Day 9/10 - Hollywood, CA – 5/29 & 30 - We didn't get to see any celebrities but we got to stay in Charlie Chaplin's house with it's current tenant Tiffany. It's a very cute place just off Laurel Canyon Drive in Hollywood. One twisted road, it would be a great ride if it wasn't for all the traffic. We ate some great food and got silly in the restaurant.



We got to tag along with Tiff at her job and met some really nice people. Too nice, seems like everyone was buying us drinks and of course to be polite we had to drink them. We slept a lot the next day.






We are at my daughter Tiffany's house, posted a couple of pics of her. She's awesome, beautiful and a great hostess!! Tiff's bar was great. Loved the people so much that we stayed 10 hours there. How could we not, had to drink all of those free drinks that her customers bought us. Gotta leave Tiff's today to continue our trip. :( Carol

We stopped to steal some oranges alone the way. Thanks to Cort and Bebe we had a great time.

Here we are at the Hotel California,
we had fun but were able to leave despite what the Eagles said.


Day 8- Hollywood, CA – 5/28 Cort borrowed Carol's trike and we took a short ride and then Carol and I were on our way before the orange police could catch up with us. We'll be in the Hollywood area for the next couple of days scouting out celebrities and soaking up the California sun.

Day 6 – San Bernardino, CA – 5/26 Ride from Vegas on I-15 was not too exciting. More high desert with a few mountain passes. Sunny and cool but the winds were back.

Day 7- San Bernardino, CA – 5/27 We had a great day touring the San Bernadino mountains with our host Bebe. We had lunch up at Big Bear Lake which is over 7000 ft up, very cool place, lake is nice too.

We tried to to make our way to Lake Arrowhead but the cloud dropped down on the mountain and we could not see to drive so we headed back down. We had a great dinner with Bebe and Cort in an old timey county saloon, The FanTan in Mentone.

Day 5 – Vegas – 5/25 The bikes stayed parked today. Spent the day checking out the casinos down town. The light show on Fremont Street was a disappointment. It was a tribute to Freddie Prince. The music was good but there was not much for the imagery. I watched a county music show with Willie Nelson which was great. Then Garth Brooks came on. That's when I realized it they were impersonators. Willie was great , Garth , also not so much. I did make a new friend. Her name is Lola and we...well that's another story.

No, we didn't do very good as far as the gambling goes but it was fun. The place has sure grown since the last time I was here, I thought the economy was bad but you wouldn't know it to look around this place.

Day 4 - Vegas – Well some days you're the windshield and some days you're the bug! Yesterday we were the bug but today we had a great ride from Flagstaff to Vegas. On the cool side in the morning (50) with bright sun and it warmed up nicely in the afternoon, 70's in Vegas. We took a detour thru Laughlin, NV because of the construction delays at the Hoover Dam and I'm glad we did. There is a huge difference in elevation between Kingman, AZ and Laughlin. So we had a several miles of highway with a steep 6% grade down and nice big sweeping turns. The mountain rock formations and the view of the valley below was fantastic. We are staying at Caesars Palace. The place is emmence! Getting the bikes unloaded and parked was a hassle, they are just not geared up for motorcycles. Most of the people here were helpful but one guy was really upset that we were blocking his taxi line. We stood on line for 45 minutes to check in. Big hotel with non of the basic amenities that we are used to at today's motels. No fridge or microwave in the room. No ice machine available. Wi-fi is $16 a day. If you want ice you have to call room service. But hey, we do have an iron, ironing board, a couch, nice bath towels, and EIGHT pillows!

Ride was great, scenery was beautiful and we're finally in Vegas – Time to gamble!!! Carol

directions

Steve and Carol –

As you enter the Valley (from the desert) at the bottom of Cajon Pass, are two freeways

I-15 and 215 split.

Bare to the left on 215, then travel about 5 miles to the 210 east

East on the 210 for about 5 miles to

Freeway 330 “mountain resorts’ DO NOT GO UP THE HILL TO THE MOUNTAINS

North to the first off ramp “Highland Avenue”

Then left turn past Walmart Shopping center,

To signal at Piedmont Drive.

Right turn one block to guard entry of Mountain Shadows Mobile Home Park

Our home is Unit #368A

Stay dry and we will see you Wednesday – you can do laundry if you would like.

Bebe & Cort Your email is not accepting e-mails now.

Day 3 – Flagstaff, AZ – As Arlo Guthrie once said, “the highways closed, man, hehe, can you dig it!” I-40 closed for 50 miles because of high winds and sand storms, so we took a hundred mile detour thru the Cocoino National Forest. Very nice riding roads and scenery once we got to the forest where the tall trees blocked out most of the wind. Of course we were up in the mountains and the temperature dropped down around 40. There were lots of caution signs for Elk but didn't see any critters. We did see a little left over snow and got hailed on before we came into Flagstaff. I thought the wind in New Mexico was bad, but Arizona has it beat by a mile. What should have been an three hour ride today turned out to be six! Never did get to the Grand Canyon. Steve


I won't be exfoliating for a while! The sand storm and wind was so bad that we had to drive 35 to 45 mph for about 2 hours. I was so concerned for Steve, he was fighting to keep his bike upright and on the road. I'm so glad that I was on my trike, didn't have problems staying on the road. When I got off of my bike, I was sitting on sand. We had it all, sand storms, wind storms, hail and freezing cold. I saw on the news that the wind was blowing 65 mph. I was miserable!!! So far, the worst day ever!!!!! What's with the sun out here, it's up way before 9 am??? Carol

Day 2 - Springerville, AZ – Wind, wind, wind, that's the story for today. I'm only waring my tires out on one side! Lot's of other bikers on the roads today for a big rally in Ruidoso, too bad we didn't know about that in advance. Slow going from Roswell to Carrizozo on hwy 380, two lane washboard road and slow traffic but some pretty cool scenery thru the mountain passes. We traveled thru the Valley of Fires, one of several high plateaus we crossed – should be called the Valley of Wind. Did I mention the wind, it was brutal! We didn't see any aliens in Roswell but did see the array of huge antennas the government uses to track them near Datil. We made a stop at the Pie-O-Neer restaurant in Pie Town, NV which is right at the continental divide (7800 ft), the apple pie was really good and the cool air was good too. Another long day, about eleven hour on the road. Tomorrow we'll head to Flagstaff and then check out the Grand Canyon.

Did I say no more 9 hour days??? I think I was tricked, 11 and ½ hours on the road. I guess Steve is training me for the Iron Butt. Ain't gonna happen. Don't care for New Mexico, at least the way we came. Not that pretty with one day of brutal heat the next day brutal wind. It was all I could do to stay on my bike!! Shoulders were killing me at the end of the day, thank God for muscle relaxers! Just hope I have enough for the remainder of the trip. By the way, my ear doesn't seem to be broken. I did have more trouble with my radio, antennae kept coming loose so today Steve will be getting out the duct tape, I got tired of holding it in place with my finger while trying to stay on the road. Ahhhh, Arizona, looking at some cooler weather here. Monday we'll be in Vegas for 2 whole days, CAN'T WAIT. Everyone say this Mantra, Carol will win big bucks in Vegas!!!
With all of the complaining I'm doing, I'm really having a good time. Carol

See you in SoCal

Would you like to have one of your nights with us in San Diego and than back to Highland for a Friday departure? San Diego is lovely also.
Do you have a cell phone number I can have? Thanks, and enjoy the trip. 909-215-8242 cell
Bebe

Day 1 – actually it's day 2 (we were too tired to write any thing last night). Within the first 8 miles the speaker cover blew off of my bike. Never even looked for it. Then later on my Sirius radio kept falling off of it's holder, luckily I was able to catch it each time, but that kept me from thinking about my left ear that was folded over under my helmet (can ears break?) After the last time my radio fell off, the wires came off of the radio.. Now I had more time to think about my ear. Only 20 miles to Big Spring.
It took 9 hours to get to Carlsbad. The heat in New Mexico is brutal, 104 degrees. Needless to say, when we got to the hotel, I got in bed and didn't get up until 5 am this morning. No more 9 hour days for me. 8 is enough. Obviously, I won't be going on any Iron Butt rides, already had the monkey butt. We did get 5 pillows on our bed, I was in heaven! Carol

Carlsbad, NM – Arrived for the five o'clock rush hour, more traffic then we have seen all day. Actually, there is not too many people to see across west Texas and southern New Mexico. Mostly sand and oilfields in Texas. In New Mexico it turned greener, flat, bushy with scatted mesquite trees and hot. After Lamasa TX it got hotter and and the wind which we have been dealing with all day got much worse. The last fifty mile seemed to take FOREVER and the heat really drained us. 104 degrees on our arrival. Remember the camera battery at 3:30 this morning! All charged up ans ready to go, now we just need to remember to take some pictures. Days Inn in Carlsbad is very nice, great room, indoor pool and jacuzzi, free breakfast, highly recommended. Later, Steve

Our latest adventure will commence at 0800 hours May 21, 2010. Our route will take us from Glen Rose thru west Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and Colorado. About 4K miles and three and a half weeks, give or take a few days. I’ll be riding my trusty two wheeled titanium Honda GL 1800 Goldwing motorcycle while Carol will pilot her awesome illusion blue big wheel, AKA Honda GL 1800 Goldwing California Sidecar three wheeler (trike).
We are both very excited about our trip and can’t wait to get started. Carol has packed at least five times so far, I’ll probably pack at 0700, May 21. Three tee shirts and two pair of jeans should do it. We will try to take a few pictures of interesting things along the way and post them here with up dates of our day to day progress. The weather will be sunny and 75 degrees every day and the cops will let us drive as fast as we like. There will be no construction zones and all toll roads will be free for motorcycles. Every motel will have four big fluffy pillows. There will be an IHOP in every stop over town for breakfast and every supper stop will have an unlimited happy hour and two for one dinners. We will win in Vegas and yaada, yaada, yaada.