West Coast Trip

[Your_Boy_Yuriy]

I just wanted to share some pictures from my west coast trip.  

-California HWY 1

- California South Cow Mountain Recreation Area

Extremely beautiful in the sunset. Literally on the top mountain with half burned down forest. What a view. This picture doesn't do justice. 

- California Near Eldorado National Forest

- California N38 41.4551, W119 48.880

Man that was a cold night. After this night I said no more high attitude camping. I also arrived at 10 PM. 

- Southern California

- Nevada Las Vegas

Quick Oil Change

- Utah Zion National Park

- Arizona Grand Canyon North Rim 

Literally no one around for 24 miles besides some free range cattle.

For those who want to travel on a budget download "iOverLander" application on your phone and you can find tons camping spots. All the camping spots I chose were free. Usually campground you have to pay. Just read the description and look at the pictures. The picture of Grand Canyon was a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) camping spot however it was too windy for a tent and I ended up getting a motel. 

 

[Salish900]

What an awesome trip! How many days and miles? I've been to most of the places near your photos and know how rugged and outstanding it is. Thanks for sharing. 

[Brian]

Nice. Was looking into a PCH 1 trip and saw it is closed due to landslides around Big Sur. Guess you were able to avoid that?

For others, if tent camping at the North Rim and can book enough in advance, the National Park campground has dozen tent-only sites that are literally 20 feet from the rim. Beautiful. Was afraid I would sleep walk and drop off the edge.

Edited April 13, 2021 by Brian

[Your_Boy_Yuriy]

3 hours ago, Salish900 said:

What an awesome trip! How many days and miles? 

It took 10 days and 7200 miles. With a average of 45.6 MPG.
 

1 hour ago, Brian said:

Nice. Was looking into a PCH 1 trip and saw it is closed due to landslides around Big Sur. Guess you were able to avoid that?

Yep the road was closed. Don’t remember where it was exactly. 

[Kevin R]

On 4/13/2021 at 4:00 PM, Your_Boy_Yuriy said:

It took 10 days and 7200 miles. With a average of 45.6 MPG.
 

Yowza! 700+ miles per day! That's approaching Iron Butt-style of endurance.

On 4/13/2021 at 4:00 PM, Your_Boy_Yuriy said:

Yep the road was closed. Don’t remember where it was exactly. 

FYI, latest I saw was that the Big Sur PCH rebuild project is two months ahead of schedule (I know, hard to believe any project in California can meet a schedule let alone beat it!) and is targeted for opening at the end of this month. 🤞

[betoney]

15 minutes ago, Kevin R said:

FYI, latest I saw was that the Big Sur PCH rebuild project is two months ahead of schedule (I know, hard to believe any project in California can meet a schedule let alone beat it!) and is targeted for opening at the end of this month. 🤞

That is encouraging, I thought Caltrans originally estimated end of October.  I had originally planned a week-long route to ride PCH but due to the landslides I made other plans in Northern California for this year.  Due to wild fire unpredictability I try to get my California trips done before July, so I will try it again in 2022. 

[Xstoff]

Nice pictures!

Edited April 17, 2021 by Xstoff