{"id":6820,"date":"2019-12-06T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T00:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=6820"},"modified":"2019-12-06T16:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T00:07:26","slug":"death-valley-the-prelude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/death-valley-the-prelude\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley:  The Prelude"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6821\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6821\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_8171_0642-800-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_8171_0642-800-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_8171_0642-800-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leaving Death Valley headed to Shoshone, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I just returned from a road trip and our last day was in Death Valley, California.\u00a0 I&#8217;m embarrassed to admit that I had lived in California for more than 30 years before I ever made the trek to Death Valley (that first trip was on my KLR 650).\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been there five times now, traveling on different bikes and in different cars.\u00a0 Death Valley is probably my favorite California destination.\u00a0 I thought I would do a blog about this latest trip and then I realized:\u00a0 Death Valley is a story that takes more than a single blog.\u00a0 To get things started, here&#8217;s a link to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorcycleclassics.com\/classic-motorcycle-touring\/death-valley-california\">Destinations piece I did on Death Valley<\/a> 11 years ago for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorcycleclassics.com\/classic-motorcycle-touring\/death-valley-california\"><em>Motorcycle Classics<\/em><\/a> magazine. \u00a0 There&#8217;s lots more coming, folks, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Want to stay up to speed on the latest ExNotes rumblings?\u00a0 Subscribe here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-32730\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-32730\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"32730\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6820\" data-token=\"613716879b62873d9e4626ef2d6f247a\" data-token-time=\"1792798623\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" >Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-32730-field_1-container { position: absolute !important; 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