Blue's Big Trip

More tearful farewells from the new friends I’d made throughout the morning as the group dispersed, and a small group of us headed off to Venice Beach (and Muscle Beach) for a wander around and to take a few photos. Walking back, we got a little lost so we saw more of Marina Del Rey […]

Journey’s End! It was with a degree of sadness that we set out for our last day in the saddle leaving Barstow and heading for Santa Monica. On one section of Route 66 which, as was often the case, rang alongside a railway, we came upon one of those massive freight trains with 2 or […]

Our plans changed again in the morning: we decided that as both the more direct roads to Barstow and the Route 66 route would be equally hot, especially in the Mojave Desert, we would go the ‘proper’ way. First stop was at Las Vegas Harley Davidson for more shopping. They have a bunch of amusing […]