Picto Diary - 29 May 2017 (Part 2) - Etna and Shasta

Above: TIMDT at Mt Etna, Sicily. 29 May 2017.

Above: TIMDT and cronies. Mt. Etna, Sicily. 29 May 2017.

Above: TIMDT's cronies. Mt. Etna, Sicily. 29 May 2017.

Above; NV SR 140. NW bound. 29 May 2017.

Gassed up 10 miles ago. No gas for next 180 miles, Lake View, OR.

THE Chamber guys who call US 50 through NV "the lonliest road in America," are wrong.

OR/NV SR 140 between US 95 and Lake View, OR is lonlier.

F800 GS has a 4.3 gallon tank. At 70 MPH, all other things being equal, elevation, no head wind etc. I'll get about 42 mpg. Therefore, I should be able to get to Lake View, but, with little fuel to spare. I am carrying extra fuel in the pannier, so the fuel experience won't worry me that much.

Above: Westbound. OR SR 140, 10 miles NE of NV state line.

What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, when I had reached this sign, I had been riding (same bike, BMW F800 GS) through blizzard for the previous ten miles. For the previous five miles, wet snow was accumulating on the highway.

Last year, I was exultant when, barely, through a helmet visor covered with sleet, I saw this sign. There was at that point a two inch snow accumulation on the road. I knew I had reached Doherty Rim where there would be a steep decent and the snow would turn to rain giving rise to a safer riding surface.

Doherty Rim is one of America's great topographical features that nobody knows about. See bike image looking down rim highway.

Above: Deep Creek, Adel, OR. OR SR 140 westbound. 29 May 2017.

Above: Warner Canyon Ski Area. OR SR 140, 15 miles east of Lake View, OR. 29 May 2017.

Ma and Pa ski resort 10 miles NE of Lake View, OR.

I challenge Guzzi and Stockli to do Ma and Pa ski resort trip with me next year, including here, only 575 miles away from Park City.

Above: Jerry's Restaurant. Lake View, OR. 29 May 2017.

190 miles on a tank of 4 gallons. 25 miles into yellow warning light. Average speed: 70 mph.

Always stop at Jerry's.

Lots of deplorables and clingers here ie. working class people who have jobs and play by the rules.

Was a periodic eater at Jerry's in Price, UT, and Globe, AZ, when I passed through, motorcycling, those places.

Cobb Salad.

Above: It hasta to be Shasta. 29 May 2017.

OR SR 66. 10 miles west of Klamath Falls. — at Keno Store.

Above: Bishop and Klamath River. OR SR 66. Keno, OR. 29 May 2017.

Above: Mt. Ashland. Ashland, OR. 29 May 2017.

To be included on Ma and Pa ski trip if it comes off.