Day 5 - February 13, 2010 - Coast to Coast

Day 5 - February 13, 2010 - Coast to Coast
Impressions from the captain:

Woke up to bright sunshine and warm weather. The first day we got to ride in short sleeve shirts. Before we got on the road we ran into a problem with the camper, couldn’t get the valve closed on the black water (poop) tank. Not a show stopper unless you’re dry camping, and of course, because things are so far apart here, we thought we would dry camp! One of my concerns on this trip was how maintenance and repairs would interfere with our riding because I was responsible for the truck, camper, cargo trailer and of course the bike. We did some quick calling and found an RV dealer that was willing to squeeze us in on a Saturday, when he found out what we were doing. So we got underway on the bike while Carol took the camper over to get repaired.
We rode into a head wind towards the Imperial Sand Dunes. Being a three day weekend it was packed with off roaders. We had never seen such an array of custom dune buggies, ATV’s and motorcycle. And the toy haulers……some $500K motor homes pulling double deck trailers! It would make Silver Lake look like a sand box.

From the Stoker:

The Dunes were unbelievable. They were 10 miles long and 6 miles wide. I took many pictures of all the craziness and thought about our kids and how they would love it.
Only 46 miles today but the headwinds sure slow you down. You feel like your climbing all the time. Carol decided she wanted to go to a campground with hot springs. It was 54 miles from the Dunes and the hot springs was 4 small bath tubs. And she never got in them. We were the only vehicle and RV without an ATV (many ATV’s), and they were allowed to ride them until 11:45 p.m. Carol has lost the privilege of picking a campground.

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