I am getting ready to make another trip to the west coast. I decided it would be more fun to take someone along!
Every year I attend The Great Western Bicycle Rally held at Paso Robles, California, in the wine country, over Memorial Day Weekend. This is their 50th year, and my 30th time attending the rally. This year, I am considering taking someone along with me, just to make the trip more interesting.
My plan is to leave on or about May 18th, 2014 and take five or six days to get to California. I would then ride up to Paso Robles to meet friends at the rally. After the rally, I'd return to southern CA. for a few days to visit friends and take care of some business there. Then a leisurely ride back to Kentucky!
I ride county roads. I CAN ride the interstates, but that is so incredibly boring. I like the backroads, and the small towns I pass through much better.
This will be a hotel/motel trip. I'm leaving the camping gear behind. I'm going to travel uber-light as well, shipping my Cannondale bicycle ahead to CA., and then shipping it home again after the rally. If you join me, I will arrange for a loaner bicycle for you, should you want to enjoy the many rides they host over the weekend. I am trying very hard to leave the trailer behind on this trip but it is available if our gear exceeds the capacity of the bike's luggage space.
I ride a 2012 Honda Gold Wing with several modifications. It currently has 45,000 miles on it. Although trips are fun enough alone, I thought I might be able to find a female travel companion who would like to go along. I have prepared an information E-mail for anyone interested in the trip.
You can reply here, or in a PM, but for the greatest detail, respond to ridetoca(at)yahoo(dot)com I will reply with a detailed explanation of this adventure, along with my phone number and other contact info.
About me: I am 6'1", 280 lb., 55, single, retired, and able to enjoy life a bit. I live in Franklin, KY. (42134) where I settled in 2011. I am financially comfortable, so I can take spontaneous trips like this on a whim. I am a NON-smoker, a NON-drinker, and I certainly don't use drugs. I have over 600,000 miles of motorcycle riding experience, having worked as a motorcycle courier for many years in southern California, as well as riding with touring clubs and on my own tours, before moving to Kentucky.
I am politically conservative. Although I have one or two "liberal" friends, my nearly 100% conservative friends describe me as "Slightly to the RIGHT of Genghis Khan" in my political views. Any travel companion would have to lean heavily in that direction in order for us to get along.
My companion could ride her own motorcycle, or ride as a 'co-pilot' on my Wing. All of the details and negotiations would be worked out before we left!
I plan to ride about 350 miles per day. I CAN ride much farther, but this is not a stressful trip. This is just a leisurely jaunt across America and back again. It will last about 26 days.
In 2012, I rode around the entire United States, traveling over 18,000 miles in four months and crossing through 40 states. This trip will be more direct, out and back, with some recreation time in California. This site does not allow me to post links yet for some reason, but you can visit joejinky.com to see the photos and videos of that tour. I really enjoyed it, and I rode about 98% of it on back country roads.
If you are interested, you need to get the process started. We will need time to chat, meet, and work out the details of the whole trip before we leave. I hope to hear from you no later than April 15th.
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Every year I attend The Great Western Bicycle Rally held at Paso Robles, California, in the wine country, over Memorial Day Weekend. This is their 50th year, and my 30th time attending the rally. This year, I am considering taking someone along with me, just to make the trip more interesting.
My plan is to leave on or about May 18th, 2014 and take five or six days to get to California. I would then ride up to Paso Robles to meet friends at the rally. After the rally, I'd return to southern CA. for a few days to visit friends and take care of some business there. Then a leisurely ride back to Kentucky!
I ride county roads. I CAN ride the interstates, but that is so incredibly boring. I like the backroads, and the small towns I pass through much better.
This will be a hotel/motel trip. I'm leaving the camping gear behind. I'm going to travel uber-light as well, shipping my Cannondale bicycle ahead to CA., and then shipping it home again after the rally. If you join me, I will arrange for a loaner bicycle for you, should you want to enjoy the many rides they host over the weekend. I am trying very hard to leave the trailer behind on this trip but it is available if our gear exceeds the capacity of the bike's luggage space.
I ride a 2012 Honda Gold Wing with several modifications. It currently has 45,000 miles on it. Although trips are fun enough alone, I thought I might be able to find a female travel companion who would like to go along. I have prepared an information E-mail for anyone interested in the trip.
You can reply here, or in a PM, but for the greatest detail, respond to ridetoca(at)yahoo(dot)com I will reply with a detailed explanation of this adventure, along with my phone number and other contact info.
About me: I am 6'1", 280 lb., 55, single, retired, and able to enjoy life a bit. I live in Franklin, KY. (42134) where I settled in 2011. I am financially comfortable, so I can take spontaneous trips like this on a whim. I am a NON-smoker, a NON-drinker, and I certainly don't use drugs. I have over 600,000 miles of motorcycle riding experience, having worked as a motorcycle courier for many years in southern California, as well as riding with touring clubs and on my own tours, before moving to Kentucky.
I am politically conservative. Although I have one or two "liberal" friends, my nearly 100% conservative friends describe me as "Slightly to the RIGHT of Genghis Khan" in my political views. Any travel companion would have to lean heavily in that direction in order for us to get along.
My companion could ride her own motorcycle, or ride as a 'co-pilot' on my Wing. All of the details and negotiations would be worked out before we left!
I plan to ride about 350 miles per day. I CAN ride much farther, but this is not a stressful trip. This is just a leisurely jaunt across America and back again. It will last about 26 days.
In 2012, I rode around the entire United States, traveling over 18,000 miles in four months and crossing through 40 states. This trip will be more direct, out and back, with some recreation time in California. This site does not allow me to post links yet for some reason, but you can visit joejinky.com to see the photos and videos of that tour. I really enjoyed it, and I rode about 98% of it on back country roads.
If you are interested, you need to get the process started. We will need time to chat, meet, and work out the details of the whole trip before we leave. I hope to hear from you no later than April 15th.
.