2025 Let's See It All Ride

This adventure is currently in progress...

A lot of the planning on this ride started with a request to go to California and specifically, the Pacific Coast Highway.  Well, there's a lot of great riding between here and there.  If you look at the list of sites below, you'll notice we're hitting California pretty hard, too.  26 of the locations are in California.

• Approximate Ride distance - 8600 Miles from start to finish 

  • Start is in Lubbock, TX

  • (does not include getting to the start or riding home from the finish)

• Approximate Saddle Time - 165 Hours

• 17 days from starting location in Lubbock to the end in Grand Junction, CO

• Approximate Saddle Hours Per Day - 7 (+/- 2)

• 17 days or more not counting getting to start (allocate 2 days or more) and getting home (allocate 3 days or more). If your ride time to Lubbock, TX is 2 days or less and your ride home from Pampa, TX is 2 days or less.

This ride will feature thousands of curves, deep ravines, incredible mountain passes, and up to TWELVE National Parks. It's foundation is many of the great motorcycle roads like Kern Canyon, PCH, La Honda, Coronado Trail, UT-12, Kingsbury Grade, Avenue of the Giants, to name a few.  It enjoys several national parks including The Grand Canyon, Zion, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Crater Lake, Glacier, and Yellowstone.

Start date in Lubbock, TX is September 3rd, 2025.  Labor Day is on the 1st, meaning most schools are back in session and the majority of the road warriors on vacation have gone home.  It also means the some National Parks usually have turned off timed entry. (not all, though)  It's still early enough to increase the odds of no snow and to give possible reasonable temperatures, though September is still part of summer trying to be winter.

There's lots of food for thought.  Register now as it closes soon.

Highlights (California Locations in Yellow)

1. Starting point is Lubbock, TX*

2. Roswell, NM* (aliens) (link)

3. Gila NF, NM (this time we hit it right)* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

4. Coronado Trail, AZ* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

5. Grand Canyon NP,* AZ (link) - 1 - No timed entry

6. Monument Valley, AZ (link)

7. Arches NP, UT* (incredible park) (link) - 2 - Timed Entry Required

8. Canyonlands NP, UT* (incredible park) (link) - 3 (optional) - No timed entry

9. Escalante, UT* (incredible scenery) (link)

10. UT 12 (voted most scenic road in 2016)* (link)

11. Capitol Reef NP, UT* (ancient artifacts) (link) - 4 - No timed entry

12. Bryce Canyon NP, UT* (link) - 5 - No timed entry

13. Zion NP, UT* (stunning) (link) - 6 - No timed entry

14. Las Vegas, NV* (something stays there) (link)

15. Mojave Desert, CA* (HOT) (link)

16. Kern Canyon, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

17. Bakersfield, CA* (famous city) (link)

18. Tioga Pass & Yosemite NP, CA*  (curvy motorcycle road) (link) - 7 - Timed Entry Required

19. Lee Vining, CA* (great food) (link)

20. CA 89* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

21. Kingsbury Grade (Tahoe), NV* (link)

22. Ebbetts Pass, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

23. Hecker Pass Highway, CA (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

24. Santa Cruz, CA* (busy area) (link)

25. Big Basin, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

26. Pagemill Rd., CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

27. Palo Alto, CA* (busy area) (link)

28. Old La Honda, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

29. La Honda, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

30. PCH, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

31. Pacifica, CA* (nice area, but busy) (link)

32. Golden Gate (include overlook park), CA* (need I say more?) (link)

33. Bolinas Rd., CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

34. North PCH, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

35. Mountain View Rd., CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

36. Booneville Rd., CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

37. Ukiah, CA* (nice town) (link)

38. Redwood Blvd., CA (possible drive through tree)* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

39. Avenue of the Giants, CA* (most serene place I've ever been) (link)

40. Eureka, CA* (seafood) (link)

41. Trinity Scenic Byway, CA* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

42. Crater Lake NP, OR (most of the loop)* (link) - 9 - No timed entry

43. Snake River, ID/OR (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

44. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, ID (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

45. Lolo Pass, ID & MT* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

46. Going to the Sun Rd., MT* (curvy motorcycle road) (link) - 10 - Timed Entry Required

47. Yellowstone NP, WY* (America's first national park) (link) - 11 - No timed entry

48. Chief Joseph Highway, WY* (curvy motorcycle road) (link)

*....= I've been here before