Spring cross country trip
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So far, things I want to see are 4 Corners Monument, Monument Valley, west rim of GC, Death Valley and ride US 50 where it's considered the Lonliest Road in America. Any other "must sees"?
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Since Vernal brought it up, about riding Yosemite in late May... It was the first week of June, 1978. We got to the park after 6PM and the gas station was closed. We fixed dinner in the valley at a campsite but the meadows were swamped because of snowmelt. The bugs were horrific. We decided to bail out to higher ground.
Tioga Pass had been plowed out a couple of days before. The snow was so freakin' deep there were no pullouts to park in and get our long johns on. We ended up stopping in the middle of the road for a "costume change". I went to reserve at the top of the pass and rode downhill with the engine off. The snow was plowed to 15 feet up the side of the road.
We found a campsite around 11 PM on the other side along, I think, the Susan River.
As cold as the ride was that night, it was 115 crossing the Mojave just a few days before.
What a great trip. 38 years later I remember it like yesterday.
BTW, this was a round trip from North Jersey and why I said you need more time or less miles. Good luck and have fun. Don't over plan, let the trip come to you and find Serendipity.
Tioga Pass had been plowed out a couple of days before. The snow was so freakin' deep there were no pullouts to park in and get our long johns on. We ended up stopping in the middle of the road for a "costume change". I went to reserve at the top of the pass and rode downhill with the engine off. The snow was plowed to 15 feet up the side of the road.
We found a campsite around 11 PM on the other side along, I think, the Susan River.
As cold as the ride was that night, it was 115 crossing the Mojave just a few days before.
What a great trip. 38 years later I remember it like yesterday.
BTW, this was a round trip from North Jersey and why I said you need more time or less miles. Good luck and have fun. Don't over plan, let the trip come to you and find Serendipity.
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tiogaopen.htm
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