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At Furnace Creek. Place that holds the record for the hottest day in America Headed back towards camp. Again no pics but at the top of the pass before dropping down into Panamint springs I ran across what as left of a trailer and truck. Looked like the fire started on the trailer where 4 or 5 bikes were tied down (only the rim were left by this point) and spread into the truck. Luckily no one was injured but I never found out who they were Last night at camp The drawing for all the goodies Ted enjoying his last cider of the night This guy binned up his 1200GS something bad. Somehow during his wreck in the sand the bike landed upside down and basically shattered the whole upper fairing. That's a series of RokStraps holding his headlight pod on along with his Instrument cluster which had the glass broken out of it. The gauges still worked and as far as I know he was riding it back home today. Headed back to San Diego. Snow still dusts the tops of some of the peaks here Coming down out of Hisperia, CA on I-15. Ted in the lead Paul splitting off and heading to LA. He was having the suspension on the GS rebuilt and upgraded. Good timing since the Washboard roads in DV blew the seal out of his rear shock. That's all the pics I have. Got home a few hours ago. Still need to get my gear unpacked and cleaned up.

Heading into Titus Canyon requires a bit of a trek to get into the mouth of the canyon Entering the Canyon. I wish I would have gotten some pictures of it but in the middle of the ride though the canyon I come across a Suburban and a Xterra loaded with college age kids.....not just in the vehicles but covering the roofs of both vehicles as well. Weird. I didn't get a picture because the floor of the canyon is covered in a pea gravel type substance and I had my hands full with the Strom down there. Leaving the canyon and heading back towards the Tarmac Really neat geological formation. Also gave me time to get my front tire aired back up after airing down to 25 psi Once again wide open spaces Dante's View. The spot where I'm standing is just a bit over 5000 feet according to my GPS. The floor below is at over negative 200 feet. Part of the road going to Dante's View Heading towards Badwater. Lowest place in the US and the Western Hemisphere If you look really close you can see the "SEA LEVEL" sign about half way up the cliff face. Very hot, dry and windy down here even though it's not even summer yet

Huge crater that was created by superheated steam from water over a magma pocket some 2000 years ago Lots of roads like this out here that just seem to go to nowhere On day two I struck out on my own since Ted had work to do via WiFi and Paul had rolled his ankle at camp the night prior. I went East towards Nevada and Titus Canyon along with Beaty and a few other landmarks. Other than Titus Canyon this day would be mostly paved. Ryolite was a very interesting little ghost town. One of the B-movie scifi flicks I like Cherry 2000 was partially filmed here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_2000 One of the residents there has setup an odd collection of art I really didn't get this one The walls on this house are made completely out of bottles. The local Cemetery

Welcome aboard. I've thought about picking up another KLR. I used to have one kind of miss it sometimes.

Dang that sucks. Carrying anything other than over the counter pain meds really isn't an option for me as I get random drug testing. Saying I broke my leg while riding and self medicated isn't going to be a good enough excuse for them. Glad to hear you at least were able to make it back into the states.

I've going to be at the ADVNOOB rally or I would volunteer to be there.

I love finding money. I broke out my Service Charlies for the seasonal uniform change and found 5 bucks in the breast pocket. Bought everyone breakfast burritos.

You're allowed to camp off the truck trail by the bunker?

I'll take it this is not big bike friendly lol.

This spot looks kind of familiar. I haven't partied there but I have camped there I think.

Looks like she may have left a little girl behind Hopefully some family steps up to take her and she doens't wind up in the system.

Save your pennies and spend a little more for a name brand unit such as SENA or SCALA. I prefer Sena myself.

I've used FBC a few times for parts. Their prices are comparable to online prices when you factor in shipping. I usually support them with my OEM parts business. Haven't bought a bike from them though.

Yeah if I'm free that weekend I'm in.

I'm cool with AGM batteries but the Lightweight lithium batteries haven't sold me yet.

Damn :/

Pre DV shake down ride with Stoke and Shooby :norton Somebody tell me what's wrong with this picture :lol3 Givi E21s make a good water container

Indeed. He had just bought the tent and hadn't had time due to work to do a practice setup at home so it was his first time setting itup.

Look what the poles are attached to. It's part of the tent but not the part that they should be attached to haha.

Headed up to Santa Rosa Mountain on the 8th with Stoke and Shooby. Plan to leave San Diego area (location TBD) Saturday morning and mosey our way up there via backroads/dirt. Any routes will be big bike friendly since two of us are on Stroms. Plan to try to get a spot at the very top but they may be taken by Saturday afternoon. Who knows. Maybe be able to hang out around the big ass fireplace

Bossy?

My vote goes to the 3rd and 4th ones.

Divorced cute neighbor girl? I'm a divorced single guy. I would have came and helped if I would have seen this earlier. HAHA.

I got my copy of Best Bar in America in today. Seems like it would be a good reason for a GTG except for I can't host it since i live in the barracks. Anyone see it yet?

Negative I'm not going to be able to make the desert dash due to lack of funding at the moment and other events the month following that competing for my dollars. However I am willing to jet out to the event/camp area one of those days to watch it on a tv or projector. Just let me know which day and time