Motorcycle Road Trip: Wild Donkeys, Yosemite, and Tahoe

"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
08/09/2018 at 11:30 • Filed to: ADV Monster!

Yup! Wild donkeys! So cool! But of course I was in the bike so I’m just the buzzkill who didn’t take pictures of them. They were wandering around in Nevada somewhere north of Pahrump. Unfortunately I didn’t see any wild horses though.

I really wanted to go through Sequoia but that would’ve required going through death valley, which had a forecast of 120 degrees. Fuck that shit. So I went up and over through Inyo National Forest, which was really cool and the road through it was super fun.

Plan was to head straight up to Lake Tahoe and camp there, but then I saw the signs for Yosemite. Couldn’t pass that up.

Now, my knowledge of Yosemite goes about as far as the gun-slinging, red-bearded prospector named for the place so I had zero expectations here. What was I to do? Well head right up Tioga Pass of course!

This place was absolutely beautiful. And by my estimation, the whole place is one gigantic boulder. It’s pretty cool. People running around all over the place wearing climbing gear. Signs warning of bears and people grilling burgers right next to their tents. Smart!

I ended up killing way too much time here and wasn’t able to make it back over to Tahoe for the night. And any suitable place to camp in the west side of Yosemite was packed full of people. So I ended up having to book a room in Jamestown. Neat little town and hotel, felt like stepping back in time.

Ate dinner at a restaurant across the street from the hotel and talked bullshit with the owner for a while. Cool place, cool dude, and good food.

But later that night, after getting back to my room, something wasn’t right. My stomach felt like it was wrapped around a driveshaft. Could’ve been something I ate. Not sure. But I felt so bad I couldn’t hardly stand up the whole next day. Couldn’t keep food down for most of it. Had to extend my stay and my trip an extra day.

And now we've reached the part where I go back on what I said in my last post. Turns out this isn't the last post from my trip. There's another whole day worth posting about, and you'll need to time in next time to see if I survived!

DISCUSSION (18)

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 11:42

So you didn’t die from dysentery ?

Ash78, voting early and often > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 11:46

Wow, so you went to Yosemite with no prior knowledge of it...I did the same thing when I was 21 and it was one of the more life-changing land scapes I’ve ever seen. I’ve only been to the Valley side, not the Tioga Pass side, but that area and the Tuolumne Meadows are very high on my list once the kids learn how to hike more than a mile or two :D

WilliamsSW > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 12:01

Such awesome photos from all of your posts!!

Yosemite is the most beautiful place I’ve seen yet - Alaska and Southern Patagonia come close, but Yosemite is tops. I need to go back there soon...

Sucks about the stomach bug though - hope it went away fast!

Cash Rewards > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/09/2018 at 12:11

Maybe it's a scheduled post...

DipodomysDeserti > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 12:56

Those wild donkeys are awesome. I almost hit a wild horse while driving on the Navajo Nation once. I was watching one running and a colt jumped out in front of me on the highway. Beautiful creatures.

M.T. Blake > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 13:08

Beautiful! Thank god you didn’t get into a crash in that country, there isn’t anyone out there to help you. No mans land.

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 14:19

When was this?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/09/2018 at 15:23

Sure felt like I was going to

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Ash78, voting early and often
08/09/2018 at 15:23

I really wish I would've had time to hike all over. Another time.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > DipodomysDeserti
08/09/2018 at 15:24

Glad you didn’t hit him! I’m jealous that you saw some wild horses though.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No
08/09/2018 at 15:25

July 6th of this year. The 7th was my sick day.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 15:49

I have done things along the side of the road that I was not proud of...

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/09/2018 at 16:06

ah ok, you missed all the smoke, i was planing to go camping this weekend up there but the air quality is the worst so we’ ve cancelled our spot

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/09/2018 at 18:09

I forgot what we were talking about so I took that out of context...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No
08/09/2018 at 18:11

Oh I bet. I camped near Redding the next night, which was fine, but in the way up I-5 everything was black on the sides of the road.

pip bip - choose Corrour > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/10/2018 at 06:41

last post from the ICU?

;)

Decay buys too many beaters > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/10/2018 at 14:29

God , I really do hope the Yosemite fires are mostly contained 2 weeks from now when I roll though. Assume they do not do dispersed camping there?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Decay buys too many beaters
08/10/2018 at 15:38

I’m not sure to be honest, I never looked for camping in Yosemite. They do have a ton of camp sites along Tioga Pass though.