2021 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa

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Wasn't my birthday, but I still got Chocolate Cake. I'm okay with that.

The stories, the laughter, the camaraderie, being together after a year of being told I can't be together with anybody is priceless

 

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This place also dubs as an art gallery if you're into that sort of thing

My lil sister is a professional artist, so I can appreciate the creativity that goes into these.
Check her out at

Shop Mays Mayhew Art

Mays Mayhew's contemporary figurative realism drawings on paper are in modern wall decor or collector pieces with simple backgrounds focused on common issues of the human condition.

www.maysmayhew.com

 

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Right before midnight, still awake and the whole building started to shake, moving left right several times over. And the noise. The whole building started to rumble, and creak. The noise is probably the worst and the most unnatural noise. 5.1 earthquake in nearby Rio Dell.

Yea, not a fan.

 

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3rd day of the ride
Up at 5 and on the bike by 6. Long summer days offer extra light to start my day

Will I ever get tired of taking pictures of this bike? Not likely.

 

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Exploring Shelter Cove.

For a house facing the ocean, I always wonder what these things are worth. This one is about 50 feet from the ocean along the runway.

Zillow puts this house at $560k. Oddly enough, that's the slightly less than the value my house is worth.

408 Lower Pacific Dr, Whitethorn, CA 95589 | Zillow

408 Lower Pacific Dr, Whitethorn CA, is a Single Family home. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $562,800, which has increased by $24,035 in the last 30 days.The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is $2,250/mo, which has increased by $251/mo in the last 30 days.

www.zillow.com

 

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And you have to check out the Cape Mendocino lighthouse

More displays inside, but not quite open at 6am.

 

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Just fly in and walk to your house. Nice.

Shelter Cove Harbor. See the homes up there. What a view. The hills beyond are the Sinkyone Wilderness. No roads, no development.

This fella on the tractor was busily running back and forth launching boats into the ocean

 

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One last gander at Shelter Cove and then it's off into the forest. I'll be back in a year.

House overlooking the ocean

Camera compensates for the low light, but this is what it really looks like

 

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Climb back over the King Range

 

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Back through steep hairpins to get up and over the range.

And back into the redwood forest

 

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This is a rain forest, but rivers are dry in summer

 

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Skipping south to Leggett and back out to the ocean.

Sun is starting to peek through the trees, but it's still pretty early. Zero other traffic and you have these curves all to yourself.

Doesn't take long to start climbing into the range

 

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Coastal Rain Forest

I run yellow covers on the Clearwater Lights so people see me. I almost never ride at night anymore. The owner saw these shots and is sending me some new yellow covers that are supposed to be at a super-high-viz yellow color. More on that later.

 

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Cue the banjos

 

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I always stop at Usal Rd. A dirt dual sport road that runs high above the coast and looks down on the ocean.

 

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The reward

Yes, that's a whale somebody built in their front yard.

 

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Homes in Westport, population 70, along the ocean.

This one the guy was restoring for years, and it looks awesome. Lots of weekend rentals around here too.

Windows in that spiral staircase are pretty wild

From the front porch, you're staring at the ocean

 

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View from that front porch. Yea, I could handle that. Wife wants to retire along the ocean, somewhere.

 

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Now riding southward on Highway 1 towards Fort Bragg

There's a really cool shot of Highway 1 here, but the lighting wasn't right plus the coastal fog obscured the road