VLOG 16 PART II – A RIVER CROSSING CHANGES OUR TRIP
A muddy river crossing seeming impossible to pass leads to some difficulty on our trip.
VLOG 16 PART I – A RIVER CROSSING CHANGES OUR TRIP
A muddy river crossing seeming impossible to pass leads to some difficulty on our trip.
Did the crowds bother you?
The Trail is long. This country is big. We exceeded 7000 detour and TransAmerica Trail miles. So, my presumption was that we’d cross paths with a number of motorcyclists out there doing what we were doing. Maybe we’d even camp near some of them. Nope. We mostly had the place to ourselves. We crossed through […]
Photo Journal 27 – To the Wedding – Fortuna, CA 7/16 to Santa Barbara, CA 7/16
Since we’re crazy, we decided to try to do the 600 mile drive from Fortuna to Santa Barbara to make it to cousin Hannah and her fiancé Doug’s 4pm wedding (we didn’t think we were going to make it at all thanks to the 6-day clutch delay). Unfortunately, due to a flat tire in Fremont, […]
Photo Journal 26 – Pacific – Glendale, OR 7/15 to Fortuna, CA 7/15
A locked gate and a blocked road prove to be the last couple of obstacles we must deal with on the trail. By some miracle, we’ve made it to the Pacific!
VLOG 15 – NEVADA’S DESOLATE ROADS
We ride through some desolate roads in Nevada.
Photo Journal 25 – Oh So Close – Crescent, OR 7/14 to Glendale, OR 7/14
Despite numerous blocked logging roads, we made it to Glendale: the last city we would visit before the coast!
WE HAD HELP!
Along the course of this 5000 Miles of Dirt thing, many kind people helped us in big and small ways to get across this beautifully rugged and dirty land. 1. My brother was first. On May 24, he drove a couple hours to the Charlotte, NC airport to pick us up. Then he patiently waited […]
Photo Journal 24 – Back on the Trail – McDermitt, OR 7/12 to Crescent, OR 7/13
It feels good to finally be back on the trail. We had another front Africa Twin flat which we fixed using 2 patches. Not the most confidence inspiring solution. Fortunately, the next morning we were able to pick up some new tubes and a drone (Thanks for the new drone, Best Buy! Our first Mavic […]
Photo Journal 23 – New Clutch From The Land of Potatoes – McDermitt, NV 7/8 to McDermitt, OR 7/11
Our friends the Whitings kindly agreed to host us in their Nampa Idaho home while the 250L waited at a nearby Honda dealer for its new clutch. Larry was even kind enough to drive the 160 miles to McDermitt to pick us and the bikes up. Thanks Larry! We also got to tour the Whitings […]