Friday, August 28, 2009

Some Videos of our Trip

Ride through the California Redwoods

Along the Oregon Coast

Ride to Mt St Helens, Washington

Motorcycle Drive-By's

More Drive-By's

... and More


A static drive-by... sorry, no video


Another static drive-by


"Cruising Down that Highway..."

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Some Additional Pictures

Eureka, Nevada - Known for its Gold Mining

On the Loneliest Hwy

Treking across Nevada

More Hwy

... and more

Two BFF's

Traveling across Northern California

Through the Redwoods of California

Two Big Foots... One is hairy... and one is not.

Bikers between two logs

Crossing Northern California

Camping in the California Redwoods

Beautiful Oregon Coast line

One of many bridges we crossed

Pacific Coast Hwy 101

We were at great risk of a Tsunami

Men in Black

Three Men in Black, and one in Yellow

Camping in a wide open field in Garibaldi, Oregon

Mt St Helens overlook

More Mt St Helens Overlook

Bikers discussing the wonders of life

Kite surfing on the Columbia River, Oregon side

Columbia River, Oregon

Looking good in black leather
Crossing Idaho

"Now where did I put that Mt Dew?"

A biker dude

Our token "old guy." Just weeks away from the big 60!

Our token "student" guy. Just weeks away from 17!

Pondering the imponderables

Our saviors in the desert: Ma and Pa (Relatives of Pete's) They drove 50 miles to pick up Brant's bike and haul it to Burley for a tire repair. Thanks Ma and Pa "I forgot your names."

Our four hour wait in 100 degree temperatures.

"Hey, it's not my fault that a nail jumped into my tire and delayed our trip by 6 hours."

"Let's see if we can plug up the hole with some chewing gum."

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Our Last Day - Home at Last

Home at last. We drove a little over 2,500 miles in 7 days. We made 35 gas stops, drank 254 gallons of water, gave the "two finger" wave (a biker's secret signal to other bikers) 1,254 times, push started two motorcycles, fixed one flat tire, repaired one gas starved motorcycle, put up and took down our tents 6 times, saw Bigfoot twice (Once in the woods, and once using one of the RV Park bathrooms) and relived all of the adventures of "Wild Hogs." Now we'll dream able next year's trip.

We ran into this homeless gal

Our tour through the Lehman Caves in Nevada
More of the Cave
And more...
Our last night stay, was at a Baptist Church/RV Park

At the Baptist Church, we could have spiritual sanctuary, use the rest room and shower, sometimes all at the same time. We cleansed our inner soul, as well as our outer soul.

Our camp spot for the night. This was actually our last option. We did receive an offer from Peter, the bar owner, where we had dinner. He said we could camp in his gravel parking lot. So, we chose the Baptist Church. They even had hot showers.

The spelling was not the best in Austin, Nevada. Butt, Iam knot one two critasize pipol fer there spilling.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Day 5 & 6 - Redwoods, Volcanos and Heat

Reflections of a Biker in the Nevada Desert

Stuck in Traffic outside of Reno, Tahoo

Adam in a Tree, along the Lady Bird Johnson Memorial Trial

Driving along the "Loneliest Hwy" Nevada, Hwy 50

Mike standing tall among the Redwoods

Driving through the Redwoods, California

Having fun at the Lassen National Park Gate

Traveling through the forest
Adam, the stud muffin...or so he thinks.

Lassen Volcano National Park

Shadows of a biker

Grinding it through the desert

Our favorite stop

Top of the World

One of 53 Construction stops

The Giant Redwoods

Giants among Giants

Biker filler

A dead battery...guess whose bike?

The young guys helping an old guy