"Pines to Palms" ride on State Highway 74 - softypapa California adventures - BMW R 1150 GSA

• published: 23 Oct 2014
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California is perhaps best known for her beach communities. Places like San Diego, Santa Monica and San Francisco are known the world over as popular destination points for visitors to the Golden States. However, locals here know there’s wonder to be found inland too, including rugged, snow-capped mountain ranges, breathtaking expanses of desert as well as regions of year-round temperate climate where warm summers and mild winters provide fertile ground for cattle and horse ranches as well as farms producing bumper crops of climate-sensitive produce such as avocados, oranges and vineyards of wine and table grapes. The travel and adventure possibilities in Southern California are especially ample, and a drive of only an hour in any direction from Los Angeles can take the explorer through amazing scenery and landscapes which transition within minutes through drastic shifts in elevation. One of the most extreme examples of such change is the swift and complete decent from high mountains to low desert along the famous “Pines to Palms” Highway, more formally known as California State Highway 74. This well-engineered road drops from the regions below San Jacinto Peak (10,834 ft. 3,302 m) to the sub sea level desert playa surrounding the Salton Sea (-234 ft. -71.3m) over a relatively short distance. The views from the road are breathtaking and the mountain and desert scenery quite diverse and breathtaking. The road terminates in the upscale community of Palm Desert, where imported water has reclaimed a unique and upscale community from the desert sands. Come with me now for a twenty minute motorcycle descent and adventure along one of California’s premier motoring venues and into one of California’s most affluent communities. ---- My name is Kurt Bell and I am delighted that you have taken some time to share a little of the experience of life with me. I'm available on social media at the links below and can be reached via email at dinnerbytheriver@gmail.com Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/softypapa Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LylesBrother On Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/109050782163582511388/posts Instagram: http://instagram.com/softypapa LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kurt-bell/b/416/754 My blog: http://softypapa.wordpress.com ---- THE PATH OF WILDNESS The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the wind A beast's track through the brush And the direction of our first inclination The Path of Wildness is an answer and response to a prescribed way of life which may leave some individuals with a sense that their living is little more than a series of pre-determined, step-like episodes between birth and death. The stages of living between these events: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthood and senior are themselves natural and in accord with the needs of the species and most individuals. Many find their satisfaction in living this course and to these individuals I have little or nothing to say. Others though long for something more; something innate, genetic and seemingly calling. Adventure and change can give a degree of satisfaction and relief yet even these may seem too tame. To those who feel drawn to something beyond the entertainment and stimulation of senses I offer a walk along The Path of Wildness. Don't bother penciling the event in your schedule, preparing a pack with goodies and supplies or even inviting a friend along, for this experience is along the course of your first inclination and you must surely always go alone. Learn more about The Path of Wildness here: http://wp.me/P5A2F-As ==== CHANNEL CREDITS "Japanese Falls" image by the artist Lane Brown. See more of Mr. Brown's work at the following URL: http://lanebrownart.blogspot.com/p/portfolio.html Channel Theme Music "Song For Kurt" used with permission by Nowherians. Discover more about the artist and their music here: http://nowherians.bandcamp.com/