Another 'Not a Nighthawk Ride Report' for my Nighthawk friends...

[Warren]

Beautiful ride today to catch the desert blooms before it was too late...

7 hours on the road, 226 miles, averaged 61 MPG and an average speed of 32 MPH (lot's of stops for pictures and a nice lunch).

Max speed hit was 59 MPH.

Best MPG through the desert was 69 MPG, worst pulling up HWY 8 East was 56 MPG.

As always, I'll let the pictures do the talking. Here is the general SPOT track:

http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=192882

And here are the pictures!

Looking South into Mexico from HWY 8:



Just East of Pine Valley is looking South towards Campo:



A view of the TW200 Flight Deck:



This one is for my buddy Fish:



Shot out on some trails off Old 80 - Couldn't resist:



This is part of the Wind Generator Farm put in by Acorn Casino:



Old 80/84 runs right next to the US/Mexico border as you can see:



Jacumba - Agriculture is growing down here:



Looking down into Ocotillo off HWY 8:



Now just a series of wild flower and desert view pictures:

























Long stretches:





Yours truly:



Headed off for some sand play to check out the Palm Spring:









Lot's of twisties too:



Descending into Borrego:



Leaving Borrego:



Beautiful valley's near Lake Henshaw:







Heading into Julian, looking back to Santa Ysabel:



My favorite shot of the day in Julian:



That's it folks!

[FocusPlayer]

Waren, you rock.
Looks like  a near perfect day enjoyed the right way- all the way.

[Hondo]

Very nice report Warren! 

[hppants]

I believe they call the plants in your favorite shot Easter Lillies - great timing!  Personally, I think the Cactus blooms are beautiful.  We just don't see those in my corner of the world.

Looks like you are having a blast - thanks for sharing with us.

[Warren]

I fixed the the Spot link!

[hockeyhawk]

Warren, I'm jealous, you spent the day on a beautiful ride, I spent the day hanging dry wall. Great ride and nice pics too.

[fishmeister]

That's just such a nice area to take journeys. What is average cruising speed? Do you get worried about vehicles comming from behind too fast? Those knobbies will prolly go fast on the highway.

Are there mountian streams with fishing around there?

Next time bring the rose and have the cattle pose.  

Where are the rattlers and lizzards?

[Warren]

That's just such a nice area to take journeys. What is average cruising speed? Do you get worried about vehicles comming from behind too fast? Those knobbies will prolly go fast on the highway.

Are there mountian streams with fishing around there?

Next time bring the rose and have the cattle pose. 

Where are the rattlers and lizzards?

Let's see...

I usually cruise 50-55 - She'll do 50 just about anywhere, and can hit 70 on the flat... But 55 is a sweet spot

Not too worried about getting run down - Lot's of slow movers around here in the number one lane... 55 is fine....

Most are actually getting close to 10K on the rear riding the roads, the front goes faster at around 7K... We'll see... They have a more street oriented tire but that would take away some fun options... And man she has some serious street grip even though they are knobbies! 

No streams around here... Just little creeks with no fish... 

Saw plenty or lizards today... No rattlers thank goodness but they are out there!

It was a great day... 

[fishmeister]

               So cool Warren, I'm booking the flight now.       I'll rent a bike.

               Glad you had a nice ride, seems impossible not to with all that beauty. Sweet pics too!

               I'm actually really liking the idea of owning a scoot like that...

                      

[luckylindy]

 Great pics Warren. Glad to see you enjoying the TW.

[skramer360]

Nice warren, thanks for the pics. I'm with HP I really like the cactus blooms.

[highwayjamin]

All I can say is WOW!!!! Thanks Warren for the pictures and the report.I would have to drive for days on end to find anything like that. Man I hate living in the midwest    Great day I would say thanks again   

[ariwhiteboy]

Beautiful Cacti!  What kind of camera do you use?

[Warren]

Beautiful Cacti!  What kind of camera do you use?

It's a Sony DSC-H20

10x optical zoom was the selling point for me.

I like it - Pretty compact and much more capable than I...   

[fishmeister]

Leather gaitors are required when bajaing over rattle snake nests......or an anti-venom.

[Warren]

So stylish!   

[fishball]

Fantastic ride report Warren.  That bike looks like it is made for all those different environments.  The quality of the pics are fantastic!

[BeerGoggled]

I like the report. Great pics! 

[Zugzug]

Great ride report! and now I have another bike to put on my want list. 

[hockeyhawk]

Great ride report! and now I have another bike to put on my want list. 

Hey Zug, if you get your self a TW we are going on a dualsport ride. 

[Zugzug]

Great ride report! and now I have another bike to put on my want list. 

Hey Zug, if you get your self a TW we are going on a dualsport ride. 

Definately! Dont plan on it any time soon though. Every time I get some funds built up in the bike fund I end up needing it to help my son or wife. They know I save so they dont.
  Its amazing how they always have money to do stuff and buy stuff, but as soon as something breaks its time to come visit bank of Daddy.  The scooters fun and a great low cost commuter but eventually the right deal will come along and Ill have a bike again.
-Zug