Earache

My riding buddy Todd and I wanted to get a jump on the riding season and scheduled a trip to Arizona for mid May. Our plan was to depart my house and head due south. Great plan, but it was cold as shit when on the day we were to leave with additional snow in the forecast for when we were to return. Time for Plan B. We loaded a trailer up and headed west to Grand Junction, Colorado where it was warmer and he could head south from there,

Why yes, yes we do. Thanks so much for asking.

Thanks!

Should have seen it here in March - 61" in one day. Not a lot of fun diggin ' out.

And he'd be amazed that there is snow on the ground , as usual. He never accepted the fact that we have snow here all year long.

The forks seals are leaking on the Yammy - I have it all taken apart at my shop.

Yes -about time, too! I got out last month to Arizona but had to trailer 300 miles out of the snow to get there.

Gonna try to get out again tomorrow and head to the southern part of the state....

The Wang is filthy from sitting in the garage all winter and I haven't washed it yet this Spring. There's just so much slop on the roads from snowmelt - hardly worth washing it. Maybe tomorrow...

Being a weekday, there was little traffic and the summer tourists aren't quite here yet in numbers. Pretty empty roads...

And then on the road...

Got out on the GoldWang today for a ride in the hills. But first - fill up both the bike and myself at a fuel station...

Just heard about Pete - very sad.

Nah, but maybe this.....

As the thread title would suggest; headed North.

Same in Colorado - $8 all day everywhere.

Continental Divide - he's pissing into the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at the same time.

Long ride today as we head to Great Falls, Montana. More later.........

Again, cheap beers and kinda crappy pizza for dinner. And then back to the hotel...

On to the pizza joint across the street for dinner. All of the street parking was taken up by side by sides....

Drinks were cheap as fuck! A beer and a grape juice for Todd came out to about $6 with tip included. I could learn to live here pretty easily. Prices were 2/3 less than Colorado....

500 miles later and we're in Dubois, Wyoming for the night. Headed to the only bar in town for refreshments . Place had a gun and trophy mount motif going on...

Winds were wicked as we crossed Wyoming and made for some tiring riding. Took a break at a rest area and watched the storms blow past us...

Who names these truck stops anyway? Stopped outside of Rawlins, WY for lunch....