No INTERNET on Sunday Night

Sorry all - we stayed in a one horse town last night - in the ONLY motel in town and can honesty say it was 'less than good' oh MY.... and they claimed to have Internet but we could not get logged on. What can I say.... it was quaint ;-)

Yesterday we left Reno and headed towards California -- it was nice and toasty warm +98 We stopped in Susanville and of course had to take a pic of Sue under the sign. The roads we very twisty and Don said Kaslo/New Denver does not hold a candle to the curves we went through yesterday.... no wonder I found them hard.

Today - MONDAY - we drove through the Redwood Forest which was absolutely amazing and then we SAW the ocean!!!! It got colder as the day went on and the winds got very strong in the afternoon but the scenery was awesome. We are in Winchester Bay Oregon tonight and staying at a nice motel close to the ocean. Great feed of seafood this evening.

Internet Connection is very weak and not able to upload photos ;-( will try tomorrow evening.

In RENO!

Had a great ride today to Reno - nice an toasty warm. No great photos to share today as there was nothing too exciting to see along the way. The 4 of us went to the BIG Harley Dealership here in Reno ... and guess what the FAT BOY seems to fit me the best (that would be a model of a Harley for those of you who are not riders) hmmmmm sure like them! Dan and I bought new half helmets as it is terribly HOT with the full face in this heat. Sue and Don picked up bike 'meshes' to help carry more STUFF. We are chilling in our rooms for a couple hrs and then headed out for the evening.

We will be here until Sunday morning so I will NOT be posting again until Sunday evening once we hit the northern coast of California! Hope to have some great photos to post Sunday evening ;-)

Crater Lake Oregon today!

WOW.... is all we can say about Crater Lake... the blue is just so amazing!!! We loved seeing Crater Lake. Hmmm... the ride up was a little scary (for me) but hey I did it! We were really cold riding this morning but it warmed up to 94 by afternoon. Tomorrow we are headed to Reno - for some Retail Therapy & leave deposits at the casinos and at the Harley Dealership. Tonight we are in Alturas California. We will be in Reno Friday and Saturday night and heading towards Eureka California on Sunday morning
Total kilometers to date: 1396
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Shaniko Oregon - Prime Realestate at a Steal

Check this out - the hotel below along with the icecream shop, RV lot and an old wagon shed are for sell for 3.5 million. buying this would mean you would pretty much own this entire little town!!!!!!! Hotel below is empty but in awesome shape! So many old buildings here like the original jail cells from the early 1900's - Shaniko Oregon

















Tomorrow we will be in Crater Lake and Klamanth Falls and Friday in Reno!

This one is for Bob Henderson.....

Bob you will be so proud of me -- I have a NEW motorcycle accessory that is so NOT another frivolous chrome accessory!!!!! I have a new biker companion who will be riding with me on all my rides from now on ;-) Sure hope it will keep the big rig drivers from trying to run me off the road!!!

In Madris Oregon

Hey -- first our trip total to date is 890km. We are in Madris and Dan seems to think that is where the 'Wild Hogs' was shot hmmmm... boy I sure hope he is not looking for the 'sheriff'

Our first stop was the Columbia River Gorge- wow so beautiful and super windy.

In Walla Walla Washington!

Great ride today! We met Sue and Don at 7am and headed out. Salmo was our first stop breakfast & coffee. It was really cold riding this morning to Nelson and a guy in Salmo told us it was only +4 this morning ;-( No wonder I was having problems on the curves... my knees were shaking and banging the gas tank (not FEAR... COLD)

It only got better in terms of heat and by the time we got to Colfax it was 83 and Snake River it was 90. So nice and warm!!!!! Now that was the good news and the bad news was I ran out of gas again -- you know Dan keeps saying oooooooo you have enough gas and hmmmmm... had to switch to reserve! Boy not alot of towns between Colfax and Dayton but really nice country! The only pic we took today was in Salmo having breakfast.

Spent evening in wonderful downtown Walla Walla and a nice outdoor restaurant.
Plan to go as far as Bend Oregon (Crater Lake area) tomorrow and then check out Crater Lake either late tomorrow or next day.

Will have more pics tomorrow -- for today only 1 pic