2008 Spring Ride to Death Valley [page 4]

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We broke camp Sunday morning. Bob met us in the campground and we headed over to Panamint springs for breakfast. The cast of characters was the same as Saturday's breakfast in Furnace Creek. Randy stayed with us until I-5 before he headed home. Bob and I continued on 58, passing the other SBMC members just as they were getting ready to leave from a rest stop in McKittrick.

The ride to Paso Robles was un-eventful save for George pulling along side and signalling about 25 miles from our destination. We was, or soon would be, maybe, out of gas. I suspect the red gas containers on the back of my GS got his attention. I dumped the 1/2 gallon into his tank and we finished the ride.

In Paso Robles we talked, snacked, drank, had dinner with Fred and Adrian, talked some more, then planned the departure up the coast for the next morning.

We left the motel about 8:30 Monday morning under sunny (but cold!) skies. The goal was Cambria for breakfast via the always interesting Santa Rosa Creek road.

Looking west from Santa Rosa Creek Rd

Looking west from Santa Rosa Creek Rd [map]

Major WWWobble contemplates the next turn

Major WWWobble contemplates the next turn [map]

The road ahead

The road ahead [map]


After breakfast we road up the coast with the obligatory stop at Nepenthe plus one other stop between Cambria and Big Sur just to enjoy the view. Bob and I got gas in Santa Cruz. We originally planned on riding the coast all the way to Half Moon Bay, but the wind picked up north of Big Sur. We were tired enough of riding in the wind to skip that last 40 miles and instead took 17/85/280 to home.

Bugs

Bugs [map]

Ca 1

Ca 1 [map]


I put about 1250 problem free miles on the GS. The only problems observed during the trip was with Dan's Duc which wouldn't hold a charge and had to be bump started after every stop on the ride home. I'll let someone else tell that story.


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