4 November

Our alarm goes off at 6.45; both Dona & I are up & showered within 15 minutes. We then set about packing up the bikes-bizarrely both of us seem to have much more space than yesterday! Who came into our room in the night & stole our things?

We meet Sue & Scott for breakfast-I go for the waffles & maple syrup, mainly because I love the waffle making machine.

We leave the hotel at just gone 8. About 5 miles out of town we stop to take photos ,but Sue can’t find her camera, so we head back to the hotel as she last saw it in the hotel room.Its not there, so out comes the stuff from the bags until we realize that Scott has hung it round his neck instead of his own…whoops!

The 198  takes us through the aptly named Lemoncove, where the main street is lined with orchards of lemon trees.

We take a left, an amazing road with lots and lots and lots of tight twisties, which take us up and over hills until easing out in to some lovely open curves through beautiful trees with their autumnal hues. There is a surprise at one point with a herd of about 6 cows are in the middle of the road who are not very happy to see us.

Wow what a road -better than any aerobic workout to keep you fit.

Remember this road name if you are ever out this way on a motorbike!

It is now nearly twelve, so we decide we will stop for lunch at Kernville.

But first its another beautiful stretch of road along side the river-only spoilt slightly by an old driver who does not pull over to let me past, even though it is obvious that I’m with the 3 other bikes –in the end I have to break all my rules & overtake on a double yellow.


The temeperature is now in the 70s & I am worried how I’m going to cope with Death Valley later.

A sign on the wall at our lunch stop

We take the 395 highway north-a long boring stretch of road with very little traffic on it.

We stop to fill up before we hit Death Valley Park & the “high” gas prices. Stupidly I forget to put my earphones in,but luckily when we stop 5 miles later they are still sitting on the top of my netting.

Joshua Trees

Its then a blast along the 190,until we come down into Death Valley.

Its then a blast along the 190,until we come down into Death Valley.

The sun is just beginning to set, so we stop to take a look at the sand dunes then head off to Beatty ,taking the ironically named Daylight Pass,with the most beautiful sunset to our backs.

today's route

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