Pic Heavy Ride Report - MS to Bella Coola & Back 11,000 Miles Heat, Hail & Bears
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Day-8 (of riding)
We left out of King City for a short 150 mile ride up to my daughter & son-in-law in San Jose.
Weather was nice....
...and a good part of the way was free of any significant traffic & cities. Lots of farmland.
Just as we were getting used to some nice road....
...even though we knew it was less than one tank before arriving...
...we hit the city and traffic. Check out Mary in the mirror.
The GPS took us to their apartment. The afternoon was gone before we knew it. That evening we went downtown and had some dinner.
Jill-
Jill & Dustin. A great couple!
The day and evening just flew by. The next day we headed over the hill to Santa Cruz.
Dustin grew up in the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz and being very familiar with the back roads thru the mountains, he set a good pace in the Toyota and Mary and I followed on the TG. Was a fun ride...
...both on the way over....
...and the way back. Knowing I prefer the twisty roads to the highways, Dustin did a great job showing them to us, even though the Triumph slowed us down until he finally pulled over.
More in next post....
We left out of King City for a short 150 mile ride up to my daughter & son-in-law in San Jose.
Weather was nice....
...and a good part of the way was free of any significant traffic & cities. Lots of farmland.
Just as we were getting used to some nice road....
...even though we knew it was less than one tank before arriving...
...we hit the city and traffic. Check out Mary in the mirror.
The GPS took us to their apartment. The afternoon was gone before we knew it. That evening we went downtown and had some dinner.
Jill-
Jill & Dustin. A great couple!
The day and evening just flew by. The next day we headed over the hill to Santa Cruz.
Dustin grew up in the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz and being very familiar with the back roads thru the mountains, he set a good pace in the Toyota and Mary and I followed on the TG. Was a fun ride...
...both on the way over....
...and the way back. Knowing I prefer the twisty roads to the highways, Dustin did a great job showing them to us, even though the Triumph slowed us down until he finally pulled over.
More in next post....
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07-21-2015, 04:30 AM
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Visit with Jill and Dustin continued-
Pic of Mary in Santa Cruz.
Jill, still playing with her food. :laugh:
Dustin was helping his dad on his property, so Mary, myself and Jill hung out for awhile at the coast.
We spent a couple more days visiting, going to the Mystery Mountain, shooting pool, and bowling!
After bowling, the last afternoon, Jill wanted to go for a ride. She grew up riding ATV's with me, but has never been interested in motorcycles...but with the TG she wanted to go for a ride.
Growing up I never knew or even thought about protective gear...when Jill was a kid, we never rode the ATV's with any protective gear...just not something we ever thought about.
At the bowling alley parking lot she put on Mary's armored mesh jacket & helmet. The jacket with all the pads hit her funny bone and she thought she was the Hulk or something. lol
Mary got a good shot in the mirror of us leaving out of the parking lot...
...she was a bit tentative for about 60 seconds, lol, she got comfortable with it real fast...
...within a few minutes she was just like when she was a kid, wanting to go faster, do burnouts, do wheelies, etc. So we did. At 32 she still loves the rush! We even did a couple of power slides and got it up on two wheels a couple of time too.
Her smile captures the child-like joy that riding brings to all (most?) of us....the reason we ride!
After Jill and I rode, I asked Dustin if he wanted to take it for a spin. He has ridden motorcycles all his life, but never a trike. I think he went for a ride, more to give Jill some more seat time, than thinking he would have fun on an "old man's" 3 wheeler.
The TG just does not look like it would handle as well as it does. Even though I had told him it rides flat thru the corners...like a go-cart...it is just hard to grasp how much fun it can be until you experience it.
Take a look at that smile when they got back-
They went back out after that for some more riding.
Well, we have to say our good byes after 3 1/2 days of visiting. We've had a great time, and are already looking forward to the next visit, before we're even gone.
Tomorrow we head up to Yosemite.
Pic of Mary in Santa Cruz.
Jill, still playing with her food. :laugh:
Dustin was helping his dad on his property, so Mary, myself and Jill hung out for awhile at the coast.
We spent a couple more days visiting, going to the Mystery Mountain, shooting pool, and bowling!
After bowling, the last afternoon, Jill wanted to go for a ride. She grew up riding ATV's with me, but has never been interested in motorcycles...but with the TG she wanted to go for a ride.
Growing up I never knew or even thought about protective gear...when Jill was a kid, we never rode the ATV's with any protective gear...just not something we ever thought about.
At the bowling alley parking lot she put on Mary's armored mesh jacket & helmet. The jacket with all the pads hit her funny bone and she thought she was the Hulk or something. lol
Mary got a good shot in the mirror of us leaving out of the parking lot...
...she was a bit tentative for about 60 seconds, lol, she got comfortable with it real fast...
...within a few minutes she was just like when she was a kid, wanting to go faster, do burnouts, do wheelies, etc. So we did.
At 32 she still loves the rush! We even did a couple of power slides and got it up on two wheels a couple of time too.Her smile captures the child-like joy that riding brings to all (most?) of us....the reason we ride!
After Jill and I rode, I asked Dustin if he wanted to take it for a spin. He has ridden motorcycles all his life, but never a trike. I think he went for a ride, more to give Jill some more seat time, than thinking he would have fun on an "old man's" 3 wheeler.
The TG just does not look like it would handle as well as it does. Even though I had told him it rides flat thru the corners...like a go-cart...it is just hard to grasp how much fun it can be until you experience it.
Take a look at that smile when they got back-
They went back out after that for some more riding.
Well, we have to say our good byes after 3 1/2 days of visiting. We've had a great time, and are already looking forward to the next visit, before we're even gone.
Tomorrow we head up to Yosemite.
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07-21-2015, 05:32 AM
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#46
07-21-2015, 07:53 AM
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Great pics.
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07-21-2015, 12:30 PM
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07-21-2015, 09:40 PM
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