Ron Chatting Up A Local

Ron is the tour guide.

Kids Love Our Bikes

Mike Borfitz
www.The-Big-Run.com
www.Borfitz.aero
www.AvQuality.com

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El Mono Motel in Lee Vining CA

Ron & I figured this place has been around for awhile, based on the accommodations. Had a light breakfast & saw an old B&W pic, flu.d out this place was built in the mid-twenties.  Very cool.

We chatted with a nice couple who work in the virtual world, real estate & stock trading. They'll camp for 2 weeks & move on, using wi-fi & laptops as their office.  Not bad, they seem very happy and settled.  

Time to go, I'm in the bathroom & Ron started his bike, I can hear the valves rattling!


Mike Borfitz
www.The-Big-Run.com
www.Borfitz.aero
www.AvQuality.com

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Some Pics From Yosemite

Here are a few cell phone pics from the last 24 hours, mostly today from the Yosemite area. I'm kinda partial to B&W photos, there's just something about that. I also have 3 film cameras with me, a Nikon F2 and two 1950-ish Leica folding cameras; a 35mm folder and a 120 bellows camera.  Sometimes I get some great shots, sometimes, well, not so great. I'll know within a few weeks of my return, when I manage to get the film to Omega Photo in Bellevue, the only place in the Livers Sound area who can do B&W.

One of these pics is of my running partner, Ron, at the entrance to Yosemite. On the gatehouse you can see 9945 ft elevation. Those old bikes struggled & I fiddled with my mixture controls to the point that the poor Flathead couldn't idle. Got it going but it was a bit of a struggle. Kick-starting a Harley at 10,000 feet ain't no easy task, lemme tell ya.  Talked to Bob "The Wizard" tonite, he schooled me up a bit on how to do it right. Tomorrow I'll give it a shot, hope I don't blow the motor.

Oh it's late. Time to roll over. Nite nite.

Tour Pack Clarification

Originally they put "BIKE" but changed it to "BUTT"

DOES THIS YOUR PACK MAKE MY BUTT LOOK BIG?

In Yuma I bought a '60s tour pack, don't know if it was Harley made or after market but it's very wide as you can see in one of the pics. My good buddies lured me away from the garage for a few minutes, when I returned I found something was added to it. Can you make that out?  Hope so.

I have to admit that thing does look, um, a bit different, but boy is it nice to have!

Recommend: Elms Hotel, Bishop CA

Stayed here last nite, special rate $69 for 2 beds. Clean & well kept. I asked the manager if it was like this when he got here 9 years ago, he said "Oh NO!".   They did a great job. This ain't the Hilton, paper thin soap bars & towels but it's quiet, clean, relaxing & inexpensive. I recommend it.