2007 April - Las Vegas Bike Trip

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2007 April - Las Vegas Bike Trip 3 Cities 4 Nights 5 Guys 1200 Kms

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8am at the Wyndham Desert Inn - Las Vegas The morning before picking up the bikes and the last time Terry’s best camera was ever seen again. The breakfast of Champions Hot Wings, Beer and toast

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Terry Tillotson - 2007 Olive/Black Ultra Classis

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Gord Lair - 2007 Red Road King

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Chris Cross 2007 Blue Ultra Classic

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Mike Webster - 2007 Red/Black Heritage Softail

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Lloyd Cross - 2007 Maroon/Silver Ultra Classic

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Time for Gas

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Hoover Dam

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Upstream of the Dam You can see how far the water level has dropped in the last few years

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Water Intakes

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New Highway Construction

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Traffic across the dam: 13,000 to 16,000 people each day

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Over flow spillway

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We have to walk how far ? ?

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Spillway from the other side Catwalks We parked here

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Length 1244 ft (379 m) Height 726.4 ft (221 m) Construction began 1931 Opening date 1936

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The seventeen turbine-generators produce a maximum of 2,080 megawatts of hydroelectric power.

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Construction cost: $49 million ($676 million adjusted for inflation)

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New Highway will bypass the Dam but will offer a spectacular view

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Man I like that bike

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On to Kingman for Lunch

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Highway to Kingman

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We’re all checking our wallets after noticing a Prison work crew across the ditch from Wendy’s

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Oatman Historic Route 66

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Highway to Oatman

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Judge Dread

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More Scenic Route 66 Down into Oatman

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Oh Yeah Route 66 Cell Phones Don’t Work Here

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Looks like an ordinary town

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Except the female donkeys come down out of the hills during the day

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To get away from the males

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This haunted room has had the window clasped shut because it keeps opening even though the door to the room has been boarded up for some time now

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This Bars walls are lined with US bills from visitors from all over

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Sure is Hot Outside

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Canadian $5

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We came into town about 20mins late for the old west gun fight

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Oatman London Bridge Resort for the night

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Two large Hawaiian pizzas and a large hot wings, oh yeah and beer, lots of beer

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This bridge took seven years to build in London England and opened in 1831. It was bought for US$2.5 million from the City of London when the bridge was replaced in 1968. A popular tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City now, the London Bridge crosses an 8ft deep man-made canal that leads from Lake Havasu (on theColorado River) to Thompson Bay. The bridge was disassembled, and the marked stones were shipped to Lake Havasu City and reassembled for another US $7 million. It opened in October 1971

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Bike Trouble in Parker

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Looks like these springs are not designed for curb jumping

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The guy riding this bike was not a happy camper

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Parker TwentyNine Palms

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Gas at Twentynine Palms

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Joshua Tree

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Some Joshua Trees can get to be 600 years old

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The Embassy Suites Hotel in Palm Desert

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Happy hour in the common room

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It Started like this

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Happy hour at the Embassy Suite Hotel And ended like this

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Packing up to head back to Las Vegas Next morning

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We stopped to smell the flowers before leaving

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Embassy Suites Lobby & Clock Tower

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Movin’ out

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Palm Springs is a beautiful City

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Wind Generator Valley

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Thousands of Wind Powered Generators

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Amboy

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On the long road to Amboy

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Amboy is a nearly empty ghost town in California’s Mojave Desert roughly 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Twentynine Palms. It was once a major stop along famous Route 66 but has seen much lower visitation since the opening of Interstate 40 to the north in 1973. Amboy is home to the famous Roy's Motel and Cafe, a genuine Route 66 landmark.

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A local and his dog did come out to greet us in his golf cart with a NASCAR spoiler he seemed lonely and creepy

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Baker City

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Original route was to go up 127 to Pahrump and then in to Las Vegas but in Baker we found that the Las Vegas and Police & Fire Depts were having a running race for charity on that same route Pahrump

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So we took I15 to Searchlight

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Stopping for a breather in Searchlight NV

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A very hot trip back to Las Vegas and the flight home

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Terry Mike Chris Lloyd Gord