Our summer vacation: It started with the BMW MOA National Rally in Salt Lake City (way too hot; over 100 every day), then on to cooler Idaho and the Sawtooth mountains (awesome), then to Oregon (beautiful), and finally down the CA coast through the redwoods (stunning). We camped most of the time and had a great time!
We met John and Mike at the 395 and 18
Getting synced up with Google Maps Share Location
Lunch in Baker, where it’s 104 degrees
Yep – 104. It’s hot.
Good gyros served here
John and his wet vest
Mike Romo rode up with us
Going through Vegas and looking for shade
Lisa and Rick have all the camping gear
The gang riding through Vegas
Lisa and Rick in the heat
Made it to Cedar City, Utah
They got bugs in Utah
Breakfast in Cedar City
John and Mike
Time to leave Cedar City
Good breakfast here
Lisa at Cedar Breaks National Monument (2)
Cedar Breaks
It got cool on the way here; we had snow on the road
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Cedar Breaks National Monument 2
John at Cedar Breaks
Lisa at Cedar Breaks
Selfie at Cedar Breaks
Riding in Utah on the way to SLC
Mike has all the gear
Why have just one
Wash day at the rally
Rally Vendors
John’s new gloves
1 of 3 vendor buildings
Watermelon at the rally – yum
The South Coasters group camp
A sea of tents every way you look
Dave, Karl and Sharon
Rally campgrounds
Dinner time (sunset around 9)
Motorcycle AC
South Coasters group site
South Coasters (2)
Snow in the distance in SLC
Lisa with SLC in the background
Downtown at night
Uh oh, dead battery
Glad there’s shade to work in
A vendor charged my battery. Lucky me
A South Coaster gets a door prize (but pink)
Salt Lake Temple
Salt Lake Temple (2)
Took the tram downtown to Temple Square
HUGE pipe organ in Temple Square
Mark B packing up to leave
Breakfast stop on the way out of SLC
Rick taking a break
We made it to Idaho!
Sun Valley, ID
A fancy Starbucks in Sun Valley, Idaho
Fancy Starbucks
Fancy Starbucks, filled with whole tree logs
Sun Valley
Sun Valley, ID
John & Rick in Sun Valley
Rick in Sun Valley
There are ski trails in those mountains
Sun Valley
Spent the night with a new, local friend, Kevin
BIG Idaho Potato
Kevin, John and Rick
Kevin, John and Rick
Kevin’s house in Idaho
Kevin’s dog
The Sawtooth mountains valley
The Sawtooth mountains
Lisa, Rick & john in Idaho
The Sawtooth mountains
Riding through Idaho
Idaho life
Rick & Lisa at the Sawtooth mountains
Rick & Lisa at Redfish Lake
Redfish Lake Lodge
Redfish Lake
Redfish Lake
Lisa at Redfish Lake
Redfish Lake
Local wildlife
Redfish Lake
Redfish Lake Lodge – Rick & Lisa
Redfish Lake Lodge
Riding in Idaho
Here come Rick & Lisa
Rivers running pretty good for late July
Who let the cows out
Lisa & Rick in Idaho
Rick at a river
Lisa at a river
Roadside stop
Lisa cleaning her helmet
Playing by the rushing river (2)
Lots of fast water running for end of July
Playing by the rushing river (3)
Rick by a river
Beautiful Idaho
Beautiful Idaho
John by a river
Rick & Lisa
Idaho City break time
Geniuses at work
Geniuses at work
Ethanol free – see it a lot up here
For my friends in TX
For my friends in TX
Made it to Oregon for the night
A lot to see up here
Break time in the gorge
Break in the gorge
Sign, what sign?
Break in the gorge
A river runs through it
Break in the gorge
Break in the gorge
US 26 in Oregon
Let’s eat
Oregon humor
The Oregon Painted Hills
The Oregon Painted Hills
The Oregon Painted Hills
The Oregon Painted Hills
The Oregon Painted Hills
John at the Oregon Painted Hills
Lisa riding the Oregon Painted Hills
The Oregon Painted Hills
Mohawk Restaurant – very interesting place
Crescent Oregon
Finally, some cool weather
Snowballs in July
Lots and lots of snow
This is Crater Lake
Crater Lake, OR
Crater Lake, OR
Crater Lake, OR
Selfie at Crater Lake
Crater Lake
Crater Lake
Crater Lake
Crater Lake
Crater Lake
Crater Lake
Crater Lake wildlife
Lisa at Crater Lake
Lisa riding through the trees
Break time heading for the coast
Break time heading for the coast
Break time heading for the coast
Breakfast after a night in Grants Pass
What the devil is that
We made it to the coast
Crescent City, CA
Crescent City, CA
Crescent City, CA
Riding south on the CA coast
Klamath, CA
Lisa and big Paul
Lisa and her bear
Rick and Babe
Klamath, CA
Klamath, CA
Klamath, CA
Klamath, CA
Ave of the Giants
Ave of the Giants
Ave of the Giants
Ave of the Giants
Ave of the Giants
Ave of the Giants
Camping in the Redwood forest
Tonight we sleep with the giants
Camping in the Redwood forest
The Redwood forest
The Redwood forest
Drive-thru redwood
Drive-thru redwood
Drive-thru redwood
Drive-thru redwood
Drive-thru redwood
Redwood house
Redwood house
Drive-thru redwood
One last ride before the sun goes down
One last ride before the sun goes down
One last ride before the sun goes down
One last ride before the sun goes down
One last ride before the sun goes down
One last ride before the sun goes down
One last ride before the sun goes down
Hauling firewood
Oops – we took the handicap site
The tent is all set up – break time
Morning coffee – yum
Great camp site in the redwoods
A stroll with morning coffee
A stroll with morning coffee
A stroll with morning coffee
This is Bigfoot country
Digging out the whole hillside
They helicoptered that digger in there
Roadwork and long waits
At Last – riding again
Back on the cool coast again
Back on the cool coast again
Our trusty BMWs
Fort Bragg on the CA coast
Fort Bragg on the CA coast
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg Skunk Train
The last campsite for the trip
Camping in Olema, just north of San Fran
Olema Campground
Olema Campground
Olema Campground
Walking to dinner in Olema
Good food in Olema
Lawn ornaments in the campgound
A morning walk
A morning walk
A morning walk
A morning walk
Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay Secret Gardens
Bodega Bay Secret Gardens
Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay
Road to Bodega Bay
Road to Bodega Bay
Lots of these guys on the road
Bodega Bay
Point Reyes Station
Point Reyes Station
Body Shop trophies
This area is EXPENSIVE
All packed up for the ride home
The End
