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[DDavidson]

Taking a Ten day trip from California to Colorado. (Richard from AZ)
Characters: Andy and Sherry, JC and Terrie, Richard, Don and Carole

Finished posting ZION photos in PICTURES at http://www.cvoharley.com/smf/index.php?topic=74504.0

Weather is worse than forecasted in the beginning but we will "Endeavor to persevere" (Lone Watie quote).

Meeting Mr. And Mrs. AK (Andy and Sherrie) in Fremont


The blue sky is great for a ride


Picked up JC and Terrie (JCZ and Terriez) in Elk Grove.






Climbing in altitude


Temp is dropping too much


At least the snow is in the trees and not on us


Get off the mountain


Maybe further down the mountain might be better


Lucked out. Escaped a late snow. Through the tunnel.


Made it to Carson City, NV and this was our lunch dessert!




JC loves the snow?


Found an overhang from which to change a FOB battery.


Big flakes!


We made it to Fallon, NV on Hwy 50. (The Loneliest Highway). Richard (RBaker) joined us.

[Porschestan]

Nice pictures, but I don't like riding in the Rain!

[erniezap]

Don't mind the rain but no thanks to the snow!

[CVOThunder]

Thanks for the great pictures and say hello to Fallon for me.

[LovemyCVOgirl]

JC, you have ridden in more SNOW than I have and I'm from Ohio. 

[BUCKNUT GREG]

JC, you have ridden in more SNOW than I have and I'm from Ohio. 

X2   

[JCZ]

Nice pictures, but I don't like riding in the Rain!

That's not rain......that's snow!

[DDavidson]

Richard rode up from Arizona to join our party in Fallon Friday evening.


Richard getting the ride route from JC.


Andy and Richard are early risers.


Hitting the road for a day forecasting intermittent storms and showers


More of the clouds


Desert graffiti


Giant sand dune


Getting to the colder/higher altitudes




Because of the weather being bad for my camera I am unable to take many pics. There could be hundreds more.


This storm came in from the North and the road runs East and West. None of us like riding in the snow but had to do what we had to do. Wasn't better to turn around.




Because the snow was getting too deep on the road we abandoned the ride and became stranded in Austin, NV.
Power was out on the Southern side of town. This North side restaurant let us camp out there after breakfast and the place started filling up from other snow weary travelers.



None of wanted to stay in Austin especially Andy. He had to take action so he flagged down the snow plow and the driver radioed ahead to get road conditions. We were soon on the road again.



Austin apparently has big Pumas for hunting


Made it to Ely, NV. It rained a lot but we didn't let it bother us after the snow today and yesterday.

[lilcoot]

OMG!  You NorCal boys are HARDCORE BADASSES!  You could star in your own reality series  "Ice Road Bikers".


 


I want to be like you when I grow up. 

Except warmer and drier...

[JCZ]

OMG!  You NorCal boys are HARDCORE BADASSES!  You could star in your own reality series  "Ice Road Bikers".


 


I want to be like you when I grow up.  

Except warmer and drier...

Yep, that was what we wanted to.....but it wasn't to be.  The pictures don't even show the serious stuff we rode in......the roads got to slippery and it took both hands on the handlebars plus we all put our cameras away to keep them from getting to wet.  

I was amazed that Terrie was able to ride through all of that.  Just not sure how many women would do it.  I'm proud that she stuck right with me and made it all the way.


The call Hwy. 50 "The Lonliest Road In America" for a reason.  You add a few passes up above 7,000 feet and a little snow and it gets real lonely.  30 seconds after a vehicle would pass, the tire path would already be turning white again and covering over.  This was the point where we decided we better not attempt to go any further.  We'd already been riding in it for three hours and we were exhausted.

The view from the back of the bikes....




and a view from the front of the bikes.  We found an old abandoned gas station that we could at least get the bikes out of the snow.....



You ever try to turn a motorcycle around on a hill like this, while the snow is coming down sideways.....





The hill that we'd just came down.  Our tire tracks in the street are already covered over.....    That's Richard up the hill in the street, with Andy standing beside him coaching on the turn around process.... it was hairy for sure......

[Trapperdog]

That doesn't look like much fun. Glad everyone made it ok

[mrbhd]

OK JC,  I am certain.  You guys and Gals are NUTS!!!   I have ridden in some bad chit in my time, but you guys are just "over the edge".  Glad everyone is safe!!!

[RidinRuby]

                                                WOW
  Sorry to hear about the sucky weather!
             Hope you are past all the crap and on to bighter things...
                         

[2harleys]

All I can say is WOW!!!  We are leaving Denver to go thru Utah, Nevada, Calif, Oregon,Idaho and Wyoming.  We were saying we were glad we did not leave last week when you did. We are hoping the weather holds up for this weekend. Leaving Thursday. Hope your trip is ending on a better note!

[Jock]

Good Lord!  That just plain looks nuckin' futs!  I am just pleased to read everyone is good!