The adventure started in Seattle.
Fellow scuba diver, Kris, turned me onto these guys he grew up with who loved to ride motorcycles. Kris and Albert were neighbors and hung around together in the formative years. Albert's dads name is Mike McRae. Mike and Albert have been riding motorcycles for years.Motorcycles are Mikes life. He owns about 50 of them. In his garage he swaps engines, does rebuilds, and keeps his collection running. Tyson is Mike's stepson. Mike, Albert, and Tyson all rode ATK's for the trip.
Below is a photo of Albert (on left) and his dad (Mike) doing wheelies comming out of a vado* at 60 MPH. If you know what you are doing, it is not dangerous. These guys know their stuff.
* A vado is a dip in the road helps channel the runoff from flash floods across the road. Vados are normally concrete on dirt or asphalt roads. The vados on undeveloped roads are merely sand and dirt washouts and need to be tranversed with care.