Ride, Eat, Sleep. Repeat.

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4th July 2022. Kamas, Utah.

 

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And a few days beforehand crossing yet another dry lake bed in the Mojave desert.

 

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October '22
Robinhood Resort, Big Bear City, California.

 

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October '22

Johannesburg, California rather different to Jo'burg, RSA. Interestingly both were founded on mining.

Update: This JHB and the ore bearing area of the Rand were actually named after the South African city perhaps in the hopes of emulating that success

 

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October '22

Trona Pinnacles. Formed underwater, now in the middle of the Mojave desert.

 

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November '22. Willcox Playa, southern Arizona.

FYI. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willcox_Playa

 

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December '22. North end of San Pedro Valley, southern Arizona. Tarmac ends just around that far corner. Only saw one vehicle, a farm tractor, in 54 miles ;-)

 

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November '22. Taking shelter from strong, dusty headwinds near Brawley, California.

 

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October '22. Mojave Wind Farm, California

FYI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Wind_Energy_Center

 

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January 2023. Texas, panhandle.

From the the sublime to the ridiculous!

 

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January '23.
On the southern approach to Fredericksburg, TX.




N.B. You will need a Google account to view this 3 second clip.

 

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Any port in a storm!

Two nights here (between Deming and Lordsburg, NM) when rain and hail are all about.

 

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March '23. Onion Saddle, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona.

 

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March '23. Just south of Benson, Arizona

As mentioned previously I look for 'off the beaten track' routes. Various map sources are consulted and usually this research works out well. Just occasionally though I come across a problem.

And looking at the fresh tyre tracks I'm not the only one. That washaway is certainly not recent.

 

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March '23. Just south of Benson, Arizona

As mentioned previously I look for 'off the beaten track' routes. Various map sources are consulted and usually this research works out well. Just occasionally though I come across a problem.

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And looking at the fresh tyre tracks I'm not the only one. That washaway is certainly not recent.

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Wow! No chance of a quick jump over that is there!