Ride to Start of S2S - History

1-Day Ride takes the flatest route possible, riding goes north to Fremont and then through the hills on Niles Canyon to Pleasanton and Livermore. Then up over Corral Hollow and across the Central Valley along backroads near the Stanislaus River. Lunch at a market south of Tracy, reststops at Ripon and Knights Ferry, then on to Columbia. About 153 miles.

2-Day Ride was the same route as the 1-Day ride for the first few years, staying overnight in Ripon after 90 miles and then 63 miles on to Columbia the second day.

2-Day Ride was made better (in 2003, more challenging) by going up over Mt.Hamilton and staying in Patterson at 73 miles. Then the second day went north for 18 miles to rejoin the 1-Day route through Ripon and Knights Ferry, finishing in Columbia, for 87 miles.

3-Day Ride was first done in 2006, due to the STTS start location changing to Bear Valley. The first two days remained the same - day 1 to Patterson on Thursday and day 2 to Columbia on Friday, and then on to Bear Valley on Saturday for day 3.

4-Day Ride was first done in 2017, due to the STTS start location changing to Lake Tahoe. The first two days remained the same - day 1 to Patterson on Wednesday and day 2 to Columbia on Thursday, then day 3 to Calaveras Big Trees on Friday, then up over Ebbetts Pass and Luthor Pass to get to Lake Tahoe on Saturday, day 4.

3-Day Ride-Coloma was first done in 2022, due to the STTS start location changing to Coloma. The first day remained the same - day 1 to Patterson on Thursday, then day 2 to Pardee Reservoir on Friday, then day 3 continue on to Coloma on Saturday.

4-Day Ride-Coloma was first done in 2024, due to Pardee Lake being closed for construction. Instead the camp was moved to Lake Camanche South Shore but they required a 2-night stay. For that new (3rd) day a ride was created to take Gwin Mine Road (6-mile single lane) up to Jackson then return via Stony Creek Road.

• 1995 - 1-Day Ride, no sag - 2 people
  Don Axtell, Karen Langeman

• 1996 - 1-Day Ride, no sag - 4 people
  Don Axtell, Jennie Phillips, Roy Sueda, Rick Hodgson

• 1997 - 1-Day Ride, no sag - 9 people
  Don Axtell, LeRoy Rodriguez, Jennie Phillips, Paul Vlasveld, Karl Schilling, Pete Klein, Mike Ash, Phil Yee, Dan Kallewaard

• 1998 - 1-Day Ride, no sag - 16 people
  Don Axtell, LeRoy Rodriguez, Jennie Phillips, Paul Vlasveld, Scott Campbell, Janine Rood, Mike Trowbridge, Brian Bernhardt, Judy Barnes, Sue Kayser, Alan Kayser, Pete Klein, Ted Bradt, Dan Pappone, Bev Walker, Sean Lev-Tov

• 1999 - 1-Day Ride, no sag - 10 people
  Don Axtell, LeRoy Rodriguez, Paul Vlasveld, Pete Klein, Sue Kayser, Alan Kayser, Ken Kennedy, Stuart Wallace, Martin Mollat, Caroline Pappogony

• 1999 - 2-Day Ride, no sag - 2 people
  Pam Downs, Lois Springsteen, stayed in Ripon

• 2000 - 1-Day Ride, no sag - 2 people
  Paul Vlasveld, Dennis Uyeno

• 2000 - 2-Day Ride, no sag - 19 people
  Don Axtell, Pam Downs, Steve Sloan, Ben Mandac, Jackie Steele, David Cederbaum, Kathleen Meyer, Leo Sheikman, Dave Hill, Kim Carr, Ken Kennedy, Guy Neenan, Deborah Lefferts, Toni Rango, Miguel Anzar, Jonathan Crockett, Harold LeGore, Teri Duffy, Jimmy Baker, stayed in Ripon

• 2001 - 1-Day Ride, 1 sag - 7 people
  Don Axtell, LeRoy Rodriguez, Ken Kennedy, Allan Armstrong, Paul Vlasveld, Dennis Uyeno, David Hoag, SAG was Deborah Lefferts

• 2001 - 2-Day Ride, no sag - 8 people
  Pam Downs, Kim Carr, Mylo Stenstrom, Teri Duffy, Jimmy Baker, Fran Bryan, Jeff Bryan, one more, stayed in Ripon

• 2002 - 2-Day Ride, no sag - ? people
  Don Axtell, Pam Downs, and more (no records), over Mt.Hamilton, stayed in Patterson

• 2003 - 2-Day Ride, 2 sags - 15 people
  Don Axtell, Pam Downs, Tracy Tyfingsson, Mike McGeough, Karen McGeough, Leo Sheikman, Leo Jed, Jeff Orum, Patti Hartinian, David Hoag, Deborah Lefferts, Sharon Tyfingsson, Dale Worden, Margie Smith (SAG), Mike Downs (SAG), over Mt.Hamilton, stayed in Patterson

• 2004 - 2-Day Ride, no sag - 14 people
  Don Axtell, Kim Carr, Cora Haselbeck, Pam Downs, Jeff Orum, Ted Rosario, Troy Stenstrom, Franz Kelsch, Leo Sheikman, Fran Bryan, Jeff Bryan, Mike McGeough, Karen McGeough, Patti Hartinian, over Mt.Hamilton, stayed in Patterson

• 2005 - 1-Day Ride, no sag - 3 people
  Paul Vlasveld, Dennis Uyeno, Stuart Wallace

• 2005 - 2-Day Ride, no sag - 19 people
  Don Axtell, Cora Haselbeck, April Manns, Kim Carr (part way), Heather Lashbrook, Debbie Wade, Colleen Seyfert, Holly Wong, Jeff Orum, Leo Jed, Ken Goldman, John Dickens, Patti Hartinian, Day 1 only - Marvin Laurence, Fran Bryan, Jeff Bryan, On their own - Pam Downs, Ted Rosario, Fletch Dobbs, over Mt.Hamilton, stayed in Patterson

• 2006 - 3-Day Ride, 3 sags - 31 people (16 on S2S, 15 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Kim Carr, Megan Nguyen, April Manns, Cora Haselbeck, Guy Neenan, Franz Kelsch, Marguerite Meyer, Audrey Jew, Janae Hunziker, Paul Mckiernan, Grete Johnson, Steve Crosby, Dave Dierking, Kathy Dierking, Jan Derecho, Katrina Christy, Jim Lovewell, Pat Coghill, Bruce Marchant, Patti Hartinian, Holly Wong, Jeff Orum, Joanne Grimaldi, Ben Mandac, Doug Gillison, Fran Bryan, Jeff Bryan, John Taylor, Ken Goldman, John Dickens (John Dickens crashed near The Junction and got airlifted out. Ken Goldman quit due to this accident.)

• 2007 - 3-Day Ride, 3 sags - 33 people (12 on S2S, 21 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Kim Carr, Franz Kelsch, Marguerite Meyer, Margie Biddick, Connie Jorgensen, Eric Jorgensen, Michael Kahn, Katrina Christy, Pat Coghill, Jim Lovewell, Greg Nelson, Patti Hartinian, Pete Klein, Lisa Curran, Karl Schilling, Dennis Uyeno, Jeff Orum, Holly Wong Orum, Ken Goldman, Leo Jed, Virginia Vaquero, Doug Gillison, Ben Mandac, Ray Rodriguez, Nina Yeats, Erik Wessler, Mike McGeough, Jeff Bryan, Fran Bryan, John Taylor, Ute Engelke, Paul Finkel, Solana Bryan

• 2008 - 3-Day Ride, 4 sags - 47 people (15 on S2S, 32 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Megan Nguyen, Kim Carr, Erik Wessler, Jeff Bryan, Fran Bryan, Franz Kelsch, Ann Kelsch, Connie Jorgensen, Eric Jorgensen, Patti Hartinian, Lisa Curran, Karl Schilling, Pete Klein, Dennis Uyeno, Jeff Orum, Holly Wong Orum, Leo Jed, Jan Derecho, Doug Gillison, Steve Crosby, Mike McGeough, Karen McGeough, Ute Engelke, Kurt Schlaefer, Nancy Kenny, Amy Yu, Candy Elzey, Andy Chang, Mylo Stenstrom, Russ Stevens, Sheila Stevens, Paul Metz, Deborah Tostevin, Allen Hu, Patty Dougherty, Jim Pannunzio, Jerry Schonewille, Dick Caron, Paul McKiernan, Robert Marks, Richard Robinson, Jim Moyles, Bonnie Faigeles, Judy Isvan, Osman Isvan, Pat Stenstrom, Solana Bryan. 4 SAGs were Don's van, Fran's truck, Kim's Explorer, Nancy's Element. A 4th day was added (for 7 people) to go to Grover Hot Springs.

• 2009 - 3-Day Ride, 3 sags - 28 people (6 on S2S, 22 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Megan Nguyen, Kim Carr, Erik Wessler, Jeff Bryan, Fran Bryan, Patti Hartinian, Lisa Curran, Karl Schilling, Pete Klein, Dennis Uyeno, Holly Wong, Jan Derecho, Ute Engelke, Kurt Schlaefer, Marguerite Meyer, Diane Sanchez-Costello, Joan Freed, Peter Meyer, KL Seh, Ken Goldman, Dale Blanchard, John Taylor, Joanne Grimaldi, Deborah Hoag, Paul Finkel, Robin Ross, Dan Rohrer, Solana Bryan. 3 SAG's were Don's van, Kim's Explorer, Joanne's truck.

• 2010 - 3-Day Ride, 3 sags - 31 people (7 on S2S, 24 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Megan Nguyen, Kim Carr, Erik Wessler, Jeff Bryan, Fran Bryan, Patti Hartinian, Lisa Curran, Karl Schilling, Pete Klein, Dennis Uyeno, Jan Derecho, Ute Engelke, Kurt Schlaefer, Joan Freed, KL Seh, Ken Goldman, Paul Finkel, Ray Rodriguez, Leo Jed, Mike McGeough, Karen McGeough, Ken Emerson, Richard Hanke, Chris Mok, Max Mok, Bobbie Morrison, Dave Marancik, Millie Kitchin, Jessie Lee, Ben Luu. 3 SAG's were Don's van, Millie's van, Mike's Subaru. 4 additional cars were driven up to Bear Valley to help with the return.

• 2011 - 3-Day Ride, 2 sags - 25 people (7 on S2S, 18 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Megan Nguyen, Jeff Bryan, Fran Bryan, Patti Hartinian, Ute Engelke, Kurt Schlaefer, Joan Freed, KL Seh, Ken Goldman, Paul Finkel, Leo Jed, Mike McGeough, Karen McGeough, Richard Hanke, Rick Madden, Debbie Wade, Virginia Casey, Ed Casey, Jim Bialson, Pat Becker, Bruce King, Anna Huynh, Fletcher Johnson, Mabel Plesse. 2 SAG's were Don's van, Mike's Subaru. 5 additional cars were driven up to Bear Valley to help with the return.

• 2012 - 3-Day Ride, 2 sags - 14 people (3 on S2S, 10 for just this ride, 1 just to Patterson)
  Donny Axtell, Megan Nguyen, Joan Freed, Ken Goldman, Bruce King, Anna Huynh, Fletcher Johnson, Margie Biddick, Jared Smolens, John Dektar, John Pugliese, Tina Forsman, Dennis Crovella, Steve McCauley. 2 SAG's were Don's van, Fletcher's van. 2 additional cars were driven up to Bear Valley to help with the return.

• 2013 - 3-Day Ride, 1 sag - 10 people (0 on S2S, 10 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Joan Freed, Ken Goldman, Steve McCauley, Leo Jed, Dale Blanchard, Creighton Chong, Bob Miller, Steve Crocker, Chris Mariano. 1 SAG was Don's van. 3 additional cars were driven up to Bear Valley to help with the return.

• 2014 - 3-Day Ride, 2 sags - 15 people (1 on S2S, 14 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Joan Freed, Ken Goldman, Leo Jed, Dale Blanchard, Chris Mariano, Dennis Crovella, Dan Swanson, David Bradley, Deb DiBiase, Robin Davis, Tony Le, Don Fujino, Vanessa McDonnell, Joyce Tanaka. 2 SAGs were Don's van, Dan's van. 3 additional cars were driven up to Bear Valley to help with the return.

• 2015 - 3-Day Ride, 2 sags - 13 people (1 on S2S, 12 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Joan Freed, Dan Swanson, Tony Le, Don Fujino, Steve Crocker, Anna Huynh, Fletcher Johnson, Amy Yu, Guy Neenan, Paul Finkel, Lou Galbiati, Raymond Nieh. 2 SAGs were Don's van, Dan's van. 3 additional cars were driven up to Bear Valley to help with the return.

• 2016 - 3-Day Ride, 1 sag - 7 people (2 on S2S, 5 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Tony Le, Fletcher Johnson, Amy Yu, David Bradley, Michael Kahn, Steve Jones. 1 SAG was Don's van. 1 additional car was driven up to Bear Valley to help with the return.

• 2017 - 4-Day Ride, 2 sags - 10 people (1 on S2S, 9 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Tony Le, Fletcher Johnson, Guy Neenan, Don Fujino, Lou Galbiati, Shu-Mei Cheng, Jay Orbon, Lesley Butler, Ed Lau. Sags were Don's van and Lou's Yaris. 1 additional car was driven up to Lake Tahoe to help with the return. Ebbetts Pass was closed, so the 4th day went the long way, over Carson Pass.

• 2018 - 4-Day Ride, 1 sag - 10 people (4 on S2S, 6 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Guy Neenan, Kim Carr, Erik Wessler, Lou Galbiati, Don Fugino, Colin Muy, Ed Lau, David Sausjord, Brian Carroll. 1 SAG was Don's van. Kim's Explorer was brought to South Lake Tahoe to help with the return.

• 2019 - 4-Day Ride, 2 sags - 14 people (5 on S2S, 9 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, John Dektar, Dan Kallewaard, Randy Putt, Joe Seney, Lou Galbiati, Tony Le, Rick Sinclair, Sylvie Maxwell, Fletcher Johnson, Anne Johnson, Ed Lau, Bruce Simpson, Brad Bini. Sags were Don's van and Lou's Yaris. 1 additional car was driven up to Lake Tahoe to help with the return.
  Mosquito Lake was frozen over. Ebbetts Pass still had 2 feet of snow.

• 2020 - Canceled due to Covid-19
  

• 2021 - Canceled due to Covid-19
  

• 2022 - 3-Day Ride to Coloma, 2 SAGs - 12 people (5 on S2S, 7 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Holly Wong, Guy Neenan, Virginia Vaquero, Anna Huynh, Jay Orbon, Barry Chaffin, Melanie Clarke, Minh Nguyen, Ed Irvine, Donna Kaplan, Raymond Jackson. SAGs were Don's van and Jay's Honda CRV. Ed's Prius was driven up to Coloma to help with the return.
  

• 2023 - 3-Day Ride to Coloma, 2 SAGs - 13 people (3 on S2S, 10 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Holly Wong, Guy Neenan, Jeff Bryan, Anna Huynh, Jay Orbon, Barry Chaffin, Lou Galbiati, Tony Le, Rick Madden, Joe Farinha, Nancy Vallance, John Hughes. SAGs were Don's van and Jay's Honda CRV. Joe's car was driven up to Coloma to help with the return.
  

• 2024 - 4-Day Ride to Coloma, 1 SAG - 7 people (3 on S2S, 4 for just this ride)
  Donny Axtell, Guy Neenan, Virginia Vaquero, Jeff Bryan, Lou Galbiati, Frances Bui, Dan Freitas. SAG was Don's Odyssey van. Holly Wong created the menus and bought the food but did not go.