Saturday, April 3, 2010

Arizona Trip, Ran Out Of Gas

Brian runs out of gas on the Interstate, just two miles from the station. His Ultra Classic just doesn't good mileage. Good news is that Larry brought a siphon and we were able to get some gas out of one of the Goldwings.

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Arizona Camping - Staging

5:00am, Temecula, CA. We Americans have this habit of starting road trips very early. I wonder why that is?

Did we inherit this from our fore fathers?

Back when people still rode horses, and covered wagons, and make that long migration west, did the man of the house say, "Come on Martha, I want to get an early start on that long dusty trail"?

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Motorcycle Camping in Arizona

Tomorrow morning I'm heading out on a 5-day motorcycle camping trip into Arizona with guys from our riding club.

We do this trip every Spring Break, though not necessarily the same exact route.

This will be my first motorcycle camping trip on my Honda ST1300. I've got it all packed up and ready to go. Seems like I have more space to carry things on the ST1300 compared to my Ultra Classic. But that may also be because over the many camping trips I've done, I'm just taking less and less stuff.

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Anyways, I plan to take plenty of photos.

In fact, I'll snap some photos with my cellphone, and upload them to this blog as it happens, along with some notes. It'll be just like you're there with us.

Provided of course, I have cell service where I'm going.

Here's a preliminary map of our route...



This route will more than likely change. Some of these roads are still closed due to unseasonally high snow fall. So we'll have to shoot from the hip, and figure out alternative routes as we get there.

But that whole spontaneity thing is part of what our club is about. Whatever happens, we're going to get some good riding in, and have a great time.

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A vagabond who hauls a motorcycle around the country in a toy hauler, earning a living as a website developer. Can often be found where there's free Wi-Fi, craft beer, and/or public nudity. (Read more...)