Carla King to Keynote the BMW NorCal 49er Rally on May 26

Motorcycle adventure travel writer Carla King will give the keynote speech at the 40th anniversary BMW NorCal 49er Rally on Saturday, May 26, 2012 in Mariposa, California. Her talk will focus on adventures in the USA as the R&D test rider for the Russian IMZ-Ural sidecar motorcycle import, and her solo travels in China on a similar motorcycle.

The BMW NorCal rally attracts over 500 participants in Mariposa, California, the gateway to Yosemite, in the Sierra Nevada foothills. For more info on this event, click on http://bmwnorcal.org/49er/or http://carlaking.com.

Don’t miss Carla’s picks for the 10 best motorcycle roads in the U.S., in this Lonely Planet post:  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/travel-tips-and-articles/77139. “The top 6 were easy,” Carla says, “but after that …”