LAKEPORT, Calif. – Adventurer and motorcyclist Steph Jeavons will have a stopover in Lakeport this week.
Hillside Powersports will host Jeavons at its new location, 2575 S. Main St. in Lakeport, at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29.
AAA Auto Club of Lakeport and Hillside Powersports are sponsoring the visit by Jeavons, a resident of northern Wales who is riding solo around the world on a Honda CRF250L.
Since leaving London on March 23, 2014, she has ridden her bike “Rhonda the Honda” through 40 countries and is aiming to become the first Briton to ride to all seven continents.
“It's a good, fun bike,” she said of Rhonda, which has reportedly traveled further than any 250cc motorcycle before.
She got hooked on riding motorcycles when a child, starting off as a passenger and getting her license when she was 22. She comes from a family of riders, including her grandmother, who rode during the war.
Since she began riding, she's done a lot of adventure rides, leading up to her worldwide trip.
Jeavons said she is trying to avoid highways and main roads on the way.
Frank Dollosso of AAA Auto Club in Lakeport rode to San Francisco Friday to meet up with Jeavons and ride with her back to Lakeport.
The route they followed included Highway 1, cutting across to Lake County on the dirt roads Dollosso knows.
As of Sunday, Jeavons had traveled approximately 44,687 miles, according to her Web site.
She's now on the return leg home, stopping over in Lake County as she heads north to Canada.
The community is invited to come out and hear Jeavons share her stories of world travel.
For more information about the Monday appearance, call 707-349-1490.
For more information about Jeavons' worldwide trek or to donate a tank of gas visit http://www.stephmoto-adventurebikeblog.com/ , and follow her hashtag #OneStephBeyond on social media.
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Motorcycle adventurer Steph Jeavons to stop in Lakeport Feb. 29 as part of worldwide trek
- Elizabeth Larson
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