From Bears to Cowboys // Dels ossos als Cowboys

 On our way to Monument Valley since the last time we posted we passed down through Utah, a fabolous state full of natural wonders, one of them being the Canyonlands National Park. We decided to stay in Monticello, a small mormon town (...5 minutes into the checking in process in a motel they tried to convert us!!),  from where we did a 4 hour hike to into the National Park.  The walk was absolutely amazing, a pity that we ran out of water of the way back so what it started as an idillic but hot adventure walk between gorges and canyons ended up as something out of the french foreigh legion, all we were missing was some crazy french officer screaming

MARCH OR DIE! to us as we were making our way back to the bike!!  That evening we heard there was a rodeo in town, so we decided to go. We looked like total aliens, everybody in the audience wore cowboy boots and hats, but turn out to be a very enjoyable and entertaining  evening. We also like to say a special hello to Curt and Marta,  a lovely couple who we met in Monticello and we would liked to have spent more time with, and we are sure we will some time in the future.

 

Quan anàvem cap a Monument Valley  a travès de Utah, un estat fabulòs ple de meravellles naturals, ens vam trobar amb el Parc Nacional de Cayonlands. Vam decidir quedarnos a Monticello, un petit poble de Mormons (...nomès 5 minuts de fer el checking a un motel ja van intentar convertir-nos al mormonisme!!), desde on vam fer una excursió a peu d’unes 4 hores al Parc Nacional. Va ser increïble, la pena es que ens vam quedar sense aigua a la tornada, aixi que el que va començar com a una aventura idilica entre gorges i canons va acabar sent 

com una escena de la Legion, nomès ens faltava un legionario cridant-nos CAMINA O MUERE! mentre intentàvem arrivar fins a on teniem la moto aparcada!! Aquella mateixa nit ens vam enterar de que havien montat un Rodeo al poble i vam decidir anar-hi.  Cantàvem com una almeja al voltant de tot el poble vestit amb bote i barrets de cowboy, però ens ho vaam passar molt be. Tambè volem dir hola al Curt i la Marta, una parella molt maca que vam conèixer a Monticello, i amb la que voldriem haver passat mes temps i que segur tornarem a veure ben aviat.

One day we met a man called John Patrick O’Sullivan, a GS rider who put us in contact with Dan Toporoski, another  GS rider with a load of touring experience who via email gave us a fantastic route through Monument Valley, Glen Canyon, Bryce Canyon all the way to the south rim of the Grand Canyon and through secondary roads and small country towns practically all the way to San Diego, where the landscape changes from trees, mountains and rivers in the north of the country to rocks, cactus and sand dunes here in the south.  It was definetely of the highlights of the trip so far, so thanks to John and specially Dan to take the time out to email us with all the info.

Durant aquests dies vam conèixer al John Patrick O’Sullivan,  un motero de BMW GS (com la nostra), que ens  va posar en contacte amb el Dan Toporoski, un altre motero de GS’s  amb molta experiencia  de viatge que ens va enviar per email molta informació sobre rutes des del Monument Valley, Glen Canyon, Bryce Canyon fins a la part sud del Grand Canyon, tot a través de carreteras secundarias i pobles petits fins a San Diego, on el paisatge canvia des d’arbres, montanyes i rius al nord del païs a roques, cactus i dunes al sud. Fins ara ha estat de lo mitllor del viatge, aixi que gràcies al Dan per passar-nos tota la informaciò. 

We are now stopped in San Diego where the bike is being serviced and we are getting a break too. Hope to be heading for the Mexico border Saturday or Sunday.  We finally got to meet Dan Toporoski this evening, a true fountain of knowledge of all things Mexican and Guatemalan and very helpful man who is gone out of his way to help us. 

And that’s all for now, next time we post it will be from Mexico, so adios  y suerte muchachos!!!

Ara som a San Diego, on la moto està passant una revisió i nosaltres també descansem. Esperem creuar cap a Mexico aquest cap de setmana. Finalment hem conegut a Dan Toporski, una veritable font de experiencia sobre Mèxic i Guatemala, i ens esta ajudant molt en tot.

I això es tot, la propera vegada que escribim serà des de Mèxic, adios y suerte muchachos!!!