joshua tree images

[manet]

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[tmanley]

I'm going down to that area in a couple of weeks. How are the roads in the park for riding? I'll be in Yucca Valley and was looking online at the park map, but I couldn't tell what I might be in for if I decide to go on a ride. I'd love to find a loop through the park that would give me 3~5,000 feet of climbing with around 60~75 miles.

[Grant McLean]

looks nice there,
but how does it sound?

-g

[e-RICHIE]

looks nice there,
but how does it sound?

-g


u2 sound okay.
past they're sell-by date atmo.

[Grant McLean]

u2 sound okay.
past they're sell-by date atmo.

yes, but they were down with that text message and
email shorthand long ago...so props for that.

-g

[fiamme red]

u2 sound okay.
past they're sell-by date atmo.Don't care for U2. Do like Gram Parsons, though.

[e-RICHIE]

Don't care for U2. Do like Gram Parsons, though.

i don't care for u2 either.
nothing personal.
but - any port in a storm atmo.

[fiamme red]

i don't care for u2 either.
nothing personal.
but - any port in a storm atmo.Doh! I set myself up for that! :crap:

[Grant McLean]

Don't care for U2. Do like Gram Parsons, though.

love hurts

-g

[e-RICHIE]

Doh! I set myself up for that! :crap:


go look in the mirror and scream,
"i'm the new guy. i'm the new guy."
atmo.

[manet]

u2 never visited joshua tree _ poetic permit.
gram did himself in @ twentynine palms inn,
the town by same name i stayed in.

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[manet]

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[Too Tall]

Nice pics of my relatives :) I rode thru there in Sept. some yrs. back. We had tube socks filled with ice wrapped around our necks...to cool subclavian arteries....didn't do she-ite...but OH the beauty of it all. Lucky man you are.

Did you get any good refrigerator magnets?

[manet]

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[catulle]

Many flats from stray thorns on the road? Breathtakingly beautiful country.

[Too Tall]

Just for you CSB....the BEST Road Runner cover EVER in the History of the WORLD!!!
==============================================

Johnny B. Goode / Road Runner Lyrics
by The S-e-x Pistols


(Berry/Richman)
Paul(?): We'll play Johnny B. Goode; he'll sing Through My Eyes.

Paul(?): Tell John. Tell him.

Johnny: What?

Paul(?): Tell him. (???)

Other Voice: They wanna play Johnny B. Goode while you sing
Through My Eyes.

Johnny: God! Awright, then.

Paul(?): Ready? Go!

Johnny:
If you could see... oh God, fu---ck off...
Ayanlouisiannayaya New Orleans
Awasabadababyanalittle key
Ayainanananananana Johnny B. Goode
Agogogogogogo Johnny B. Goode
Agogo, go Johnny, gogogogogo
I don't know the words!
Gogogogogogogogogogogyogyuh
Ayayayayastrah yayastrahyayaya
Ayayayayastrah andabanayaya
I wannawannabay, yayayaya
Let's gogo, ago Johnny gogogogo
Agogo, go go go go gogogogogogogogogogogogogogo
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go! Johnny B. Goode
Ayayayayayayayayayayayagwuah
Oh, fu-----ck, it's awful!
Hate songs like that!
The pits!
Eeeeeeyayayayay eeeee!
Eeyeah!
Brrrrrah!
Brrrrrayayayayay!
Uah!
'ey, I know, oi, oi, Steve -- Roadrunner!
Roadrunner!
Roadrun...!
Should we do roadrunner?
'ey, that's fu----ckin' awful -- stop it.
Stop it; it's fu---------ckin' awful!
Aaah! Torture.
Duh ug duh duh duh duh mah eyah
I donno the words!
I donno'ow it starts; I've forgotten it!
Hold on; stop the segment. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
Check out what how it starts. What's the first line?

Paul: One, two, three, four, five, six!

Johnny: Alright, can you start at the beginning, then?

Paul: Roadrunner, roadrunner, (???)

Johnny: I can't hear you, Paul.

Paul: Roadrunner, roadrunner, go...

Johnny:
Going faster miles an hour
Euhlalalalala
Awith the radio on
Aroadrunner, roadrunner
Aeuhmuh faster miles an hour
Oh, God, I don't know it...
I drove past the Stop 'n' Shop
And I wah by the Stop 'n' Shop
An' I flarala wahbah Stop Shop
Have the radio on
Have touch with the modern world
I fell in love with the modern world
Fell in love with (???)
Have the radio on
Roadrunner, roadrunner
Agoin' faster miles an hour
Felt in touch with with modern world
In love with the modern world
Alright, here we go now
Goin' twenty-eight watta power
It's all cold here in the dark
Fifty thousand watts of power
Agoin' faster miles an hour
Awith the radio on
Roadrunner, roadrunner
Oh, God, I don't know it
It's fu-----ckin' ridiculous
Wish I had the words...
Roadrunner, roadrunner
Agoin' faster miles an hour
I felt in touch with the modern world
I fell in love with the modern world
Rockin' modern lover, modern sound, ana mosaround
Modern rockin' runner around, mosaround rockin' modern runner
in touch
An' a radio on
I got radio on
Aroadrunner, roadrunner
Oh yeah er ah ee ah eh uh
Do we know any other fu-----ckin' Beatles songs?
'Ey? Brrrrrrr!
'Ey? Do we know an...
'Ey? Do we know any other fu------cking songs that we can do?
Do we know any other songs that we can do? I can't think of any.

[manet]

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[eddief]

I'd recommend a shuttle of some sort cause I don't think there is a convenient loop. Enter at Joshua Tree in the north and ride down to hwy 10.

I did two separate rides, one from each of those directions but never saw the middle. Of the parts that I rode, some of the roads were super smooth and some chip sealed. I think someone mentioned that maybe the middle part is not so good.

[tmanley]

What kind of distance do you think it would be from the north entrance to the south and back?

[manet]

this last image is looking down hill, 3+ miles into 29 palms _
this ramp outta town was a nice warm-up to the ranger station,
where the ramp continued, twisting upwards for another 5 miles. after
leveling off for 12 miles it then travels gently and then not so
gently up another 5+ to Keys View (5,185 ft.) it is this high desert
that has the plains of joshua trees and flinstone's rock formations,
rock climbers mecca.


pretty much my days consisted of a 6 mile jaunt into town, up
the park ramp and on into the park, usually an out + back ride.
several days of 4 hrs, coupl'a 5's, and a few in the beginning of
3 hrs..

it was extremely windy. cool, with lot's of afternoon sun _ temps
in the 50's and 60's. the first couple of days it snowed, enough to
close some of the roads. a tad warm for this new englander.

the road surface is a mix of fair macadem and chip type
surface. the shoulders come and go. the bike lane is only for the hill
up to the ranger check-in. and by the way, a $5 fee for 7 days for
a bicyle. there is VERY little water in the park with NO coffee and
hamenstushen stops. very little traffic at this time of year, tho' soon
picking up for the desert bloom.

lots of cyclists climb up into the park from Yucca Valley _ tri-geeks
training for ironman. a logical place to do so.

[manet]

What kind of distance do you think it would be from the north entrance to the south and back?

i road 40 -70 miles. the lanscape is SO surreal that an out + back
ride will seem like a loop. screw the shuttle _ ride a warm up to
the entry and then go. rte. 62 is ok (ok) to ride on, not great but
many do and there is quite a wide shoulder for those that care _
i don't.

from the north entrance, south to the cottonwood visitor center is 30 -35 miles.

i climbed in my 39/19 for miles. smooth, easy climbs.

if you go to palm springs and climb the tram-way road you will fall
in love with your 25. i only had a 23, and worked hard.

[manet]

I'd recommend a shuttle of some sort cause I don't think there is a convenient loop. Enter at Joshua Tree in the north and ride down to hwy 10.

I did two separate rides, one from each of those directions but never saw the middle. Of the parts that I rode, some of the roads were super smooth and some chip sealed. I think someone mentioned that maybe the middle part is not so good.

eddief heard correct _ the middle areas have the chip, and it ain't so good.
i rode clincher 23's puffed up to 105-110. don't whine, just ride in a big gear.

i took 275 pics. carried my elph on every ride. i stopped to smell the cactus.

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[Ginger]

Elves. Now we know how he does that.

Not to be confused with Elvis?

[slowgoing]

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[dave thompson]

When my son is stateside, he's stationed at 29 Palms. I really like the desert around that area and Joshua Tree, it's otherworldly.