Pictures are: Border Patrol checking all traffic on I-8 next to our road, Ocotillo RV Park (2) and Mexico border fence. Lee heard they were putting up a 20 ft fence and that Jose was selling 24' ladders. Ok, bad joke. But this fence was tall.
Today we rode from near Live Oak Springs to Ocotillo, CA. This was the ride with some uphills, but mostly going from 3600 ft to 600 ft as we came down the eastern slope of the California mountains to the valley. 85 degrees, had great 10 mile 2500' downhill ride. One more easy day then a 90 miler. We stayed at an Adult RV park which was great (all quiet at about 7:30) and then the wind picked up big time and blew all night. Some quotes of the day: Sharon, starting the day "it's f***ing cold" also "Phil, shut up" and Janet "today I put coffee on my oatmeal and used the dishwater for my tea". Phil went up a wrong driveway and saw a sign "honk or I'll shoot". Since there was an oven, we had big trays of frozen lasagna and salad for dinner. We are talking about starting up a beer club and a wine club. One of our riders not to be named who is a retired CA state patrol has his own club going already with those little 4-paks of wine...
Bruce, Good luck on your big adventure...Say hi to Alice for me, Ollie
ReplyDeleteGood blogging, Bruce, as a friend of your riding compadre, Steve Gibson of Sacramento, it's interesting to read how things are going. He did carry the air pump I gave him, didn't he? Any air pump? Of course we hopehe won't need it and his tires won't meet up with the dread SW Devil's Thorn or Goat's Head.
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Thanks for the blog, Bruce. My husband is Lee Taylor and he gave me the info so I could vicariously follow the group. Happy riding.
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Hi Bruce, Great blog. Say hi to Becky, my sister. I've passed your blog on to family members.Chris
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