The Badlands
September 6th, 2023
Total Miles for day 6 was 253 miles starting at the Badlands Hotel & Campground in Interior, South Dakota. The highlight of today’s ride was rolling through the Badlands National Park offering up some stunning and rugged scenery. The day concludes near Keystone, South Dakota where I camp for two nights in the Black Hills at the Grizzly Creek Primitive Campground.
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North Platte, Nebraska to Interior, South Dakota
September 05, 2023
Today’s Miles = 286
USA Midwest 2023 Day 4 starts in Onawa, Iowa as I roll through town and north to Whiting, Iowa. From Whiting, I cross the Missouri river and south on US Highway 75 to Omaha, Nebraska and then end the day in North Platte, Nebraska, 368 miles for the day.
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Day 10, the last day, of my California Loop 2018 Motorcycle Trip. In this video, I ride from Crystal Lake Camp Grounds southbound on San Gabriel Canyon Road (California Highway 39) to Azusa, CA. From Azusa, I jump onto Interstate 210 East. Not shown in the video, I rode I-210 E to CA-57 South to CA-71 South to I-15 South to Lake Elsinore, CA.
The video resumes in Lake Elsinore, CA on Central Ave (CA-74) where I ride home to my apartment complex. Sidenote, my family and I moved from Lake Elsinore, CA to Ramona, CA in October 2019 preparing for our move to Georgia in 2020 (where we still live today in 2025).
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On this day, I departed Rancheria Campground on Huntington Lake, California and rode the very scenic Huntington Lake Road which had some terrific mountain views and somewhat sketchy road in some spots. Then I headed towards Fresno, CA on California Highway 168.
This is where this video ends as the remainder of the day was mostly freeway and interstates all the way to Azusa, CA where I camped at the Crystal Lake Camp Grounds.
Ride from Stockton California to Huntington Lake California where I camped for the night. Much of the days ride was on CA Highway 99 which leaves much to be desired scenery wise. However, the ride back into the mountains was had some nice scenery and enjoyable riding.
In this video I ride the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and head back into California, and ride through Historic Downtown Truckee, California. I wrap up the video riding back to camp at Cottonwood Creek Campground.
This video also wraps up Day 7, seemed like a week worth’s of video LOL.
Lake Tahoe area is truly spectacular and worth a visit. I hope to return some day and maybe chill more near the lake (probably won’t be a motorcycle trip next time).
In this video, I take a scenic ride around a portion of Lake Tahoe from Kings Beach, CA to Emerald Bay State Park Lookout on the western side of the lake.
Lake Tahoe is such beautiful lake with crystal clear water. While the video and pictures are very nice, it still does not compare to how it looks in person.
In this video I go on a scenic ride within the Tahoe National Forest on California Highway 89 from Cottonwood Creek Campground to Truckee, California.
On this day, I rode a scenic ride from my camp at Cottonwood Creek Campground to Donner Pass and back while stopping in Truckee, CA to grab some groceries for the evenings meals, tacos!
Yet another day where my camera angle was less than desired, not a total waste but disappointing that much of the view was missed. If and whenever I return to the Lake Tahoe region, I will be sure to record better footage.
The ride up to Donner pass and the views from the pass were impressive….AND WINDY lol.
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