Photos of your bike on location

[Gary856]

A nasty cut from riding over downed branches, apparently.

Around downtown San Jose

Metcalf rd

 

[Tom G]

I don't think wood is that sharp. I had a piece of granite gravel stuck in my tire on Sierra Rd, was able to plug it and get home, and then replaced the tire (it had many miles already). The cut was only half your length though.

 

[Gary856]

I don't think wood is that sharp. I had a piece of granite gravel stuck in my tire on Sierra Rd, was able to plug it and get home, and then replaced the tire (it had many miles already). The cut was only half your length though.

For your enlightenment

 

[Gary856]

Bear Creek Rd

Looks like the fire was set deliberately. The wooden utility pole got badly burned and might not withstand a winter storm. This stuff is really unconscionable.

Mountain Lion Rd

It was so much prettier in person than what these pictures show

 

[Gary856]

Hwy 9

 

[Gary856]

Gilroy

Mechanical truck scale with 32,000 lb capacity

 

[Gary856]

Dunne Ave

 

[budman]

Damn local history stuff Gary. Really cool.

Were those abandoned cars in yesterday’s post off 9?

 

[Gary856]

Were those abandoned cars in yesterday’s post off 9?

No, that was Irene Rd, at the end of Mountain Lion.

 

[ThumperX]

I love this thread!

 

[berth]

I love this thread!

Yea, but I'm hating the cars.

It just seems we're being inundated with nothing but abandoned burned out wrecks.

 

[Erbuck]

Yea, but I'm hating the cars.

It just seems we're being inundated with nothing but abandoned burned out wrecks.

I'll agree that the burned out wrecks are not attractive to look at, especially in the redwoods. but I have to say it's the "privilege" of people who live in rural areas to collect broken down cars, RVs, etc. After all, they got the land for that stuff. They can say they are getting around to getting things repaired, until the fire....and it does look like a few were destroyed with a purpose.....

And if the photos are just considered art, the burned out cars do convey something lost, regardless if the car's owner really lost anything.

Anyways, I do like the murals. As a San Jose resident, I will be looking around for those because several are unfamiliar.

 

[Gary856]

Side roads off 236

 

[Gary856]

Near downtown San Jose

Lower section of Zayante Rd, covered in pea gravel for a few miles.

 

[Gary856]

Deer Creek Rd

Bear Creek Rd - low hanging smoke from wood burning fireplaces

China Grade - still closed farther in

 

[ScottRNelson]

We had one single day with temperatures above 45 degrees - my lower limit to get out riding. So I hooked up with a fellow XR650L rider and we rode a few dozen miles of damp dirt roads. This is at one fork in the road.

Another stop, with a view. This is where we determined that any mud, as opposed to the sand sections, was probably not going to be any fun to ride in.

 

[Gary856]

Santa Cruz Mountains

This gave me better appreciation of the name "Boulder" Creek.

I like the look of burned or rusted vehicles; they're like skeletons of wild animals. (This one's not that pretty but some are.) I fantasized about getting a burned car as backyard art but pretty sure my wife doesn't share that vision.

 

[Gary856]

Vacaville

Cantelow Rd

Putah Creek

128 at the dam

 

[Gary856]

Moskowite Corner

Berryessa Knoxville Rd

St Helena

 

[CDONA]

A bit thin this year, that blonde grinch has killed the PO this year. Had my mail sent out on the 16th, stuck somewhere since the 20th, not one xmas card.
So with nothing new to play with, out to the desert range for some ventilation.
Had to pass thru Xmas corner, on the correct day.
Xmas toys,
Sundown @ the ranch,