in Grass Valley;
--turn left at signal light (McKnight);
--turn right at first stop sign (Freeman St.);
--turn left at next stop sign into parking lot.
Coffee at Starbuck’s!
08:50 / 34.5 / Backtrack to Hwy 49 and proceed to Downieville (49.5 miles). Be sure not to miss the left turn that Hwy 49 makes at Nevada City.
10:05 / 83.3 / Rest stop in Downieville. Park downtown or turn right, cross the one-lane bridge, and park near the gallows. Restrooms at visitor information center.
10:45 / 84.0 / Leave Downieville and proceed on Hwy 49 to Gold Lake Rd. (County Rd. S620). (17.9 miles)
11:15 / 101.9 / Turn left at Gold Lake Rd. (County Rd. S620) and proceed to Hwy 89 in Graeagle (15.5 miles). There will likely be a few minutes wait here. Culvert work is being done and pilot cars lead groups through every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour. The pavement is fine and it is a beautiful 35 minute ride – even with the pilot cars leading us.
12:05 / 117.4 / Turn left on Hwy 89 and proceed 4.5 miles to Longboard’s Bar & Grill at Plumas Pines Golf Club as follows:
--go 1.8 miles, turn left on Graeagle-Johnsonville Rd.;
--go 1.7 miles, turn right on Poplar Valley Rd.;
--go 1.0 miles to Longboard’s.
Overflow parking, if needed, is on the left side of Poplar Valley Rd. as you arrive at Longboard’s, which, along with primary parking is on the right side of the road.
12:15 / 121.9 / Lunch at Longboard’s/Plumas Pines Golf Club. Sit down, order what you like, enjoy the golf course view. Menu is on the Website.
2:00 / 121.9 / Backtrack 4.5 miles to the shops in Graeagle for a little browsing before heading off to Truckee. (For you avid golfers, you can tighten up your lunch schedule, forego the shops, and hit a $5.00 bucket of balls at the golf course, instead.)
2:40 / 126.4 / Leave for Truckee via Hwy 89 (43.3 miles).
3:36 / 169.7 / Turn right on Donner Pass Rd. just as you approach Truckee.
3:40 / 171.7 / Drive into town on Donner Pass Rd. (appx 2.0 miles) and park wherever you can find space; you may have to go around the block and try the main drag a second time to find a parking spot.
Find an Ice Cream Shop. There are several places that sell ice cream, pastries, etc. Try the Wagon Train Café, Bud’s Sporting Goods (believe it or not), or Sweet’s Handmade Candies. Public restrooms are available across the street at the Visitor’s/Information Center.
4:20 / 171.7 / Leave Truckee via Old Hwy 40 (Donner Pass Rd.) to Soda Springs. Because of the scattered parking situation, we will regroup at the Safeway parking lot just beyond Bank of the West, which is on the right hand side of the road, appx 1.0 mile from the ice cream shops, on our way out of Truckee.
4:40 / 180.5 / We’ll stop for one last picture and a look at the beautiful view at the Vista Point on the right side of the road appx 7.8 miles from our regrouping point in Truckee.
4:55 / 180.5 / Continue on appx 4.0 miles to I-80 and return home via your choice of routes.

Notes: 1) Activities and group stops are shown in blue.

2) Miles for individual segments are shown in red.