On the road again…
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On the road again…
Leaving next Thursday on my TriGlide from Tucson to ride solo to and around Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks. I’ve ridden up the eastern side of those parks on my way to Seattle years ago on a BMW F800GS but never into the parks themselves. To get through the Sierra Nevadas and up to the parks, I’m heading off of US 395 and going west on 9 Mile Canyon Road and Sherman Pass Road, about 80 miles long both of which are closed during the winter. They look very interesting. Yes, they are paved. TriGlide’s don’t shine off road. From Yosemite, I’ll end up on its eastern border in Lee Vining CA and on my way down check out the Devil’s Postpile National Monument in Monmouth Lakes CA and the Uhebebe Crater in Death Valley (I’ve ridden into Death Valley a couple times on my bikes, but never that far north in the park). I’ll end up in Las Vegas, where I’m shipping the bike back to Chicago using Haul Bikes, which has a major terminal there, and flying home.
First time I’ve ever haven’t ridden home at the end of one of my trips, but finally giving in at 75, recognizing I don’t have the interest, but mostly the energy, to deal with a 1000+ miles to Chicago consisting mostly of flat, straight, and windy interstates worrying about rain storms. I’ve taken a lot of road trips on 2 and 3 wheels over the years, but I’m getting to the point where I start to wonder how many I got left. See how this one goes. Should be a good one.
Planning this out has been fun but a lengthy project. No camping this year. I’ll be on the road 11 days and I’m figuring about 2200 miles, including riding around the parks and back to where I’m staying every night (nowhere to stay in the parks), so nothing extreme mileagewise. Planning on doing some hiking. Nothing extreme there either.
If anyone has a suggestions for where I’ll be, it’d be appreciated.
Will report and send pictures from the road.
First time I’ve ever haven’t ridden home at the end of one of my trips, but finally giving in at 75, recognizing I don’t have the interest, but mostly the energy, to deal with a 1000+ miles to Chicago consisting mostly of flat, straight, and windy interstates worrying about rain storms. I’ve taken a lot of road trips on 2 and 3 wheels over the years, but I’m getting to the point where I start to wonder how many I got left. See how this one goes. Should be a good one.
Planning this out has been fun but a lengthy project. No camping this year. I’ll be on the road 11 days and I’m figuring about 2200 miles, including riding around the parks and back to where I’m staying every night (nowhere to stay in the parks), so nothing extreme mileagewise. Planning on doing some hiking. Nothing extreme there either.
If anyone has a suggestions for where I’ll be, it’d be appreciated.
Will report and send pictures from the road.
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I've been up 9 Mile Canyon as far as Troy Meadows, there are some fairly steep climbs on that road, but it is all paved. I'll be interested if there is water in the South Fork Kern Riverr at the bridge near Kennedy Meadows (the South one!). It used to flow all year round but has dried up over the last 15 years or so. Have not been up there in many years now.
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Traffic on weekends in Yosemite has become absolutely horrible since they stopped limiting the number of vehicles allowed in. Hit it mid-week if at all possible. I highly recommend the ride to Glacier Point in Yosemite tho. Sherman Pass is paved, but some of it is pretty rough. Also, when you are coming down 395, before you get to Mammoth, look for the June Lake Loop Road, great loop past several lakes that takes you to the town of June Lake, then back to 395.
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I've been up 9 Mile Canyon as far as Troy Meadows, there are some fairly steep climbs on that road, but it is all paved. I'll be interested if there is water in the South Fork Kern Riverr at the bridge near Kennedy Meadows (the South one!). It used to flow all year round but has dried up over the last 15 years or so. Have not been up there in many years now.
John
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