Wanted to share some pictures of a recent two day trip through Idyllwild, the Salton Sea, the Imperial Valley, and the Anza-Borrego Desert.
You don't need an adventure bike to have an adventure. It's a state of mind, and it's what you're willing to do to get yourself there.
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Bombay Beach on the Salton Sea. I'm not trying to do some artsy photo effect... it really does look like this.
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Ranchland near Idyllwild
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Bobblehead helmet in the snow.
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Frame sliders doubling as footpegs for blasting through the desert
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Look ma, no sidestand! Second time getting the monster stuck in sand so deep it just stands up by itself. No panic, time for a snapshot before the manhandling begins.
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Wildflowers in the Anza-Borrego Desert
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Overlooking the desert, on the way to Hellhole Palms.
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The ruins of Bombay Beach.
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John Deere versus Borgo Panigale.
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Right before sunset at Bombay Beach. This place was supposed to be a new Palm Springs, only with water. Now, it's just faded dreams on the edge of a hypersaline lake. Beautiful in its own way though.
More pictures at
http://thesunhaswings.blogspot.com/2012/02/salton-sea.html