Monday, May 31, 2010
Day 14, La Jolla HOME, 2,229 Miles!
We are home, hit the Vespa for grub & libations this afternoon. You can not imagine how great it feels to be home, check in with us in a few days for the wunderlust motolust as we are both sure that we will want to be back on the pavement shortly.
Day 14, We're Going Home, anticipated mileage near 400, temps from 50 to 90
We're heading home. Although the road trip has been phenomenal, we are both looking forward to the beach, family & friends (two legged and four). Heading out of Yosemite before the crowds, the plan is to detour from the all day freeway trek, and ride Cerro Noreoste again this morning. Keep an eye out for updates once we get home for more moto & vacation porn! We should be over 2,000 miles when we reach La Jolla.
Mick & Colleen
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Day 13, Yosemite & Chilnaulna Falls (Not)
Okay, so today we are staying in the south valley of Yosemite, just outside the south gate entrance at the Tenaya Lodge. After talking with the concierge we decided to forgo the mountain biking and hike to Chilnualna Falls. What was suppose to be a 8.4 mile hike with 2,300 feet in elevation gain, and a 7 out of 10 for difficulty turned into a 5 mile hike with unknown elevation gain and many fallen trees and no detectable trail, but, an amazing portion of the Chilnualna creek was incredibly enjoyable. We possibly only saw 8 - 10 other people on the trail all day. We feasted on goat cheese and smoked salmon, which we shared with the cutter ants that we found on the rocks near the creek.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Day 12, Yosemite, 260 miles, temps from 71 to 43
Friday, May 28, 2010
Day 9, 10 & 11, Carson City, NV
Mick & Papa Sak
We have been spending some time with Papa Sakakeeny and while it has been a very nice visit we are itching to get back on the road again and off the grid of everyday life. The weather has finally cleared and we are getting back on the bike and heading to the Ahwanhee and Yosemite for the next three days.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Day 8, Jihad & Fashion
Day 8, Mendocino to Carson City, NV, storm runners, 360 miles, wet and snowy the entire way
In all our wisdom we decided to depart lovely Mendocino, avoid Eureka and out run the impending storm. We unfortunately did not calculate the possibility of the storm actually picking up energy and speed and staying with us the entire day. We put in a total of 360 miles, 9 1/2 hours of "not" fun riding and made it successfully to Dayton, NV (just outside of Carson City, NV) to push up our stay with Papa Sakakeeny.
Stopped just outside of Donner Pass to add another layer, have a shot of scotch, hot cocoa and new gloves (garden gloves). The leather gloves were soaked completely through, so much it looked as if I had tattooed fingers from the black bleeding through.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Day 8, EUREKA! Detour - we're out of here
Monday, May 24, 2010
Day 7, Windsor to Mendocino, 160 miles
We are just catching up on the posts - we have arrived in Mendocino and finally have a couple hours to actually log in and catch up. Watch for posts tonight.
We may be cutting our northbound journey short, awaiting storm to hit the coast. Stay tuned.
The amazing Dolphin House (Hello Hambrecht's). One of the few sunny days in Mendocino. What an amazing piece of property, sat for a short time on the infamous bench and enjoyed the hawks flying overhead.
View from Albion River Inn - watched the sunset and contemplated the storm. After anticipating Mendo burgers all the way up the coast, we were disappointed that they have changed hands and are not even a faint memory of the past deliciousness they once were. The hotel however, sublime, lit a fire, sipped our bottle of Cabernet from Post Ranch Inn, enjoyed until the last remnants of the sunset filtered in through our windows.
Day 5, Big Sur to Santa Rosa, via San Jose & San Francisco, 197 miles
Day 4, Cambria to Big Sur, with a detour on Nacimiento Road, 85 Miles
Day 3, Cambria, CA Black Cat Bistro
Unexpected great meal at the Black Cat Bistro. If you are ever in Cambria be sure to stop by and have a wonderful meal with impeccable service by the Owners/Staff. We had the most amazing heirloom tomato salad with fresh burrata cheese, abalone, scallops and ahi tuna.
Day 3, Ojai to Cambria, 252 miles of twisting winding mountain roads
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Day 2, Ojai - Mexican Restaurant - what do you mean you don't have any tequila
Okay, so it must be the economy or just someone that thought opening a Mexican restaurant without tequila is a good idea. One might ask then why you have a stack of Tequila bottles on the back bar.......or one might ask the bartender after a game of 21 questions to find out which bottle might actually contain the golden agave nectar if the owner intends to restock or possibly make payroll this week??? So after a beer and no shot or margarita, we headed over to another local establishment only to be told that their best margarita was made with Squirt.....okay Ojai, little town that seems to be predominately Hispanic may not be the capital of good Mexican drinks. Lucky for us we ended the evening at an Italian restaurant that actually had wine & port - who would have expected that.
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