Carpe Diem!

[juniorfjr]

Wow!!!! fantastic report. unk:

+1

 

[escapefjrtist]

Outta **LIKES** too, awesome pics and ride report 'pants!

Epic trip...great meeting you at YFO and thanks for sharing the adventure with us!

--G

 

[Morecowbell]

Great story and pics! That was a lot of work to get that put together. Thanks for making the effort.

It was great to meet you and your riding buddies!

 

[exskibum]

Great story and pics! That was a lot of work to get that put together. Thanks for making the effort. It was great to meet you and your riding buddies!

+1

I'm still trying to figure out how he got all that together and posted so quickly. Not only was he running away from his riding companions on the road (according to both accounts), but pants lapped RFH, who started first, on the RR.

 

[Gmann]

Thanks for the great read and photos Pants! Really enjoyed my armchair journey.

 

[Niehart]

That's a hell of a RR, Pants. Lot of work to put it together, but great results. Thanks for taking the time. Great ride, great adventure, but great to be home again, isn't it?

+1

Thanks my friend!

 

[FJRBandit]

Another outstanding chapter in the growing collection of epic Pants ride reports! There were several gems in that prose and sooo many incredible pics. Thanks for taking the time to piece that one together for us. That's no simple feat.

 

[hppants]

Here's my routes for the trip:

Day 1: Lafayette, LA to Comanche, TX
https://goo.gl/maps/8MhrDXZLeEN2

Day 2: Camanche, TX to Carizozo, NM
https://goo.gl/maps/sDkpJD2dTHt

Day 3: Carizozo, NM to Globe, AZ
https://goo.gl/maps/LjJfnzN2UvQ2

https://goo.gl/maps/z9rqZnrnQHN2

Day 4: Globe, AZ to Bullhead City, AZ
https://goo.gl/maps/mZmqNk4RvZD2

Day 5: Bullhead City, AZ to Ridgecrest, CA
https://goo.gl/maps/64y4FKTwgyA2

Day 6: Ridgecrest, CA to Three Rivers, CA
https://goo.gl/maps/5z48nXZVXZy

Day 7: Three Rivers, CA to Mariposa, CA
https://goo.gl/maps/2iCz1RGY4CS2

Day 8 and Day 9: Yosemite NP

Day 10: Yosemite NP to Grass Valley, CA
NOTE: This route may be off by a little.
https://goo.gl/maps/oqLFnCKPt6n

Day 11: Grass Valley, CA to Elk Flat Campground, Ely, NV
https://goo.gl/maps/R3j3MZ3VhPs

Day 12: Elk Flat Campground, Ely, NV to Green River, UT
https://goo.gl/maps/ZXQoRzKGxkM2

Day 13: Green River, UT to Blue Mesa, CO
https://goo.gl/maps/a7eSwbRmMk72

Day 14: Blue Mesa, CO to Navajo Lake State Park, NM
https://goo.gl/maps/vGkfHEADEnz

Day 15: Navajo Lake State Park, NM to Amarillo, TX
https://goo.gl/maps/d6m5SH2ccBD2

Day 16: Amarillo, TX to Lafayette, LA
https://goo.gl/maps/W6S2nevXgZH2

 

[puppychow]

Great RR Joey! It was great to finally meet you and get to know you a bit outside of your RRs.

 

[hppants]

The pleasure was all mine, my friend. Next time I shall very much like to ride with you some time!!

 

[Niehart]

Great RR Joey! It was great to finally meet you and get to know you a bit outside of your RRs.

What Sam said.

 

[puppychow]

The pleasure was all mine, my friend. Next time I shall very much like to ride with you some time!!

Mine as well!

And yes, that will happen. I am sure of it!!

 

[Bugnatr]

Good stuff Joey, real good. BTW it was Puppychow who turned me on to Middlegate station some years ago. It's been a special stop anytime I'm headed out on a multi state ride. Now I am going to have to go and get one of my dollars up next to yours.

 

[bigjohnsd]

Excellent as always. You need to quit your day job and write this stuff for a kiving. You have a wonderful gift for the words and photos.

 

[Niehart]

Excellent as always. You need to quit your day job and write this stuff for a kiving. You have a wonderful gift for the words and photos.

+1

 

[gregory]

EPIC!

 

[senecahome]

Great ride report - and wonderful pictures. Enjoyed it a lot. And I really appreciate your life outlook - we could all benefit from more appreciation of the beauty around us and the blessing we enjoy in this country.

Great meeting you at YFO too - always good to put names and faces together.

Thanks!! Glen

 

[puppychow]

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="Bugnatr" data-cid="1369797" data-time="1498374784"><p>

Good stuff Joey, real good. BTW it was Puppychow who turned me on to Middlegate station some years ago. It's been a special stop anytime I'm headed out on a multi state ride. Now I am going to have to go and get one of my dollars up next to yours.</p></blockquote>

I think I will join you. It's a good FJR run.

 

[Tyler]

So many thoughts and comments have run through my mind as I read your RR... but the most important of them is that I am SO glad that you are still around to have done this trip and seen, felt, experienced all of it... and I'm grateful to you for taking the time to share it with all of us because it reminds me (and hopefully others) of how blessed we are... to be alive, to be riding, to be surrounded with amazing people in our lives... it helps get you through the not as great times and the knowledge that there will be more to come in the future... I hope that we get to share some more (s)miles in this lifetime and make a few more stories to add to your repertoire. :wub:

 

[Niehart]

Well said T.