My first big ride with the Triumph was a real kick

What a mess....I forgot to unload the bike where it is easy to ride off before I set up my camp and that left me with a few options....leave the bike on the trailer was not a option as the roads around here are some of the best I have ever seen and I did not want to miss a chance to ride like a kid.

One thing I thought of was park the truck near the trailer and use the ramp to load the bike into the truck and then go look for a place to unload....I emptied the truck, pulled the 5th wheel trailer hitch and put the ramp where it would work....two problems....1st I was then real tired and 2nd it was a backwards uphill move and I was afraid I would not have the energy to pull that one off!!

My 3rd option was to use my firewood and milk crate to make a forward ramp.....this is what it looked like.....it was not as difficult as I thought it would be to ride the bike forward, but I did have to make a scary move and lean the bike to the left ( where too far of a lean and I would tumble off the trailer onto my side....that would get me into trouble with many people, not to mention it might hurt.....).

Once off I had a ball.....I rode the bike around the beach where it handled more like a dirt bike that a road bike.....my Harleys could never do that!!!!

A quick wash job and off I went...

These roads beg to be ridden.....hard!!!!

I was so blown away by the scenery....I wanted to stop every 3 feet to take another photo.....

As it turned out the best photo ops were in areas that are almost impossible to pull off and take a photo even on a bike.

What I will say is if you ever get near Las Vegas this is a must see!!!
If you need to rent a car, rent a convertible.

I have blown this photo up as large as possible so you can see the road.....it was like this and better for miles.

This is a small arch I noticed....that is my helmet sitting in front of the whole....a small child could crawl through it but not an old fart like me!!!

I did remember to take a few photos of things other than this crazy road, but as I look at the photos, I need lessons or something, my photos do not serve justice to the area.

Sorry just had to show off this road........I tried to take a photo of the road runner as he ran from the coyote, but I was too slow.... :)

Do you remember I found a King snake a few months ago....this one is a lot bigger....I used a nickle this time instead of a dime to give scale.

Probable a good thing I did not keep the baby....I have a hard enough time finding crickets to fee Ed....just don't know if I want to chase down mice.

 This is real hard to see from this angle, but that is a balanced rock, this rock sits on a small support just at the foot of the platform you can walk up to look.

They call these beehives...I spotted some that I liked better as I rode around, but there was no place to pull over????

This is the road out....Lake Mead sits between the red mountain and the blueish mountains....I'm camped pretty much straight ahead in this photo as the birds fly....but who would want to miss all those curves.

 There are a few petrified logs in the park.....this thing is the biggest one I have ever seen...there is a petrified knot hole just above my hand's shadow!!

That's my 5th wheel as seen from the restrooms.....I walk the walk every morning....it's a slight uphill climb, but not so bad as to be too much for me, and I hope it does me some good.....it does beat having to empty the holding tanks.

As you can see I pretty much have the place to myself...there is only one other rig in this photo....the roof can be seen to the left of the concrete box to the left of my rig....

As the week comes to an end......I can't help but be very grateful for what I have going on right now.....family and friends who love and care about me....fun things to do every day that I feel up to it....I also have to start thinking about heading back to Utah for the summer.

Thank you everyone for following me along my travels, please pass it along to others, watch for me out on the roads.

God Bless