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6 Months on the road Hard to believe we have already been on the road for 6 months. What a trip so far! We’ve seen some pretty incredible sights and have met some truly wonderful people along the way. Whether at some random coffee shop or gas station or even at a well organized travellers...

Hey Mark, is it true? I heard you guys are finally leaving California. After an overnight in Victorville, we headed north towards Death Valley. It was hot and the wind was gusting from the west at what seemed well over 60mph. I got to practice that ancient art of “Drunken Tiger - Hidden...

Re: Whirlwind tour of LA Sorry. Smiley added to my post. :D

Re: Whirlwind tour of LA Although 10 degrees at the end of December at home is pretty exciting and I'd definitely be out riding, to say I'm missing the weather is a bit strong. ;) Oh and the pic lies, I only see 2 clouds outside at the moment. Australia and NZ have always been on my radar...

Re: Whirlwind tour of LA We found this beast at the Hard Rock Cafe at Universal Studios. I bet it would make an awesome RTW tourer. Welcome to Rodeo Drive dahhhling! You might recognize this hotel from Beverly Hills Cop… A thick layer of armor, this guy was well protected, kind of...

Whirlwind tour of LA We ended up spending a few days with family in Los Angeles. I've never really had any interest in LA before this, although surprisingly we enjoyed our whirlwind tour of Tinseltown anyway. Can't argue that seeing where the Oscars take place, Hollywood Boulevard, all the...

You're still in California? From Morro Bay, we headed south to San Luis Obispo where we took a little detour Mike suggested, See Canyon Road. It actually starts out as Perfumo Canyon Road and ascends the mountain in typical twisty fashion. Near the top we had a pretty nice view of Morro...

Re: The Vortex of California Not sure about bringing a kid to Hearst Castle unless they were very much into that sort of thing. In fact now that I think about it, I didn't see any kids there during our visit. Although they seem kind of cool initially I don't think it's for me. First I think...

Re: The Vortex of California We had a fairly short ride to Morro Bay for brunch and to set up our tents again. We also made reservations to play tourist for the rest of the day. Welcome to Hearst Castle. 65,000 square feet, 165 rooms & 127 acres of gardens of pure opulence...

The Vortex of California By the end of the 2 weeks we were itching to get going again. Mike got back, took a day off and said “OK LET’S GO!” Part man, part machine, I thought I could hear the Six Million Dollar Man sound effects as he packed up his bike. Just like that we were back on the road...

Re: San Francisco Ahhh, put a cork in it! And for all you single guys out there who like long walks by the water...this ones a keeper. SF has just about something for everybody it seems. The not so famous SF-Oakland Bay bridge. With the sun beaming on the residential area across the...

San Francisco Last month we had seen the Golden Gate but never actually made it across the bridge into San Francisco. We decided to make a day of playing tourist and took the BART into the big city one day. Getting off at Embarcadero we walked through Chinatown before hiking up to Coit Tower...

Getting Soft in California Our flight home to Ontario went by pretty quickly even with the one layover in Chicago, and to no ones surprise, rain greeted us upon arriving in Kitchener. Kitchener you say? Yup. Apparently KW offers international flights, who would have thunk it? Here’s a tip for...

California 202 A day later, we found ourselves at Mike and Kati's place for an overnight stop before heading back on the road in the morning. Mike rides a BWM R1200GSA - hey no one's perfect ;) and Kati rides a Can Am Spyder. As much as Lori loves riding on the back, a Spyder has just...

Re: Yosemite Valley Well worth the ride there. A little busy right at the end but we had a few nice folks who slowed down to let us go past them. That reminds me, I forgot to add that when we pulled over at the first parking area we got to at Glacier Point (not quite to the end), there was...

Yosemite Valley Since we were so close, we decided to visit Yosemite National Park. I had actually been debating hiking Half Dome, something I've wanted to do since first learning about it years ago. However I decided to take a pass due to logistical reasons :(. For starters you have to book...

Re: California 101 Last week when we signed up to attend the upcoming HU meeting in California, we also signed up to do a presentation. This meant we had only a few days to not only learn how to use our presentation software, Keynote but also come up with a 45 minute presentation. Right. So we...

California 101 If you follow our Facebook page you will no doubt know that I’m somewhat behind in the blog. In fact Facebook is probably the best place to keep tabs on us as Lori updates it more often than I can write a post here. We’ve been having an absolute blast in California over the...

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