11-13 Blythe!!!!

11 Jan 2010 Blythe
Today I did not leave, because the bike shop is not open on Mondays, I need stay here one more day. Melissa drove me to post office and to the market to buy Denatured Alcohol. Afternoon I showed my video to them when I was in Europe, they like it a lot! Haha!

12 Jan 2010 Blythe
Such a wonderful day, I went to the bike shop to repair my bike and Robert sponsored me a new tire, thanks! Tomorrow I will say goodbye to California this is the longest state I stayed in California, from 20 Oct 2009 to 12 Jan 2010!

13 Jan 2010 Blythe
It was so windy, so I did not leave.

10th Jan 2010 Free Dry Camping Site - Blythe 112 KM

10 Jan 2010 Free Dry Camping Site - Blythe 112 KM
In the morning the first thing was I went to the market and got some supplies, water, food etc. Heading to East got a little bit headwind, not so bad as I got in Bodega Bay where I was north of SFO. I-10 was pretty good, big shoulder except for the terrible traffic. After I had lunch, a bad mood coming,it was the rear tire it had the same problem as before, and this time more terrible: the rear wheel touching the rack! I tried to fix it, but at least one side of if must touch the rack, I have no choice, I must keep going! But one thing was pretty neat! I found a thing I really wanted to get in California: a license plate of California! The gods gave me one when I almost left there! aaha
I did not plan tonight stay in Blythe, because tomorrow morning I wanted to enter into Arizona. Now I have to changed my plans, even though I do not have any detail plans. I got a telephone number for the web site named Warm Showers which is a way bikers help each others. I want to give a call to the host in Blythe but I could not find any telephones except the Call Box, and I can not stop any cars that passed by me, they were so fast! To desert Center about 30 KM, and almost dark, I got to a rest area where it was close to the State prison, there was a huge sign what said "DO NOT PICK UP HITCHHIKERS" I have to think about Prison Break. At the rest area where there was just a restroom, I met a motorcyclist Tom, he helped me call to the host in Blythe, the host said tonight I could stay, But I had to still ride more 20 miles in total dark. What I hoped was just do not get a flat! God blessed me and it was not flat again. When I got into Blythe, even thought it was almost 9 pm. This is my virgin Warm Showers, the host is a couple, Melissa and Robert, they have three big boys! They fed me dinner and I camped on the dock at the pond, they gave me a heater for keeping warm, thanks!

9th Jan 2010 Out of Mecca somewhere - Free Dry Camping Site30 KM

9 Jan 2010 Out of Mecca somewhere - Free Dry Camping Site30 KM
Last night was really quiet, but I can not sleep, maybe because of so quiet. This morning met a couple that drove a big truck from Columbus, OH, such a long trip! The road of 195 is slowly uphill, not so hard. One more thing that is really funny, No 195 road is named Box Canyon Road, the local people just know it as Box Canyon but not 195. To the junction of 195 and I-10 is about 21.4 KM. Then I took I-10, this Freeway has so much more traffic than any road I ever have been on in America, and a terrible thing is the adopt tire by the big truck, inside of these tires are made of a really slim steel line, they are the killer of bikes! I was really careful of them. Fortunately I did not hit them. Just before the service center named Chiraco Summit, there is a big sign "Next Service 60 Miles"! It is about almost 100 KM! In Chiraco Summit there is a musuem of general Patton! A great hero in America! A lot of tanks during the Second World War. Just north of the musuem, there is a campground, I stayed there tonight.

8th Jan 2010 Peg Leg campground - Out of Mecca somewhere 81 KM

8 Jan 2010 Peg Leg campground - Out of Mecca somewhere 81 KM
In the Morning Chuck gave me a lot of food that he mostly are grown by himself! Thanks!
33.2KM to Salton City where it is under the sea level a lot. From Salton City took the No 86 heading to north, a lot of traffic! In Mecca I choose No 195 headed into the mountains, tonight just camped nearby the 195.The 195 is really good road, quiet and in good condition.

7th Jan 2010 Tamarisk Grove Campground - Peg Leg Campground 32.4 KM

7 Jan 2010 Tamarisk Grove Campground - Peg Leg Campground 32.4 KM
Today I met a tandem couple on the way from Tamarisk to Borrego Springs, out of Borrego Springs they have a lot of huge statues made of steel (elephants horses etc.). In Borrego Springs I met another couple who told me that further more has a campground for free at the end of a road named Peg Leg, and I went to the library checked email and charged my Ipod battery and spent 2 hours. Passed by an airport then headed to north a little bit got into Peg Leg campground. A lot of people there but they drove cars. I Knew Chuck Mix who is an old man from Mi......... tonight I did not put up the tent, because it was not to cold.