This post is part of a series. The index is here. Now that the front head is installed, we can time the front camshaft. The rear valve train is already timed, so we must time the front cylinder to both the crankshaft and to the rear camshaft. We’ll use a wrench to rotate the engine [...]

Draft #3 of the book is completed. Pre-readers get copies to review, comment on and proof.

There may well be one more photo post, depending on what Don has in his camera. Nodding donkeys along highway 46 How do you tell how happy a biker is? Count the bugs on her windshield!!! A break in King City, where it rained on me for the first time in my entire motorcycle ride. [...]

A break alongside highway 58, before it gets really “interesting”. Wasn’t happy about the gravel riding! 88-carriage Santa Fe train…2 engines at each end. This is where we met Susan and Dick, the riders from Washington who were heading to Tucson on their beautiful Goldwing. A break in Edison, CA. Look, two bikes!

My last view of Arizona, from a gas station near the stateline. I left my raven feathers and stones there as a sort of thank-you gift, as I felt very “looked after” in various ways along the road. Expensive gasoline. Explanation for expensive gasoline.

I promised one more photo post from Santa Fe, and here it is. We went up the nearby mountain to a ski resort which still had enough snow for skiing. This is where Oakwoman and I had our snow angel moment… On the way down, the forest struck me as dense enough to resemble rainforest, [...]

I left at a little past eight in the morning on Friday, and said goodbye to Arizona and Raven’s Roads not long afterwards. I got kind of emotional crossing back into California. I-40 was windy, what a surprise. I had gone from sightseeing mode to just plain arriving mode. I stopped at a middle of [...]

2798.9 by motorcycle And a certain number by car and aeroplane too!

And lo, I am safely back home, and there was much rejoicing. Exhausted, very glad to be here, eager to unpack and settle back in. Two out of three cats have deigned to be located/petted. ;-) :: happy sigh ::