Sorry I haven’t been updating the past several days. I haven’t stayed in a conventional hotel room for 2 nights now…..having slept at the Iron Butt Hotel. Last night was deluxe accomodation in Death Valley at elevation -203 feet. I found a nice spot that was only 91 degrees as opposed to the 108 at -260 feet….all while this is 3 in the morning.

I found a nice soft dirt bank with a slight incline and had 3 hours to kill until daylight.

Monday was an orgie of points….over 51,000 of them in one day. What started out as a Death Valley 5000 point option at dawn, was then followed just a few hour later by visting the oldest living tree on the planet at 11,300 feet. Then motoring up to Yosemite for 2 meaty bonii. And then a romp to a hot spring that was a surreal experience in riding as well as finding out where all the lost hippies disappeared to.

More on all this after the ride, but suffice it to say that EVERYTHING I saw today was new and different. I’m exhausted, contented, and contemplative at the same time. A route for the past two days since you all can’t track me with Doug any longer. This route was our plan…I’m just running it as hard as I can stand it.

I am in Super 8 right now and the 5 hour “rest bonus” started…so I’m getting points for sleeping.  Long-term fatigue is setting in and I’ll have to watch and manage it.  Future posts probably are going to sound like they were written by somebody who has been on a motorcycle for 7 days straight.  No deep style or intense alliteration….probably just the facts.

Tuesday is going to be all about a giant 24,000 point bonus in the Bay area along with various yellow diamonds around the city. My plan will be to pick them up and escape across the Golden Gate (all a first again)….and then decide if I’m going to go up to Oregon and Washington…or start heading back and pick stuff up in Utah and Colorado.

I’m hoping 5 hours of sleep will make my options clearer.