Pretty country.I couldn't resist posting this --- it's been a while since I read about bats....and probably a good lesson to me about how information can be presented to skew my opinion --
I saw the "Google" result when I queried, but then looked at an actual web site on bats....
"bats contract rabies far less than other animals"
" A person living in the U.S. is more likely to catch leprosy or the plague than to contract rabies from a bat"
I had actually never thought of rabies to this day! I probably would've been a little freaked out at the time. I don't know if we had internet then!!!!
My apologies for going far afield from "where I rode today". I enjoyed all the joking!
Btw....
Rode here:
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Meanwhile in the west I'm riding to work in temperatures around 3/37 degrees. Cooler dry weather.
This leads on to a thread about winter riding gear.
Yes and yes. And very vast. My happy place.Great pics. Death Valley is much more beautiful than people think it is.
Solo 1900 mile road trip earlier this year. Started in SoCal and headed to the Colorado River. Then up into northwestern Arizona to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon. Back west through Death Valley, then up over the Tehachapi Mountains (with a short stop at the Bakersfield National Cemetery) to get into the Central Valley. Through the oil town of Taft and then to Paso Robles for a few nights. Day loop up Highway 1 along the pacific coast and then a nice loop through the cattle country east of Paso. Finale on the way home was Hwy 33 down into Ojai. Empty roads, perfect weather and a great bike!
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