Moto "camping"

[pdedse]

Yes, very pretty scenery.

If you go riding with an inexperienced rider you have to expect you are going to have to slow down, or he is either going to get lost behind you or crash. Especially if he is riding a Harley.

The trick, and it's hard, is to find a riding buddy that rides at your pace and likes the kind of roads you do.

True. I've been "that other rider"...did a TX to Guatemala to Oregon trip on my KLR650 a few years back. I'm more of the "stop to smell the roses" type--particularly on the out-bound part of a long distance trip, and my friend was more itinerary driven, wanting to get to point B each day.

It was fine while driving hiways in MX...we found a balance after a few days, but once we hit the off-road riding in Belice and Guatemala, I was made aware of just how good he was off-road, and how cautious I am on unknown dirt-mud-rock roads in the middle of nowhere.

At one point I simply encouraged him to take off and have fun and if he got to unmarked forks in the road...to wait for me...or take them. Don't know how we ended up finding each other on a few occasions (no working cell service), but we always agreed to meet at an end-of-the-day-destination town if we missed each other.

Later in the trip, he did recognize that my slower pace may have saved our lives...we stopped for a photo I wanted and just minutes after continuing we came across a mudslide that took out several vehicles that passed us while we were stopped.