I dunno about that Mandy. I rode a sister of Ruby's in California.Looks and sounds like you're struggling to enjoy yourself
Go easy on Ruby she wouldn't be used to throttle happy Irishmen
Enjoy the trip Jochen.
America's South West in 4 weeks
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Enjoy the trip Jochen.
ChubbyThumper
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Good man Jochen, keep the pics coming and be nice to Ruby (don't take your love to town)
R2D2
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Thanks for following along guys
PS: how was work today ??
w..ker
nice job enjoy it, love the wheeled sofa 
evens says you see a law enforcement officer at some stage 
sfarson
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Really enjoying this as well!
Mutley
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Great shots, I'm out there this September. Can't wait 
Great to be following along on this one Jockser
Keep it coming
Keep it coming
Looks nice, where did ya end up going John ?
Looks and sounds like you're struggling to enjoy yourself
Go easy on Ruby she wouldn't be used to throttle happy Irishmen
Nor and she isn't used to corners either but I showed her a few today
Looks nice, where did ya end up going John ?
Nor and she isn't used to corners either but I showed her a few today
Bully, hope you're having a great time
I had planned to do another 2 days last night but it was kinda a strange evening followed no dinner ! Now those of youse who know me well will know that 'no dinner' isn't something I do voluntarily or often so you can imagine the form 
Anyway, let's try again. This one finger typing isn't the fastest & it's getting late but we'll get something done.
So Day 3 started where Day 2 had finished - in a motel in Indio run by a nice indian/ Pakistani family - very clean & inexpensive. Brekkie was a bit basic but once I'd uploaded the new route to the GPS's be were ready to roll.
Dave the Scouser having a laugh :
First bit was back up Box Canyon cos it had been getting dsark as we came down last night & then back into Joshue Tree to exit from the northwest corner.
So, off to Box Canyon.
There's a lot of irrigation from the Salton Sea, actually a huge lake, which is close by. In addition to being the date shipping capital of Cali, there's a lot of citrus fruit, peppers & melons grown there,
Green stuff growing everywhere:
Salton Sea in background :
Entering the canyon :
It's really just a bit of tar running up the middle of the canyon which gets covered in cr@p when it rains & the have to scrape it off again.
Came across this well off the track :
A Photo point for GerryC maybe
Left Ruby while I went to take the pic & I returned to the fat puig sinking into the tarmac
Dave tramping along on his V Star :
After you rise out of the canyon it gets a bit flat until you cross the 10 & reenter the park :
Some interesting plants around the ranger station for those interested
Thefirst part of the journey was through the bit we'd already done :
Halfway through the park Dave stopped with a puncture. With no centre stand we had to lift the back onto a large rock to turn the back wheel. Turned out to be a nail, miles from anywhere. Between the compressed air & a tin of goo we got him going (sort of). No pics cos he had the camera & I was doing the work
By the time he got to the Ranger station it was flat again & he had about 10+ miles into town (Twentyninepalms). Found a bike shop that had a tyre & would collect the bike from the gas station & fix it. They collected it in a jiffy & then spent over 2 hours faffing around with it. But it turned out they'd never replaced the tyre that had been ridden flat all that way. Anyway, that was to be another days work.
We headed over the straightest, wierdest road I'd ever ridden until we got Parker where we dined in a Pizza Hut (small town America is not the culinary delight that the likes of France & Spain can be - it's quantity over quality usually) & slept in a Motel6 - clean, quiet & good value.
That's all folks, tune in again tomorrow, roughly the same time...
And thanks for following along
Anyway, let's try again. This one finger typing isn't the fastest & it's getting late but we'll get something done.
So Day 3 started where Day 2 had finished - in a motel in Indio run by a nice indian/ Pakistani family - very clean & inexpensive. Brekkie was a bit basic but once I'd uploaded the new route to the GPS's be were ready to roll.
Dave the Scouser having a laugh :
First bit was back up Box Canyon cos it had been getting dsark as we came down last night & then back into Joshue Tree to exit from the northwest corner.
So, off to Box Canyon.
There's a lot of irrigation from the Salton Sea, actually a huge lake, which is close by. In addition to being the date shipping capital of Cali, there's a lot of citrus fruit, peppers & melons grown there,
Green stuff growing everywhere:
Salton Sea in background :
Entering the canyon :
It's really just a bit of tar running up the middle of the canyon which gets covered in cr@p when it rains & the have to scrape it off again.
Came across this well off the track :
A Photo point for GerryC maybe
Left Ruby while I went to take the pic & I returned to the fat puig sinking into the tarmac
Dave tramping along on his V Star :
After you rise out of the canyon it gets a bit flat until you cross the 10 & reenter the park :
Some interesting plants around the ranger station for those interested
Thefirst part of the journey was through the bit we'd already done :
Halfway through the park Dave stopped with a puncture. With no centre stand we had to lift the back onto a large rock to turn the back wheel. Turned out to be a nail, miles from anywhere. Between the compressed air & a tin of goo we got him going (sort of). No pics cos he had the camera & I was doing the work
By the time he got to the Ranger station it was flat again & he had about 10+ miles into town (Twentyninepalms). Found a bike shop that had a tyre & would collect the bike from the gas station & fix it. They collected it in a jiffy & then spent over 2 hours faffing around with it. But it turned out they'd never replaced the tyre that had been ridden flat all that way. Anyway, that was to be another days work.
We headed over the straightest, wierdest road I'd ever ridden until we got Parker where we dined in a Pizza Hut (small town America is not the culinary delight that the likes of France & Spain can be - it's quantity over quality usually
) & slept in a Motel6 - clean, quiet & good value.That's all folks, tune in again tomorrow, roughly the same time...
And thanks for following along
Some great shots there my man
nice photos
since when did you turn down pizza small large or other wise
keep it coming
since when did you turn down pizza small large or other wise
keep it coming
Some great shots there my man
It's hard not to get good photos with so much great subject material. But I'm a little limited by the fact that I have to take a lot 'on the fly' so there'll be some blurred, crooked etc. One of the cameras has a short lens & it's amazing how many pics you can get the tip of a finger in
Never mind all that, just keep them coming JR. Good to talk to you earlier. Sent you some info via e-mail and WhatsApp.
Sent you some info via e-mail and WhatsApp.
Got it, thanks. And thanks to you & John D for the waypoints, maps & advice
Day 4 - Parker, AZ to Boulder City, NV
Last night we'd just gone over the border into Arizona (from California) to get a bed. After a leisurely brekkie - we're on holidays dammik ! - we crossed back into California & rode up the west side of the Colorado River as far as Parker Dam which we rode over, crossing back into Arizona.
The bridge over the Colorado at Parker :
Some nice places along the river :
And some not so nice :
The other side of the road :
More river :
Parker Dam :
The group :
The view upstream :
The view downstream :
Lake Havasu :
From there it was Hwy 95 along Lake Havasu to Lake Havasu City where we turned off to see London Bridge - you know, the one some rich American bought when he thought he was buying Tower Bridge, or so the story goes.
Not terribly exciting to look at :
This yoke must fairly shift :
Back onto 95 & then I 40 for a short spell - woulda been even shorter if I hadn't been looking for gas (that's petrol to you) stations on the gps as our turn-off came & went ! After a slight detour we were back on track, riding a minor road with the grandious title of Oatman Highway. We stopped in Golden Shores (I can only assume there used to be water in the huge flat dry pan out the back. Or maybe it's a seasonal thing ?) The lady in the gas station toook great pleasure in telling us we'd die of heat stroke in all our bike gear ! Rather that than lose all our skin in an off I thought. Lunch there was a coke, an ice lolly & a big bag of potato chips (aka crisps )
From there we were briefly onto an old part of Route 66, where we encountered the first real bends since Joshua Tree, and then onto Mohave Valley Hwy to Bullhead City.
Route 66 :
Dave :
Nigel & Helen :
Kinda obvious, no ?
Liam & Naomi :
That says Route 66, promise
More tomorrow
As you ride along the main street of Bullhead all the buildings are single & two story and suddenly you come around a bend and see the huge casinos on the Nevada side of the Colorado. Very wierd,,,,
We had planned to ride across Davis Dam at the bottom of Lake Mohave but the road was closed so we'd to Hwy 163 which took us over the hill and back onto Hwy 95, a boring straight dual carriageway to Boulder City.
We went walkabout that night looking for somewhere to eat and someone spotted a steak house but unfortunately they didn't do 'fine dining' on a Tuesday so the choice was just snack type stuffso we moved on ! We settled on a cafe with outdoor seating where I had a really nice meat & cheese platter (no pics, I was too hungry !) The cafe had a huge list of beers from all over the world, which the lads sampled several of
, but the only non alcoholic one they had was poxy Kaliber from Ireland Harp is bad enough with alcohol in it (yes, I do remember that far back !) but makes no sense without it 
Last night we'd just gone over the border into Arizona (from California) to get a bed. After a leisurely brekkie - we're on holidays dammik ! - we crossed back into California & rode up the west side of the Colorado River as far as Parker Dam which we rode over, crossing back into Arizona.
The bridge over the Colorado at Parker :
Some nice places along the river :
And some not so nice :
The other side of the road :
More river :
Parker Dam :
The group :
The view upstream :
The view downstream :
Lake Havasu :
From there it was Hwy 95 along Lake Havasu to Lake Havasu City where we turned off to see London Bridge - you know, the one some rich American bought when he thought he was buying Tower Bridge, or so the story goes.
Not terribly exciting to look at :
This yoke must fairly shift :
Back onto 95 & then I 40 for a short spell - woulda been even shorter if I hadn't been looking for gas (that's petrol to you) stations on the gps as our turn-off came & went ! After a slight detour we were back on track, riding a minor road with the grandious title of Oatman Highway. We stopped in Golden Shores (I can only assume there used to be water in the huge flat dry pan out the back. Or maybe it's a seasonal thing ?) The lady in the gas station toook great pleasure in telling us we'd die of heat stroke in all our bike gear ! Rather that than lose all our skin in an off I thought. Lunch there was a coke, an ice lolly & a big bag of potato chips (aka crisps )
From there we were briefly onto an old part of Route 66, where we encountered the first real bends since Joshua Tree, and then onto Mohave Valley Hwy to Bullhead City.
Route 66 :
Dave :
Nigel & Helen :
Kinda obvious, no ?
Liam & Naomi :
That says Route 66, promise
More tomorrow
As you ride along the main street of Bullhead all the buildings are single & two story and suddenly you come around a bend and see the huge casinos on the Nevada side of the Colorado. Very wierd,,,,
We had planned to ride across Davis Dam at the bottom of Lake Mohave but the road was closed so we'd to Hwy 163 which took us over the hill and back onto Hwy 95, a boring straight dual carriageway to Boulder City.
We went walkabout that night looking for somewhere to eat and someone spotted a steak house but unfortunately they didn't do 'fine dining' on a Tuesday so the choice was just snack type stuffso we moved on ! We settled on a cafe with outdoor seating where I had a really nice meat & cheese platter (no pics, I was too hungry !) The cafe had a huge list of beers from all over the world, which the lads sampled several of
, but the only non alcoholic one they had was poxy Kaliber from Ireland Harp is bad enough with alcohol in it (yes, I do remember that far back !) but makes no sense without it 
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Travelling in Northern Spain. Still here Jochen...... weather fantastic. Meeting a lot of motorcyclists around the place including quite a few on GS1200.
Following your trip with interest and looking forward to more pics
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