04klr
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Motoged came up with the idea of a short notice plated so why not.
along with Mister Resistor, Cactus Reid and myself we Departed the Loops around 11 headed for 7k at duffy lake, then headed across the plateau towards six mile above Tobiano. Before dropping down to six mile rd. we crossed over a long grassy old double track that ambled along for a sweeet 20 mins. We all agreed on a day like today, the track is some of the best there is in the area, but I cant remember what they called it.
a half hour from the start the morning clouds gave way to sunny skies and we had first tracks for miles across the been closed for months plateau.
You may have noticed the hat in the first 2 pics., and the messed up floating hat in the above stitched pic. well, it seems my daughters hat has made it along for the ride (by hiding in my tank bag) so there are hat selfies in most all of today's scenery pics. if you are bothered by hats (especially weird floating ones) you might want to avoid this post.
Six mile rd dumps out above savona and after a short romp of pavement turns back to gravel. Following Haywood farmer rd we headed towards Barnes lake once there we slabbed the few K to Kirkland Ranch Rd. which runs along the east of the Thompson river towards Sp. Br. The ride across was a slice of "what a stellar day" pie, with the possible exception of one steep deep, too wide to hop, too late to stop, ditch. Rodney went in sliding and a bit sideways and after the wham! came out crossed up and airborne. Luckily KLr's are made for that stuff and a generous application of throttle straightened it out, (whew). Ged met the ditch a little hot as well and turned his 690 into a bucking bronco.
Here Ged is caught oogling at what he must surely want for his next bike.
Ged on approach to the long abandoned church easily seen at the base of a massive scree slope seen from the hwy. across the river.
here is that church. that is the slope. there is the hat.
train tunnels that can't be seen from the hwy on the west side.
no hat.
recently purchased from a madman for a song, by a bodyman with dreams of his own.
time for an awesome deluxe cheeseburger and a bevy at the,,
idle hands waiting for lunch.
after we filled up with grub, (mine a cheesebuger with all the trimmings, including tomato and onion or, "you mean a regular" as Alice the chief cook and bottle washer running the pub referres to it) the group splintered in two with Ged and myself heading up towards Venables valley north, the other half headed towards the barn.
Looking back over to where we were an hour ago.
and a minute later.
Along the way, now here's a nice place to hang your hat.
target practice at what are clearly not moving objects.
We followed thru to Venables Valley rd and on to the hwy. Having never been on this road it will certainly be visited again, awesome scenery and ride. North of Cache Creek we veered north on to Back Valley Rd. towards Deadmans thru to the hwy. then towards home after a fantastic 300k mostly offroad day.
last pic. of the day. A natural pond consisting of chemical pools full of alkalines phosphates and who knows what other "ates" and "ides" are in there.
thanks Hat for making the day entertaining. Thx Ged for dreaming the day up and being our guide. Thx Reid and Rosco for being great guys to ride with.
and as always, thx. fer looking.
along with Mister Resistor, Cactus Reid and myself we Departed the Loops around 11 headed for 7k at duffy lake, then headed across the plateau towards six mile above Tobiano. Before dropping down to six mile rd. we crossed over a long grassy old double track that ambled along for a sweeet 20 mins. We all agreed on a day like today, the track is some of the best there is in the area, but I cant remember what they called it.
a half hour from the start the morning clouds gave way to sunny skies and we had first tracks for miles across the been closed for months plateau.
You may have noticed the hat in the first 2 pics., and the messed up floating hat in the above stitched pic. well, it seems my daughters hat has made it along for the ride (by hiding in my tank bag) so there are hat selfies in most all of today's scenery pics. if you are bothered by hats (especially weird floating ones) you might want to avoid this post.
Six mile rd dumps out above savona and after a short romp of pavement turns back to gravel. Following Haywood farmer rd we headed towards Barnes lake once there we slabbed the few K to Kirkland Ranch Rd. which runs along the east of the Thompson river towards Sp. Br. The ride across was a slice of "what a stellar day" pie, with the possible exception of one steep deep, too wide to hop, too late to stop, ditch. Rodney went in sliding and a bit sideways and after the wham! came out crossed up and airborne. Luckily KLr's are made for that stuff and a generous application of throttle straightened it out, (whew). Ged met the ditch a little hot as well and turned his 690 into a bucking bronco.
Here Ged is caught oogling at what he must surely want for his next bike.
Ged on approach to the long abandoned church easily seen at the base of a massive scree slope seen from the hwy. across the river.
here is that church. that is the slope. there is the hat.
train tunnels that can't be seen from the hwy on the west side.
no hat.
recently purchased from a madman for a song, by a bodyman with dreams of his own.
time for an awesome deluxe cheeseburger and a bevy at the,,
idle hands waiting for lunch.
after we filled up with grub, (mine a cheesebuger with all the trimmings, including tomato and onion or, "you mean a regular" as Alice the chief cook and bottle washer running the pub referres to it) the group splintered in two with Ged and myself heading up towards Venables valley north, the other half headed towards the barn.
Looking back over to where we were an hour ago.
and a minute later.
Along the way, now here's a nice place to hang your hat.
target practice at what are clearly not moving objects.
We followed thru to Venables Valley rd and on to the hwy. Having never been on this road it will certainly be visited again, awesome scenery and ride. North of Cache Creek we veered north on to Back Valley Rd. towards Deadmans thru to the hwy. then towards home after a fantastic 300k mostly offroad day.
last pic. of the day. A natural pond consisting of chemical pools full of alkalines phosphates and who knows what other "ates" and "ides" are in there.
thanks Hat for making the day entertaining. Thx Ged for dreaming the day up and being our guide. Thx Reid and Rosco for being great guys to ride with.
and as always, thx. fer looking.
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