Randy? Who's Randy? LOL!
My daughter's name is Randi so I have always gone by Rand.
Anyway, we're about 40 miles south from highway 80 by heading south down highway 395, right through Reno.
You are correct, we are in the desert but we are in the high desert shadowed by the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The average elevation in this area is around 4500 feet so it gets good and cold in the winter. All this week the morning low has been around 5 degrees F. Brrrrrrrrrr! Sacramento Ca is just on the other side of the hill (Sierra Nevada mountains) and it gets quite a bit of moisture. In the winter, it spills over the Sierra and we get snow! This morning's commute was fun filled with about 3 or 4 inches on the roadway.
Anyway, when you decide to come out this way, we can hit some of the trails here in Northern Nevada. We have a lot of BLM land which extends all the way to Utah. The Johnson lane area where we ride quite a bit, has trails which run all over the state of Nevada. I have 2 gas tanks on my Ody because my buddy Dave things 40 miles is a short ride!
We also have Sand Mountain Nevada which is a ton of fun. Its about 2 hours west of here out highway 50.
You and your crew are more than welcome to come out this way, when it warms up of course!
Rand