Motorcycle Adventure, 2012
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oldhippie
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See.. walking makes that just taste that much better too.:newsmile100::cheers
Great pics. It sure would be nice to win the lottery jackpot and spend the summer just riding all over our two countries.
oldhippie, you couldn't see a fraction of what's in either of our countries in two lifetimes with unlimited funds. Ya gotta take what ya can get while we are on this side of the daisies.
If you have facebook access, go to "Motorcycle Adventure, 2012" My lovely bride has posted a lot more pictures than I can do here.
If you have facebook access, go to "Motorcycle Adventure, 2012". My lovely bride has posted a lot more pictures than I can do here.
If you have facebook access, go to "Motorcycle Adventure, 2012" My lovely bride has posted a lot more pictures than I can do here.
If you have facebook access, go to "Motorcycle Adventure, 2012". My lovely bride has posted a lot more pictures than I can do here.
harleygirl76
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Yet Again great pictures. One day that will be me taking them!! Loved the picture with the bottle. :s Ride Safe!!
oldhippie
Senior Member
That may be true.. but it would be fun to try.
Ride safe and have a boatload of fun.:bigsmiley12:
Day 18, June 19, 2012, Tuesday
At 0500 I was up and ready to go. By 0625 I was underway. It was so hot I stowed my leather jacket for the first time of the adventure and put on the cooling vest over a long sleeved T-shirt. I knew I needed to go south on Hwy 95 in Arizona, but somehow I ended up a few miles west on Hwy 95 in California. It was no great travesty, but I sure don’t know how I got there. As it turned out I got to see some old Route 66 history on the way. At 0940 I had got to Quartzsite, AZ and called Larry Tank to let him know where I was. It was roasting hot on the freeway and I stopped at a rest area and took off the long sleeved T-shirt and soaked it in the sink. It felt like air conditioning for the next few miles until all the water had evaporated out of it. I made it to Larry’s house shortly after noon and met him and his lovely wife. They were exceptional hosts, gave me some outstanding accommodations, took me to dinner and most importantly, had plenty of golden throat dust remover, which I desperately needed after 261.8 miles. They are great people and I thoroughly enjoyed staying with them while on my adventure.
Day 19, June 20, 2012, Wednesday
I slept like a baby at Larry Tank’s house and woke up at 0420. He had prepped the coffee pot before we hit the rack, so I fired it up. It was a chilly 81 degrees this morning and after his lovely wife fixed us breakfast, it was time to make my way eastward. The air was filled with haze from what I heard was the “Paco” fire which had burned 4K acres. I don’t know where it was, but the visibility was significantly reduced from what I had observed yesterday. I went around Phoenix on the 101 bypass and if I have ever seen that much traffic before, I can’t recall where it was. It moved along pretty swiftly, but I sure don’t like being in the middle of it. Once I hit my eastbound exit to Hwy 60 and headed away from the city it got much better. The poor working stiffs headed west to get to the salt mines didn’t look like they were faring so well. After almost 400 miles in 100+ degree heat I stopped at Barnett’s Harley Davidson in Las Cruces, NM. I needed a bulb that had burned out on one of my passing lamps and although I had consumed gallons of water, I was parched. The first person I saw at the dealership, Lorna, got me a big cup of ice water as they didn’t have any in bottles. After a couple of refills, I felt much better and told her I’d make her famous by giving her honorable mention here. I thought about pressing on to El Paso, but decided to stay in town and wash clothes, partake of some golden throat dust remover and ponder where I will end up tomorrow.
At 0500 I was up and ready to go. By 0625 I was underway. It was so hot I stowed my leather jacket for the first time of the adventure and put on the cooling vest over a long sleeved T-shirt. I knew I needed to go south on Hwy 95 in Arizona, but somehow I ended up a few miles west on Hwy 95 in California. It was no great travesty, but I sure don’t know how I got there. As it turned out I got to see some old Route 66 history on the way. At 0940 I had got to Quartzsite, AZ and called Larry Tank to let him know where I was. It was roasting hot on the freeway and I stopped at a rest area and took off the long sleeved T-shirt and soaked it in the sink. It felt like air conditioning for the next few miles until all the water had evaporated out of it. I made it to Larry’s house shortly after noon and met him and his lovely wife. They were exceptional hosts, gave me some outstanding accommodations, took me to dinner and most importantly, had plenty of golden throat dust remover, which I desperately needed after 261.8 miles. They are great people and I thoroughly enjoyed staying with them while on my adventure.
Day 19, June 20, 2012, Wednesday
I slept like a baby at Larry Tank’s house and woke up at 0420. He had prepped the coffee pot before we hit the rack, so I fired it up. It was a chilly 81 degrees this morning and after his lovely wife fixed us breakfast, it was time to make my way eastward. The air was filled with haze from what I heard was the “Paco” fire which had burned 4K acres. I don’t know where it was, but the visibility was significantly reduced from what I had observed yesterday. I went around Phoenix on the 101 bypass and if I have ever seen that much traffic before, I can’t recall where it was. It moved along pretty swiftly, but I sure don’t like being in the middle of it. Once I hit my eastbound exit to Hwy 60 and headed away from the city it got much better. The poor working stiffs headed west to get to the salt mines didn’t look like they were faring so well. After almost 400 miles in 100+ degree heat I stopped at Barnett’s Harley Davidson in Las Cruces, NM. I needed a bulb that had burned out on one of my passing lamps and although I had consumed gallons of water, I was parched. The first person I saw at the dealership, Lorna, got me a big cup of ice water as they didn’t have any in bottles. After a couple of refills, I felt much better and told her I’d make her famous by giving her honorable mention here. I thought about pressing on to El Paso, but decided to stay in town and wash clothes, partake of some golden throat dust remover and ponder where I will end up tomorrow.