Isn’t it funny how we all wish our lives away wanting the weekend to come as soon as possible? That’s not the case for me this week nor was it this week exactly one year ago. I call them the dreaded days of last summer. I hated those Fridays and the rough weekends after each. Today, one year later, I try to make the most of each day and I am thankful for such a beautiful day as today.
It was a chilly start this morning. When I first got up the temperature gauge on the bike showed 40 degrees. We packed up, had breakfast at the motel and were getting on the road by 7:00 A.M. However when I started the bike I noticed an immediate problem. The audio system on my bike would not power on and I did not want to be without my tunes and GPS. I thought about the problem and remembered on Wednesday my heated hand grips died so I replaced a blown fuse with another that with a slightly larger rated. Big mistake. Now I had another blown fuse back in the main fuse box that controlled everything. After I replaced it and everything was functioning we were on the road by 7:30.
The sun was shining on us all day and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky as we headed West on route 89 which was once a part of the Oregon trail. This road is an absolute perfect motorcycling road. Following along beautiful lakes and streams it was hard for me to keep my eyes and thought on the road. It was somewhat technical through the mountain twisties but yet smooth and fast with no traffic.
After a couple of hours we got on I15 in Utah and super slabbed it down past the Great Salt Lake to Salt Lake City. We then headed west on route 50 through the western mountains and deserts of Utah and over the border into Nevada.
We pulled into a KOA campground in Ely Nevado around 5:00 P.M. and setup camp. It was also a good opportunity get some wash done before we headed out for diner.
Tomorrow well ride west on 50, aka “the loneliest road in America”, towards Carson City and then tour the Lake Tahoe area before heading into California.
Life is good!
Total miles: 465 Butt factor: 3
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Bob & Tom, it's awesome to read about your adventures. You're not missing much at home other than alot of rain. Of course the neihbors miss you. Take care and have fun. Can't wait to read about tomorrow!
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Hey Guys! This is the first chance I've gotten to log on and read the blog. This is awesome. It's great to be able to track your trip and see some of the pictures. I hopped on to google latitude as soon as I read through all the posts and you guys were smack dab in the middle of Nevada on Route 50. Looks like I got you right after a great stretch of road that took a brief turn north before taking a hard cut south east then sweeping back west. Maybe you remember this stretch? It was right as you rode into the small town of Austin, NV. I imagine it to "Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne. I went to the Austin website and it looks like a beautiful town. It also looks like the exact center of Nevada. I thought that was awesome. Anyway, I hope you guys are enjoying your trip. I'm looking forward to logging on for updates and tracking your progress for the next two weeks.
ReplyDeleteBe careful and enjoy every second of living your dream! You guys deserve it!
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