Touring is thirsty work!.
Day 20 With our journey approaching it’s end we still had things to do and see in and around Santa Monica. Today would see us visit Santa Monica Pier and go to Dodgers Stadium to see the LA Dodgers play the Milwaukee Brewers. It was a wonderful relaxing day and good to not be riding for …
Today was a short ride and our destination was Santa Monica and the Pacific Ocean. I knew it would be a slow trip even though we only had to cover 149km’s (92 miles). This short distance took us just over 4 hours to traverse thanks to LA traffic density. This section of Route 66 is poorly …
Today seen us travel 381km’s ( 287 miles), our destination for the day was Rialto, California. With the morning dawning we had the following touristy things planned today: Roy’s motel and Café, Amboy Ludlow Café, Ludlow Bagdad Cafe, Newberry Springs. Calico (Ghost Town) Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum, Barstow California Route 66 Museum, Victorville. Our …
A slightly longer trip then planned today due to me getting on highway US-15 and not taking the US-215 exit. Stupidly I even looked at it as I rode past and thought maybe I should have gone onto it. I realised about 5 minutes later when the Los Angeles sign came up, only problem was …
A bit of a quieter day today in Las Vegas, we did originally plan to do some touristy stuff ad it was just too hot to get motivated. So we skipped the following: Gun Garage Mob Museum Madame Toussad’s We did ride Red Rock canyon early and then headed over to Red Rock Harley-Davidson. From …
Breakfast in Williams, AZ. offers limited choices when you get up early. Well maybe early for the town at least it was late for us. We foolishly tried a coffee after the coffee shop staff said they knew how to make a flat white. They clearly didn’t know how to do it. Or at least …
With our journey to Monument Valley done it was time to turn around and head back towards Route 66. Riding back through Monument Valley with the sun behind us was a truly majestic experience. You can certainly see why it’s one of the most photographed places on the planet. If I was to venture this way again …
Today we ventured off Route 66 and headed up to Monument Valley in Utah, Our destination was Bluff, UT. A ride of 388 km (241 miles), mostly through barren countryside. Surprisingly it was a mild 16°C in Flagstaff, cool enough on the bike for me to don the thermal shirt as a cover layer. Being summer …
Today is a ride day with little of worth to see aside from the Continental Divide and some stunning countryside. Our destination for today was Flagstaff, Arizona. Today is also our longest ride day with 547 km (339 miles) to be covered. We chose to do a longer run due to the lack of things to …
We did a longer run on the bike today as there is not a lot worth stopping at along this stretch of road, our destination tonight was Albuquerque we did 306 miles (493 km) today. There’s not a huge amount of touristy things to do along this stretch. That said our journey included looking at …