Baja II

Another beautiful sunset in Baja.

Where we stayed for 3 days.

The meals at Don Eddies are awesome!

A storm arrived, so we stayed at Don Eddies an extra day while the weather calmed down. Then went out to see a few sites, and lunch.

The roads were muddy and SLICK!

 The next day we ride to Guerrero Negro, and on the way there we see some ancient rock art.

And we stay at the Terra Sal.

The next day we find a whale watching tour to go on.

The access to the bay is through a salt mine. This is a barge full of salt.

Lots of wildlife to see besides whales.

 The whales were a little shy, we saw plenty, but none elected to come over close enough to the boat that we could touch them.

5 Canadians take the rooms next to oure.

Good conversation and good food with some great guys!

And an excellent dessert.

Life is good in Baja. Tomorrow we'll ride to Mulege.

Baja I

Sooo... after the NYDV ride Adrian and I decide to head south into Baja. After all its snowing back home..

But first we ride to Tombstone, Arizona and have a very enjoyable lunch, and visit with Tenere buddy Garry (Yellow S-10).

We meet at Big Nosed Kates for lunch.

And even though I don't have a hangover I get the "hangover burger" Tasty!

I grab a hat and make this painting G rated...

The next day we ride to Calexico, and then into Mexico on the 9th of January.
After a glitch at the border (we had to backtrack into the US for me to get insurance, the crossing had recently been moved and was still in the 'getting settled' phase) no a huge problem, and several hours later we arrive at Don Eddies Landing in San Quintin, Baja.

We spend the next two days wandering around.

Seals in a hole in the ground.

The food at Don Eddies is awesome!

Then a storm arrives and rather than spending a day riding in the rain, we decide to stay at Don Eddies for another sloooow day...Life is good and relaxed here!

Maybe tomorrow we'll ride to Guerrero Negro...or maybe not.

New Years Death Valley ride 2019

It's a new year so of course it's also time for the New Years Death Valley ride.

Mike aka Vegashotwheeler sets it up every year and it's always a blast!

I leave on Thursday, and stay overnight in Hurricane. Temps for the ride are 17 to around 25 degrees.  Brrrr.

Getting gas in Beaver.

The next day I wander towards Vegas, stopping in Kayenta, Utah.

The Kayenta city center is a gathering place for local artists, with numerous shops for art lovers.

If you look closely there is a tiny gold wire in that bottle. There is a solar collector on the cap and the wire glows up in the dark. Very cool!

Then Saturday (Jan 5) it's time for the NYDV ride.

There were 26 machines attending. including 6 Spyders. 

Some of the art at the place we had lunch, at the Longstreet Inn.

(Thanks Adrian for the pic)

Its getting wet...

I think we did about 300 miles and rode through a bit of rain. Mike cut the ride a little short so we could get over the pass and back to Vegas before the rain turned to snow.

As always the ride was a Ton O Fun!

Vegas to the rescue

Snow and cold temps have arrived in Utah, so Adrian and I plan a ride to (warmer) Las Vegas where we'll drop in on the weekly 'Geezer Breakfast' (a bunch of riders/retirees meet every Tuesday at a Vegas McDonalds). Then we'll get out and ride for two days before returning home.

The night before we leave it snows all night long, so Adrian breaks out his trailer, we load the bikes and head for St George.

We drop the trailer at his friends house and ride to Vegas.

I don't have any pictures of the Geezer Breakfast, but here are three, Adrian, Lenard, and Jess.

Then we ride over to the "ghost town" Nelson, Nevada - Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, there were a couple of porn shoots going on while we were there so most of those photographs can't be posted here.

However here are two of the many planes in Nelson.

We also visited Hemenway Park in Boulder and saw these sheep.

And this sign....we sent this selfie to our wives and told them we took a wrong turn...  haha.

The next day Adrian and I ride out to Rhyolite, Nevada to see the "Open Air Museum".

Adrian makes some friends..

The glass bottle house.

More museum art.

The Last Supper

And some ruins...

It was a very nice way to spend four days. Not a lot of miles (700), but relaxing and fun.

We'll be riding back to Vegas in a couple weeks for the New Years Death Valley ride.