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A wreck and a line of old pilings on the Columbia, first thing in Astoria
October 24, 2021
Surf on the rocks, somewhere down the Oregon coast
October 24, 2021
The three of us on the Oregon coast, dressed for the weather we got
October 24, 2021
Long beach, low cloud, nobody about
October 25, 2021
Into California, with the redwoods starting
October 25, 2021
Lunch, earned
October 25, 2021
Somebody ordered responsibly
October 25, 2021
A Road King inside the Chandelier Tree, which is a thing you can do
October 26, 2021
Two of them in a chair built for somebody considerably larger
October 26, 2021
The sea lions at Pier 39, with the city behind them
October 26, 2021
On the water in San Francisco Bay
October 26, 2021
Recovery, of a sort
October 26, 2021
A San Francisco fire house, and an unscheduled tour of it
October 26, 2021
The Golden Gate from the Marin headland
October 27, 2021
At the locks, with the bridge behind
October 27, 2021
Ray and Aimee above the surf
October 27, 2021
Pigeon Point, which is hard to ride past
October 27, 2021
Route 1 doing what it does
October 27, 2021
Parked up in Monterey at the end of the day
October 27, 2021
Parked on a San Francisco hill, at the angle the city insists on
Trying one for size
Waiting on the lights in the city
Riding out through the city towards the bridge
Monterey, after dark
Two helmets, one bike, a good arrangement
October 27, 2021
Crossing it
October 27, 2021
Helmets on, bridge behind
October 27, 2021
All six of us, which had not happened before on a motorcycle trip
October 27, 2021
Two up and ready to go
October 27, 2021
Three bikes outside the hotel in Monterey
October 27, 2021
The bridge from the north side, in the clear
Big Sur, first thing, before the road got busy
October 28, 2021
Bixby Creek Bridge, which everybody stops for and should
October 28, 2021
The bridge from the northern pullout
October 28, 2021
Lunch on a tray lined with newsprint
October 28, 2021
The elephant seal beach, from the top of the path
October 28, 2021
Close enough. They are entirely indifferent to motorcycles
October 28, 2021
Ray and Aimee, somewhere on the Big Sur coast
October 28, 2021
The sun going down on the longest day of the trip
October 28, 2021
Down the coast with the road to ourselves
The cliffs south of the bridge
Three bikes on Route 1
Point Sur, with the fog sitting on the water
October 28, 2021
A converted school bus, parked where you would expect one
October 28, 2021
Through the rock shed on Route 1
October 28, 2021
The coast opening up again north of the bridge
October 28, 2021
Justin and Tiffany at a pullout
October 28, 2021
The two of them with Bixby behind
October 28, 2021
Stretching the legs at speed, which is one way to do it
October 28, 2021
Route 1, ahead
October 28, 2021
The second burger of the day, and no apology for it
October 28, 2021
Sunset from the car park, end of a four hundred mile day
October 28, 2021
Sunset at Piedras Blancas, a few yards from several hundred sleeping elephant seals
October 28, 2021
Surfers still out at Venice as the light went
October 29, 2021
Venice Beach, palms and all
October 29, 2021
The volleyball nets at the end of the day
October 29, 2021
Outside a psychic on the way through town
Justin and Tiffany, off the bikes and glad of it
October 29, 2021
Palm trees and a green bike lane, which is not the Oregon coast
October 29, 2021
Under the Venice sign
October 29, 2021
Harley-Davidson of Hollywood, which was not going to be ridden past
October 30, 2021
A jacket that came home with us
October 30, 2021
Three bikes above the city
October 30, 2021
Parked below the sign
October 30, 2021
The sign itself, from a long way back
October 30, 2021
Two of them by the fire pit, San Diego, end of the last full day with everybody still together
October 30, 2021
Three bikes outside Harley-Davidson of Hollywood, parked on the Walk of Fame
October 30, 2021
First night in Las Vegas
October 31, 2021
A bar staffed by robots, because Las Vegas
October 31, 2021
Justin, several hundred miles of desert later
October 31, 2021
Rubbing the statue for luck, which did not obviously work
October 31, 2021
The Bellagio fountains going off behind them
October 31, 2021
At the border fence south of San Diego, as far as the country goes
October 31, 2021
Back in the gear one last time, for the sign
November 1, 2021
Three helmets at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
November 1, 2021
Everybody in the frame, which takes some arranging
November 1, 2021
Dinner, and a good deal of it
November 1, 2021
Sushi, a long way from the coast we had just ridden
November 1, 2021
The wings were not optional
November 1, 2021
Van Gogh, in a hotel corridor, as one does
November 1, 2021
The conservatory, which is free and worth more than that
November 1, 2021
Fish, chips and a red phone box, in the Nevada desert
November 1, 2021
The whole party, last night of the trip
November 1, 2021
The second platter, for the avoidance of doubt
November 1, 2021
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