My second ride improved upon the first. There were three of us this time, and we took a slightly different route.

My friend from San Rafael, Dennis Johnson, joined Ray and me for the ride from La Quinta to Lake Tahoe.

To learn more about Ray and Dennis, visit the My Posse page on this blog.

Dennis rented a Harley Davidson Street Glide in Palm Desert at Eagle Rider.

We began by riding through nearby mountains, up to Idyllwild, then on to Big Bear Lake, where we parked our bikes, and ourselves, overnight.

From there, it was on to Sequoia National Park, where early May piles of snow (Brrrrr!) still sat by the side of the road.

Then, we continued up the west side of the Sierra Nevada mountains with a stop in Yosemite National Park.

After roaring across Kit Carson Pass, the only Sierra Nevada pass (other than I-80) that was open, we arrived in South Lake Tahoe.

Here, Dennis dropped off his bike, and got a ride home from his next-door-neighbor (and my cousin), Rich Wank.

Ray and I continued on down the east side of the Sierras, riding past Mammoth Lakes and Bishop, eventually arriving home in La Quinta.

Nice trip. This is quite habit forming.