First and Last, by Melvyn Clark

 

Mel at La Fogata, Tecate

Mel at La Fogata, Tecate

As you can see, Mel carries some  gear

As you can see, Mel carries some
gear

When I first met Elden Carl and Pauline Read some four years ago in Mulege, Baja
California, I had a little less than 10,000 miles on my 2003 KLR650. I remember that he
was very scathing of all the gear I was carrying. Little did I realize that after four years I
would ring up out of the blue and that we would meet up again in Tecate when my clock
read exactly 89,999 miles.

I had rung Elden from Ensenada, knowing