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Dana and Ali were kind enough to let Francione and myself hop on the first part of their LA vacation to see Rick and Heather. I\u00a0jumped at the opportunity because I knew what it would mean for us…\u00a0desert ripping.<\/p>\n

Day One:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Flew in and rented a Wrangler for the desert.
\n-Hung out at Rick and Heather’s catching up, crushing beers, listening to Rick fire up his bikes, and getting excited to be in the desert once again.
\n-Stuffed out faces on tacos because they don’t get any better outside of Mexico than SoCal.
\n– The bikes we will be taking are Ricks Yamaha’s LT1, RT2 (which he has basically turned into an MX), WR 426; and Heather’s Kawi KX100.<\/p>\n

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Day Two:<\/strong>
\n-Loaded up all four bikes and headed east to the high desert.
\n-After a quick stop over at our ultra modern Air BNB oasis in Yucca Valley, we loaded up in the Wrangler and went to Pappy and Harriet’s for the Rolling Heavy Van show and Desert Generator music fest.
\n-Checked out all the sick classic vans done to the nine. This is not helping the current van fever I have. Out here these things last and survive unlike back home where they just wither away.
\n-Pioneer Town is a rad mock old school western town w\/ Pappy and Harriet’s bringing people in for music and BBQ.
\n-Had our faces shredded by some\u00a0righteous riffing stoner and desert rock bands.<\/p>\n

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Day Three:<\/strong>
\n-After getting breakfast in Joshua Tree it was finally time for ripping.
\n-We headed to a place that Rick had brought Radke and I to on our Manifest Destiny<\/a> trip; BLM lands outside of Landers, CA. The land here is wide open but has all kinds of riding options. A dirt choose-your-own-adventure. People come out here to ride everything. From bikes to ATV’s, side-by-sides, rock crawlers, etc… A lot of target practice is done out here too. A freedom that us east coast city dwellers don’t get to experience as often as we should.
\n-Heather’s friends Nina and Joni had joined us. All 3 lady’s riders \u00a0themselves and were as fast as us to get on the bikes and go.
\n-Rode all day till the sun became low in the Horizon then drove to another Air BNB in Big Bear. The girls weren’t hot on sleeping in the 40 degree weather it was to be. To be honest either were we plus a change of scenery is not a bad thing.<\/p>\n

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