Biking to the burn is a great idea, if you ask me. A group of us are planning to ride down from Seattle. A couple of years ago, I skipped the burn to do this ride http://www.math.tifr.res.in/~treisman/nocal_05/ (description), http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/canby-to-san-francisco (route), and t...