Yesterday was my first full day of travel since the desert and it was good to be back in action. I spent a little longer in San Diego than originally planned, but there was so much to do, such good folks to hang out with and the weather was sublime. When I finally set out, it wasn’t too long before the bike started acting up again. I was only about 60 miles out when it died completely and I had to get a tow to the nearest shop, which wasn’t too easy to find. Luckily there was a guy about 10 miles up the road that works specifically on older Hondas, lucky find.

Thinking one of the carburetors wasn’t feeding fuel into the engine properly, he opened both, cleaned them and put everything back together in record time. Still problems though. After a whole lot of “This is too gnarly mannnn” and “I don’t know what to do here maannnn” my guy put on his troubleshooting hat and pinned it down to a fuel delivery problem. Sure enough the lines coming into the petcock were jammed with red-orange gunk. After blowing it out, she’s never run better. A close call on a Friday night before a long holiday weekend. We’re back.

I managed to make it out to Camarillo area where Cami’s Aunt and Uncle Lisa and Terry were kind enough to host me.

Yesterday was 101 and California Highway 1 all the way up to San Francisco. Aside from the chilly air and high amount of traffic, the ride was great. Some really neat winding roads and coastal views like none other. I’d avoid a Saturday though next time, just too many people out and about.

Big Sur was very neat to ride through but the park was actually closed down, I think due to some fires that were recently affecting the area.

In San Fran, a buddy that just recently moved here was waiting and we hit the town, explored the Tenderloin, some Chinatown dives and had a good time watching the weirdness that ensues in this place.

Today was more exploration, Japantown in particular felt like we were back in Tokyo and was a good taste of what’s coming in November when we set out for Asia Adventure round 2. We’re back.

Here are the last two days’ routes:

Next up is Yosemite National Park. Looking forward to some hiking and more beautiful scenery.