Pirongia!

Homebase saying goodbye & the trip starts now!
Auckland airport

We were ACTUALLY the last ones to board! Next stop - LAX!
Los Angeles iron pony pickup

Bikes mint, packed & we're outta here! 😎🇺🇸
Barstow - crossing over Route 66

This was our first stop out of L A. Just made it on the interstate because we ran out of time getting out of LA. Stinking hot, just hit the hay with the motel fridge full of our water for Death ValleyLeia mais
Baker

En route to Shoshone/Death Valley. Now HOT!
Death Valley

Killer temp, bike went well - heat was insane! Well over 40deg C.
Lee Vining

Nothing here but epic scenery & long roads
Breakfast in Bridgeport

Stayed the night here on our way up over a couple of high altitude mountain passes into Yosemite then up to South Lake Tahoe.
Another mountain lake - Ebbetts Peak

Awesome mountain pass Road & beautiful lake.
Eldorado National Forest

The Shot Rock Vista
Carson City Harley Davidson Battle Born

Sound system packed up in the helmet so the boys at Battle Born Harley Davidson fitted a new Sena for me. Awesome shop - now in Nevada!
Early day - Reno - Fallon

Got here at 3pm after an hour in a gun shop & then knife warehouse, put the tents up for the first time. Trailer park, had a beer (1), shower, some bike tricks & in the sleeping bag by 9! Plan to beLeia mais
Nevada - just huge!

Left Fallon at 6.30 then stopped for breakfast (eggs over easy) at Austin. On & on through to Eureka, copper, silver & gold mining then grabbed a coffee & beautiful snowfreeze at Ely. 2.45pm now soLeia mais
Wells to Salmon 606km

Good day on the road. Early start at the truckstop for coffee & talk with some interstate truckie. Called into Snake Harley-Davidson for a coffee & to check out the merch. Arrived on the scene justLeia mais
North Fork

En route early heading for the Chief Joseph Pass before going to an 11am church service in Lo Lo Montana. Ed at the gas station warned us to watch out for deer. Seen them, coyote (or wolf, not sure) &Leia mais
The Chief Joseph Pass

Altitude over 7000ft this is the Continental divide & state line between Idaho & Montana. Not enough go go to make church in Lo Lo so we stopped in Hamilton Montana, gassed up & had another 3 eggsLeia mais
Our breakfast hosts

A group photo of the kind people who paid for our breakfast in Hamilton!
St Ignatius - MONTANA

Lunch break - not enough sleep last night, even bigger hills &, yep... 75mph speed limit! Loud pipes save lives! 😎
Good night early - Kalispell

Another RV park at 5.30pm & putting up the tents again! Gotta make sure we don't eat any biscuit & gravy tonight, it's disgusting! 🤢🤢
Glacier Lake

Beautiful ride thru the park. 50kms & we had to pay for this but we'll worth it. Water was warm, togs too deep in the pack so we gave the swim a miss. Didn't want to scare anyone with my birthday suitLeia mais
#2 Glacier Park

Unbelievable scenery
Alberta Canada

Thought we'd give it a shot as we need a visa to fly direct to Canada but not if we're entering from the USA! Yippee the long way round to Sturgis 😎
John Cooper Number plate man!

Real nice guy old John Cooper. 84 years old & been married for 60. Lived here for 30. Wife now has dementia so he says sometimes she hates him sometimes not. We know about dementia. His son helps himLeia mais
Border Patrol - back in!

So we come back into Montana & had to give the border Patrol guy a totally full explanation of what we were doing. Told him we had bought the bikes & the prick said to me (pardon the language here)Leia mais
Tonight's camp - Choteau

Absolutely spotless! The nicest people, $22 for 2 to camp here the night & check out the camp-site! Back in Montana, early start tomorrow but still on the lookout for deer on the roads. Open ranchLeia mais