Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2009
Pictures bordered in RED are from Bob & Julie
Pictures bordered in BLUE are from Gary & Linda
Click on any picture for a larger view
Morristown, NJ
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Picked up a butterfly on the way
Hey, Bob… with your white hair you look as bald as me in this picture.
Coming into St. Louis
I saw ROACH in St. Louis!
GET THE FUCK OUTTA DODGE!
Kansas/Colorado Border on SR160
Check out the dogs (2) in the backpack…
Natural Bridges
Moki Dugway
I’m down there somewhere head down the Moki
Banker’s on the Moki, coming down
Monument Valley
We tried getting a room in Page, AZ… no rooms.
What to do? Head down to Flagstaff, AZ and hookup with Jinks.
Beaver,,, heh, heh… he said beaver…
Here we are in Kingman, AZ in what we thought was a BIKER bar… looks like the Honda’s beat us to it.
DAM!
VIVA Las Vegas!
Let’s head to the Strip.
The Bellagio…
They’re playing our song.
Lunch with Scott & Patti, and R.E. putting on the moves.
Relaxin’ at the pool… drinkin’ on SOMEBODIES DIME!
Dinner with the King of Posing… (Chuck could teach The Poser™)
DISCO Lanter with Julie
1,541.1 miles
Off to Zion
DAY 1 – Sunday, August 9th
233 miles
Las Vegas,NV to Harold’s Cabins in Bryce Canyon
DAY 1 – Sunday, August 9th
Leaving Las Vegas
DAY 1 – Sunday, August 9th
Vegas to Hurricane,UT – 142.7 miles
DAY 1 – Sunday, August 9th
Hurricane,UT
DAY 1 – Sunday, August 9th
Hurricane,UT to Zion National Park,UT – 24.3 miles
DAY 1 – Sunday, August 9th
Zion National Park,UT to Harold’s Cabins,UT – 66.4 miles
Harold’s Cabins
328.8 miles
Harold’s Cabins,UT to Eureka,NV
DAY 2 – Monday, August 10th
Harold’s Cabins,UT to Bryce Canyon – 15.0 miles
Stopping so R.E. can douse his bike with gas…
DAY 2 – Monday, August 10th
Bryce Canyon UT to Parowan,UT – 55.3 miles
Agua Canyon
The Lodge for Breakfast… not that good.
Parowan,UT to Minersville,UT – 37.8 miles
Minersville,UT to Great Basin National Park,NV – 108 miles
DAY 2 – Monday, August 10th
Great Basin National Park,NV to Eureka,NV – 127.7 miles
3 up across Nevada
The Keyhole, in Eureka, NV
Pizza delivery
Someone else doesn’t like their elected official.
Don’t walk through life,
DANCE.
DAY 3 – Tuesday, August 11th
324.2 miles
Eureka,NV to Susanville,CA
Morning at Sundown Lodge
Julie and the Horseshoe Deer
Ghost
The Shoe Tree on the loneliest road in America… Route 50
If you want to find it, just look for the only tree on the side of the road.
There’s plenty of shoes here to put back.
This IS a rest stop… Isn’t it?
Ghost, going to give it a try.
Gas up in Fallon and R.E. and Connie split off to head home.
On our way to Susanville, CA
River Inn Motel in Susanville…. Everyone was hot, needed a drink and needed a dip in the pool.
DAY 4 – Wednesday, August 12th
316.9 miles
DAY 4 – Wednesday, August 12th
Susanville,CA to Lassen Volcanic National Park,CA – 65.2 miles
Heading off to Lassen
This was NOT Sam & Gail… but they had a Big Bird and a Dog
Road construction…
DAY 4 – Wednesday, August 12th
Lassen Volcanic National Park,CA
Lassen is a beautiful park, and got two thumbs up from everyone.
Oops, watch that first step…. er… seat.
It’s a loooong way down.
Ok, now off the rock, over to the log for more posing
SNOW!
DAY 4 – Wednesday, August 12th
Lassen Volcanic National Park,CA to Mount Shasta,CA – 150.2 miles
DAY 4 – Wednesday, August 12th
Mount Shasta,CA to Chiloquin,OR – 101.5 miles
We had changed plans to head to Diamond Lake with Cindy and Kickstart.
About 1 mile before the Oregon border on State Road 97, Kickstart’s motor gave up.
Loading the bike..
Waiting for the paperwork
Off to Diamond Lake
360.4 miles
Chiloquin,OR to Curly’s
DAY 5 – Thursday, August 13th
Chiloquin,OR to Crater Lake National Park,OR – 37.1 miles
DAY 5 – Thursday, August 13th
Crater Lake National Park,OR
DAY 5 – Thursday, August 13th
Crater Lake National Park,OR to Oakridge,OR – 100.4 miles
Oakridge,OR to Marion Forks,OR – 121.6 miles
DAY 5 – Thursday, August 13th
Marion Forks,OR to Mount Hood National Forest – 57 miles
DAY 5 – Thursday, August 13th
Mount Hood National Forest to Curly’s – 52.4 miles
McCloud, CA?
Some very bad BBQ place.
DAY 6 – Friday, August 14th
Curly’s to Snarl’s – 158.9 miles
Randy’s Lead
Snarl’s
============================================================================================
Head back to Las Vegas
From Snarl’s to Vegas
1,453.5 miles
395.2 miles
Snarl’s to Grants Pass,OR
300.4 miles
Grants Pass,OR to Fort Bragg,CA
Grants Pass,OR to Crescent City,CA – 82.6 miles
The first part of the trip was to Medford, OR to get a new ‘jiffystand” spring.
We ran back up to Grants Pass from Medford, and then back on course with a stop at the Burlwood Treehouse.
Bob got cranky and need a refresher course in smiling.
Giant Redwoods, but not the “Avenue of the Giants”, yet….
Finally, the coast of California.
Finding a motel in Eureka.
DAY 9 – Monday, August 17th
Crescent City,CA to Fort Bragg,CA – 217.8 miles
Avenue of the Giants
Back on the coast.
I think that last shot might have blurred the camera.
Looks like Tuscany
Seals
A great shot by Julie…
Very artistic… I’ll bet it was an accident.
Santa Rosa, looking for a motel.
150.5 miles
Fort Bragg,CA to Napa Valley (Calistoga)
DAY 10 – Tuesday, August 18th
Fort Bragg,CA to Bodega Bay,CA – 106.5 miles
DAY 10 – Tuesday, August 18th
Bodega Bay,CA to Calistoga,CA – 44 miles
DAY 11 – Wednesay, August 19th
288.8 miles
Napa Valley,CA to Mammoth Lakes,CA
DAY 11 – Wednesay, August 19th
Napa Valley,CA to Lodi,CA – 92.1 miles
Clos Pegase Winery
Berringer Winery
Military plane taking off from Travis Air Force Base
“Oh, Lord,,, Stuck in Lodi, again”
The Moore’s
DAY 11 – Wednesay, August 19th
Lodi,CA to Yosemite National Park,CA – 104.5 miles
DAY 11 – Wednesay, August 19th
Yosemite National Park,CA
DAY 11 – Wednesay, August 19th
Yosemite National Park,CA to Mammoth Lake,CA – 92.2 miles
DAY 11 – Wednesay, August 19th
Mammoth Lake,CA – Devils Postpile National Monument
DAY 12 – Thursday, August 20th
323.5 miles
Mammoth Lake,CA to Las Vegas,NV
DAY 12 – Thursday, August 20th
Mammoth Lake,CA to SR 190 – 122.4 miles
DAY 12 – Thursday, August 20th
SR 190 to SR 127 – 114.7 miles
Death Valley
DAY 12 – Thursday, August 20th
SR 127 to Las Vegas,NV – 86.6 miles
Gas stop coming home
