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Earthquake country ride

Heading down near Santa Margarita for the week to hang out with friends.

Someone suggested this route:

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Seems like a nice idea, explore earthquake country…

Parkfield is the most active part of the San Andreas fault. Almost constant tremors and quakes. I may skip the Parkfield loop if it’s too hot…

Emerald Bay

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

Fiddletown, CA

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

proposed motorcycle route to tahoe

I’m planning on heading up to Tahoe this week on the bike to stay with some friends at their cabin.

This is the route I’m considering –

cross the bridge to 84
east on tesla road to stockton (pashnit.com suggestion)
north on 88 to ione
hit sutter ione road (pashnit.com suggestion)
hit fiddletown road (pashnit.com suggestion)
up 88 to 89 [...]

baja route 3

baja 123 Originally uploaded by antonfulmen somewhere on Mexico route 3 in Baja…

sunrise over the heart of darkness

sunrise over the heart of darkness
Originally uploaded by Moloko Velocet

Our (anattadoll,  bearandbobcat, and my) camp this morning at sunrise.

things I learned from my first week-long motorcycle tour…

(a) everything takes longer with four people
(b) make sure people are paying attention when you propose meetup-points
(c) I need a more comfy seat for the bike
(d) don’t eat the fish taco’s at “El Fenix” unless you already have food poisoning (two of our group got sick, I didn’t because I was still recovering from food [...]

Africa: Botswana History Lesson (as told to me by Fish)

Big game parks. Both owned by a guy named Ratray. We met old Mr. Ratray at Mala Mala, he was wearing red tartan trousers and a red sweater for dinner. His traveling companion was a blue haired woman wearing a pith helmet to lunch.

I kid you not…but first…

Fish, the coolest ranger, ever, told me some [...]

Africa: Zimbabwe - part 2 - Who wants to be a Zimbabwean billionare?

We were mega-border hoppers today. We not only went into Zimbabwe for the elephant ride, but also crossed the border again to head over for high tea at the Victoria Falls Hotel.

Zimbabwe is falling apart all around us (we didn’t realize that while we were there, Tschangere came back into the country and was arrested [...]

Africa: Zimbabwe – part 1 – Elephants

Since the credit card machine at Kasane was out of order, we had to pay for a fuel load with cash. We both had brought a lot of US dollars along for just such a case, but between the fuel load and the new passport visa fees into Zambia, we were on the verge of [...]