On the road day 1 19/7/2010
Today we had an early start as we wanted to beat the heat through Death Valley; our destination today is Lindsay in California about 630kms.
Left Las Vegas about 6-30 am, Alan is in his red Mustang very impressive and we are on the BMW. The weather is quite cool at about 25c so our journey begins.
We rode through some beautiful countryside where the rock formations change colour with the light.
The surrounding mountains are very rugged and the road is in very good condition, with some very straight sections. As we ride further into the valley the heat has started to burn and it is only 9am. We can understand why it is called Death Valley there are no trees or greenery only scattered stumpy cacti.
We stopped at the Death Valley information centre where we purchased a US$80.00 annual pass for all the parks and a couple of T- shirts to prove we were there, it started to get warmer at about 40c with the forecast of 51c at at midday - we are outa there.
Stopped at a small roadhouse to have a bite to eat - a sandwich similar to a subway.
We arrive at Lindsay after a beaut ride over the mountains lots and lots of twisters Vic just loved it after all the straight bits..
We dived into the pool and now ready to have a nanny nap and then out to find a bar to replenish the body fluids - thought it would have been cooler over this side of the Mountains but it is almost as hot.
Tomorrow we head for Cambria to meet up with the boys from Morocco.
The pictures are from Death Valley
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