USA Coast to Coast 2015

[Sgt Bilco]

From here it's a scoot across California and up to San Francisco The Golden Gate bridge was clouded in it's usual cloak of fog so no pictures but here are a few from the last day on the road.

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[Sgt Bilco]

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A few gratuitous pictures of the Pacific Coast Highway and teh Golden Gate Bridge from a previous trip. They haven't changed much but for what it's worth, the PCH north of San Francisco is a fantastic motorcycling road. It's much quieter than the SF to LA section and is much more involving. That's purely my opinion of course but if you have the chance, you should ride this most iconic of roads.

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[Sgt Bilco]

And then in a blink of an eye, the trip is done and dusted. Everyone flies home leaving me to load the bikes into the container. I use a fantastic BMW/Triumph dealer in Santa Rosa California who are the most helpful people on the planet. I've been using them for the last 5 years and if you are ever in the area, call in for a coffee and a cool down and they would be glad to see you.

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[Sgt Bilco]

Another succesful trip over and as Brian Hanrahan once said, "I counted them all out and counted them all back".

I'll be running this again in 2017 if anyone fancies joing us and the dates are on my website along with details of other trips I run. www.unchainedtours.com

[Tonibe63]

Brilliant report, thanks for sharing (thumbs) .
When we went in October 2015 Kings and Sequoia were closed due to a massive fire which had been burning for 3 months. Next time we are aiming to go North a bit to do Bonneville, Yellowstone, Arches, Monument etc.
It's a great place for contrasting scenery.

[pinball1008]

Just great. Thanks for all the photos and the report. If only

[Sgt Bilco]

Brilliant report, thanks for sharing (thumbs) .
When we went in October 2015 Kings and Sequoia were closed due to a massive fire which had been burning for 3 months. Next time we are aiming to go North a bit to do Bonneville, Yellowstone, Arches, Monument etc.
It's a great place for contrasting scenery.

Thanks and the photos don't do these places justice.

We will be in the places you mentioned in August (thumbs) It's a dirty job but someone has to do it..... B)

[garyboy]

I've only looked at the pics so far, :woohoo:

it looks the trip of a lifetime B)

[SteveW]

The thing that really appeals to me about a USA trip.....apart from the iconic locations and stunning vistas....is the fact that we speak the same language.
I've had great trips to far flung corners of Europe and met some brilliant friendly people, but often language is a bit of a barrier to proper conversation with local's.
Our two cultures, British and American are similar but just different enough to make interaction between us interesting.

[Sgt Bilco]

You are right Steve and speaking almost the same language makes things very easy although they do have a different thought process to us Brits.