Getting treated in San Clemente
Had some porridge for breaky and then packed up. We drove back to San Clemente to meet Roger. David had met him somewhere in California and Roger said to drop in. So we did. We had to wait for Roger. When he arrived he showed us around his company and his two bikes (BMW R1200GS, BMW HP2).
He then took us for lunch to the marina. Really good food and a few beers. We then drove up to the shop where they prepare his Baja race truck. Pretty mental machine, very high tech.
On the drive back to the company he said that he didn’t really have space in his house but he could put us up in a hotel if we wanted to stay. We gladly accepted and it would give us a chance to met Roger for some beers later. When he asked my name earlier I said: Marko as in Marco Polo and he went Roger as in “Over and out” so between David and myself we started referring to him as “over and out”. Checked into the hotel and lounged around for a bit. Turned out Roger couldn’t make it for drinks so we went for something to eat and then went to a bar called Mulligans - according to Roger they shot parts of “Jaws” there.
It was strange without the bikes because it wasn’t as easy to get into conversation. Without the bikes we were just two wankers with funny accents. Had a few pitchers when a nice blond walks by and smiles at us. Ok. She walks by 10 - 15 minutes later grabs my hand and says “Let’s go”. Not sure what to make of that. Never happens. Anyway followed to the smoking area outside. No reaction from her but this guy comes up to me and goes “Where you following my girl?” I thought now thats trouble. Turned out the guy was a) not with her and b) just looking for a fight. When he didn’t get a reaction from me or David he got fighting with his girlfriend. His mates had to drag him outside where the whole spiel continued for a while.
Day 178
9. October 2009
Start: Cleveland National Forest, USA
End: San Clemente, USA
Miles today: 29
Miles total: 17715
Odometer: 610
Bike Dropped: 5
Speeding Tickets: 1