{"id":9613,"date":"2020-08-15T06:32:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T13:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=9613"},"modified":"2020-08-15T06:32:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T13:32:22","slug":"stranded-in-baja-hearst-castle-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/08\/15\/stranded-in-baja-hearst-castle-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded in Baja, Hearst Castle, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9615 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BajaMike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BajaMike.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BajaMike-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every once in a while we do a blog that covers a bunch of topics, and this is one of those times.<\/p>\n<p>Good buddy Mike Huber and his friend Bobbie motorcycled Mexico (Baja, to be specific, almost another country all by itself), and he most recently published an excellent story about being stranded down there by the Covid 19 pandemic.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not often that we recommend another blog, but hey, Mike&#8217;s writing is outstanding and it&#8217;s a great story.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gandhimotorcycle.com\/new-site-word\/2020\/8\/12\/outriding-the-pandemic?fbclid=IwAR2CIvbiMHxLzyTZXVmAacLUhn5YxaM9PG72Mf4n-lwRCbFQ1b8mQK74Ins\">Take a look<\/a>; it&#8217;s very good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/opimedia.azureedge.net\/-\/media\/Images\/MCC\/Editorial\/Articles\/Magazine-Articles\/2020\/09-01\/Rides-and-Destinations-Hearst-Castle-San-Simeon-California\/hearst-castle-jpg.jpg?la=en&amp;hash=227C28D18592C7AAF81949FE522E3337F3EFEF2D\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My favorite motorcycle magazine (that would be <em>Motorcycle Classics<\/em>) sends out marketing emails on a regular basis, and in those emails they include links to past (and sometimes recent) articles.\u00a0 I write for <em>MC<\/em>, and the most recent email that slipped into my inbox included a link to my <em>Destinations<\/em> piece on Hearst Castle.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gandhimotorcycle.com\/new-site-word\/2020\/8\/12\/outriding-the-pandemic?fbclid=IwAR2CIvbiMHxLzyTZXVmAacLUhn5YxaM9PG72Mf4n-lwRCbFQ1b8mQK74Ins\">You might want to read that story<\/a>; I love Hearst Castle.\u00a0 It&#8217;s closed for the pandemic, but the pandemic won&#8217;t last forever.\u00a0 Hearst Castle will be there when it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CSCBaja.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"658\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re having a heat wave (both here in the Peoples Republik of Kalifornia and at Tinfiny Ranch).\u00a0 \u00a0That prompted us to start a piece on riding in extreme heat.\u00a0 \u00a0My first recommendation would be:\u00a0 Don&#8217;t.\u00a0 \u00a0But things don&#8217;t always work out the way you want them to.\u00a0 I once rode the length of Baja on a Mustang replicas with several friends, and due to a lack of research on my part we did the ride in Baja&#8217;s hottest month (and that&#8217;s September).\u00a0 You can read about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ExhaustNotes.us\/Rides.html\">150cc Baja ride through Hell<\/a> here.\u00a0 Do you have any advice for riding in high temperatures?\u00a0 Please share them with us (info@exhaustnotes.us) and we&#8217;ll include your recommendations here on the blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9616\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/160813_3176-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/160813_3176-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/160813_3176-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have more motorcycle, gun and other stuff coming up, including info on Ruger&#8217;s new Custom Shop and their Super GP100 .357 Mag revolver, favored loads in the Henry .45 70 Single Shot, a piece on Turnbull&#8217;s iconic color case hardening and restoration services, a stunning (and tack-driving) Kimber with exhibition grade French walnut, the wrap-up of our ride through the Andes Mountains in Colombia, the Canton Fair, and for you fans of <em>The Ten Commandments<\/em>, making bricks without hay and mortar.\u00a0 And a whole lot more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9618 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CF-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CF-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CF-1-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while we do a blog that covers a bunch of topics, and this is one of those times. Good buddy Mike Huber and his friend Bobbie motorcycled Mexico (Baja, to be specific, almost another country all by itself), and he most recently published an excellent story about being stranded down there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/08\/15\/stranded-in-baja-hearst-castle-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stranded in Baja, Hearst Castle, and more&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[63,352,182,64,84,89,369],"tags":[1329,1191,3,1322,247,1080,1326,1077,1127,1328,1344,555,50,1327,1321,1330],"class_list":["post-9613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baja","category-bmw","category-camping","category-gear","category-guns","category-motorcycle-adventure-ride","category-zongshen","tag-257-roberts","tag-andes-mountains","tag-baja","tag-canton-fair","tag-colombia","tag-covid-19","tag-hearst","tag-henry","tag-henry-45-70","tag-kimber","tag-making-bricks","tag-mike-huber","tag-motorcycle-classics","tag-riding-in-high-temperatures","tag-ruger-custom-shop","tag-ruger-gp100"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9613"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9669,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9613\/revisions\/9669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}