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First two trips were on the Savage, two trips on the Scoot. Leave Home about 8:30 pm, into Joshua Tree National Park, southern entrance:
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(Using my SmartPhone!)

Putting northward, doing 30-35 mph, about 2am, stopped for a cup of tea. Same place as last year: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.00117,-116.04979 A bit tired, laid down for a snooze, woke just before sunrise. Had another cup and tea and packed the stuff back on the scoot:
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Continuing, stopped to see the moon setting:
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Me and a long shadow as the sun rises, and you can just see the moon touching the mountain:
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And finally out the Northwest exit of the Park:
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13 hours, 385 miles, 5.057 gallons (76+ mpg)
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Beautiful! That's a trip I'd love to do.
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What great photos! Thanks for sharing! And forgive my ignorance, Joshua Tree is in California????
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Just east of Los Angeles.

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Roughly 115 miles from home to a 24-hour Truck Stop in Palm Springs, 140 miles to and through the Park and back to the Palm Springs, and 115 miles back home.
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I like seeing these ride outs people post. Makes me very envious. Great pictures.
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Beautiful scenery....love dawn light!
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Thank youse. I gotta go back in the fall in daytime. I is a senior and I get free entrance to National Parks and Monuments.
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Great scenery! As nice as it is here now, I bet you wouldn't trade for our February. The best thing about being retired is the time to travel at all times of the year. I would love to take the scoot to your area someday.
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I need to go to New England in the Fall.
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Pretty awesome!!!
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Thanks for posting! LOVE Joshua Tree National Park. And for anyone else who might be in that area, Route 62 heading east away from Joshua Tree/Twenty-nine palms is one of the most magnificent stretches of road I have ever ridden. Around 110 miles through the south tip of the Mojave to Parker, Arizona (we were coming east to west on the Cannonball). There is nothing but desert and distant mountain ranges around you, and a little ghost town called Rice, California right about smack dab in the middle. Exhilarating on a scooter.
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