Tuesday 17th November – Wednesday 18th November Lakeview, OR to Silver Lake, OR Partly due to laziness, but predominantly due to Ed having the best nights sleep he’d had in ages, we decided to enjoy another night in the massive comfortable bed. After a day of lazing, laundry, TV watching, eating and general procrastinating, we…
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TAT Day 103 (Fields, Oregon to Lakeview, Oregon)
Monday 16th November Fields, OR to Lakeview, OR (Apologies that this next bit is a tad lengthy, but I needed to write and post it to get it off my chest. Feel free to scroll down to where we leave the hell hole that is Fields Station) We got up in the morning, packed up most of our…
TAT Day 102 (McDermitt, Nevada to Fields, Oregon)
Sunday 15th November McDermitt, NV to Fields, OR After breakfast in the casino, we finally crossed the border in to Oregon. This was a particular milestone for us, as apart from a little dip back in to Nevada and California, it was the last state that the TAT finished in. Finally the end…
TAT Day 101 (Paradise valley, Nevada to McDermitt, Nevada)
Saturday 14th November Paradise valley, NV to McDermitt, NV We ended up spending all morning and part of the afternoon with Lee. He was good company, and kindly cooked us breakfast while Ed got to play with his guns out of the kitchen window, before heading outside to do some clay pigeon shooting. …
TAT Day 100 (Battle Mountain, Nevada to Paradise Valley, Nevada)
Friday 13th November Battle Mountain, NV to Paradise Valley, NV Not only was the breakfast free in the morning, it was absolutely massive! It was well over a day’s worth of calories in one meal, and was a sure fire way to an expanding waistline. Still, we managed to battle our way through it, and left…
TAT Day 99 (Eureka, Nevada to Battle Mountain, Nevada)
Thursday 12th November Eureka, NV to Battle Mountain, NV We were quickly discovering that a problem with riding late in the cold and the dark, is that the following morning you reeeeaally don’t want to get up. I just wanted to snuggle up and enjoy the warmth of the motel room, and not go out in…
TAT Day 97-98 (Preston, Nevada to Eureka, Nevada)
Tuesday 10th November – Wednesday 11th November Preston, NV to Eureka, NV Although it’d stopped snowing, it was overcast with snow still on the ground, and there was a bitter cold wind. I couldn’t face another day riding in the cold and snow, so we decided to stay another night. We were more than happy hanging out in…
TAT Day 96 (Geyser Ranch, Nevada to Preston, Nevada)
Monday 9th November Geyser Ranch, NV to Preston, NV It was an early 6.30am start for us at the Ranch, as Steve was always up early and Stacey had already gone to do the 100 mile round trip to drop the kids off at school. Fortunately they only went 3 days a week, as Stacey was…
TAT Day 95 (Random Camping Spot, NV to Geyser Ranch, NV)
Sunday 8th November Random Camping Spot, NV to Geyser Ranch, NV As expected, we didn’t get a very good night’s sleep at all. It was really cold, and my feet were freezing as I’d failed to notice that my socks were damp. My back wasn’t too happy about being in a tent either, but I…
TAT Day 94 (Utah/Nevada Border to Random Camping Spot)
Saturday 7th November UT/NV border to Random Camping Spot The first job of the day was to change the oil in my bike. Having clutch slip is soul destroying at the best of times, but when you’ve got limited time and long distances to do, in the freezing cold, it’s really something you…