Salton Sea, California

Meet Gary Jackson, on the right. Gary has been sponsoring a little get together at the Salton Sea for a few years. This year we were given the chance to attend since we are in the Las Vegas area, 300 miles north of the rally site. We were ready to go early Friday morning and hit the road by 7:00 AM. We took the familiar route to Needles Ca., then to Vidal Junction. We took a breather at Vidal and ended up visiting with a couple on a Goldwing for nearly an hour. We took a back road over to Desert Center where we waited 1 1/2 hours for a breakfast that was crap. Horrible food, cold toast, mummified hash browns and bacon that was still quivering. We arrived at the Rally site at 3:30 or so.

We were surprised to find a whole bunch of familiar faces!!! YAY, Murry Olson (Above, originally from Casper Wyo.) Bill Snyder, Steve-O, Reed B., Noel T., Bert & Lisa, Jimmy Tank, Brian P. Alex, to name a few. Our old friend Scotty Bonnar, whom we hadn't seen for 8 years or so. We love Scotty. #1 B. Jan Hoffman showed up Saturday. We just had a great time visiting and sharing camaraderie with all the Airhead Family! Spent time visiting with other folks. It's great to get acquainted with familiar faces of folks you don't know well. I always learn lots of tips on BMW's, Electronic gadgets, camping gear, etc, etc.

I didn't really get a "head" count but there must have been over 40 people there. The Mecca Beach site is a serene, beautiful area. Nice sand beaches and huge numbers of birds. The temperatures were a miserable 85 in the afternoon and a fridged 60 degrees at night. Pretty tough to take!

The campsite had numerous tables and shower facilities 50 feet away. A great little Mexican Store was just up the road with all the staples one could need. The sun sets were awesome......(next post)......