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May 20, 2011

MotoPhoto Adventure – Day 22 (Along the Oregon Coast up to Port Angeles)

Day 22 | 4141 Total Miles to Date | 9 States | Tomorrow it’ll be 2 Countries

Day 21 and 22 didn’t have us doing much shooting but more of getting with the traveling program. We made it all the way up the Oregon coastline and into Washington tonight. Here at Port Angeles and will take the ferry into Canada tomorrow. Canada eh? 🙂

Anyway, a few photos from the past two days and one thing that was cool was this little black sand beach in Oregon. It was a cold day but if you sunk your hands into the sand it was nice and warm and had a cool relaxing feel to it. Oh yeah, today we drove thru Olympic National Park and like all the other ones it totally rocked. Different as it’s a rain forest and you could tell as soon as you got nearby. The air was light, crisp and cool. We had lunch at a place called The Roosevelt Room which was a very nice looking place and used to host FDR, pretty cool 🙂

Fact:

In the fall of 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Lake Quinault Lodge during a fact-finding trip and enjoyed lunch in the later-named Roosevelt Dining Room. Nine months later, Roosevelt signed a bill creating Olympic National Park.

May 18, 2011

MotoPhoto Adventure – Day 19 (The Lost Coast and Redwoods)

It’s Day 21 on the road and a few days since leaving Fairfield, CA. People all along the way keep asking us where we’re going and we say Vancouver, Canada but starting this morning we just say “don’t know, wherever we go I suppose”. I think it’s easier that way.

Ron joined us for the first 2 days out of Fairfield, all the way up to Eureka, CA. He had to head back Wed morning but glad he joined us for the short time because he showed us some really sweet roads. Just when you think you can’t possibly see nicer roads or more scenic views you’re amazed by something. The weather on Day 18 (rainy and cold) was definitely not the weather of preference but hey, this is a MotoPhoto ADVENTURE 🙂 There wasn’t much picture taking on Day 18. It was more of one of those “stay on the road and try not to freeze” type of riding days. Stopped at a place called The Peg for a hot coffee and then back on the road. We made it from Fairfield to Ft. Bragg, CA. FYI, when finding a cab via Google and you type in Ft. Bragg, make sure you put “CA or California”. Don’t think a cab in North Carolina is too happy with me.

So on to day 19. A day with changing conditions, a drive to the Lost Coast with some of the most technical roads I’ve been on (way twisty and crazy elevation changes) and not only that but how about going up into a cloud so thick you couldn’t see the road 10 feet in front of you and raining. Anyway, glad Ron was leading the way because let’s just say, I was being cautious 🙂 We finally emerged to a small town and hung out for a bit. Only took a few shots since the weather was still pretty poor. Well no point in hanging out so it was time to head back to civilization, get some lunch and then check out some Redwoods. Ron took us down The Avenue of the Giants which was amazing so Craig and myself found a spot to pull over and finally take some shots. Ride ended in Eureka, CA and it was now time for some dinner and much needed rest. I did manage to stay a lot drier on Day 19 which was nice. I was a cold, soaking mess on Day 18.

Day 2o saw us saying goodbye to our good friend Ron and continuing on to and thru the Oregon border. The riding conditions couldn’t have been any better so of course this means photo ops. This is pretty much where the writing stops and the photos start so enjoy. We hit up Redwood National Park in northern California which was another incredible National Park. I thought the Redwoods along the Avenue of the Giants were big, well there’s a reason this is a National Park after all. After Redwood National Park we continued our journey North towards the Oregon border where we stopped for some beautiful shots of the Pacific.

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May 7, 2011

MotoPhoto Adventure – Day 8 & 9 (National Park Euphoria)

2 Days, the continuation of a MotoPhoto Adventure and the Euphoria one can only get in such scenic places. Now I’m just going to start off by saying I’m still pretty tired. Not only editing photos from this trip but also some of my Fashion work.

My blog post will be short and sweet and really just showcasing my photos and a few vids. Make sure to click on the SlideShow link below because we took a lot of shots

Oh yeah and a cool little vid of me getting on it on the VFR in Moab…man I love that bike. Now for all the skinny on Day 8 & 9 hit up my boy Craig’s blog post on MotoPhoto Adventure. I’m sure he’s not going to leave out any of the details and well it’s always funny reading his stuff 🙂

www.motophotoadventure.com

Day 8 (Archer & Capital Reef National Parks)