Time to get the hammer down. The ride across Washington, a sliver of Idaho and half of Wyoming was also beautiful.

Temperature and weather-wise i am paying the toll now for doing this in May. I wanted to go early so that Death Valley was manageable on an ail cooled bike, I don’t think I got above 5,000 feet, but there is lots of snow and ice around some parts, and when the wind and the rain hit, they hit hard.

The countryside truly is incredible, but I am fighting the twin urges to explore and to get home. To see friends and family, and of course to keep my job :)