El Centro ride and others pictures.

New Year's Day Polar Bear ride

"Apache Redd".  Check his hand, he just had surgery on it, but you can't keep him off his bike

It's not all about lettuce

Red beans and Rice..with some special secret ingredients.  Doesn't appear to be much left!

Katie, the Domestic Goddess, keeps Jim full of good food!

Sunset on Highway 95

Jim and Katie have been buying this on the internet.  We found it in a local grocery store.

Soup and Salad Lunch potluch.  It was wonderful!

There were 8 selections. All excellent.  I liked the Posole the best.

Marlys checking out the Salads and Desserts

Sunset over the park

Palms over the park swimming pool

January 9th.  Leaving for a lunch ride.  About 69 when we were ready to leave

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White Lightnin' ready to roll

Jim & Katie firing up "Helen".  This VN1500 Classic is an '03 with over 80,000 miles on it.  Still looks and run good.  She just got new shoes too!

Other than a lot of harvesting and sand dunes, there isn't much to see along Interstate 8 in California

Happiness is Jim & Katie in our rear view mirrow.

Imperial Dunes.  If I wasn't so lazy, I'd photoshop out the lines

We've been ridding parallel to the Mexican Border since we left Yuma

Fresh cut hay. The crops get rotated often, getting 3 or 4 different products out of them a year

Huge Hay stacks, covered to keep the dust out.

Some kind of vegetable.  They grow a lot of carrots near here too, but this is probably some kind of lettuce.

Another flock of sheep.  New the restaurant we're going to.

Our destination. Camacho's Place.

Nest time!  Going for the Red.

These portals...........have passed some very influential people, as well as a lot of us common folks.

Presidents, Governors, and Hollywood stars, among others,  Lots of memories here.  The white haired lady on the middle left was the second generation owner.  Mother of Rosie, who has the business now.

This clock has been keeping time backwards for over 50 years.  Still running fine!

All pictures from the US Navy Blue Angles.  When they stop over in El Centro, this has become their favorite place to eat Mexican food. As you can see, they have been stopping by for years/

Rosie, the 3rd Generation owner, oversees the kitchen crew.  She is a "personality plus" kind of lady.  Her grandmother opened this business in 1946, and remains in the family.  Rosie uses most her grandmothers recipes.

We were there for lunch, so ate lite.  My Chili Relleno was a large fresh green chili filled with Jack cheese and dipped in a light and tasty egg batter. The special sauce on it was delicious!

The largest of a couple dining areas.  We arrived just as the lunch crowd was leaving so had our choice of tables.  They were expecting 2 large groups later in the evening.

More like an empanada, this is the Special Quesadilla was large enough for the 4 us us to share. 

A nice canvas painting

The "good old days" of not so long ago

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Where a normal Summer day is 115 degrees or higher, you can be sure these old refrigerators are very important.  These have been installed since the early 50's.

It's January 9th.  I'm sure the Christmas tree will come down when they have time.

Nice T-shirts

Rosie is checking us out at her modern cash register.  Having limited electronics, they aren't set up to take credit cards.

Tommy is Rosie's husband.  He's explaining to Katie that this door they use for security to cover the small entry door came out of the old El Centro railroad depot.  It's on a slide and is very heavy.

Not a replica, this old thermometer has been in use a long time.  It got up to 80 degrees for the ride home. 

Some information about Camacho's Place

Helen and White Lightning.  Jim and I each own 4 motorcycles.  These were the choice of the day. 

Tommy is explaining that before most people had electricity, they came here for ice.  Drive up, blow their horn, and someone would come out and sell them a block of ice to take home to put into their ice box.

This old sign still works.  It's behing the tree that now hides if from the road. There is hopes to restore it someday.

Tommy told us that some people call this tree a Mexicalli Rose (we're only a few miles from Mexicalli). But, we don't think that's what it is.  Not sure.

Depending on the time of year, there are many different crops growing  around here.  The restaurant is not near any close stores or industrial buildings, just farm land.

A good Kawasaki.  She deserved this nice new tire.  Good looking bike!

Little Woolies, about a mile from Comacho's

On the way home.  I'm surprised Jim didn't bring a pair of Arizona Leathers (shorts) to ride home in.  We don't see him in long pants very often.

A Palm tree windbreak

This feed lot smelled like a feed lot!

The All American Canal crossing under I-8.  This canal carries water from the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley for irrigation.  Life giving water to the desert.  We had a nice ride and a good lunch.  Met some nice people too.  This will become a regular destination from now on.