Anza Borrego Desert Motorcycle Road Trip

My neighbor is a motorcycle fanatic as I am, so we decided it was time for a motorcycle camping trip a few weeks back. He recently ended up with a nice Suzuki V-Twin bike and has been personalizing it with some minor repaints, saddle bags, upgrades.
We decided to camp for 2 nights and camp at local desert Hot Springs in the Anza Borrego area.
I decided to ride the old Gold Wing since it had been "down" for a few months with a broken ignition system. The "Dyna" Ignition sensors were replaced a few weeks ago.

We stopped for a quick break at a rest area....a truck driver had the road blocked as he high centered his trailer.

DUH......

Gold Wing in "travel mode"

We stuck to back roads whenever possible but had to ride 30 miles of Interstate as there was no alternative. Followed the Mexican Border into California.

       A pull off spot along the road....not sure what this "over view" area was.

Border Patrol pull a "Drag" through the sand every day. This obliterates foot prints / tire tracks in the sand so they can monitor "fresh" activity.

Mexico in the distance

Historical Marker

Another "break" along S-2 in the Anza Borrego Desert

 We kept the day's ride fairly short and took a camping spot at Agua Caliente, a San Diego County Park with a Hot Springs. We spend nearly every New Years Eve here with our BMW Airhead Club. We enjoyed the Hot Springs...planned on revisiting in the evening but they closed to pool after 5:00 pm during weekdays....sad.

My riding partner is a true minimalist camper....ground sheet / little wood burning stove. 

I prefer a tent....and when I took it down in the morning a knarly looking huge centipede was under the tent. I've found large scorpions under my tent in the past....I'll keep using the tent!

The Marine Corp had a few choppers in the area. they were busy all night. In the middle of the night, I heard what sounded like a freight train approaching.....all of a sudden a huge blast of wind hit, then subsided as it traveled away. This happened numerous times in the night. My partner's open campsite was blown all over and he ended up moving a few feet for more of a wind break.

Off to an early start on day 2, and ran into a snow flurry on our intended route. Had to reroute our ride. Wasn't going to ride into a snow storm. 

Road side break at Box Canyon

Followed a little faint trail up the hill and it led to a couple of old stone out houses....with a view.

 We altered our route due to inclement weather ahead, I led us on a route which I had never ridden.

The untraveled route ended up being a great twisty road leading to Borrego Springs Ca.

Stopped in Borrego Springs and found a great Mexican Cafe for an early lunch. Also saw a lot of old vintage bikes running around. Later we found that there was a vintage motorcycle gathering that weekend. 

Had a great 3 day ride...I had a few more photos but my camera "lost them" somehow....lol

Planning another short trip this coming weekend....Sunday / Monday. Going to visit a Rail Road Museum!