Author Archives: Dean Tanji

The push to Key West … before tropical storm Elie hits Nine days ago we had no idea of a tropical storm called Ellie! Now it’s the center of our attention, concentration and discussions. We daily watch the weather channel, … Continue reading →

Different strokes for different folks After 7-days of hard riding through blistering hot deserts, long winding stretches of mountain passes, beautiful green valleys an amazing 180-degree sunrises the differences between Team-60 and Team-70 have boil to the surface. The smarty-pants … Continue reading →

Crazy about crawfish! Overlooking a heap of empty shellfish! Everybody left very happy! Tomorrow we head into Florida. We’re keeping a close watch on the tropical storm heading for the keys. We got to get down there and get corner … Continue reading →

Remember the Alamo! Tomorrow we ride to Louisiana!

Yesterday it was 119°F when we rode into El Centro. It was 111 in the shade. We came in cooked! To avoid the extreme heat today we decided to leave at 4 AM! Our plan worked perfect. We rode through … Continue reading →

Day 3, we ride 330 mi to our homes! We want the afternoon to fix all the little things that needs adjusting, changing, change oil, wash our clothes, get a good nights rest. We plan to depart from JimmyV’s on … Continue reading →

We started the day at 8 AM meeting at Jimmy V‘s and rode 100 miles to the Border Field State Park. This is the true southwest corner of the US. The border fence goes into the ocean here. When we … Continue reading →

We started day two at four in the morning in Springfield Oregon the goal was to get past Redding, California which was supposed to have a temperature of 114°F. We did pretty good riding down to Livingston, California. Gary and … Continue reading →

June 25, Day 1

Friday, June 25, 2021 It seems we have two established teams. Team 70’s, my brother Gary and I – Older, refined, knowledgeable, farm boy common-sense educated, good-looking, married gentlemen of high esteem, and … Team 60’s, riff-raff JimmyV and Rick … Continue reading →