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I''d like to say we rode some cool curves amongst the lush greenery in the area, but this is the desert and we didn't. Just 100 mph straights all day....

Todd getting some alien love out in the middle of nowhere.

First part of Nevada looks kinda like the Badlands of South Dakota in miniature....

Todd wasn't impressed with Utah and vented his displeasure on their state sign...

Today we're out of Utah and into Nevada and the heat continues

Just how your body is set up. I've never had a cold, flu or any sickness in my entire life. Don't take particularly good care of myself, either. Just lucky genetics, I guess. But if you have shit genes, you're gonna have problems.

We're weird; we wear the same clothing no matter what while riding. Todd was the only one to wear some long underwear. I wear just a tee shirt under my jacket regardless of the weather. Brought along one pair of shorts and one pair of pants, 4 tee shirts and thats about it. Same with Dave. Although his wife brought a little more clothing. Will have to do a laundry day someplace along the trip after day 4.

I wondered myself, Poodle? Schnauzer? It was supposed to be chicken but I had my doubts. Only beer they had was the pictured Modelo - pissy stuff and it was kinda warm. Just what ya want after riding in 95F/35C temps all afternoon. But Utah had some weird liquor laws and I was lucky to get a beer at all.

That's Dave's bike - have ridden with Dave for 35 years and have been many places with him. He's riding this trip with his wife Debbie as pillion. No issues with either bike other than Dave's is kinda lardy with panniers, top b ox and tons of shit on it. Hard to travel light when you have a passenger.

Close! This will b e 7 days an d 4,200 miles or so. Did 500 miles yesterday and will be about 600 today. Then we'll have lower mileage days before heading back east. Should be fun!

7 days this trip. All the time off from work that Todd and my other buddy, Dave, could get from work.

Bikes are asleep and so are we. Headed to Nevada tomorrow and will post more piccies as they happen....

Had shitty Mexican and beers for dinner tonight. Not good, not bad. Filled the gut though....

Hauled butt to our swanky digs for the night in Richfield, Utah, crossing the desert at 100 mph most of the way. We were the only ones out here today....

Got out of the mountains and into the desert, so my bud Todd had to shed a few layers in the fuel station parking lot (as you do). Small children that witnessed this spectacle are scarred for life now....

Obligatory fuel station stop....

Friday was the first day of the first trip of the year - headed to the west coast of USA. Had to bundle up to get outta my home area, 28F / -3C when we left Colorado...

Nope. All done. Close the thread.

Relatively cheap - about $650. Some of my other pistols are well north of a grand.

Speaking of gun culture..... The Glock 17 finally got here. These things are like hens teeth to find - sold out everywhere. Was lucky to find one. Hope to keep the bears and mountain lions out of the house with this one.

Finally got there! Took'em long enough. Funny, but I have yet to see the HD Adventure bike - which was what I started going to the HD places for in the first place. Oh well, Buckster got a cool shirt out of it.

Yup. From US Dept of Justice: "Today homicide is the leading cause of death among young Black men, and contributes significantly to the shortened life-span of the Black male. In about 80-90% of the cases, the Black victim was killed by another Black, and about 52% of the murder victims were acquainted with their assailant." https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/black-black-homicide-psychological-political-perspective Yet not a fuckin' peep outta BLM about this shit.

Always amazed that the Black Lives Matter movement doesn't address black on black crime - where the majority of the murders are. Seems they can't be bothered with that.

Ahh. My mistake then. Don't see too many people drinking cider here so I didn't think of that.

That pizza looks great - with just the right toppings as well. But the beer looks kinda pissy,