DESERT TRIP AUG 2010
CALE HAS NO BIKE YET TO REPLACE HIS CBR HE SOLD, SO WE WILL TAKE THE RAGTOP AND DO SOME HOT DESERT EXPLORING THAT WE WOULD NEVER DO ON BIKES AS TOOOO HOT!

WE TAKE OFF AFTER WORK SAT AND  ITS SO NICE RUNNIN IN THE DARK  WITH THE ROOF DOWN, WE SON'T STOP TILL VEGAS NEXT AFTERNOON!

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HERES THE ROUTE!




WE TAKE A SHORTCUT SOUTH OF TWIN FALLS.ID. AND END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A SMOKESCREEN. THIS IS JUST AS WE ARE ABOUT TO CROSS THE FIRE AND GET INTO A HR OF SMOKE!


CRUISIN DOWN THE MIDDLE OF OREGON


LEAVING WENDOVER....LOOKING EAST AT BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS. SWORE I WOULD NEVER GO NEAR HERE AGAIN AFTER THIS APRILS TRIP, BUT WE GOT TO WELL ON OUR WAY SOUTH , NEEDED FUEL, BUT ALL THE POWER WAS OUT DUE TO FIRES, SO WE ZIGGED EAST A BIT AND HAD FUEL AND  LUNCH AT A BIG CASINO IN WENDOVER

HEADING SOUTH INTO NEVADA....HOT!! +43..LOVE IT IN THE CONVERT!!



INTO NEVADA.



PITSTOP  IN ELY NEVADA. FINDING SHADE  OUT HERE IS A #$^$%!!



A HOUR N OF VEGAS! HOT AND DESERT! COOL!!




MADE IT! 4 PM, +45   PERFECT!  TIME TO GET CLEANED UP AND  HIT THE STREET




BUSY PLACE! WAY MORE PEOPLE THAN IN APRIL...




PEOPLE WATCHING HERE IS A BLAST!


WE GO TO A SHOW!!

IT WAS GREAT!

SHE  WAS BETTER IN PERSON...:)




1$ MARGUERITAS FOR A FEW HRS AND WE QUIT FOR THE NIGHT AROUND 3 AM.


WE GO OUT FOR THE DAY ON FOOT!


HOT!! 11:00 AM AND WOW! BUT ITS GREAT!

IT ONLY GOT HOTTER!! NOT SURE HOW HOT, BUT A COOKER!!  NIGHT WAS NICE, NEARLY FROZE AT +38!!!

 NO PROBLEM COOLING DOWN IN THE CASINOS! JUST ZIGGED INTO ONE EVERY BLOCK OR SO AND HAD A DRINK AND COOLED DOWN.






WE WALK FOR  HRS! FUN, HOT AS HELL! LOTS TO LOOK AT!



YES... NO I COULDNT RESIST THIS PIC!  BY THE LOOKS OF IT A LOT OF THIS HAS GONE ON HERE!


WE WALK MILES NORTH AND END UP UP!! CHICKENED OUT ON BUNGY JUMPING OFF THE STRATOSPHERE TOWER ONCE WE WATCHED A GUY PLUMMET ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM, THEN SLOWLY DRAGGED BACK TO THE TOP BY THE ANKLES!! NO THANKS!




HEADING BACK TO OUR ROOM TO COOL OFF,(A BLOCK LEFT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER) AND GET READY FOR ANOTHER NIGHT!



MORNING..TIME TO HEAD OUT! MOTEL LOCATION WAS GREAT!! A BLOCK OFF THE STRIP, EASY PARKING AND DIRT CHEAP! FOOD WAS GREAT TOO!




WE HEAD OUTA TOWN!


LEAVING  VEGAS AND HEADING NORTH TO PAHRUMP AND THEN INTO DEATHE VALLEY

YES ITS HOT AGAIN!! 45 already!

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