where did you TAKE your Tenere today?

Mak10

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I'm having a lot of fun with this drone. Places to fly it are plentiful where I live. Not so in many areas.
The controller mounts well on my accessory bar. 20220928_101535.jpg
 

robp

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Texas / Oklahoma Road Trip

Day 1 - From Driftwood, TX to Caverns of Sonora (Sonora, TX)

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Day 2 - Camped overnight at Palo Duro Canyon State Park:

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Day 3, Camped overnight at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Sanctuary. Pretty rock formations, free-roaming bison, elk, deer and longhorn cattle.

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Day 4, back to Driftwood, 1,390 miles total
 

fac191

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Texas / Oklahoma Road Trip

Day 1 - From Driftwood, TX to Caverns of Sonora (Sonora, TX)

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Day 2 - Camped overnight at Palo Duro Canyon State Park:

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Day 3, Camped overnight at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Sanctuary. Pretty rock formations, free-roaming bison, elk, deer and longhorn cattle.

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Day 4, back to Driftwood, 1,390 miles total
Never heard of the Caverns of Sonora, right up my street. Fantastic. We have some great ones here aswell.
 

Bill_C

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I had a couple of days off so yesterday I loaded up the bike and headed over to the coast and road the PCH down to San Simeon. I've driven that section of road, but first time on a bike. I've now ridden everything from Santa Barbara to its Northern end.

Today I ride the backroads most of the way home. I may even stop in at Pinnacles NP if time allows.


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Bill_C

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New day, new scenery.

Left out of San Simeon at 10am and headed East. It was a brisk 56 degrees when I left but by the time I got midway over the hills to Paso I needed to strip out the liners from my pants and jacket.

The first section was narrow, goaty and filled with blind curves and careless drivers. I had 2 near head-on meetings with pickups taking curves too wide. I was already riding on the edge of the road and nowhere to go but off the side. They must drive that mountain road daily to be taking curves that wide and fast. Anyway, I survived and checked that road off my list. The next section was much nicer. Smooth road, sweeping curves and tons of wild life. I saw a total of 4 deer on that section. Two decided to dart out in front of me but I was prepared and no deer or Teneres were injured.

After stopping for gas and water in Paso I headed up a road I hadn't ridden in over 10 years. It's only gotten worse, but this time I came equipped with the right bike. No deer, but I did see a hawk, a roadrunner and countless suicide squirrels. Seriously, those little guys were constantly darting out in front of me. I eventually stopped carring and figured they must not have anything to live for so if I hit them, I hit them. Well, numerous close calls but no assisted suicides.

That leg of the journey ends right at the end of CA-25 so up I went towards Pinnacles NP where I stopped for more hydration. Being a vet means I get in free so might as well take advantage of it.

After that it was up CA-25 to Hollister, over the pass to the Central Valley floor and country backroads the rest of the way home. Here are some pics of the journey and a map of the leg up to Pinnacles.

Sketchy death road


Land of the suicide squirrels


My favorite NP to hike


Not much detail but I assure you it was almost entirely backroads


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Sierra1

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. . . . I had 2 near head-on meetings with pickups taking curves too wide.
Sketchy death road


Land of the suicide squirrels
The road surface in the top picture, and the drivers you encountered are almost exactly what our main back roads are like. The bottom pic is an example of our less traveled back roads.
 

Bill_C

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That top picture was taken at the end where it widened up and got better, believe it or not. You've heard of tar snakes, but they had this one 200' section that looked like a tar jigsaw puzzle. Surely it would have been easier to repave that section. It was still fairly cool in the day so they weren't slick, but it made me actually laugh out loud when I saw this crazy section of tar zig zags for a good 200'.
That 2nd from the bottom one (land of the suicide squirrels) was the only nice place to pull off and snap a picture. It was actually pretty nice right there. The rest is full of pot holes, loose rocks and uneven pothole repairs. It's not bad in and of itself. It's that it goes on like that for 38 miles. Just gets exhausting on the wrong bike. On the S10 I just stood for the straights and sat in the corners.
All in all, a still a great day in the saddle. Glad to be home though.
 
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