Blythe
Travel Blogs from Blythe, United States
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Getting my Kicks on Route 66
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 Four - A Very Long Day
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 ...
Day Three - Alone Out There
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 ...
Bluegrass in the Desert
Wow, what can we say, other than JFA!!! They were all great bands, kinda hard to choose a favourite. There were two stages going at the same time, so if we really liked one, we could do double duty. Very emotional moments. Opening ceremonies were ...
First Taste of the Desert
Indio to Blyth. Basically start in the cool, join the I-10 and ride 105 miles as it gets hotter and hotter. It was hot by UK standards but cool by American standards; probably in the range 75F to 80F. Lots of debris on the shoulder to keep ...
Blythe
... fairly 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 ...
Hell on Earth
What a day!! We left at 5:20 am at the break of dawn in order to beat the heat and by 7:30 am we already had 40 miles under our bellies. After a hearty breakfast in Brawley, we continued on and by 10 am the temperature had already risen to 100 ...
Day 4: Brawley to Blythe
... 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, ...
Blythe, Natural Bridges, and House on Fire
... 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 ...
Blythe Intaglios
On our way back to Yuma we decided to take a detour and find the Blythe intaglios. We have read about them several times this winter and are told that they are rare and occur here and in South America. Because of their size, they are hard to ...
Dag 16 San Diego - Blythe
... maken. Als we om 19:00 uur ook daadwerkelijk het park uitrijden moeten we nog 110 km rijden naar de vele motels die in Blythe zitten. We rijden op een lekkere interstate met goed asfalt en mogen hier ook 70 m/h en zien onderweg in de verte bliksemflitsen ...
NEAR TRAGEDY STRIKES
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 ...
A motel and microwaved burritos
Made our own burritos - can of beans, green chilis and cheese. Heated up in the microwave. 3 in a bed does not ...
LA's big storm
We stayed north of LA last night. We drove 3 hrs to la in quite a bit of rain. We were on our way to cody's apt today- we only got lost once. Robert did a great job driving in the heavy hail. Finally got to Cody's apt & dropped off his "stuff". We ...
Day 73 : From California to Arizona
... joint town, so to find something better to eat we retraced our steps across the state boarder to the slightly larger town of Blythe and to Sizzlers, their steak joint. It made our day that Sizzlers advertised a 25% discount to over 60’s on certain ...
Grand Canyon, Grand Drive
... 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 ...
Bluegrass in Blythe, California
Jan. 19-23, Blythe, California. Yahoo, another bluegrass festival!! Blythe is a 2 hour drive from Yuma. Fun to be back again and see some of the folks we met last year. Opening ceremonies consisted of sky divers. The fellow who jumped is 70 years old and ...
Travelling From LA, California to Phoenix, Arizona
Today was a lovely day. Made me realise how much i missed the heat! We had packed up our stuff by 9:30, had our first American Breakfast, then we put our stuff into the car and left for Phoenix, Arizona. Soo many big cars! and we passed through o many ...
Forgoten Photos
HI, I FORGOT TO ATTACH THE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE TYPES OF CACTUS MENTIONED IN THE BLOG. ALSO THERE WERE SOME UNIQUE PICNIC SHELTERS MADE OUT OF OCOTILLO CACTUS ON THE ROOFS! DOING SOME BOONDOCKING (FREE CAMPING OR DRY CAMPING) ON BLM LAND, THAT IS ...
HELP ARRIVES JUST IN TIME
... 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 ...
Day 5: Rest day in Blythe, CA
... on 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 ...
More of the Canyon
... , before heading off after 2pm. We were on our way to San Diego via Joshua Tree National Park, though were aiming to reach Blythe for our overnight stop. We drove back along the I40 which we’d travelled at night on the way in, but hadn’t ...
Day one on the road and I'm half baked already!
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 ...
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