Hippie Killer Hoedown 2012

My plan was to get up Friday morning, have my coffee, get the OL off to work, then head out to Bakersfield to catch up with Jeff and Pablo on their way to the Hippie Killer Hoedown. Then I would ride back home accompanying Pablo on his way back to Redwood city.

When I rolled out of bed at 5:30 the first thing I noticed was a bright flash of lightning, then the roar of thunder and the sound of substantial amounts of rain on the roof of the deck. I went to the kitchen and started making coffee...I heard a ticking sound against the window. I turned on an outside light and saw it...HAIL all over the deck. I took my coffee back to bed.

Jeff and Pablo are heartier souls than I. Things were fine when they left Redwood City, but when they got a little farther south, it turned to shit. They made the rest of the trip through torrential rain, cold and even snow.


Thank God for laundromats with dryers.


Scott brought his new chop down from Grants Pass, Oregon


Thomas rode in from Las Vegas


The Grants Pass crew and their trailer


Bastards hit the road running


Johnny Wolf joins the crew on Saturday