California Coast Motorcycle Ride: Gualala to Westport

[@RobertMerz]

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[@NedBeasley]

Another awesome ride. Thanks for taking me along with you through your wonderful videos. I can't wait until your next trip.

[@j38bud]

Thanks for sharing your travel. Hwy 1 is on my list of must rides.

[@chuckbayman]

you keep putting out these wonderful videos an i will keep watching them.great job!

[@jackg6078]

great ride Robert as usual. beautiful scenery. i am jealous wish i could ride along.

[@snowygirl131]

Great job! Thanks for creating this.

[@rcabanas10]

Nice vid.. love this drive.

[@RobertMerz]

Thank you!

[@GW-og4us]

hi robert and wife.I've been watching your vids lately they bring back fond memories.i got my first road bike in 82 the first trip was down to the bay area.came back through Napa and all the way up the coast through redwoods crescent city to grants pass love that vid.have you been to port angles then up to hurricane ridge nice ride also went across to Vancouver Island.thanks again.like your ride i have a vstar 1100 classic . I'll be watching 😎

[@RobertMerz]

+Paul Turrentine Hi Paul. Glad you are enjoying the vids. I have not ridden through Port Angeles, but I hear that the area is nice. Vancouver Island certainly is and we will have to take our bike over to those areas sometime. Yamaha builds some fine machines and the vstar is a great bike that will serve you well.

[@aprasad1981]

Gotta do the ride on a rainy day (Not on a bike though). Its a completely different scenic drive. Great Video!

[@danonthegas]

love it. Dan..Brisbane

[@mrclean28h]

Just for fun I have made a GPX file for the entire Route 66 Chi- Santa Monica broken down by 11 days. If interested I plan to share it so others can ride it if desired. I could not find a Route 66 out there with all info but I complied it with a spreadsheet

[@RobertMerz]

Hi George. That is probably not something I would ever use, however I would share it on my Facebook page, Dry Rock Studios for others if you wish.

[@mrclean28h]

Once out of FB Jail I will send them to you to share as well I will drop my email if they want the spreadsheets. I plan to go plus other rides as I retire in Sept

[@RobertMerz]

Okay, thanks George

[@elizabethmarins3802]

Lugar lindo amo os teu vídeo beijo

[@RobertMerz]

+Elizabeth Marins Good to hear that you are enjoying the vids!

[@00dylanger00]

love how you put the state of California up along with the video while connecting the cities with a line along the way. how did you do it?

[@RobertMerz]

Glad you like. It is a time consuming job to do the map. I start by free hand drawing the road on adobe illustrator. I capture the drawing with a screen capture program. I then use adobe premiere pro to edit this screen capture movie and render it to a usable mpeg. Later when I am editing the travel clips in premiere pro I overlay the map on top of the bike footage, reduce the opacity, and add the tags. The next season will be slightly different, with the map overlay not dulling the colors of the bike footage by using a different overlay technique. Those videos will start coming available in about a month. Hope you check them out!

[@00dylanger00]

Thank you for your time in responding. I'd like to do something similar in the future.