June-August 2023: GS Across America TPP Web Team2024-04-17T11:53:20-04:00 Departing from Clear Light Coffee in SATX 6-10-23 A few hundred miles later, I discovered some of Shawn Brown's handiwork..... Stopping for gas in Sierra Blanca, Texas. The GS is still clean! 6-10-23 GS finally getting dirty, somewhere in NM 6-11-23 The Scenic app's "extra curvy" route to Show Low, AZ 6-11-23 Starting out on Bear Mountain Road in Silver City, NM 6-11-23 Initial long stretches on Bear Mountain Road 6-11-23 Peace & quiet on Bear Mountain Road in Silver City, NM 6-11-24 Onward on Bear Mountain Road, the sand got deep indeed! Things are about to get rough.... 6-11-24 Dropped the GS 7 times on Bear Mountain Road in the deep sand, and each time required disassembly to pick it up! 6-11-23 Exploring Route 180 in Glenwood, NM 6-11-23 Prior to dinner in Springerville, AZ. It was an exhausting day! 6-11-23 3 old bikers approached at dinner, and told me about their youthful adventures.... 6-11-23 Damage from Bear Mountain Road was minimal. 6-12-24 Fixed up in a few minutes in Show Low, AZ 6-12-23 Merkin Vineyards Tasting Room and Osteria in Cottonwood, AZ - owned by Maynard James Keenan of Tool! 6-12-23 Inside Merkin 6-12-23 Entry to Merkin's bathroom 6-12-23 View of Merkin from the back 6-12-23 Treats in production at Merkin 6-12-23 Exotic cheese platter at Merkin 6-12-23 More Merkin deliciousness 6-12-23 "Third Eye Ice Cream" at Merkin 6-12-23 Leaving Merkin, en route to Jerome! 6-12-23 Arrival in Jerome, AZ, hometown of MJK 6-12-23 View from Hampshire Ave in Jerome, AZ 6-12-23 The Scenic app "extra curvy" route toward Escondido, CA Whole lotta nothing in Imperial, AZ 6-13-23 That moment where a 25 mile detour leads to a dead end in Imperial, AZ 6-13-23 Along Imperial Highway in Ocotillo, CA 6-13-23 Arrival at Motoport in Escondido, CA. The Holy Grail of moto-gear! 6-13-23 After 8 years, my Motoport Marathon backpad pouch was wearing thin... 6-13-23 Good as new! 6-13-23 Now at home base in San Diego and reunited with my Honda Trail 125, Scenic came up with this route on 6-14-23 My (former) Trail 125 in Julian, CA along the Scenic route 6-14-23 It was so great to ride the Trail again! 6-14-23 Packed up and ready to roll out with the Simpson KTMs 6-15-23 Exploring Santa Ysabel, CA 6-15-23 Our route on 6-15-23 The stunning Alcazar Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego CA 6-16-23 A $26 sandwich in Balboa Park 6-16-23 Israel House in Balboa Park, SDCA 6-16-23 A Honda Monkey at the San Diego Automotive Museum 6-16-23 More San Diego Auto Museum 6-16-23 Rare and interesting motos at San Diego Auto Museum 6-16-23 Gaslamp Quarter, SDCA 6-16-23 The beach at Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, CA 6-16-23 The famous Hotel Del Coronado 6-16-23 GS poses in front of Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial 6-16-23 Checking out the Pacific in La Jolla, CA 6-16-23 More Pacific views - Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve 6-16-23 Boots in the Pacific Ocean! 6-16-23 Time to leave my generous hosts in San Diego 6-18-23 Hash House in SDCA is THE breakfast heaven 6-18-23 Portions befitting a king! 6-18-23 Visiting customers with my sales team 6-21-23 GS parked outside the office in Anaheim, CA 6-22-23 Parked outside the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA waiting for DANNY CAREY 6-22-23 Danny's thunderous Sonors on display inside - I'm sitting 6 feet away! 6-22-23 More Danny drum porn 6-22-23 Another angle of the Sonor kit 6-22-23 The GOAT getting ready to play 6-22-23 Meeting Danny Carey! He wanted to talk GSs - he has one too! 6-22-23 Visiting the BMS factory in Ventura, CA 6-23-23 At BMS with Greg Drevenstedt, Rider Mag Editor In Chief My lowered custom BMS seat fitted on the GS 6-23-23 Filling up in California is no joke! 6-23-23 Quite a bit of Cali exploration so far! Entering Yosemite National Park 6-24-23 Wawona Hotel in Yosemite 6-24-23 Exploring CA's magnificent sequoias on foot! 6-24-23 Grizzly Giant, the most famous tree in the Grove. 209 feet tall! 6-24-23 Wafting through Madera, CA 6-24-23 First view of Lake Tahoe 6-25-23 Boots in Lake Tahoe! 6-25-23 Lake Tahoe 6-25-23 Exploring Mount Rose Hwy in Incline Village, NV 6-25-23 Temps plummeting as we head up the mountain 6-25-23 Next stop - Reno, NV! Our trade show booth in Reno, NV 6-26-23 Meeting fellow BROSA rider Robert Wotring in Carson City, NV 6-26-23 The Enchanted Cat Cafe in Reno, NV 6-29-23 View inside the Cat Cafe 6-29-23 Heading east! Near Twin Falls, ID 6-29-23 Getting closer to Yellowstone National Park 6-30-23 GS arrival at Yellowstone 6-30-24 Every view in Yellowstone is a postcard 6-30-23 Along Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone 6-30-23 Progress so far... Devil's Tower in WY 7-1-23 Entering Sturgis, SD 7-1-23 The Famous Wall Drug Store in Wall, SD 7-1-23 Entering Badlands 7-1-23 Weird shops in Wall, SD 7-1-23 Badlands view - I rode it twice, both directions! 7-2-23 Progress so far.... Now booking it east..... Now THAT'S a properly dirty GS! River Vale, NJ 7-5-23 No surface was free from bug guts! 7-5-23 More filthy GS views 7-5-23 The giant Givi bags got it the worst.... 7-5-23 Reuniting with my Sensei Juan Berrios at Englewood Krav Maga 7-6-23 Perkins Memorial Tower in Bear Mountain, NY 7-8-23 The GS near Lake Welch in Stony Point, NY 7-8-23 NY exploration on 7-8-23 The GS at rest in NJ 7-10-23 Getting a much needed new rear tire at Frank's BMW in Essex, VT 7-22-23 The GS rode VT's famous Route 100 north to south and back again 7-22-23 The infamous "Middle Finger" statue in Westford, VT. Indeed! 7-25-23 Night riding on wet packed dirt in Wheelock, VT 7-25-23 Cows at dusk in St. Johnsbury, VT 7-31-23 More VT exploration 7-31-23 Random lunch in Le Roy, VT 8-1-23 My Lee Parks DeerTour gloves finally wore out with only several hundred miles to go before home in SATX 8-4-23 Final tally - 9,300 miles coast to coast loop! 8-4-23 The GS arrives home after the 9,300 mile tour 8-4-23 The final overall coast-to-coast GS Route Share this post Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit WhatsApp
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