Berkeley to Crescent City
Total Miles Today: 410
Total Trip Miles: 830

We got to eat breakfast with my family today at “All You Knead” and it was damn good! It was the first time I had visited my baby niece, and my brother for that fact (I know, lamo)
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After leaving San Fran we rode up the 101. I had never gone further north than Novato before and I have to say its a pretty ride. On the right is a picture of the the redwoods. I’m not sure if they are giant, but they are pretty damn big! The ride on the 101 is mostly inland taking you through the Redwood National Park. Some places you feel like you’re riding a speeder bike on Endor (I know, geeky) Something of interest is one of the big differences between Kevin and I’s bikes. Kevin, has the new BMW R1200GS Adventure. One of the key features of the Adventure is its massive 9.1 Gallon gas tank. Very awesome for those long trips. I only have a 5.2 gallon tank, so generally I have to fill up twice for everyone of his. Just before taking the picture with the trees I had filled up, but Kevin knowing his super tanker had longer range ate his gross Cliff shots (They are like jello, but really gross). Well, about 150 miles later we found ourselves on an uphill turn with Kevin’s bike out of gas!!!! He pulled over into some slime and was having a hard time getting out of there with no power. I pulled up behind him, tried to put my side stand down and found that the bike will just fall over at that angle. As I’m trying to figure out how to keep my bike from going over, and watching Kevin struggle with his. The CHP shows up…..

The CHP came up and asked me “Are you broken down?” I said, “No, but my friend ran out of gas. Can you give a pull on my handlebars to straighten me up?” He said “Uh no, why don’t you turn around and park over there and I’ll help your friend” Haha, I don’t think he realized that I was kinda stuck, so, I just took a few breathes and heaved the bike back up onto its center of balance, got it turned around and back to a flat spot. Kevin put some gas in his tank which got him like a mile. I then ran to the gas station with a fuel cannister and tried to get some gas. We learned three things today:

Don’t use a small funnel to fill a small fuel bottle with a gas pump

Have a small hose for a fuel syphon

Kevin needs to fill up at any gas stop I make

Link to the Continuing Photo’s from the trip