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Wednesday, 29th May 2019 – Mono Lake One of the highlights of our trip was our visit to Mono Lake at South Tufa. Last bit very deep gravel – so careful riding was in order. National Park fee was US$3.00, but we could leave all our gear with them, as it was very warm. Took […]

Tuesday, 28th May 2019 Left Lake Tahoe in the morning and got a tip to go and see Bodie Ghost Town near Bridgeport. It’s 6 miles of dirt road, which was interesting! We paid our fee of US$ 8.00 to the park warden and she said: ‘We don’t see many motorbikes here !’ But boy,

Wednesday, 22nd May 2019 We rented 2 Harley 883 from Chase Hawaii Rentals in Honolulu. We were a bit late getting out of our hotel and got to the rental place just before midday – it’s quite a long drive from our hotel on the North Shore all the way down to Honolulu. It was

My special 60th birthday was a good excuse to jet off into the sun for one week with my hubby and our good friends Liz and Paul. We stayed at Hovima Hotel in Adeje on the south-west coast of Tenerife – a big touristy hotel, but we got a very good deal with flights and

22.10.2018 – Last ride of the season. Very cold. Steeg – Gosau – Russbach -shortcut to Voglau. Straight after Voglau in Pichl small road to St. Koloman. After St. Koloman turn right to Sommerau and toll road to Trattberg. On the way back we missed the turn and ended up in Golling and then cam

15.10.2018 Home to Russbach – Annaberg – Hüttau – Bischofshofen (quick coffee stop). Very cool in the morning and hazy (more clouds than forecast). After Bischofshofen via Hochkönig – Dienten – Saalbach am Steinernen Meer – Zell am See – after Piesendorf Stop for lunch at Gasthof Waidachhof (turkey schnitzel salad). Carried on to Mittersill

Maltatal and Nockalm, 11-12 October 2018 11.10.2018 – We started with a hearty breakfast at Zecafe in Gosau – a bit of a late start (11:00 o’clock). Windy and sunny, damp in the shade, a few autumn leaves on the road. Rode from Gosau – Russbach – Annaberg – St. Martin – Eben – Radstadt

5.10.2018 – Trip to Bodensee by Aich and Sölkpass and back. Usual start. Bad Mitterndorf – Trautenfels – Irdning – Öblarn. Kurzes Stück auf der Bundesstrasse, dann Abfahrt Aich. Toll road – Euro 2.40 per bike. Big car park, Imbiss Stube am Parkplatz. 15 mins walk to lake and Restaurant ‘Forellenhof’. As we still had

4.10.2018 – Quick ride to Langbathsee. Nice autumn colours. Coffee at the lake cafe. Author: Liz Tompkinson

26.9.2018 – Left from home and rode via Bischofshofen to the beginning of the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse (High Alpine Road). We had a voucher from the ÖAMTC for the toll fee. Lots of photo stops on the way up. Then we got to Fuschertörl on the top and stopped for a snack. We shared an ‘Almjause’.