Category: Travelling

Second To Last Night

March 6, 2020 Facts The Bus Travelling No Comments
My perch above San Louis Obispo was wonderfully lovely, accessed by a hair raisingly narrow road I hope to not again drive up in the bus. And windy. Wear the headphones kind of wind. Plus fricking cold. I left a 8:30, praying to not meet another vehicle. Other than a…

Today in Taft

February 7, 2020 Facts Improving Travelling No Comments
I’m in a barber shop. Not kidding and not the start of a joke. There’s a discussion on how our current president is fixing things and how without him we’d be in [more of] a crappy situation. Not a rich area, guys. It turns out the barber is that famous…

Cruising

February 6, 2020 Facts The Bus Travelling No Comments
Tonight I’m pretty sure is on private property. 34.784609,-118.400394 for those who like to watch. It happened because I was ready for at least a break and maybe far off there is a joshua tree grove and so here I am. It’s plenty great despite plenty of evidence others have…

At The Casino

February 4, 2020 Facts Mountain Biking Travelling No Comments
Yeah I’m in a casino parking lot for the night. Saves an hour of driving. Despite being right by I10, it is still not as loud as last night, with the phenomenal winds rocking the bus. Winds aside, it gorgeous. Now it’s cold. By that I mean freezing up just…

Reunion

January 31, 2020 Culinary Facts Travelling No Comments
After another fun time dialoguing with my temporary neighbor, obviously over pancakes, I headed out and thankfully there were no opposing traffic vehicles on the rather narrow road which winds its way along the mountain. Yeah funny the number of similarities. For instance, we are both en route to a…

Corral Canyon

January 30, 2020 Facts Mountain Biking Travelling No Comments
Rode from the campground and on to Wrangler, whose general uphill slant made tired Zeke more so. At last we are at the start of Kernan Trail, from what I’d read the jewel of the place and it was rocking indeed. Kernan trail is a lot like Chutes from the…

Dusty Brah

January 29, 2020 Facts Travelling 1 Comment
Winds blowing in the 30 – 35 mph range made for a dusty crossing from Yuma through to a short way up the 4000′ climb starting at sea level over 10 miles which must be a killer in the summer while passing fascinatingly and totally otherworldly boulder crusted mountains and…

A Tour Guide!

January 28, 2020 Culinary Facts Mountain Biking The Bus Travelling No Comments
I left wherever I slept last night late. Certainly too late to arrive in Yuma AZ by one. Or two. Maybe I arrived about two. The serendipitous thing is I’ve been semi on the lookout for when the correct alignment of geography, fatigue level, sense of urgency and daylight occurs…

Feeling Conspicuous

January 25, 2020 Facts Mountain Biking Travelling No Comments
Tonight makes for three nights of no bus movement. That’s a first. The dirt road off of which I’m parked is heavily used and there’s no one else I’ve seen overnighting it. Folks are friendly and all… I’m just looking forward to driving off tomorrow for water, food and so…

Define Too Much

January 19, 2020 Facts Improving Mountain Biking Travelling
At 1/6 into the ride Zeke was pooped. Still, the route was oh so compelling. Plus I have an association with how an occasional big effort day, the ones physiologically perhaps too taxing, sure seem to make for inflection points. In other words, that blowing up from time to time…