Blythe, United States Travel Blogs

Getting my Kicks on Route 66
Jun 16, 2007 (2 photos)

Started the morning driving east on Route 66/I40.  All in all I drove 320 miles to Blythe, California.  Blythe?  Yeah, I never heard of it either, but the important part is that I made it across the country to California!! After the ...

Day Three - Alone Out There
Jun 4, 2008 (5 photos)

Day Three - Alone Out There I have a friend, Gary. Why do I mention him now? Thought about him a lot today. Gary and I have spent countless hours running and biking together. Something we hardly do any more and something I miss. Why. We would run and ...

Day Four - A Very Long Day
Jun 5, 2008

Not much to say tonight. Woke up this morning and decided to take the day off as soon as my right foot hit the floor. Really didn't want to burn an off day after just two days riding, but I'm trying to take the long view and thought the rest might help my ...

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Blythe
Feb 24, 2009 (7 photos)

... rapidly through California, Arizona and New Mexico as D is more interested to see Texas and Yvonne had visited many places in those states when she visited 9 years ago.  We just kept going on Route 10 until we arrived at Blythe, a town just on the ...

Day 4: Brawley to Blythe
Mar 14, 2006

... the past 20 miles. We quickly geared up, caught the group, and grabbed a wheel, riding the last 10 miles together into Blythe. We had a bit of a scramble finding the hotel, as the last few cues were incorrect. However, Blythe is not that large, and ...

Blythe, Natural Bridges, and House on Fire
May 7, 2008 (13 photos)

... descending about 900 feet down the cliff face.  it was not recommended for vehicles over 20' and our RV was 36'!  So back around through Blythe we went.  We arrived at the Monument Valley campground minutes before they closed for the night.

NEAR TRAGEDY STRIKES
Sep 2, 2008 (4 photos)

AFTER FLIGHTS FROM DOUBLE EAGLE AT ABQ, AND STOP FOR FUEL IN WINSLOW, I STOPPED FOR A QUICK GAS STOP AT BLYTHE CA WHERE IT WAS 100 DEGREES. AFTER FUELING AND WHILE TAXIING OUT ON THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT BRAKE LINE FAILED, POSSIBLY FROM THE HEAT AND THE ...

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Aug 10, 2008

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Grand Canyon, Grand Drive
Sep 7, 2009 (10 photos)

... mal vorbei, damit ihr Alten auch noch was davon habt" Naja, nach dem Grand Canyon ging es dann in unser schönes Auto nach Blythe. Knapp 5 Stunden Fahrt durch die Wüste. In Blythe haben wir uns dann ein Hotel gesucht und uns danach in den Pool begeben :-) Bei ...

HELP ARRIVES JUST IN TIME
Sep 3, 2008

... to Corona, pick up a tire and tube, brake lines and fittings and driving the several hundred miles across the desert to Blythe. What an angel whose name is Tom Valenzia Jim's friend is. Today the part time mechanic showed up who has experience working on ...

Day 5: Rest day in Blythe, CA
Mar 15, 2006

... the clock radio, updating my journal. Later this afternoon, 14 of us piled into the van and headed out to the Blythe Intaglios, known locally as the Blythe Giants, which are gigantic human, animal and geometric figures on the ground surface. The drawings ...

Day one on the road and I'm half baked already!
Jun 25, 2009 (3 photos)

After a bad nights sleep by the time I had to get up I was in a deep sleep when the alarm went off! Shower, coffee and the first live load up of the bike, as with the practice load it is a bit soggy at the back end, but DRZ400's are reknowned for a soft ...