The weather channel predicts nothing but rain and T-storms all across the peninsula but after yet another morning spent drying things out we depart for the ultimate destination goal of our ride (or at least the furthest south!) The beauty of weather predictions though is how often are they right? Usually they err on the bad side, sunny becomes rainy, warm becomes cold, but today it worked in my favor as it turned out to be a beautiful day! Naturally there is ...

It was another character building day! There is an old saying; "The worst day on a motorcycle is better than the best day at work". I keep repeating it to myself like a mantra, and I might even believe it! In the past, unless I had a specific destination in mind, I would go to the Great Basin National Monument area (Nevada, Colorado, Arizona) and just hang out. I see now the advantages of going to the desert. I had watched some weather channel prior to leaving ...