Well after partying in Las Vegas last night I arrived safely, but with a hangover in Beatty, just on the edge of the Death Valley National Park.
So today I was going to head off to Yosemite National Park, but the forecast says it will only be 17’F (-10’c I think) tonight and the place I wanted to stay at is very elevated, at around 8000ft. So I have decided to go south through lower terrain to Lake Isabella. And the following day I will head North again and go through the Giant Sequoia National Park – home of the world’s tallest trees at 250-300ft high. After that I will head up to Yosemites. I am really looking forward to seeing Yosemite, as I have seen so much of it on TV and it just looks spectacular.
I am starting to get very tired now and finding it hard to make tracks by early morning as it is very very cold until midday. I think after Yosemites, I will just head straight over to San Francisco and take a day off riding and just look around SF. Then I will head down the Pacific Coast Highway to Los Angeles.
So now I am packed and about to blast off through the Death Valley. It's 11:00am and its finally stating to warm up outside.
James.
