How do you summarise a motorbike trip around the world from Tokyo to Los Angeles?. With difficulty! Well we are not into record setting. But we believe we are the oldest couple in the world to ride a motorbike “ two up” ie with pillion passenger, right round the world on one season Let’s start off with the statistics for the little trip - Total mileage. 34,416 km * No of days travelling 165 No of countries visited 29 Max temp on bike 41 deg C Min temp on bike 0 deg.C No of punctures. One No of breakdowns. One
And here it is - Los Angeles and Los Angeles lighthouse at Long Beach with the Pacific Ocean! But let’s go back a bit first. We leave Kansas state with its endless cattle ranches and feedlots (enough to put you off steak for a while) and we head into southern Colorado. It is a trifle flat! We stay at the town of Trinidad. The Elk shooting season starts tomorrow so there are hunters and guns everywhere. Not a good time to be an Elk, I think! Then next day the fun starts. The weather forecast shows sunny and cloudless at our starting point of Trinidad. It also shows that it is sunny and cloudless at our destination of Durango. But in between is Wolf Creek pass. As we get closer to the pass the black clouds roll in, the temperature drops and the rain starts. The pass itself is 10,800 ft high. As we climb it starts to snow. And then it really snows as in riding thru a blizzard. Visibility becomes a problem as the helmet visor and glasses fog up. Snow accumulates in about an inch layer