Every rule in the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook was broken yesterday by two hapless Brits prior to arrival in Ensenada, Mexico. In the morning, whilst innocently posing for pictures of each other in front of billion dollar pieces of weaponry, we were politely informed by the Military Police at MCAS Miramar that we had ridden unhindered onto a secure installation. A rapid exit came forthwith. And in the evening, not having learned this valuable lesson, we proceeded to ride straight through the busiest border crossing in the world disregarding any need to either clear out of one country, clear into the other, temporarily import our vehicles or insure said vehicles into the country of destination. The naively projected 2 hour trip between San Diego and Ensenada transpired to 6 chaotic hours culminating in a ride through the streets of Tijuana, lost, and in the dark of night. Not under any circumstances or for any amount of money on God's great Earth would I like to experience this latter adventure again. And never has a cold beer at the end of a day tasted quite so sweet! TransAmericas officially began at the Mexican border. Everything else prior to this was just horseplay.
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Absolutely crassic, er, CLASSIC!
A pity you'll miss the airshow on 3rd to 5th October.
PS
Every TOPGUN fan knows MIRAMAR is a NAVAL AIR STATION!
You pedantic little b******! I admit that this was a known error but I foolishly assumed that the average Joe wouldn't see it. USAF will be replaced with MCAS.
Indeed the baron is right, TOP GUN is a Naval Air Station. Tomcats etc etc. Perhaps they thought you might try and nick one. I know I would but that's another matter. Interesting to hear of your lost adventures. Had to laugh, although perhaps not at the time. Don't forget that you are a surveyor, so to speak, so will always know where you are...
Enjoy
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Baron, you swine, we'll have tighten up on our blogging now that we know you'll be analyzing/googling everything. Yes, disappointed not to be around for the air show, we quite fancied reenacting Maverick's buzz of the tower. Cheers ears, Matt
P.S Couldn't find the beach volleyball court on Miramar incase you wondered!
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