HIT SPACE BAR TO STOP AUTO-SCROLLING Last event of the season
"Night before" registration (rare) provided a 1st-class route-chart
Morning: Clear, warm, and here's Doran who volunteered to be GPS-leader
GPS + Route Chart + computer... Doran is ready!
Fact: GPS not necessarily "easy street"
Trouble: I hit a ditch similar to this, seriously strained my back
At Trona Pinnacles, I have just been smacked, "pretty hurt"
Routing spectacular, heading bottom-to-top to Ballarat
Crossing Searles Dry Lake
HUGE!
Doran was going slow, as I was not able to keep up
Me, "limping along"
At this road crossing, I headed back to the start
Borax-factory
Close-up
The only employer in the town of Trona "middle of no-where"
Me, hurt...
"Trail medicine"
Departing Trona...
Borax trains...
Vast stored (unused) cars...
...back toward the start...
Finally!
Bike in the pits, only Honda would "name the lever"
Home, I never unpacked my gear or bike
As I compose this story, RB is my company. Thanks for reading along!
