Death Valley Bike Camping Report

[BusyWeb]

Hello, there.
Here is the my first bike-camping report.
Destination: Death Valley
Total Distance: 580 miles
Night Temp: about 50 degree I guess, I didn't feel any chilling with my 50 degree sleeping bag.
Park Enterance Fee: $10 for motorcycle
Camping Fee: $12
** both fees paid to the machine >> not a ragers there at late afternoon. ha ha ha

I choosed the Death Valley,
because I missed a lot of mother nature's sceneric landscaping at the last riding.
Last time with GZ250 >>>>> riding at night >>> it was a misery for me.
I wanted always to back, Yes I did this weekend.
It's a beatiful place...
I left some good scenic points for the next riding... ha ha ha.
A really good place for the bikers.
Good road conditions, good weather conditions for it..

First of all, I like to mention what I have learned with this weekend's riding...

1. Check your Tire Pressure.
If you have cheap tire pressure guage, throw it away and buy good one.
I have a tire pressure guage which comes with my tire repari kit.
And re-aired my tires with it >>>> it's big big mistake.
Saturday and sunday at the desert, there were really windy conditions.
So, I had to stop to prevent bike-down by wind couple of hours to rest.
I thought that wind speed is too fast.. so I could not control bike well.......>>> WRONG
Today, the way back home, I got a some windy condition too.
And it was really hard to keep bike straight.
However, many of the bikes are passing me and it seems that they don't have problems with wind?????
So, I exit out at the San Bernadino, and checked the tire pressure.
With my bad guage, it seems O.K. ????
However, I made my mind to release some air for the better tire tracking.
Yes, it get's much better afterward, and no sliding at those wind... um....
And seems tire pressure is still some high on it.
After back home, I washed my bike and checked the tire condition >>>> bad
The tire seems wearing out very narrow width and bad shape.
I'm going to check tomorrow at the body shop.....

2. With camping lesson....
a. make packing as simple as possible >>> Mr. Softie told me.
>>> I tried it, but still too much. >>> listen to the experienced oldies....ha ha ha
b. if you are going to camping popular season, do reserve a camp site before
>>> I barely got a spare spot when I was there.
c. do not pack some heavy food or water at home before leaving.
>>> I think that I could buy at the stores close to the camp site.
>>> Just my opinion, so that less packing and less bike total weight.
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This first bike-camping was successful for me, no difficulties at all.
Not very exciting experiences, but it was a really happy hours.

I'm going to go more bike-campings whenever weather condtions permits me. ha ha ha
I met a nice guy named Steve at the camping site just next to my tent and had just little bit chat.
You can see at the photos.


At night, got bored.. and played with my head-mount-lentern.
Photos will show some... ha ha ha.

Look at the sky at night, you may see the real world of us...

I can handle better bike camping next time... hopely...

Here are the photos to share with you.

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Thanks