2024 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa
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As a kid, my dad started his day at 6am, seven days a week.
He always claimed he didn’t need an alarm clock, but I think he was winking when he said that. He always said he didn’t care how late my brothers and I stayed up, we had to be awake and ready to work at 6am. If it was spring, it was planting season, summer was alfalfa, and fall was harvest. Winter was plowing the snow out of our neighbor’s driveway with our biggest tractor which was my job, at 6am, regardless of the temperature or weather. I got paid 20 bucks for that, which was a lot of money for a 12-year-old. Fast forward forty years and I still find it hard to sleep in past 6. Even on ride weekends, sun’s up, it’s time to ride.
Sunday morning 6am and you get the road all to yourself. Just you, the bike, the road.
He always claimed he didn’t need an alarm clock, but I think he was winking when he said that. He always said he didn’t care how late my brothers and I stayed up, we had to be awake and ready to work at 6am. If it was spring, it was planting season, summer was alfalfa, and fall was harvest. Winter was plowing the snow out of our neighbor’s driveway with our biggest tractor which was my job, at 6am, regardless of the temperature or weather. I got paid 20 bucks for that, which was a lot of money for a 12-year-old. Fast forward forty years and I still find it hard to sleep in past 6. Even on ride weekends, sun’s up, it’s time to ride.
Sunday morning 6am and you get the road all to yourself. Just you, the bike, the road.
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Father Crowley Vista Point was a favorite stopping place for travelers, long before the creation of Death Valley National Park. One of those travelers was Father John J. Crowley, a catholic priest responsible for ministering to the people of Inyo County Parish in the 1930s. The Desert Padre, as he was known, would often stop here to admire the views on his way to or from visiting parishioners in Death Valley, and his home in Lone Pine, CA.
Located near the western park boundary, this vista point offers a stunning view into Rainbow Canyon, a colorfully striped canyon created by ancient volcanic activity. A short ¼ mile (400 m) walk or drive on an unpaved road leads from the vista parking area to Padre Point, overlooking Panamint Valley.
In recent years, Rainbow Canyon was nicknamed “Star Wars Canyon” by visitors who came to observe and photograph the military test flights which occurred in the vicinity. Star Wars Canyon is part of the R-2508 Complex, which has been used by the military since the 1930s. Unfortunately a jet crash in the canyon in 2019 resulting in the death of the pilot and injury to several visitors in the area, putting an end to training flights through the canyon.
34 degrees over the pass, the dashboard started blinking on the Gen3. Yeah, I got it. Cold. Plug in the electric vest & let's ride.
Located near the western park boundary, this vista point offers a stunning view into Rainbow Canyon, a colorfully striped canyon created by ancient volcanic activity. A short ¼ mile (400 m) walk or drive on an unpaved road leads from the vista parking area to Padre Point, overlooking Panamint Valley.
In recent years, Rainbow Canyon was nicknamed “Star Wars Canyon” by visitors who came to observe and photograph the military test flights which occurred in the vicinity. Star Wars Canyon is part of the R-2508 Complex, which has been used by the military since the 1930s. Unfortunately a jet crash in the canyon in 2019 resulting in the death of the pilot and injury to several visitors in the area, putting an end to training flights through the canyon.
34 degrees over the pass, the dashboard started blinking on the Gen3. Yeah, I got it. Cold. Plug in the electric vest & let's ride.
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There's an old silver mine on top of the range with a Ghost Town, Cerro Gordo, tunnels extend 1000 feet below the town.
The road to Cerro Gordo, a ghost town at 8500 ft, atop a silver mine atop the Inyo Mountain range. The fella that owns the town has an interesting YT channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@GhostTownLiving
No, I didn't ride up the road
The road to Cerro Gordo, a ghost town at 8500 ft, atop a silver mine atop the Inyo Mountain range. The fella that owns the town has an interesting YT channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@GhostTownLiving
No, I didn't ride up the road
My lil sister Mays Mayhew, is a professional artist. As in, she makes a living at painting. Not many people do that.
Or are able to do that. Like figurative art? You should check out her stuff at www.MaysMayhew.com.
Her paintings are even currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, WI.
I can do stick figures with smiley suns in the corners is the extent of my art abilities. But every time I get near artsy stuff, it reminds me of her.
There’s an art installation in the middle of a lake near Death Valley I wanted to check out. Why this is here, I’m not sure. Someone, Perry Cardoza of Nuvis Landscape Architecture, likely spent years of their career designing, planning and figuring out how to get their art thingy built in the middle of Owens lake.
Owens lake was once 30 feet deep & covered 108 square miles until water flow into the lake was diverted in the early 1900s to provide water for the rapidly growing city of Los Angeles. The lake dried out and produced toxic dust storms for decades as winds picked up the dust and spread it across the United States. Court cases spanned decades to put water back in the lake bed, if anything, to control the creation of toxic dust. The simple solution was the creation of dikes & berms along with a massive irrigation system. The dry lake bed was broken up into shallow ponds where water is rotated from one pond to the next allowing the soil to stay damp thereby mitigating the dust storms. In the middle of all this litigation, someone came up with the idea to build a land art installation in the middle of a dead lake.
Known as Plover Wing Plaza on the edge of Owens Lake, this place is not easy to find, there are zero signs, none. No mention this place exists anywhere. Plus, why you would ever want to come here, I'm not sure. It's in the middle of nowhere.
However, as soon as I learned of this place, I instantly said I’ve got to find this & check it out. And I was the only one there, no people. I’ve been here once before and I still got a bit lost trying to find it. The best part? What’s even better than no people? There’s no sound.
It’s completely quiet here.
No movement, no people, just stillness.
No signs, no indication of anything out there
Or are able to do that. Like figurative art? You should check out her stuff at www.MaysMayhew.com.
Her paintings are even currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, WI.
I can do stick figures with smiley suns in the corners is the extent of my art abilities. But every time I get near artsy stuff, it reminds me of her.
There’s an art installation in the middle of a lake near Death Valley I wanted to check out. Why this is here, I’m not sure. Someone, Perry Cardoza of Nuvis Landscape Architecture, likely spent years of their career designing, planning and figuring out how to get their art thingy built in the middle of Owens lake.
Owens lake was once 30 feet deep & covered 108 square miles until water flow into the lake was diverted in the early 1900s to provide water for the rapidly growing city of Los Angeles. The lake dried out and produced toxic dust storms for decades as winds picked up the dust and spread it across the United States. Court cases spanned decades to put water back in the lake bed, if anything, to control the creation of toxic dust. The simple solution was the creation of dikes & berms along with a massive irrigation system. The dry lake bed was broken up into shallow ponds where water is rotated from one pond to the next allowing the soil to stay damp thereby mitigating the dust storms. In the middle of all this litigation, someone came up with the idea to build a land art installation in the middle of a dead lake.
Known as Plover Wing Plaza on the edge of Owens Lake, this place is not easy to find, there are zero signs, none. No mention this place exists anywhere. Plus, why you would ever want to come here, I'm not sure. It's in the middle of nowhere.
However, as soon as I learned of this place, I instantly said I’ve got to find this & check it out. And I was the only one there, no people. I’ve been here once before and I still got a bit lost trying to find it. The best part? What’s even better than no people? There’s no sound.
It’s completely quiet here.
No movement, no people, just stillness.
No signs, no indication of anything out there
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