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Adventure riding short rides and BS thread

slackmeyer said:
It was. Summer just doesn't want to start this year though.

Leaving tomorrow at the crack o' dawn to ride the 640 up to washington- won't have time for much dirt, but I always like riding through the oregon desert anyway. Hopefully it doesn't rain the whole way.

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Wow! Thanks for the photos, Zak :) I love that area up there by Dinkey Creek. The bags are looking good, too. How'd they perform for you?

You're right about summer being late in arriving, as we got snowed on at least once a day during our Memorial Day week up on the Oregon/Nevada border. The 610 was grooving on the knobbies :teeth

Have fun and be safe on your way to WA. Are you going through Bend?
The central part of OR where you've got desert on one side and mountains on the other is really neat-o.




WoodsChick
 
Eric and I spent the Memorial Day week prowling the deserts up near the Nevada/Oregon border. We got snowed on more than I care to remember, but we were geared up and prepared so we had a fantastic time anyway :)

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The snow/rain never lasted too long so we had a chance to thaw out...
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We found some new springs...
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We ran into the drunken pilots again, much to our delight :party
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We hit High Rock Canyon...
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more...
 
Found some new cabins...
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Reached a new milestone of sorts...
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And just had a great time in general...
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Can't wait to go back in September :)
 
We heard they had delicious burritos at Toll House so went to investigate further.

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Apparently, if you're a redneck from Tennessee, it's normal protocol to fire up the chainsaw at 8am to cut logs at the campground.

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This crazy guy was flying his plane down the river canyon about 150ft above the water.

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slackmeyer said:
This is meant to be a general purpose adventure riding thread, a repository of random photos of rides not worthy of elaborate reports, a place to mention great rides that you didn't take any good pictures of, a place to get advice or give advice about camping, road conditions, gear, etc ...
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... that time of year for me to be thinking of Baja ... usually
a winter trip for us ... :ride

Our camping spot east of the fish camp near Malarrimo on the Bahia de Sebastian Viscaino ... winter, early 2009 ...

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Riding on the playa leaving Bahia San Hipolito …

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… pumping tires for road out of Bahia Tortugus …

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Our private cove on Punta Chivato …

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… on the road to the San Rafael fish camp, south of Bahia de los Angeles …

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… camping on the Sea of Cortez on the way to the San Rafael fish camp …

... hoping (and planning) to head back to Baja, soon ...
(just not wrenching on my bike ...) :laughing
 
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Thanks for the thread revival, John! :thumbup

I'd sort of forgotten about this thread! I miss Luckett. I never see Todd post up anywhere, either. Of course, I'm not posting up on ADV like I used to, either…


Thanks for the photos, John!




WC
 
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+1000! I'd much rather regret something I have done, than something I haven't.
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... god bless Double-D ... I'd love to spend three days at the
Geologists Cabin during stormy weather ... :ride

Todd started a kind of bay-area dual-sport BS thread
on ADV I still try to use ...

... some wonderful pics in this thread and a great
call-to-action message ... I'm hoping to get to
the Grand Canyon and Nevada in two different trips
in 2017, and southern Utah and CO in a "wander-west"
style trip in 2018 ... we'll see ... :laughing

... someone I know blew her back out this
season and is talking about selling her KLR ...
ride while you can ... :nchantr

see you around
the campfire,
-- SFMCjohn
 
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SFMCjohn said:
... god bless Double-D ... I'd love to spend three days at the
Geologists Cabin during stormy weather ... :ride

Todd started a kind of bay-area dual-sport BS thread
on ADV I still try to use ...

... some wonderful pics in this thread and a great
call-to-action message ... I'm hoping to get to
the Grand Canyon and Nevada in two different trips
in 2017, and southern Utah and CO in a "wander-west"
style trip in 2018 ... we'll see ... :laughing

... someone I know blew her back out this
season and is talking about selling her KLR ...
ride while you can ... :nchantr

see you around
the campfire,
-- SFMCjohn
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I've never been to the Grand Canyon......:x
 
Lost Coast NORCAL

Recently went exploring California with some pals on our dual sports.

3 days of rain and riding and good food.
 

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SFMCjohn said:
... may be a good wildflower year ...? :dunno

... want to try to see the flowers in Bear Valley ... :ride

Carrizo Plain:
https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/ca/st/en/prog/nlcs/Carrizo_Plain_NM/plants.html

Theodore Payne Wild Flower Hotline:
http://theodorepayne.org/education/wildflower-hotline/

... Spring will be here before I know it ... :laughing
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I am watching the Theodore Payne site for a trip to Carrizo plain. Missed the bloom by a week last year and had a wet weekend there last April. :(
 
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