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Her name was actually Renee but I called her Pandora because of her Porche Boxster, we met, duelling on the freeway…just like a worm, parts in the middle are perfectly motionless while other bits accelerate …but the system is fantastic, freeways get you a long way, very quickly…just don’t miss your turn off…aarrgghhh…hours later… the striated concrete often runs askew to the lane markings, (the striations made by a roadworker with St Vitus’ Dance dragging a huge rake down the line of the freeway, roughly) and at high speed, and with constant buffeting, gusseting turbulence, hazardous!…but the signage is great, but sometimes disconcerting, a huge electronic sign on the freeway advises a child abduction and gives details of the car involved!…..but once off the main routes, the signage is often missing…..I did an 80 mile loop trying to follow a back road this morning!…

IT’S ALIVE!!….Opening up Pandora’s Boxster on the LA Freeway

Bill Shum
2006-08-21 17:04:36

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getting worse, and cold….grip heaters on all day, I stop the night as the rain gets serious, another little backwater, the most amazing thing about this coast is the lack of development!!…pretty much isolated little rural towns, odd housing dotted along the coast, no real estate advertising, no billboards, no fast-food outlets, not even that ubiquitous Scottish hamburger chain, like nothing has changed in 100 years…so why all the gringo developments down south?? ..38 million people in California and this pristine coast is largely uninhabited..??

While riding I am constantly contemplating the dichotomy of the USA, just can’t leave it alone…as those of you who know me well know, I have never been shy in my critical view of the US, after all, they are all “seppos” to me!..but I am changing my view, I am getting to really like this country, it is so fantastic in so many ways….notwithstanding the other side, I am seriously considering a longer time here, seeing more of the country, the natural beauty is as good as anywhere and so many of the people a surprise.

I got thru’ to Seattle around midday and found my way directly to the Pike’s Place market and the famous fish place….I used to show a motivational video of this place…and here I am…fantastic, and it’s just like the vid…I have a chat to the guys, take some pix….for my IPA colleagues, this was soo cool!!

Outside, I meet 3 Brasilian guys with BMWs, one just like mine!!…we share one of the most fantastic moments of sharing experiences that only fellow bike travellers know, we meet for such short periods and have so many shared experiences, an instant bonding, and then never seen again…they tell me Vancouver is only a few hours away so I push on…wanting to get to Canada….but Seattle did have a really good feel to it..must try and San Fransiscoget back there...

A long queue at the frontera but after a while the border guy waves me to the front..must be a bike rider, or at least aware that I’m going to overheat in the queue…straightforward crossing and I’m in!!..Whoo hoo…..and Vancouver, fantastic...I think this is going to be a cool place to hang out for a few days...

Here the finals of the ice hockey are underway, the small size of the field accentuated by the Michelin-man-like players, bulked up huge, whacking a tiny puck around, I have trouble following it, very violent, yeah, yeah, time to puck off.
I’m still waking at 6am every morning for the first World Cup game and sometimes the rest…good timing….and manana Our Game against Brasil…omg…should be awesome…ok, that’s all f-folks…