Not a very original title I know but at least you know what you're getting 
We're now a week into the trip so I thought I'd better get a move on or I'd be home before I started posting. Besides, Big Aidan keeps hassling me about it
A couple of months ago Eclectic / Liam mentioned he was considering a wee trip to the Land of the Free this summer so I duly invited myself along
It was going to be a group of 6 - Liam & Naomi, another couple Nigel & Helen plus a guy they'd travelled with previously. Dave thinks he's a member on here but can't really remember 
So if anyone knows a scouser called Dave who has a grey 1200, that's probably him....
We originally considered shipping our bikes but for various reasons decided to hire in the end. Of all the options we settled on Bikers West, not far from the airport in LA. It's only a small operation so the choice was between a couple of Wings or a couple of V Stars but they were considerably cheaper than anywhere else.
As Liam, Naomi & I are involved in the organisation of the Horizons Unlimited Ireland meeting at the end of June a departure date in early May was chosen. Thanks to some sage advice from Sgt Bilko (thanks muchly Chris
) it was decided not to head too far north but rather meander east & then loop back west.
Saturday May 5th seemed to take forever to come around but eventually it was time for the off. The rest were flying from London so I was on my lonesome from Dublin.
Terminal 2 on a bright May morning :
My taxi for Leg 1 to Chicago O'Hare :
Lunch as interpreted by American Airlines :
Lots of water below :
And then lots of seemingly unoccupied land :
And then an afternoon snack :
Leg 2 was to LAX, over the mountains
Lots of irrigation :
And more mountains :
And a big tear in the earth (that's gonna take a lot of thread to mend !) :
Twenty hours after leaving home I eventually touched down in California. And not before time ! We'd booked into the Hacienda Hotel, basic but clean & cheap as a cheap thing. They even collected me from the airport
After a quick bite in Sizzlers (cos it was just across the road) it was off to bed in preparation for a big day tomorrow 
We're now a week into the trip so I thought I'd better get a move on or I'd be home before I started posting. Besides, Big Aidan keeps hassling me about it
A couple of months ago Eclectic / Liam mentioned he was considering a wee trip to the Land of the Free this summer so I duly invited myself along
It was going to be a group of 6 - Liam & Naomi, another couple Nigel & Helen plus a guy they'd travelled with previously. Dave thinks he's a member on here but can't really remember So if anyone knows a scouser called Dave who has a grey 1200, that's probably him....We originally considered shipping our bikes but for various reasons decided to hire in the end. Of all the options we settled on Bikers West, not far from the airport in LA. It's only a small operation so the choice was between a couple of Wings or a couple of V Stars
but they were considerably cheaper than anywhere else. As Liam, Naomi & I are involved in the organisation of the Horizons Unlimited Ireland meeting at the end of June a departure date in early May was chosen. Thanks to some sage advice from Sgt Bilko (thanks muchly Chris
) it was decided not to head too far north but rather meander east & then loop back west.Saturday May 5th seemed to take forever to come around but eventually it was time for the off. The rest were flying from London so I was on my lonesome from Dublin.
Terminal 2 on a bright May morning :
My taxi for Leg 1 to Chicago O'Hare :
Lunch as interpreted by American Airlines :
Lots of water below :
And then lots of seemingly unoccupied land :
And then an afternoon snack :
Leg 2 was to LAX, over the mountains
Lots of irrigation :
And more mountains :
And a big tear in the earth (that's gonna take a lot of thread to mend !) :
Twenty hours after leaving home I eventually touched down in California. And not before time ! We'd booked into the Hacienda Hotel, basic but clean & cheap as a cheap thing. They even collected me from the airport
After a quick bite in Sizzlers
(cos it was just across the road) it was off to bed in preparation for a big day tomorrow 
before stopping in a cheap motel in Indio at about 9pm, a nice easy start.....
..........
.....I'm also away travelling for a couple of weeks.
