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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 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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Riding In High Wind…how to make it tolerable
Photo Credit: Desertcrops My last distance ride gave me serious insight regarding techniques for “riding the wind”. Much of the 2600 mile ride was plagues by high winds and cold weather. Cold one can dress for but unfortunately wind can not be dealt with as easily. So, let’s talk wind. I don’t mean those little…
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Riding the wind…literally!
No one likes feeling out of control and when you are traveling with extraordinary cross winds, you feel just that! Those of us with many miles under our belts are still stupefied at times when a big 50mph gust lets us have it, like a very cross parent. There are some simple steps to remember…
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Miles of friendship: Ride to the Southwest to see old friends–Part Four
Under the watched eye of both Dave and me, we decided that his rear tire was finished. I believe the last several miles of chip seal over Hwy 180 finished it off and before we rode over Hwy 152, one of NM’s premier twisty roads, it needed replacing. Dave had called Albuquerque and there wasn’t…
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Riding the Grease: the Great SW Moto Tour
My bike had been packed the previous day, my auspicious exit was, as usual, less than timely. I believe I finally rode out of my “valley of the gods” neighborhood at 1PM riding over Carson Pass to Monitor Pass by way of some fun little Sierra foothill roads. The passes were cold, and I was…
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A Motorcycle Ride Back in Time
Yesterday four friends braved the spring winds to take a cool jaunt into history. By that I mean we traveled to visit a Civil War Re-enactment preformed in Knights Ferry, about 100 miles south of Sacramento. The route we took was less than direct so we could incorporate some of the twistier roads and avoid…