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Motorcycling

2024-04-27 thru 30 Death Valley ADV

For a while I’ve been hoping to get a smaller ADV bike so that I could tackle harder terrain with Andreas. The popular trend has been a bit in the other direction. Guys doing gnarly roads/trails on big ADV bikes like the 1200GS, 990 KTMs, and the like. To be honest I’m not really sure […]

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Nature & Hiking

2024-04-26 Lone Pine

After Joshua Tree I headed north towards Lone Pine. These would be my bridge locations before meeting Andreas on Saturday the 27th for more riding. Carly and I were in Lone Pine, CA a few years ago when we did our Sierras road trip. Lone Pine is the gateway for accessing Mt. Whiney. Seeing Whitney […]

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Nature & Hiking

2024-04-24 & 25 Joshua Tree

Leaving San Diego I headed east to Joshua Tree. I’d climbed in J-Tree many years ago, in 2011 to be exact. This time I wouldn’t get as much climbing in, but being solo and only there two days, that is to be expected. My objectives were to do some of the OHV roads in the […]

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Motorcycling

2024-04-19 & 20 Ocotillo Wells Motorcycling

The next leg of the trip, which was the catalyst for the trip in the first place, was to meet some former fellow motorcycling coworkers at an off-highway vehicle recreation area between San Diego and the Salton Sea. Leaving Las Vegas in the afternoon I headed across some of the more desolate sections of the […]

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Climbing

2024-04-17 Red Rocks with Case and Nicole

I have a bit of time ahead of me since I left Overair so I decided to plan a road trip. First stop would be in Red Rocks for a couple nights. As my most fortunate luck would have it Case and Nicole happened also to be doing a quick trip through Red Rocks—it pays […]