Day 19 Cedar city to Lake Mead and Las Vegas

Cedar City…..dam cold, I think it was about 35F this morning, loaded up the bike, was ready to leave….battery dead….hmmmmm, guess it doesn’t like the cold weather (note to self, get a new battery). I was on a slight hill in the parking lot, but it wasn’t big enough to bump start my cold bike, luckily one of the maintenance guys was out and he gave me a push to get it going…I ‘ve had enough of this cold weather…head south!!!! which fortunately was kinda the plan…off to Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam. It was going to be a short day of riding today (about 5 hours) so I could get to the hotel, update my blog and get some gambling in….

Entering Lake Mead National Park

Somewhere traveling through Lake Mead

Picture and pee break.....mostly pee break!!!


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Hoover Dam Baby!!!

Hoover Dam Bypass

Okay, I made it to Vegas to meet up with a few friends….and you know what they say…what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas….so there is not going to be a few posts till I’m heading out of town….stay tuned!!!

Day 18 Cedar City Utah

Ok, Cedar City Utah was not my first choice of stops, but it just happened to work out that way….the clouds were looming this morn  and it had rained a bit last nite. I had planned to head northwest on route 89 to a road called Cottonwood Canyon Rd., this is a backroad in the Glen Canyon National Forest which ends at Cannonville and from there I would pass through Bryce Canyon onto Cedar City…well, that was the plan…checking out, I mentioned that I was going through Cottonwood Canyon Rd, the girl at the front suddenly had a weird look on her face and said “you’re on a motorcycle???” I told her I was, but it was capable to go off road…well her look changed to a sarcastic grin and said that it definitey wasn’t a good idea to go through that road with anything but a hardcore 4wd machine, especially after it had just rained…well that threw my plans for a loop…off to plan B. I had heard about a ride through Mexican Hat (yup, that’s a name of a town) and around the north side of  Glen Canyon Park, then south down the west side to Bryce Canyon. I mapped it out on Google and it showed about a 6hr trip plus two hours to get to Mexican Hat (starting point) and 2 hrs from Bryce Canyon to Cedar City, so basically about 10hrs riding plus stops…checked out, I started heading east for plan B….just out of Page, those dam winds started up again!! I don’t know if it is just because of the time of year (springtime??) or if it was alway like that year round but curse those winds…if you ever need an upper body workout, just ride a motorcycle through those kinda crosswinds and your abs, arms and neck will get tested….luckily it only lasted till Mexican Hat (2 hrs later), then it was smooth sailing (sort of)…I gotta tell you that over this ride I experienced all four seasons, started in the desert with the heat of the summer, started climbing in elevation and got the rains of spring, the hail of fall started with the thunder clouds above me, then the bitter cold of winter with blowing snow in Bryce Canyon…..

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to tell ya the truth, not sure where this was....but it looked good...

Climbing in elevation after Mexican Hat, there was about a mile of gravel switch backs with cliffs on one side...lotsa fun!!

Clouds looming....this might have been where the rain started...

It's hard to tell, but it is snowing here...and dam cold!!!! took this pic while riding with one hand, camera in the other...probably not the smartest thing to do when snowing, but i have never been known to be smartest guy....

Up at the summit...9800 ft...gettin more snow and colder!!!burrrr!!!!

Once again, I have a lot more pics and if ya wanna see’em, bring over a few cases of beer (and maybe some vodka) and we’re good to go……The snow thing was what bothered me the most…who wudda thot???…but it is high in elevation and the locals said although it’s not normal, it does happen…oh well, I made it through without crashing (I actually had a jeep following me, so if I did dump, hopefully they would help me pick it up)….ended the day at Cedar City and hunkered down with a pizza at the Best Western (took me a while to find that cause of the GPS was messing up on me again and sent me 10 miles too far…), it was a long day, but the ride was well worth it and I would definitely do it again ( but maybe in the middle of summer).

Day 17 Grand Canyon and Page Arizona

Woke up early this morn and I was planning on getting in two stops today, hit the Grand Canyon, then head northeast to Page where Antelope Canyon is…..so off we go, head west on I40 to route 64 and head north, it’s pretty simple, but not for my GPS. That dam thing must have some old maps or needs a firmware upgrade or something cause this thing was taking me all over Flagstaff…fed up, I finally just started following the road signs and voila!!! I was in the visitor center parking lot….sometimes it just might be better to go “old school” once in a while. So I hit the visitor center, used the “can”, went out to the lookout, took a few pics, took a few pics for some other tourists there and then back on the bike…I was originally going to go for a little hike part way down the Rim trail, but there really wasn’t anywhere to change up and the thought of getting geared up after hiking didn’t sound too appealing (yeah, I know, some may call that a wimpy excuse but i think I’m gettin a little too old for that kinda stuff)….

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The "Grand Canyon" from Mather Lookout

The "Grand Canyon" from Kenny's Lookout.....

It really is impressive and pictures cannot really capture the magnitude of this “wonder of the world”…at least not my pictures (maybe I shud take a photo class when i get back??). Anyhow, back on the bike and off to Page where I’m gonna spend the nite and go see Antelope Canyon (on recommendation from a friend of mine)….remember earlier on I mentioned that I absolutely hated riding in gusty winds, well the ride to Page musta been the windiest place I have ever been to…I not sure how fast the winds were blowing, but let me put it this way, when stopped to gas up, my bike almost blew over off the stand…apparently, this is normal for that area….I felt really bad for those guys pulling those huge 5th wheels. But none the less, I made it to Page in such good time that I was too early for check in, so in talking with the front desk girl, I found out I could get in on a tour of Antelope Canyon that afternoon (the only way to see the upper Antelope Canyon is with a guide ), I was actually planning to go the next morning, but hey, I had time to kill… the shuttle bus ( or shud I say pickup with seats in the bed) showed up and off we go. If you have never heard of Antelope ( I didn’t) you probably have seen photos of it, this place is know worldwide for its “slot”canyons and has been professionally photographed numerous times…..take a look at mine

Entrance to the canyon

check this out!!!

hundreds of years of water did this...I could probably do it in a week with a pressure washer!

We clear out all the people for this one....

 

These are only a few of the pics I took…I must have hundreds!!! If you wanna see more you are gonna have to bring a case of beer over (maybe 2) and I can show you all of them….years ago, there was a flash flood and several people actually died in the canyon which is one of the reasons why to see the upper canyon, you must go with a guide…I was glad that I went that afternoon cause guess what??? It was raining the next day and the canyon was closed…hah!! chalk one up to fate!!! If you are ever travelling northern Arizona, this place is a must see!!! I would even pass the Grand Canyon to see this if you could only do one…..so there you go, two thumbs up for Antelope!!!!

Day 16 Going to Flagstaff Arizona

Cleaned up the house and packed everything back on the bike…today is going to be a mileage day to Flagstaff passing through Prescott and Sedona. The first thing I noticed passing into Arizona was that gas was 50 cents/gallon cheaper than in Cali, second thing was that I thought I wandered into the land of RV parks….everywhere you looked, there were RV parks, even in the middle of  nowhere in the Arizona desert, not exactly the best locations but they seemed to be full, I guess people will go anywhere to escape the bitter winter cold…….I not sure if there was some kinda holiday this weekend, but it seemed like every little small town I passed through had some kinda festival going on…. lotsa balloons, people and flea markets on small town main street today, I was trying to make some time to flagstaff so I waved a lot and motored on through….. The land of the red rock , Sedona, was next before I hit Flagstaff. Sedona sure has changed since the last time I was there (over 15 years ago), much more built up and definitely more touristy…guess that what happens when a place gets popular. One thing that didn’t change was the stunning scenery and the beautiful red rock that Sedona is famous for. I tried to drive through town and take hwy 89A to Flagstaff (supposed to be a nice scenic motorcycle ride), but the main road going into town was backed up for miles and not moving…after sitting in line for a while (and getting real hot in the sun), I made the decision to turn back to I17 and take that to Flagstaff, not the most interestings but beat sitting in a traffic jam…..

Sedona redrock from a distance

Same as above


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Made it to Flagstaff…onto Grand Canyon and Page tommorrow….stay tuned!!!!

Day 15 Salton Sea

I have heard so much about this big dead body of water with just as big of a stench just about an hour east of La quinta….the Salton Sea…well let me tell you, it didn’t disappoint. Apparently the Salton Sea was created back in the early 1900’s when the Colorado river flooded and water filled this “salton sink” and because of the lack of water egress, the Salton Sea was eventually formed. This body of water soon became a tourist attraction and was quite a recreation hotspot…why not? a huge body of water in the middel of the desert!!! But because of the aformentioned lack of water egress, the salinity of the water climbed to the point where pretty much nothing could live in it….soon the popularity of the Salton Sea died off (along with everything else), people left and the place started to look like a ghost town…which leads us to today, there are a few locals still living around, but not many, dilapidated buidings and fish skeletons all over the shore…oh yeah… and that nice stench in the air….

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These are all over the shoreline

Think some one has been playing with these?

The beaches are not made up of sand but of shells and skeletons....

Bombay Beach east side of Salton Sea

Something else in the area as well is Salvation Mountain…it’s definitely something to see and a little hard to describe…this crazy old guy built this “mountain” outta hay and other stuff, then painted it all up…I think it is an ongoing project and he is adding to it when he can and he has his own website now http://www.salvationmountain.us

I think I found God!!! Maybe not, but I did find Salvation Mountain

Just before a little town called Slab City, Salvation Mountain is something to see...

Time to leave La Quinta and the Palm Desert…..off to Arizona tommorrow….

Day 14 Joshua Tree National Park

Now that I got my new tires installed and my bike ready to go, I decided to take a day trip to Joshua Tree National Park which is only about an hour from La Quinta. I didn’t want to do the regular paved tour through the park, so I searched the internet and had found that there are a lot of  “4 wd” roads in the park as well. So with GPS in hand (or should I say on bike), I headed out towards the south end of the park looking for Berdoo Canyon Rd….head east on hwy 10 through Indio to Dillon Road exit, head north on Dillon for a few miles to Berdoo Canyon Rd, turn right onto Berdoo Canyon and away you go…..

Beginning of Berdoo Canyon Road...leads into Joshua Tree Park

What do you think they do out here for fun?...Luckily none of these guys were around when I was going through

Berdoo Canyon Road connects onto Geology Tour Road and then connects to the main parkway. It’s made up of rocky technical sections, loosen sand and hardpack…so you kinda getb a little of everything. I’m not used to riding in too much sand, so it was a little tricky riding through these parts with the bike snaking around underneath me, I almost dumped the bike several times on some technical rocky areas (I sure wish I had lower gearing) but managed to keep upright and relatively scratch free….

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It really worse than the pictures show...honest!!!

Yup more of the same.....I think it was about 90F at this time....HOT!!!

They call this a road????? What the &#@#$* ??

After Berdoo, I headed south on the main parkway to another called “Old Dale Road” which headed north passing by some old mines…..

Beginning of Old Dale Road....to the left!!!

Miles of sand!!!

Old Dale started out as a hard packed dirt road almost two lanes wide, I’m guessing designed for “regular vehicles”…but after about 15 miles, the road progressively gets worse and worse until nothing but a hard core rock crawler could pass…..I probably got about 3/4 of the way through but then hit a section that was just too much for the loaded down KLR ( and me as well)….so I made the decision to turn around and back track….

Old Dale Road slowley getting worse

Doesn't look as bad as it really was.......

All in all, I put about 250 miles on with about 120 of those in the dirt trails….it was hot and I was getting tired wrestling my 400 lb bike through sand and rocks…..time to head back to La Quinta!!!!

Tommorrow….Salton Sea….

Day 6-13 Hanging in La Quinta

OK, I’ve slacking off a bit and haven’t been updating this blog for a little while……to my defense, La Quinta is not a very exciting place…but if you want to just chill out, get a little sun  and play some golf, this is the place be….so while waiting for my new tires to show up, that’s exactly what I did….. nothing too exciting, but I did get to see some of the sights around town (Old La Quinta, Old Palm Springs), did some hiking in Palm Canyon and took a day trip to Sand Diego through Hwy 74 ( this would of been a great trip on my bike, but the new tires hadn’t arrived yet…so I did it on 4 wheels instead).

Palm Canyon hike waterfall

Same hike...thenstream that fed the waterfall

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Road leading up to Palm Canyon...lukily I didn't rent the big SUV...road's a little narrow

So my new tires arrived arrived on friday and I managed to install them on the bike sunday!!! Went for a little test ride on them after install and WOW….what a difference, especially at highway speed, they just feel much more stable…..anyhow, lesson learned, you get what you pay for (at least with tires)…ready to go riding again.

 

Day 5 La Quinta California….

I made it!!! It’s sunny and windy with temps in the high 80’s and 90’s… I am going to relax a bit here, do a little maintenance on my bike and maybe get a few rounds of golf in ( I actually packed my golf shoes)….I also plan on getting some day trips to the surrounding area…I’ll post as interesting things come up, but there probably won’t be much till I start my return trip in a week or so…….now I think it’s time to take a nap by the pool!!!

Parked in the garage for a little break!!


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The sign says "Motorcycle or Golf Cart Parking Only"...this was at the grocery store parking lot....only in Palm Springs!!

Day 4 Monterey to La Quinta…..

Today is a day of putting on miles…the plan was to leave Monterey and make it to La Quinta in time for the 4:30 start of the Canucks game…not too much going on today except for the fact that I almost ran outta gas in the middle of nowhere (isn’t that the name of this Blog??) and was almost blown off the hwy by gusting winds…..Couple of things I have learned so far on this trip, gas mileage severely drops travelling above 55 mph…Because this was just a day of getting from point A to point B as soon as possible, I hopped on the 101 and started cruising around 70 mph (that’s the speed limit). When I reached the turnoff to go from Hwy 101 to I5, there was a sign that said “next service 50 miles”, I looked at my odometer and figured I had at least 70 miles before I even needed to think about gas….hmmm, I was wrong, I had to go to reserve after about 20 miles…..I really didn’t know how far I could go on reserve, but I had heard that it was good for about 20 miles on a KLR…Well you don’t have to be a mathematician to know that the numbers don’t work…now the wheels are turning (in my head)…do I continue on and try and make it? Do I turn around? I have an extra litre of spare gas that I carry, so that would get me a few more miles so I decided to continue on…dropped my speed down 55 mph and kept my fingers crossed…of course, it started to rain as well, great!!! All I could think about was how this was going to really screw up my time line if I have to hitch hike to a gas station…..Well as you already know (from the beginning of this post I mentioned that I “almost” ran outta gas), after about 30 miles on reserve  I saw the big Texaco Star on the horizon and if I did run out now, at least I wouldn’t have that far to walk…whew!!!

Second thing I learned so far…..I hate riding in gusty winds!!!!! I don’t know if it’s because the KLR is relatively tall and was a little top heavey, but I was getting tossed around like a rag doll just outside of Palm Springs…granted it was very gusty and the semis were having as much fun as I was, it still was a pain…..rain, cold, heat, no problem…gusty winds, yeck!!!

Third thing I learned so far….don’t cheap out on tires!!!!! I bought some shinko 244’s (street legal knobby) which came to under $100 for the front and back…well, take a look at the pic below….
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That's what you get for cheap tires!!.....

I made it to La Quinta on these, but I don’t think they’ll last much longer…I have a new set of TKC 80’s on order which should be delivered this week, they’re well known and should last much longer than these……

Day 3 “The Lost Coast” to Monterey Ca

I made to Monterey California today, another 10 hours in the saddle…I have a bad internet connection at the hotel…will update tomorrow with pics….Cheers!!

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Update time…..
So the initial “plan” was to leave Eureka and head south on the Hwy 101 and connect onto Hwy 36 which is famous road well known by motorcycle enthusiasts. Apparently it is full of twisties with beautiful scenery that travels east towards Red Bluff and connects onto  I5… From there I was going to hop on I5 and make my way to Monterey through San Fran…..Like I said, that was the initial plan….the night before, I got an email from Greg (the rider from Maui that I had met the day before) and he mentioned that after Eureka he headed south to “The Lost Coast” of California which was aptly named back in the 1930″s as the population at the time started leaving the area and the rugged terrain proved too costly for roads into the area…..I quote “AMAZING!!!!…..Hairpins, potholes, ruts, gravel in places, rough surface, etc….”, how could I pass that up???? I was going to be back in Cali in July, so I figured I could do hwy 36 then……Well, let me tell you, he wasn’t exagerating one little bit….the road is pretty rough and is not well suited for street bikes (which is probably why it’s not more popular), but for dual sports, it’s perfect!!!! As Greg mentioned, rough broken up pavement, gravel and some very tight hairpins….I probably should of taken more pics, but I was concentrating on the road ahead. The route took you through dense forest, open ranchland, along the rugged coast line and exited throught the “Avenue of Giants” which in itself ia amazing and has some of the largest trees I have ever seen ( and I didn’t even see the biggest ones)…..

Entering "The Lost Coast" road to Petrolia

Riding through ranchland to Petrolia

Heading to the coast on the gravel portion

The coast on "The Lost Coast"

One lane bridge leaving Honeydew towards Avenue of Giants

Entering "Avenue of Giants"

One of the "small trees"...it's hard to tell, but this tree is wider than the length of my bike...

Looking up!!!!

I wish I had  a better camera to capture the beauty of all this, but this is all my point and shoot would do (it has nothing to do with the operator, it’s the equipment…hahahaha…that’ what I say about my golf game too!!)…..After the Avenue of Giants, it was back on the 101 to monterey……