My daughter Sheila, her husband John and their son Ethan Vrbeta live in Chico California.  John and I ride whenever I visit the area.  Our favorite is the climb from their house up Cohasset road.  This is a 33 mile round trip with 3000 ft of climbing condensed mostly in a 10 mile stretch.  Averages about 6% grade with little push to 8% near the top.

The climb going up Cohasset road

The view from about half way up

The view from tree quarters the way up.  That's looking at the coast range in far background.

Me looking back at my son-in-law John as I take off to the top.  I have heard that Lance Armstrong gave "THE LOOK" to Jan Ullrich in 2001, much like this.