After negotiating the American River Parkway Bike Trail and Rancho Cordova, enjoy the quiet seclusion of the Folsom South Canal.  Then take Florin and Eagles Nest Roads to Grant Line Road.  This road is busy, but the shoulder is adequate; vineyards frequent the south side of the road.  Visit Sheldon and turn left on Wilton Road. 

On the west side of Wilton Road, note an interesting display of farm equipment  (photo above) and an attractive vineyard (photo below). 

Note: the Wilton and Dillard stores offer the last food for 50 (!) miles.

A few miles along Alta Mesa Road is a lovely spot where the Rancho Seco cooling towers may be seen to the east and Mt. Diablo may be seen to the west (photo below).

I have enjoyed the quiet, rural character of Alta Mesa and Clay Station Roads.

 After turning left on Twin Cities Road (Hwy 104), the Rancho Seco cooling towers gradually begin to dominate the landscape (photos below).

Vineyards frequent the south side of Twin Cities Road.

Turn right on the Rancho Seco Park Road and follow signage into the park. 

Rancho Seco Reservoir forms a nice backdrop to the park (photos below).

The park provides a lovely setting for your rest stop:  many picnic tables are present in the camping areas on the south side of the reservoir.

After leaving the park on Twin Cities Road, turn south onto Clay Station Road.  Like Alta Mesa Road, this road is rural (photo below) and quiet.

Turn right onto Tavernor Road and then right onto Dillard Road (photo below).

You will exit Dillard Road onto Hwy 16 and visit Sloughhouse (photo below) with its locally famous corn fields.

Next turn right onto Grant Line Road.  Grant Line Road carries a lot of traffic to and from Sacramento County's landfill.  I have experienced several flat tires (nails) on this section of road, so be sure to carry an extra inner tube and a patch kit.

Turn left onto Douglas Road.  Until relatively recently this road was undeveloped; you now will pass housing subdivisions (we're losing our bicycling habitat.).  As you near Sunrise Blvd you often will hear gunshots from a nearby gunnery range.  The next section (Sunrise Blvd)  is unsafe for cycling except on the sidewalk, which - fortunately - is wide and usually free of pedestrians; do NOT bike on Sunrise Blvd itself!

After Sunrise Blvd you will return to White Rock Road, which takes you to Kilgore Road and a revisit of your outbound course.