LV by night

Some pics

Walking LV

Walking in LV. A group of kayak, this is cool. May be this is the headquarters of the travel company kayak.com. Just kidding it is not

Hotel Cosmopolitan 

I do not remember the name of this one...

And this hotel I recall it has something to do with Italy 

And this one too

I have seen this city somewhere during the other coast to coast, but the name is slipping my mind

LV Outlet and finally food

Leaving Aria to go to LV Outlets. Have never been there before even thought I went to LV multiple times

Quick stop at the food court, the food court sprays that disgusting water to cool down the place. That is awful.
I need to buy a few items I did not bring with me initially, such as a pair of sweat short and most importantly swimming trunks (which I forgot to bring with me...)

Aria... Di casa mia

Very nice and huge. I need GPS to guide me back to the lobby
Checked in al hotel Aria. Proprio bello e grande. Ho bisogno del GPS per tornare alla lobby

Bikes rest today. Le moto oggi riposano

It looks like the room of George Clooney in Ocean 11. Or almost...

Day 3 Beatty NV / Las Vegas NV: 30 Miles To Las Vegas

30 miles from Las Vegas. It is hot but dry, perhaps more than 100 F. That's my bike sun bathing and asking "please put me in the shade, I am melting..."

Last miles to Vegas and desert of course. And my finger on the upper left corner of the picture

Tesla In Beatty?

Questo fara' contento Mario che ammira la Tesla. A Beatty ho trovato le charging stations della Tesla, peccato che non ci arrivi da SF fino a qui, se non ti porti le Duracel nel bagagliaio. Infatti non ho visto nessuna Tesla per strada e in paese...

Not sure why there are Tesla charging stations in this small town in the middle of the desert. The point is that this place is too far from SF and unless you have loaded the trunk with a tom of Duracel, you do not stand a chance to get down here. I do not get it...

Dinner At Beatty

What do you laugh gargoyle?
Faccia da schiaffi

Finally I put my teeth on some food. I was so hungry! The Elena and Lela have given up and stayed at the hotel. The boys had dinner here, the place has three tables. One table us and the other two tables... Italians. This is the time of the year Italians have abandoned the country and gone in vacation

Bought a new helmet, like it?

Beatty NV

Forgotten small town in the desert. This place is relatively near Death Valley NP and it is the reason there are a few hotels. The town is like a ghost town. In fact, July is no season for the Death Valley. It is too hot down there with temperature easily above 115 F, And if I am not mistaken is closed to RV and motorcycle traffic

Un posto in c... alla balena 

Nevada Eccoci Qua / Nevada We Are Coming

This section of today stage concern me. It is 130 mi long and I do not know my bike gas range.
Questo  pezzo di strada mi preoccupa perché sono 130 miglia e non so bene la autonomia della moto

It is so beautiful and remote

The big sky and open space. Love it. 

Robi & Lela

Resting, Mauri & Elena

Yucca tree

Last 50 miles to Beatty NV

Highway 120 And Tioga Pass

Today, we rode Highway 120 and Tioga pass. One of my favorite ride.

Clouds Rest far behind. It is the tallest peak in Yosemite

Tenaya Lake far back

Tioga pass, the road leading to Lee Vining and Mono Lake

Bambolona at Tioga pass

Leaving Yosemite, Got Stung By A Wasp. / Lasciamo Yosemite E Mi Faccio La Bua

Lasciamo Yosemite e mi ha punto una vespa, ahio 

Leaving Yosemite and got bitten by a wasp. Crap... A couple of bees managed to fly into my jacket and perhaps not happy of riding style one of them got angry and bite me. The bitch

Day 2 (Yosemite NP CA / Beatty NV): Going to Nevada

Ready for day two. Loading the bikes

Today, it is 280 miles mostly in the Nevada desert. Last night, it has been kind of crazy becuase near the lodge there are no restourant or shops and Robi and I had to go back to the valley and to the general store for some food

Secondo giorno, oggi sono 280 miglia più della metà nel deserto del Nevada 

Yosemite Valley Panoramic

Yosemite the beautiful 

Yosemite NP

Leaving SF. A view of The city from Angel island. The very same of two years ago

Lasciamo SF. La città vista da Angel Island 

On the road to Yosemite, a gas station with Pokemon sign

Sulla strada per Yosemite una gas station con un cartello di Pokemon mania

A rest stop along the way

Una pausa lungo la strada 

Entering Yosemite

Entriamo nel parco nazionale di Yosemite

The valley

La valle di Yosemite

Hello
Saluti

Day 1 (San Francisco CA / Yosemite NP CA): Via!

Leaving to SF to meet Robi, Mauri, Lela and Elena

Vado a SF a incontrare gli altri Robi, Mauri, Lela e Elena

Here we are at dubbleju

Eccomi a Dubbelju 

Elena e Mauri

Relaxing

Mi guardo il film (Indiana Jones raiders of the lost ark) in piazza e mi rilasso un po'. Oggi al lavoro giornata da dimenticare, come sempre il giorno prima delle ferie. Poi magari torno dal C2C e non ho più il posto...

Watching Indiana Jones movie in RWC square and trying to relax. Today at work was awful as usually is the last day before vacation. Maybe the last day period, because I might not have a job when I will be back

9/28 La Vigilia / The Eve

Ci siamo 24 ore alla pertenza. Maurizio e Elena sono gia' qui a SF. Roberto e Lela per fortuna all'ultimo minuto hanno risolto i problemi di volo e arrivano a SF tra poche ore.
Domani ci vediamo a da dubbelju dopo le 9:00 e poi via! Tappa breve ma sara' molto caldo ora qui sulla costa ci sono 92F/33C, ma a Yosemite ci sono sicuramente 10 gradi in piu'.

Finally 24h to the D-Day. Maurizio and Elena are already here in SF. Roberto and Lela luckily solved the flight problems and will be arriving in few hours at SF tonight,
Tomorrow the meeting point is at dubbelju after 9:00AM and then go! Short stage, but it will be very hot. Right it is 92F/33C and Yosemite (our destination) is at least 10 degrees higher.

Moto Pronta / Bike Ready

I have loaded all my stuff on the bike. One case is empty for Yen.
Yesterday I helped Gianfranco to pick up the new bike in Reno. And then we did a day tour of 600 miles. Warming up for next week, so I know what is looking for me...

Caricato la moto ed è pronta.
Ieri ho aiutato Gianfranco a prendere la moto nuova Reno, al ritorno abbiamo allungato. Abbiamo fatto 600 miglia in giornata, un anticipo per settimana prossima 

7 Giorni Alla Partenza

Sette sono i giorni che mancano alla partenza. Settimana prossima a quest'ora siamo già in strada. Il bagaglio è hai dettagli finali. Tranne la chiave di accensione di scorta. Non ho il PIN e non si riesce a clonare. La Guzzi ha settato il PIN, ma non mi danno aiuto. Quelli di Munroe il concessionario Guzzi a SF e la Guzzi USA fanno orecchio da mercante. Complimenti per l'ottimo servizio clienti.

Seven days to the start. All is good.
So far, I managed to avoid to be run over but some crazy driver (just barely). Only yesterday I was almost hit by two cars at different times, both running a red light. All is normal, I should say. Typically injuries or illness happen just before vacations. Lela knows something about it. She just broke her arm, hopefully she'll recover in time.

Back to the point, gears are ready more or less. But for the Guzzi backup key. I do not have the PIN number of my Guzzi and the key can't be cloned. The bike was a Guzzi demo and Guzzi did set the PIN originally, but they are not willing to help.  Monroe Motors and specially Guzzi USA haven't been helpful at all. Outstanding customer satisfaction, just kidding clearly. These electronic keys are just troubles for the bike owners, because for a professional thief are a piece of cake,

Le mie 5 preferite

Ecco le mie preferite.

Io non sono esterofilo quando si parla di moto e macchine. Perche' penso che le creazioni italiane hanno quel mix giusto di tecnologia e design che giapponesi e tedeschi non hanno.

Prima, MV Agusta F4 1000. Non poteva essere diversamente, e non sono solo io a pensarlo. Infatti e' universalmente riconosciuta come la piu' bella di sempre. E io sono fortunato ad averene una. Un sogno






Seconda, Ducati 916. Un altra creazione di quel genio di Tamborini. Facciamogli un monumento per giove a quest'uomo. Altro che a Garibaldi









Terza, Honda CBR 750 Four. Questa non e' una moto italiana, pero' questa Honda e' proprio bella. E' la moto con la M maiuscola









Quarta, Laverda 750 SF. Un altra moto di quegli anni gloriosi per le moto e putroppo inripetibile.

Quinta, Moto Guzzi V7 Sport. Siamo ancora negli anni 70. E un'altro gioiello italiano