Harley
Owners Group #1665 / Antelope Valley Chapter at Ridgecrest CA
Wade's San Diego Coronado Island
via Palm Springs Run
May 10..13
Posted: 9 June 2012, 9 PM
Master Ride Plan...(Go...!)
We picked up Debbie and Tracy at Four Corners (HWYs 395 & 58)
Skirted Barstow: 58 east -> 15 north -> 247 south
Barstow to the Lucerne Valley...for gas and a break...
HWY 247 south to 62 west
Kathleen and Britt...a bit warm'ish...and definitely windy...!
Yes...the palm trees are blowing...and occasionally sand...!
Spa Resort Casino...Palm Springs...!
Kathleen and Britt are the first to relax....
Masonary work is always appreciated...
It's Thursday in downtown Palm Springs...and the Street Walk is on...
Dinner time....
A really nice dinner setting....
Vicki and Paul join the dancing...
...as does a 90+ year old very spunky attractive lady....
Back to the hotel for the night....
Friday AM: Kathleen's pre-ride stretch....
Destination: San Diego...!
Destination: San Diego...!
The native plants just outside Palm Springs were spectacular...
They've definitely seen better days...
Julian Pie Company (not just apple pie either)....
Vicki's about to do serious damage to her diet...!
To be sure...Tracy had this stop planned...!
That's one BIG CRITTER...!
Vicki is still dancing....
Wade sacrificed his image to take this picture....
Always time for a Harley shop stop....
Over the Coronado Island Bridge...
Wade's relaxed...in his San Diego he knows so well...!
We're mere minutes from the El Cordova Hotel
We're mere minutes from the El Cordova Hotel
Now...everyone is relaxing...
Color everywhere....
Dinner at The Brigantine...next door to the El Cordova Hotel...
Debbie drove down separately to ride with Mike on Saturday....
One of Wade's former military couples join us for dinner....
Saturday morning: Wade is leading a tour of San Diego....
I asked Wade to please outline the tour we took Saturday:
"We departed from Coronado and went down the strand to Imperial Beach (that's where the condo is). Went from there to Chula Vista Harley Davidson (believe it might be called SouthBay HD), then we went up to San Diego HD (that's where all the people were for the BBQ). From there we headed out I-8 to Ocean Beach where we did lunch at Hodad's. Departed that and continued out on Point Loma to Cabarillo National Monument. And then worked our way back to Coronado via Downtown and the convention center."
First breakfast....
Hotel del Coronado across the street on the beach
where we'll sip drinks and watch the sun go down
later this evening...!
where we'll sip drinks and watch the sun go down
later this evening...!
Debbie and Mike meet us at the outset...
for Wade's fun tour of San Diego
for Wade's fun tour of San Diego
Sweetwater Harley....
Tracy bragging on his boots....
San Diego Harley putting on a BBQ for a couple hundred bikers....
Parking near Hodad for a special lunch...!
Hodad's on Newport Ave...
"The World's Best Burger!
Under 99 Gazillion Sold!"
"The World's Best Burger!
Under 99 Gazillion Sold!"
A pair of beach pooches...with pink leashes....
That's Debbie, Tracy and Wade on the left.
Their orders were lost twice...leading to a 1 1/2 hour wait...!
But the good news is there meals were FREE...!
Their orders were lost twice...leading to a 1 1/2 hour wait...!
But the good news is there meals were FREE...!
Good ole fashion milk shake....
Bare foot...!
Betcha' didn't even notice ;)
Betcha' didn't even notice ;)
The Coronado Beach is rated #1 in the US...!
I don't know if it was this particular banner-towing plane...
but one crashed in the San Diego bay a week or so after this picture...!
but one crashed in the San Diego bay a week or so after this picture...!
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetary...
with North Island in the distance....
with North Island in the distance....
Red, white and blue...or some permutation thereof...! ;)
The Aircraft Carrier "USS Midway"...
where Wade was a Flight Officer....
where Wade was a Flight Officer....
An Australian Coral Tree....
Saturday evening...we were on our own for dinner.
Judy and I ate at the El Cordova's restaurant....
Judy and I ate at the El Cordova's restaurant....
The Hotel del Coronado on the beach...!
We enjoyed the fresh handiwork of "The Sandcastle Man" (Go...!)
And there was a wedding on the beach...!
Watching the sun go down at the Hotel del Coronado...!
Sunday...we each went our separate ways home...
to follow what further interested us or drove us...! ;)
Thanks Wade...!
to follow what further interested us or drove us...! ;)
Thanks Wade...!