Francis is not riding with us this time. Peter will arrive from Vancouver, BC late this afternoon to my house in Olympia, Washington. We'll leave at the crack of dawn on Friday.
Initially we'll ride down Interstate 5 from Olympia to somewhere in Northern California. There is a town called Weed, California, about 10 miles north of the road we'll use to cut over to Reno, Nevada. This road goes thru the Mt. Shasta Nat'l Forest, and is one of the most beautiful parts of the ride. Second day, we'll make it as close to Vegas as we can. We've learned from our previous two experiences riding to Las Vegas, that you need to do everything possible to arrive prior to the heat of the mid day. It was 126 degrees on my motorcycle's thermometer as we pulled into Vegas last time.....don't ever want to experience that again.
I have a vented Kevlar jacket for the final stretch into Vegas. I'll probably wear a vented t-shirt under that. My helmet is white (helps keep it cool also). I always ride with the proper protective clothing, so the final miles in Nevada are just plain HOT...no matter what you do to make it better.
I have been using one of those back-packs with the built in drinking hose, so you can always have water at your immediate disposal. I'm going to wear it under my leathers in hopes it will also help me stay cool in the final part of the ride.
This will be the fourth time we've ridden to Infocomm. Third time to Las Vegas, and one time to Orange County. We also rode to Calgary one year.
If you live along the route and wish to join us, please let me know asap.
Ride safe brothers and sisters!
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