Hey guys... so I finally made it in about 4 days and about $600 in gas plus tolls and hotels. - I kind of underestimated how thirsty my car would be while towing the bike. I left Brooklyn around 2 PM on Monday and arrived at 2 PM on Thursday But when all is said and done I made it just fine with very little incident. At one point one of my fenders decided to try to leave my trailer somewhere in Wyoming but I got and and will be reattached soon. I really didn't see much on the way, just blazed 80 straight across and then headed northeast from Salt Lake City. I would drive for about 14 hours and get a hotel when I felt like crashing -Holiday Inn Express is the jam and Super 8 sucked ass. For me, the most scenic parts of the drive were western Nebraska and Wyoming. It's pretty awesome to see the landscape change as you cross the country. Though I've seen it before, I'm still amazed with the scale of the mountains out here.
So yesterday [Sunday].. I went on my first ride with some peeps from pnwriders.com. We left at 12pm and got back at 6. It was just my first day riding out here but I have to say THESE ROADS ARE SIIIICK. The best part is that they are so close - like 20min away. As far as skill level I would compare it to Ohao and PA. We must have hit at least 10 switch backs. We didn't hit any high speed sweepers, it was more turn after turn after turn after turn. I was psyched but also a little intimidated as there was a definite lack of road signs. I definitely had it on mellow mode and wasn't pushing it. - That also might have had something to do with a guy going down into a 15 foot ditch on a double switchback/s-turn. He throttled out of the first one and the second one caught him by surprise. He's lucky he was ok with the exception of a broken ankle and probably a totalled bike. That being said... everyone I rode with was pretty ok and responsible. Next ride is on Tuesday to this area called Fossil. It's about 2 hours away in the middle of nowhere, with super hot, sticky pavement and amazing roads with no cops. I was warned that I will need new tires when I get home. woo hoo!
Stay good. Wish the US were out here with me.
-P
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here's some footage of some people riding at Fossil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ZjZCDg_Io
Pat - Glad to hear you made it across the middle-America with little incident.
I'm pretty jealous in terms of the riding over there...it'd be dope to do a US left coast tour for sure.
That video was the business. From the looks of it you'll really be able to stretch out your bike's legs for once. I really like how clean & far you can see around the corners. Reminds me of a much bigger NY-51 (& presumably better!).
Have fun, but not too much b/c we want you to come back. LOL
Great write up!
Enjoy yourself!!
Glad your having a great time. Sounds amazing out there, I think we are all jealous and envious of your situation right now. Soak it all in.
ride canceled today :( hopefully this weekend.
That's pants Pat. >:( I hope you get to dominate that road!
So I went for my second ride today. I went by myself on a route planned on the GPS. It was pretty damn rad - until I ended up on fire roads [dirt] near Mt Hood. Eric would have loved it But damn it was hot! It was 103 degrees! -P
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