November 12th 2010 California, US 18 200 km
Hello my dear friends! To my regret a meeting with Arnold the “Governator” did not held. I have received a notification by his secretary that his schedule is too tense and as only he will have some spare time I will be informed. However I still paid a visit to Sacramento White hall and left for him the gifts from Federation of Motorcycling of Ukraine and a present by Vova from Dneprodzerzhinsk. I’m sure that for two weeks of my being at the US, we shall finally meet. In general – everything is allright. For al that time I have seen a lot: snow, sands of the Death Valley… And so will In comments on my previous record I was asked some questions. I will answer in the same record’s comments. Dear Rostik! You have asked me about Victor Tsoy. Yes, he is known in Korea and there are a lot of his fans. His records are frequently listened however there is ine problem – most of the listeners do not know Russian so there are certain complexities. Sasha Perepelov has asked me about the Korean Carrot. Did you? So, shall know… No let it be known by everyone: the Koreans do not know a thing about this kind of salad!!! There was a laughter when I asked and no one could understand why it’s called “Korean” when no Korean cook has ever ate it. Perhaps it was called so because it’s very spicy – the Korean cuisine is very hot. So, that’s the way things go! Now I am an the Los-Angeles at fellow-countrymen home. Tomorrow I will go to LA, then – to Las Vegas and after that – to the Grand Canyon!! Next record will be in about five days. Let’s keep on! Dear Malinka, Dear Father, Mother, Lyuba, Vovchik, my dear family! I am with you in my thoughts and you are with me!!
Morning coffee with Richard and go ahead to San-Francisco
A firemen boat
-Where are you, master?
I’m here a master!!
The famous Alcatraz
A plate on the bench.
Morning flyby
– How long will you drag yourself? We are on the walk not on the stand! -Wait a minute White, I’ve filched his wallet!
Golden Gate Bridge
Huge, awesome and paid. $3 per bike
Alcatraz, The Rock
Look Jill such a strange guys in jackets and heavy boots… -OMG, Jack that’s bikers!
Seals rookery. Moor #39, San-Francisco
-Not today, dear…I GOT A HEADACKE!! -Oh please… -We are watched by the tourists…
Ah, …you! … your headache and the tourists too!
Pure “idontcareness”
Get the christmas-tree you may need ready in good time
An electric scooter
San-Francisco down town
A cockpit
I make records. I record a lot
That’s expected Sacramento
An old town
A golden bridge of Sacramento
It’s not just gold but also is electric-drived!
When a vessel comes by – even such as this sailing one – a central part of the bridge is being lift.
And after a vessel has passed, the bride moves down and a traffic gets on.
A White hall where the governor’s HQ is.
…who is very busy today. Still
I’m sure we’ll meet. The gifts for Arnold were left at the office,
A sight from the stairs
Capitol Mail – a street where the Sacramento Capitol is
Mountains. Snow and cold
Winter
But the asphalt is dry and clean
This moment I thought about snowboarding, I have not go in for so long
It says to slow down to 30 mph ‘cause there will be a zigzag. Moreover the breaking zones are rare.
A road to the Death Valley
That’s my website and I will post as much Africa’s photographs as I wish: )
That’s the camera guy – my assistant
A night before entering the Death Valley
One sees a down-town from his window. I look at the mountains.
Some beautiful mountains
Entering the Death Valley national park.
The winter is left behind
That’s the Death Valley
So different…
Each American motorcyclist that ever has been here adores this trail - it’s a racing paradise with curves, turns and serpentines – lock, stock and smoking outlet barrels. Just take a live-like look at this!
Someone has got an idea to put stones one over another. Some has one to photograph them
A “flaky paste” of the Death Valley
From here and further between the rocks one can go only by feet
An undisputed advantage of Sidi Adventure boots is that it’s possible to walk in it. However I broke my leg in Kazakhstan…
Africa is beautiful in from any point of view!
Brought with the wind)
They say the souls of the taken by the Valey are still living there- at the groves of old trees. Still no one had come to have a coffe (( Maybe because of these travelers on trailers. It’s over nine thousand!!
The gold has been carried out by these carriages
The palm-trees grow only at the site of a hotel.
Oasis is a hotel at the Valley
The evening is beautiful but still it’s a bit horrorful.
This is the place where I will spend the night. A terrifying night with moaning wind and souls of those who stayed there forever
Next morning with just-boiled coffee has fixed the impression. It tastes much better than one from a cafeteria.
What would you do having seen this monster crossing your way? Hope the same – stop and photograph. With your helmet on. I don’t like the spiders
It looks like a crab from Kamchatka! And it’s hairy! I like crabs more. And freshly-cooked crabs I like most!!!
I did non tease it, so stayed unbitten.
The most awesome things happen when you ride off-road
Finally I have found an asphalt-free trail! Let’s ride! Yahoooo!
I missed off-road ridding so much
Mission: find a coyote: )
That’s one of the things you can see at the Death Valley. “She rode and she rode on and… an axle broke down”
They must have been flying too low. This is what one should do to break an axle. Note: the chariots have disc brakes!
Waiting for the help
It says “What a wonderful canyon is head”. I took a turn, and having rode several kilometers of awfully rocky but a scenic road… so rocky that I even fell once… I saw…
…a space landscape.
The lowest place in the Valley
…the dogs may bark but a caravan still goes on
– Let’s take a photo! – What if the horses will be frightened of flash? – Don’t be silly there will be no flash at sunshine
Making pictures all day long
The digits on the right are the temperature. Taking into account that it’s November! In summer it may reach up to 50 C-degree
Now I’m going down to sleep…