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Big Money Rally continues across NM into AZ and UT
The next chapter! I actually slept in a bit and didn’t get up until nearly 8am. The wind was already blowing, although without nearly the power that would come later in the day. I geared and packed up and headed to my friend’s home 30 miles east of Albuquerque but stopped on the way to…
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Desert Fever–Part 5 to home!
Today’s map between Bullhead City and Big Pine. 416 miles Laughlin is a strip of casinos along the river. I rode by on the opposite side and got this shot. Not great, but you get the idea. Hwy 163 out of Bullhead City heading to LV is a blast. It’s a bunch of big sweepers…
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Desert Fever–Part 4
The VLA is an interesting place. Anyone who has seen the movie Contact with Jody Foster will recognize the place. It’s used for radio astronomy. You can read all about it here. The wind was howling out there, more so that I have experienced before, but the sky was clear as a bell. The…
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Desert Fever–Part 3
Sheesh, day three became day four and five and and… So, let me move back in time to catch up to where I am now. I left the hot springs and headed to Truth or Consequences, NM. My plan was to ride to Lordsburg and then go up into the mountains and take one of…
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Desert Fever–part 2
Day 2 Today I was going to iron butt as close as I’ll ever get. I rode 600 miles by the time I arrived at the Essence of Tranquility Hot Springs and not without some light evening full moon action. ; ) The Map from Beatty, NV to Safford, AZ Gotta love NV Lots of…
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Desert Fever…a ride into the SW yet again!
My grandson has spring break this week which means grandma is off the time clock and can take a quick jaunt to the desert for needed fix of pure high desert air. It seems I can’t go over a month without some sort of desert exposure. It’s funny, some people think of Sacramento as…
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A Week of Firsts…New Bike part 4…the final leg
Leaving Cedar City was best described as chilly at 47 degrees but I truly had no idea just how cold I was about to be. Even the GPS seemed confused wanting to take me north to Beaver before heading west and I’m sure it too was too cold to think. 😉 I combed over the…
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A Week of Firsts…New Bike part 3
I left Taos fairly late since the a temperature was a brisk thirty five degrees. I can’t believe how much time I spend being cold on this trip. Yes, it was the first time I have been without my heated gear this time of year as it’s still a bit early to take to the…
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A Week of Firsts…New Bike part 2
Better sunsets than the desert are difficult to imagine. It’s a gift that begins with a sharpened sky-line as the unwrapped details emerge from nowhere. Suddenly the fence in the distance is defined making even the wire more noticeable. Colors you can’t even imagine in nature become commonplace. A desert sunset can only compare to…
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Miles of friendship: Ride to the Southwest to see old friends–Part Five
When leaving TorC we carefully considered our route choices, yet somehow still ended up on a dead ending Hwy 181, so we ultimately had to brave the freeway. Dave was way less than thrilled since he not only doesn’t enjoy freeway riding, but with the wind whipping us left and right and the cross winds…