{"id":100,"date":"2016-05-17T22:16:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T06:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/?p=100"},"modified":"2016-07-17T06:36:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T14:36:27","slug":"day-one-mesquite-nv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"Day One – Mesquite, NV"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I just felt the need to get away from all the familiar roads and the traffic.\u00a0 I hopped up on the slab and twisted the throttle with just enough discretion to avoid the CHP; and stayed just like that until I left Mojave.\u00a0 About 25 miles north of Mojave, just past Jawbone Canyon and Dove Springs (I’ve spent many hours riding dirt bikes in this area) you will be in Red Rock Canyon State Park.\u00a0 We’re often going so fast, or are so intent on getting to our destination, that the sites along the way are either completely missed or barely register as you pass by.\u00a0 I was looking at the sandstone through this area and wondered when exactly these multicolored stripes were laid down.\"Red<\/a><\/p>\n

90 miles farther down the road you\u2019ll find the home of your Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water – Olancha, CA.\u00a0 This is also where you\u2019ll find the turnoff to Hwy 190.\u00a0 This is the road that takes you from the Owens Valley, over into the Panamint Valley, and down into Death Valley.\u00a0 The road from the floor of the Panamint Valley up over the Panamint Range is one of the greatest roads around for wide and sweeping turns – on a motorcycle, this translates into, the faster the better.\u00a0 Today however, it was so windy that high speeds were out of the question.\u00a0 Still a fun road though – even at 65 mph.\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested, here is a link to a video I made when higher speeds were the order of the day.
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