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May 2001
\nDetour Version 1.0<\/p>\n
Day 12<\/p>\n
\u201cLas Vegas was ruined when the corporations<\/strong><\/em> Rope tow started the Fatboy (after a several day clickety-clickety hiatus) in the AM as there was no sun (fog) to warm the primary case oil. One yank was enough. Yahoo. Folks at the motel gathered to observe us, including several Modesto CA bikers who hadn\u2019t seen this before. These 30-somethings hadn\u2019t spent substantial portions of their lives kick-starting Panhead and Knucklehead powered choppers. Pop. Pop. Pow!! Shinbone smack!<\/p>\n Skipped breakfast to maximize time on the Pacific Coast Highway. Priorities we got.<\/p>\n Observation #9: We knew we were in CA, when over the course of the past two days we saw top-down convertibles with shiny blonde haired (natural of course) women insouciantly piloting them in various states of undress more notable for their fleshiness. Now, mind you, they weren\u2019t porcine nor obese, but they obviously displayed themselves to be noticed. One at the FISHOUSE wore a low-cut top. both fore and aft, accentuated with slits up both sides of her dress along with her stiletto heels. Someone\u2019s Dixie Chicken, I thought.<\/p>\n Dude-ititude lessons commenced upon entering CA. We heard whenever the speaker thought it possible in multiple modes, moods and parts of speech as opportunities presented themselves words from surfer culture, pyscho babble du jour, legalisms, scientisms, rap, pop and hip hop music mixed with current techno fad speak.<\/p>\n Stayed at the Navy Postgraduate School Lodge on Monterey. Amenities overflowed — real cloth-towel bathmats, functioning shower head, and voicemail. Dinner at a long ago favorite on Monterey\u2019s Fisherman\u2019s Wharf not up to snuff. Things change.<\/p>\n Coast to Coast Smells of the Road<\/p>\n clover hay dirt Day 12 miscellany and counts:<\/p>\n Daily Windshield Bug Smash Bingo Game winners: no players<\/p>\n Query count as of the end of Day 11:<\/p>\n Where\u2019re you going? \u2013 14 Copyright \u00a9 2001 and 2023 From My Aisle Seat May 2001 Detour Version 1.0 Day 12 \u201cLas Vegas was ruined when the corporations took over from the mafia. Everything\u2019s now too expensive. They\u2019re overwhelmed by the drug trade and gang related crime and shootings,\u201d -ALA MAR\u2019s resident manager (I share his feelings for Vegas\u2019s early 70s version) A flight of pelicans headed south to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25534,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25531\/revisions\/25534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ntook over from the mafia. Everything\u2019s now too<\/strong><\/em>
\nexpensive. They\u2019re overwhelmed by the drug trade<\/strong><\/em>
\nand gang related crime and shootings,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
\n-ALA MAR\u2019s resident manager
\n(I share his feelings for Vegas\u2019s early 70s version)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022123-LIT1-e1677204118444.jpg\")
\nA flight of pelicans headed south to LA; we bikers are headed north to Monterey<\/p>\n
\nfreshly mowed grass
\noverheated radiators smoking breaks
\ncar oil diesel gasoline
\ntar melting snow lavender
\nelectrical storms (scary) pepper
\npine tree oil wild sage & thyme
\nfalling snow wildflowers across the SW USA
\norange groves north of LA peach tree groves in NW Colorado
\ncherry tree groves in northern California
\nocean spray eucalyptus trees
\nmint lilac gardenias strawberries
\nsmoke smell from last year\u2019s Sierra fires
\ncultivated fields of coriander north of LA
\nroadkill
\ndonkey, cattle, pig, chicken stock pens
\nanhydrous ammonia<\/p>\n
\nWhat\u2019s that? (Steve\u2019s Valkyrie) \u2013 5
\nDamsels in distress? \u2013 6<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022123-LIT2-e1677204142433.jpg\")
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