JAMIE ROBINSON: The idea behind this week's show is to
escape the hustle and bustle of city life, so I'm here in
the Sequoia National Forest one man, one machine, few
belongings.
Welcome to RideApart.
I just saw you, actually, you guys from the road there.
So can you tell us a little bit about where we are?
BRIAN DE LA CERDA: Yeah.
We are--
I'm kind of timid to say, just because of how
special this place is.
JAMIE ROBINSON: OK, well maybe not, then.
BRIAN DE LA CERDA: No, no, OK.
JAMIE ROBINSON: Sequoia National Forest.
BRIAN DE LA CERDA: Sequoia National Forest.
We're at the middle fork of the river called the Tule, and
the Tule is nestled in the foothills of
the southern Sierra.
JAMIE ROBINSON: So I want to stay as close to the Earth as
I can today.
I really want to camp under the stars, eat local produce.
Could you tell us, recommend maybe where I can
rest my head tonight?
BRIAN DE LA CERDA: 10 miles up the road, there's a huge
monolith called Dome Rock, and Dome Rock is this huge boulder
that tons of climbers come out to experience.
JAMIE ROBINSON: Straight into there?
I'll break my leg.
That was refreshing.
Awesome.
Where else could you do this?
Anywhere else locally that you recommend that
I should aim for?
BRIAN DE LA CERDA: Yeah, so if you continue down the Great
Western Divide Highway, you're going to stumble across this
very famous site, which is called the
Trail of 100 Giants.
JAMIE ROBINSON: So here we are in Ponderosa, population 64.
I've not seen anyone for awhile.
Let's pop indoors, see what local grub I can muster for
tonight, and then it's camping.
It's my first time here.
I am starving.
So what do you recommend, man?
MALE SPEAKER: I recommend bacon ortega burger or bacon
cheeseburger.
JAMIE ROBINSON: Ortega burger?
MALE SPEAKER: Sure.
JAMIE ROBINSON: What's in that?
MALE SPEAKER: It's got bacon, it's got cheese, and it's got
a big ortega chile.
JAMIE ROBINSON: Oh wow.
Is that the recommendation?
MALE SPEAKER: That's the recommendation right there.
JAMIE ROBINSON: I will take you up on it, sir.
MALE SPEAKER: OK.
JAMIE ROBINSON: I dropped lucky tonight.
I thought it could be a cooked noodle, but
instead I get a burger.
Welcome to America, home of the big burger.
I might be on my own, but I've got a full belly, I've ridden
some fantastic roads, and now it's peace and quiet all night
underneath the stars.
Twelve-year-old malt.
So our buddy Brian recommended I come here,
Trail of the 100 Giants.
Here we are.
Let's go check it out.
Holy moley.
So yesterday, we came into the Sequoia National Forest on
this beautiful road.
Then we bumped into Brian.
He said that we had to go to Dome Rock and here to the
giant trees.
We've done that.
We're just going to head south.
Let's see what we can find.
And you know it's going to be good.
Oh no.
Road closed.
Oh well.
23 miles, I can still have some fun in 23 miles.
Oh no.
Oh well.
This one's not.
Just look at this.
It's fantastic.
There's not anybody around, just Mother Nature.
Wow.
What a trip.
I have to say, anybody who's stressed out with city life,
you should just get a motorcycle, because I've just
got just a run of the mill motorcycle here, a fantastic
one from Triumph, but it's not a dual sport, and I'm having
an amazing adventure.
It might only be 48 hours, but it's epic.
Get a motorcycle, get on the road, you'll have a blast.
Do I look like I just woke up?
Because I have.
[YELLING].
It's freezing!
I don't often walk around in my underpants like this.