Author: wkosters

57.78 miles today, would have been 4 less if we did not continue after the paved road that was follow hwy 15 ended and turned into a gravel road. After going 2 miles checked the Droids map and found we were headed to nowhere close to our route. The attached picture is from the underpass… Continue reading Las Vegas to Glendale (Moapa), NV

165 miles in a U-Haul, 7.5 on the bike. Dinner was a peanut butter sandwich, thank you Dan.

49 miles in just over 3 hours, followed old route 66 for most of the ride. Made in to Barstow in time for Dan to have his McDonald’s breakfast. Tonight is a Hotel 6 with a pool.

Out 12 hours, 60 miles on the OD. Started the day in very light drizzel, made a wrong turn at Lytle Creak rode which added 3 miles. Due to the fact that we can not bike on interstate 15 we ended up going though National Forest trails. Started out paved, then hard pack. The second… Continue reading Riverside to Hesperia, up hill & offroad

Started the day early, 4:30, road 50.87, did dirt road, closed road, and then no road (path between fields used by workers. Overcast untilled ~10am and then the sun came out strong. Arms are light pink with SPF 50 applied first think in the morning. I will get a tan out of this. BTW, just… Continue reading Temecula to Riverside

Did 48.67 miles today which is not bad for a late start. The day started out by unboxing the bike and BOB trailer. I marked the seat hight but did not mark the hight of the handlebars. The route along highway 15, the old hwy 395, had a good shoulder but was very hilly, slow… Continue reading Soldana Beach, CA to Temecula, CA

Hab a good nights sleep be it short, got to the Marriot hotel at 1am, front desk did not find our reservation, Dan was able to get the front desk to give two rooms at his employees rate. It was good to sleep in a bed that did not move.

The train is finally going along the ocean coast line. Closer to the end of the train ride, loving that.

Slow day on the train, reading a book, taking a nap, enjoying the views.

Need to transfer to the south bound train. Goodbye to a great train ride. Met some great people, the best was Ray, the blind Guy across the hall from our room. We now need to wait 4 hours for the next train. Today is a much better day than yestersday, we are on track.