no more school, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks - Mexico! - Page 4

2eddies · 01-04-2013, 08:35 AM

Nice to see you are giving the new to you German alpine moto some Spanish lessons and working on your Winter tan...I know you are a very accomplished world travelling bicyclist. I'm always super impressed when I see a bicycle tourer out in the middle of nowhere in the immense West. What a committment! However, when I can, if I get a chance to speak with these long distance foot powered atheletes, I remind them of the major difference between bicycling and motorcycling....It's deeply philosophical really...

"On a motorcycle, you don't have to pedal uphill."

Be safe, Enjoy!

missadventure · 01-04-2013, 07:45 PM

thanks ed :)
but then I enjoy pedaling uphill

billy: of course - as long as that drink is a nice cup of tea :)

so I rode out to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument so I could finally go camping!

then I had to go back for tacos and to finally buy stamps. couldn't find stamps :(
does no one send mail from mexico? ?
I took the 2 from sonoya to san luis. omg -
I had planned to eventually off road the Road Sofa, just not yet - but hey. so we got to do mile after mile of gravel. that was fun (once it was over)

finally, tacos found me. I'm usually vegetarian, but feel I must try the local fare once in a while. I did pass on the head and tounge tacos.

missadventure · 01-04-2013, 08:14 PM

then I ride, slowly, through checkpoints, and slowly through the border. I should have turned off the bike and pushed it.

anyhoo. I stopped in Brawley tonight, and the Road Sofa stopped. dead.
as in dead battery. oops.

so right now she's got a charger on the starter. wish me luck, I'm hoping to make it to san diego tomorrow to buy a new battery.

and yes, I tied toilet paper to the cord in the hopes no one trips on it tonight!

missadventure · 01-05-2013, 01:17 PM

she had a hard time starting this morning but we made it to san diego, on fumes!

getting a new battery! I'm gonna make it home!

I wish I had gotten more of these. they had turtle, lizard, snake, goat , and pig crossing signs

Mark Manley · 01-06-2013, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by missadventure

I wish I had gotten more of these. they had turtle, lizard, snake, goat , and pig crossing signs

If you liked this one Molly just wait until you get to Africa.

missadventure · 01-06-2013, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Manley

If you liked this one Molly just wait until you get to Africa.

love it! i can hardly wait

i made it home this afternoon. finally got rained on today, it started running into my boots at mile 70.

my brain is still frozen. will write up the rest tomorrow.

naveenroy · 01-07-2013, 06:10 AM

Sounds like a fun ride....waiting

missadventure · 01-07-2013, 11:53 PM

I got home yesterday. i spent most of Saturday hanging out at the San Diego BMW Motorcycle Shop while they put a new battery in. They were super nice. They actually apologized that it would be a half hour before they could get started on it! They even fixed extra stuff! I thought the fault on my abs just hadn't cleared itself, but the sensor on the front didn't have enough clearance to pick up the information it needed. Thanks again, y'all!!

It was a huge relief to be able to get back on the road the same day.

After a long ride through HELL A I was pretty wrecked and only made it as far as Ventura. I was hoping to make it further since the forecast for Sunday was cold and rain all day. Oops.

It wasn't so bad. Well, some of it was. Like the second hour of riding, when I had turned off the heated vest without knowing it and water started to run down my leg and into my boots. Then my hands turned blue! The rain slowed down and I made it home no problem.

So I rode a total of 3,947 miles, and was gone 18 days. (11 days of riding and 7 days of just lazing around the beach).

I never managed a self portrait. Oops. Next time, really! Here are a few pix, enjoy! Thanks for coming along for the ride

i am obsessed with laundry lines. here are a few

missadventure · 01-08-2013, 12:01 AM

highway 2 between sonoyta and san luis turned out to be pretty exciting! lots of off road, with trucks coming the other way! you could see the big fence on the border:

organ pipe cactus national monument in lukeville, az

san carlos, mexico

quinceanera!

shoe shiners

missadventure · 01-08-2013, 12:03 AM

i am also obsessed with urban decay.

missadventure · 01-08-2013, 12:05 AM

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missadventure · 01-08-2013, 12:14 AM

SFMCjohn · 01-08-2013, 12:34 AM

Hi Miss A,
Just found this ... loving the RR & super pics!

Glad the Road Sofa was treated well in SD ...
see you round the campfire,
-- SFMCjohn

missadventure · 01-08-2013, 12:42 AM

Thanks, John! See you around

01-04-2013, 08:35 AM	#46
2eddies 2eddies Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rocky Mountains, USA Oddometer: 100	Missadventure is out and about... Nice to see you are giving the new to you German alpine moto some Spanish lessons and working on your Winter tan...I know you are a very accomplished world travelling bicyclist. I'm always super impressed when I see a bicycle tourer out in the middle of nowhere in the immense West. What a committment! However, when I can, if I get a chance to speak with these long distance foot powered atheletes, I remind them of the major difference between bicycling and motorcycling....It's deeply philosophical really... "On a motorcycle, you don't have to pedal uphill." Be safe, Enjoy! __________________ ED The Beaver and Deer know of it - 6/1/2011 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=696448 Big Bend National Park, TX, Ride Report, 12/2010 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=649853 East of Eden's Fires - 8/2011 http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=717546

01-04-2013, 07:45 PM	#47
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	thanks ed :) but then I enjoy pedaling uphill billy: of course - as long as that drink is a nice cup of tea :) so I rode out to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument so I could finally go camping! then I had to go back for tacos and to finally buy stamps. couldn't find stamps :( does no one send mail from mexico? ? I took the 2 from sonoya to san luis. omg - I had planned to eventually off road the Road Sofa, just not yet - but hey. so we got to do mile after mile of gravel. that was fun (once it was over) finally, tacos found me. I'm usually vegetarian, but feel I must try the local fare once in a while. I did pass on the head and tounge tacos. __________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-04-2013, 08:14 PM	#48
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	then I ride, slowly, through checkpoints, and slowly through the border. I should have turned off the bike and pushed it. anyhoo. I stopped in Brawley tonight, and the Road Sofa stopped. dead. as in dead battery. oops. so right now she's got a charger on the starter. wish me luck, I'm hoping to make it to san diego tomorrow to buy a new battery. and yes, I tied toilet paper to the cord in the hopes no one trips on it tonight! __________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-05-2013, 01:17 PM	#49
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	she had a hard time starting this morning but we made it to san diego, on fumes! getting a new battery! I'm gonna make it home! I wish I had gotten more of these. they had turtle, lizard, snake, goat , and pig crossing signs __________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-07-2013, 11:53 PM	#53
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	I got home yesterday. i spent most of Saturday hanging out at the San Diego BMW Motorcycle Shop while they put a new battery in. They were super nice. They actually apologized that it would be a half hour before they could get started on it! They even fixed extra stuff! I thought the fault on my abs just hadn't cleared itself, but the sensor on the front didn't have enough clearance to pick up the information it needed. Thanks again, y'all!! It was a huge relief to be able to get back on the road the same day. After a long ride through HELL A I was pretty wrecked and only made it as far as Ventura. I was hoping to make it further since the forecast for Sunday was cold and rain all day. Oops. It wasn't so bad. Well, some of it was. Like the second hour of riding, when I had turned off the heated vest without knowing it and water started to run down my leg and into my boots. Then my hands turned blue! The rain slowed down and I made it home no problem. So I rode a total of 3,947 miles, and was gone 18 days. (11 days of riding and 7 days of just lazing around the beach). I never managed a self portrait. Oops. Next time, really! Here are a few pix, enjoy! Thanks for coming along for the ride i am obsessed with laundry lines. here are a few __________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website missadventure screwed with this post 01-08-2013 at 12:39 AM

01-07-2013, 06:10 AM	#52
naveenroy Adventurer Joined: Nov 2012 Location: Bangalore, India Oddometer: 37	Sounds like a fun ride....waiting

01-08-2013, 12:01 AM	#54
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	highway 2 between sonoyta and san luis turned out to be pretty exciting! lots of off road, with trucks coming the other way! you could see the big fence on the border: organ pipe cactus national monument in lukeville, az san carlos, mexico quinceanera! shoe shiners __________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-08-2013, 12:03 AM	#55
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	i am also obsessed with urban decay. __________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-08-2013, 12:05 AM	#56
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	__________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-08-2013, 12:07 AM	#57
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	__________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-08-2013, 12:14 AM	#58
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	__________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

01-08-2013, 12:34 AM	#59
SFMCjohn 13 Joined: Nov 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA, 94102 Oddometer: 577	Hi Miss A, Just found this ... loving the RR & super pics! Glad the Road Sofa was treated well in SD ... see you round the campfire, -- SFMCjohn __________________ caryandjohn.blog: Baja, AFM, KLR, & '73 Tiger Ride Reports San Francisco Motorcycle Club, Est. 1904 A Small Wedding ADVenture; Vintage Death Valley; Baja for New Year's IBA#'96onaEX500

01-08-2013, 12:42 AM	#60
missadventure ^OP n00bie d00bie d00 Joined: Sep 2006 Location: oaksterdam Oddometer: 231	Thanks, John! See you around __________________ it doesn't have to be fun to be fun mexico! website

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