Under water?

[SkooterG]

Those of you who have frequented Interstate 8 between Yuma, AZ and San Diego may have seen the below as you have passed through El Centro, CA. I have been by it many times on my frequent trips to visit mom in San Diego. Well, returning from a short trip last week I finally stopped to take a photo of the the anomaly that I could someday be swimming in the middle of the desert.

 

[LagerHead]

Nice. My FJR has never been underwater.

 

[BwanaDik]

Unsettling to say the least. Not too far from the Salton Sea, hope the levies are better now than in 1905

"The Salton Sea was formed between 1905 and 1907 when the Colorado River burst through poorly built irrigation controls south of Yuma, Arizona. Almost the entire flow of the river filled the Salton Basin for more than a year, inundating communities, farms and the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Continued filling of the Salton Sink was finally stopped in 1907, when a line of protective levees was built by boxcars dumping boulders into the breach from Southern Pacific tracks. By then, this inland lake was about 40 miles long and 13 miles wide, covering an area of about 400 square miles."

Linky

 

[beemerdons]

Nice. My FJR has never been underwater.

LagerHead: Besides Skooty's current FJR having been underwater, his previous FJR "The Dirty Old Whore", had also flown through the air on many occasions! jes' sayin'

 

[GalaxyBlue]

Been by there a million times.

Still not as amazing as the lowest point in Death Vally though!

 

[Barabus]

El Centro- you go to all the great places!!

 

[SkooterG]

El Centro- you go to all the great places!!

Yeah, no ****. They should call that place El Shitto. A necessary evil to quickly pass through to get to the paradise of San Diego.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Paradise of San Diego? :blink: Dude you bumped yer head way too often.

I'll just say it was an ok place to visit, but I sure wouldn't want to live there. Too Feking crowded

Then again, you're a Windy transplant :lol:

 

[GalaxyBlue]

Damned Darksider! Whut dew ewe know!

:****:

 

[beemerdons]

Damned Darksider! Whut dew ewe know!

:****:

No **** Adam, that turkey lives in fecking Owosso for Petey's Sake! Barry, you just needed more time to explore San Diego. If I hit the lottery, I'm moving to San Diego!!

 

[GalaxyBlue]

I spent my youth in Escondido (North San Diego). I liked it there but there are SEVERAL things keeping me from moving back, Starting with the cost of living.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Scooty, Johnny,and You? All the more reasons to avoid that place like the Plague. :lol:

Actually If It had been warmer and the time would have allowed I think we'd have had a far better time.

50 degrees, with the wind and clouds next to the water is cold here also.

 

[beemerdons]

I spent my youth in Escondido (North San Diego). I liked it there but there are SEVERAL things keeping me from moving back, Starting with the cost of living.

That's the truth, GalaxyBlue! My hometown is Morro Bay, CA; I sold my rental home there 2 years ago. I can't move back to CA because of the incredibly high tax rates!

 

[Bearly Flying]

50 degrees, with the wind and clouds next to the water is cold here also.

*****. :stunned:

 

[Old Michael]

El Centro- you go to all the great places!!

...Yeah, no ****. They should call that place El Shitto....

If there is a town named El Shitto, it would almost have to be somewhere

in Nevada, wouldn't it?

 

[wheatonFJR]

Nice. My FJR has never been underwater.

I don't think jwilly can say that.

 

[beemerdons]

Nice. My FJR has never been underwater.

I don't think jwilly can say that.

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=129817 Or Mr. and Mrs. Beamer Reamer; Thank God Almighty the BR's survived, albeit with injuries!

 

[wheatonFJR]

All seriousness aside...looks like the brake is on.

Man, I'm glad that day ended as well as it did, considering how easily it could have ended very bad.

Hooray for good riding buddies! :yahoo:

 

[airboss]

That was a serious bad deer strike, glad everyone did the right thing and made every thing turn out alright.

and I guess there are times when airbags on a motorcycle could prove useful.