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Dag 16
maandag 18 april 2022 om 21:00
⛅ 16 °C
Hoogte: 2.579 ft
Verenigde Staten Banner Canyon 33.07786, -116.5307533°4’40” N 116°31’51” W
I'm out of the sand!!!!... for now
18 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
How good does it feel to be out of the desert?!?! My whole body feels hydrated, the air has a coolness to it, the greenery has never looked greener!

Found the most incredible road through the hills on my way to San Diego today, I think a combination of feeling so relieved to be out of desert, finally feeling like I wasn't melting, the views and the road as every corner led to an even better one... just made this the most awesome feeling. Put on "You gotta go there to come back" by Stereophonics, did a little happy dance and enjoyed the next half an hour of fun 😁 ... Also didn't take any good photos because I didn't want to stop riding to take them 😂... its all on the go pro though!Meer informatie
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Dag 16
maandag 18 april 2022 om 12:00
⛅ 24 °C
Hoogte: 4.177 ft
Verenigde Staten Lost Horse Valley 34.01595, -116.172734°0’57” N 116°10’22” W
Joshua Tree
18 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Walking and scrambling in Joshua Tree, pretty awesome place... more rocks and sand 😂 but it was actually a great place to go for a walk! And climbing up the rocks... saw a lizard though and a tortoise on the road I had to remove before he got squished.

I also saw "The Great Burrito"... that was very exciting!Meer informatie
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Dag 16
maandag 18 april 2022 om 09:16
⛅ 21 °C
Hoogte: 4.035 ft
Verenigde Staten South Park Peak 34.07286, -116.388634°4’22” N 116°23’19” W
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Camping in Joshua Tree
18 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
A significant downgrade on facilities in comparison to the Venetian but also significantly cheaper!

Spent last night camping in Joshua Tree, cooked up a Japanese curry for dinner using curry cubes recommended by Zander. An awesome recommendation for easy curry without having to carry jars of sauce or hundreds of spices!

I also stumbled across a small section of route 66 on my way here, don't see what the fuss us about, just really expensive petrol from what I saw.

Off to go for a wonder around the park.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Is that an actual Joshua Tree behind your tent?
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Reizigeryou wouldn't believe it being in Joshua Tree National Park, but it really was, in fact I was surrounded by them!
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Dag 14
zaterdag 16 april 2022 om 15:00
☀️ 25 °C
Hoogte: 2.149 ft
Verenigde Staten Las Vegas Convention Center 36.12118, -115.1690236°7’16” N 115°10’8” W
Vegas attempt 2
16 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
So Vegas has grown on me, I realised I just needed to do it properly!! So I booked a fancy hotel room at the Venetian, had a play on the tables and went out drinking!

Found a fun couple at Beer Park who paid for all my drinks for the night... I insisted they shouldn't (for a minute or 2) before giving in.

Annoyingly the wind closed the pool at my hotel and also stopped the Belagio fountain show so I guess I'll just have to come back at some point when I'm feeling rich!Meer informatie
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Dag 13
vrijdag 15 april 2022 om 20:00
⛅ 22 °C
Hoogte: 2.034 ft
Verenigde Staten Telephone Canyon 36.5028, -117.2255636°30’10” N 117°13’32” W
Death Valley camping
15 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Rode up to death valley and camped at one of their free campsites. Amazing views and some serious wind... which covered everything in the tent in sand through the night... including me... much sand in my eyes.Meer informatie
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Dag 12
donderdag 14 april 2022 om 18:11
☀️ 23 °C
Hoogte: 2.119 ft
Verenigde Staten Madame Tussauds Las Vegas 36.12113, -115.1715236°7’16” N 115°10’17” W
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Vegas is fucking terrible
14 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Where do all these people come from??? And why are there normal fully grown adults drinking 2ft slush puppies with neon LEDs flashing inside??

I went into Ceasars Palace, I think I'm out but I also could just be in a recreation of the Vegas Strip, inside Ceasars Palace. So who really knows. If you don't hear from me again please just send a search party into Ceasars Palace.

Mind blowing and terrible place, would probably be better with other people to be fair, the issue is I want to talk to 0% of the people here. Very much looking forward to tomorrow so I can leave!Meer informatie
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ReizigerThat’s my boy!
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Reiziger Is this inside? Are the clouds moving?
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Reizigerthis was inside... but I thought it was outside... very difficult
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Dag 12
donderdag 14 april 2022 om 15:00
⛅ 24 °C
Hoogte: 1.673 ft
Verenigde Staten Overton Township 36.44972, -114.4441236°26’59” N 114°26’39” W
Valley of Fire
14 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Went for a walk around Valley of Fire on my way to Vegas, it was pretty nuts... more massive rocks!

I was also still in my thermals and warm riding gear from utah so was sweltering walking around the desert 😂

Otherwise, very good!Meer informatie
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Dag 10
dinsdag 12 april 2022 om 21:37
⛅ 0 °C
Hoogte: 6.286 ft
Verenigde Staten The Sentinel 37.22831, -112.9842537°13’42” N 112°59’3” W
Green River to St George
12 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
350 miles today after sitting around all day yesterday waiting out a sandstorm. Started in the desert at 9.30, temperature was about 4 degrees, then climbed up to about 10,000ft into the mountains where it turns out the majority of the 350 miles would be spent. Temperatures were into the minus and I basically froze my bollocks off for 8 hours.

Did go through Zion National park through which was pretty incredible, its an hour away so I'm going to head back tomorrow when my testicles have dropped back down to take a proper look around before heading to Vegas.

Photos from today are pretty poor due to lack off feeling in my fingers and frankly not wanting to spend 1 more minute than I had to in that cold, hoping i got some GoPro footage but unlikley as the cold killed the battery in about an hour and shortly after killed the battery on my phone... still waiting for feeling in my finger tips to return!

The real highlight if this day looking back at photos was Utah Route 12 - known as the hogsback. A road that runs above canyons on either side. Too cold to enjoy at the time but one of the best roads of the trip looking back.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zondag 10 april 2022 om 21:53
🌙 8 °C
Hoogte: 4.741 ft
Verenigde Staten Hell Roaring Canyon 38.56799, -109.9856738°34’5” N 109°59’8” W
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Dirt bikes in Moab
10 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Hired a dirt bike and had a guide take me out into the endless miles of trails around Moab today.

The views were out of this world, it felt like I was riding on the moon a lot of the time. Crashed twice, one was a low speed drop, the other more of a thrown over the handle bars at 30mph situation... thank god for deep sand... although I wouldn't have come off if the deep sand hadn't been there. I also weed myself a little riding along a terrifying dirt road on a cliff edge, sandy, gravelly, 100ft drop at the side and nothing to stop you if you get it wrong... fortunately I didn't!

The day was made all the more hilarious by Jim my guide (or Jim Trump) as he will be known from now on. He started a lot of his sentences with "I'm not racist but..." which is obviously not going to be followed up by a statement of support for the black lives matter movement. I learnt all about his Thai mail order wife (genuinely not a joke, and ironic given his views on every minority group) who he doesn't love and she knows his rules, "it's a sex only thing" (this was half an hour after I met him) and his girlfriend in New York and his other girlfriend in Denver... he was a very popular man by the sounds of it. He also had quite strong views on gun control "they're takin' our fuckin' guns away man"... the mug he gave me my coffee in in the morning set the tone really...

... Oh and Jim Trump's favourite mattress is the one he found on the side of the road... yep, it's not only his favourite mattress for sleeping but also apparently very good for having sex on... (I was told this 1 hour after meeting him).

He did take me out in his Baja rally truck though after we'd been biking... so he does win back a few points for that... oh and the truck was sponsored by discountstrippers.com... obviously. Once we'd finished for the day he offered me his trailer for the night if I didn't want to ride back to Green River which was very kind of him but... no... thanks... ill be cold for an hour riding back to the motel rather than sleeping on his stained pavement mattress.

Other than a (hopefully not) broken finger, today has been mind blowing in so many different ways.

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Reiziger I’ve got a finger that shape from falling off a bike 🙂 Obviously not as memorable as your experience though 🤣🤣
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Reiziger Wow!
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Reiziger Sand burn?
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Reizigersand blasted I think
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Dag 7
zaterdag 9 april 2022 om 23:07
🌙 13 °C
Hoogte: 4.081 ft
Verenigde Staten Green River 38.99239, -110.1438°59’33” N 110°8’24” W
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Moab and Green River
9 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Crazy day today, started off very normal and very pleasant. Easy ride to Moab, lunch in Moab, family zoom from a coffee shop. Did lose my beloved orange sunglasses though, by they've been replaced by some nice garish ones... because... when in Rome 😂 also met a chap on a KTM on his way to Mexico from Denver, got myself a bed for the night when I head back through Denver 😊

The ride back from Moab to my motel in Green River is where it got silly. The last time I get on my bike without checking the weather first. 50 mile ride and at about 25 miles the wind really picked up, from mile 30 I had 50mph crosswinds, blowing debris across the dual carriageway and trying to blow me off the side of the road. It felt like I was at a 45 degree angle just to try and counter the wind and keep myself on the road.

At one point my tank bag came lose so I pulled over to fix it and got stuck, I couldn't let go of the bike without it blowing over (with the stand down) and I couldn't life my leg back over the bike without us both blowing over... finally a drop in the wind gave me a chance to get back on my bike and get moving again, slowly and sideways, hoping nothing gets blown in front if me! Brand new tank bag with brand new glove liners, snood and ratchet straps was soon torn from the bike, knocking my arm off the throttle and thrown halfway across a field... I didn't stop to find it... mainly because leaving the bike without me holding it up would have ended up with the bike on the floor.

Anyway finally got myself back to the motel, feeling defeated, shaken and missing a few belongings but off the bike at least!... I walked to dinner tonight!

Lesson learned, you do not fuck around with American weather! It also means I think I have 4 days at a Motel 6 in Green River until the wind passes.Meer informatie
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ReizigerOh no! What a nightmare! Glad you’re safe at least. All one big learning experience!
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Reiziger This is what I image a lot of miles might look like.
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ReizigerI was trying to catch a picture of the sand and cloud whipping across the road but it didn't really work, I also thought I was going to lose my phone so didn't spend much time taking the picture 😂
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Dag 6
vrijdag 8 april 2022 om 14:20
☀️ 11 °C
Hoogte: 7.838 ft
Verenigde Staten Grouse Creek 39.59483, -106.4333639°35’41” N 106°26’0” W
Colorado springs to grand junction
8 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Riding 300 miles today... took the 24 from colorado springs up to the i70 then hopefully get across to grand junction.

So much snow on the ride but perfect sunshine... bitterly cold though... I'm wearing most of my clothes. Contemplating putting the sleeping bag on as well.

Highligh of today's ride is the road signs on the other side of the dual carriageways but facing our direction saying "wrong way"... as if the 20 tonne truck driving towards you wouldn't be enough of a reminder.

Seen mountains, frozen lakes, deer and some big ol' birds! (Both human and animal).

Also becoming very aware that skippy is having more photos taken of her than I am... it looks like my bike has gone on holiday without me... oh and I've called my bike skippy.Meer informatie
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Reizigerskippy because its bouncy like the kangaroo?
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Reizigerskippy because I think that's a good name for an American dog, and my bike is feeling very much like having a pet with me... ill talk to it but it won't talk back 😂
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ReizigerThat looks like a long old ride. How many miles?
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Reiziger300 yesterday!
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Dag 5
donderdag 7 april 2022 om 18:29
☀️ 8 °C
Hoogte: 6.227 ft
Verenigde Staten Valley Reservoir Number 2 38.86404, -104.8706138°51’51” N 104°52’14” W
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Garden of the gods
7 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
More massive rocks just outside Colorado Springs
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Reiziger Wow!
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Reizigerits so orange!
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Dag 5
donderdag 7 april 2022 om 13:00
☀️ 3 °C
Hoogte: 8.317 ft
Verenigde Staten Woodland Park 38.98178, -105.0457138°58’54” N 105°2’45” W
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Ride to colerado springs
7 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
So cold!! Took route 67 instead of i25 as the I25 was just going to be a long boring motorway... turns outs a fair chunk of 67 is dirt... but was amazing! The views were out of this world, and didn't see another car for at least an hour, maybe more.

Stopped in woodland park for lunch. Then going to a bike shop to try and find better hand protection for the ride across the mountains tomorrow!Meer informatie
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Reiziger That looks very ‘wild west’
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Reizigerit really was on one side of the road, then glorious mountains on the other!
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Dag 4
woensdag 6 april 2022 om 18:23
⛅ 3 °C
Hoogte: 6.460 ft
Verenigde Staten Cherry Gulch 39.67613, -105.2046339°40’34” N 105°12’17” W
Red rocks
6 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Went for a day trip out to Red Rocks, got a tad burnt, but the ride was awesome through the rocks and the views were incredible up there, followed it up with a ride further up the mountain which again, was amazing!

After looking over the ampitheatre at Red Rocks I went for a walk up the trails... got so sweaty in all my bike gear... then stopped for a pint and sandwich for lunch. Also bumped into a woman who also rides and told me ill be fine to take the i70 across the mountains to get to utah, I'll just need to accept it be cold... so that's what I'm going to do... could be a terrible idea but I guess there's only one way to find out!Meer informatie
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ReizigerThe adventure begins 🙂
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Dag 3
dinsdag 5 april 2022
❄️ 1 °C
Hoogte: 7.822 ft
Verenigde Staten Quaker Mine 40.00718, -105.4470640°0’26” N 105°26’49” W
First ride on bike
5 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ❄️ 1 °C
Little ride into the foothills of the Rockies- it got cold, very very cold! It snowed, my hands froze... the bike was great though!
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Dag 2
maandag 4 april 2022 om 15:18
☀️ 19 °C
Hoogte: 5.594 ft
Verenigde Staten Interlaken Reservoir Number 1 39.62824, -105.0891539°37’42” N 105°5’21” W
First stop - Denver
4 april 2022, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Arrived yesterday evening, git up today and spent the day shopping fir bits I needed, mainly camping gear!... expensive!! Just heading to the bike shop to see if they have the bike equipment I need before heading back to town for some dinner.Meer informatie
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