RIDES: September 2009

“my arm is purple and yellow

yet I’m a happy fellow

survived the L Butt

I crow and I strut

my brain must be rattled to jello”

John Emery

SCOTT MOORE & I TRAVELED UP WEDNESDAY. BRIAN ALLEN HAD ALREADY CLAIMED OUR PREFERRED CAMPSITE SO I SET UP NEXT DOOR. WORKED OUT WELL WE HAD LESS BUGS !

CAMP SITE

THURSDAY 9/24/09

THURSDAY MORNING I FOUND A PUDDLE OF COOLANT ON THE WORK STAND. SCOTT HELP ME FIND 2 LOOSE BOLTS ON WATER PUMP COVER.

RIDERS- JOHN ,SCOTT

LOOP- 70 MILES MOVING AVERAGE 14 MPH

-CHEMEKATAN- MINE ROAD- WF BIG SMOKEY- SNOW SLIDE- PARADISE- BIG SMOKEY-CHEMEKATAN

ME RIDING UP THE OLD MINE ROAD. ~3 YEARS AGO WE MET THE MINER WHO PUT THE ROAD IN. HE & HIS SON WERE TRYING TO RECLAIM THE MINE'.

BREAK AT WEST FORK BIG SMOKEY & SNOW SLIDE. SCOTT GETTING READY FOR THE PUBLIC OPTION.

ME CLIMBING UP SNOW SLIDE. CLEANED IT IN 2ND !

SNOW SLIDE SUMMIT

BARRY- “AL MAY HAVE INVENTED THE INTERNET, BUT I INVENTED THE REKULSE & TRIALS TIRE !

REST ON LOWER PARADISE

BARRY- “ SPODE DADDY HAS IMPROVED HIS RIDING SKILLS SINCE I HAVE BECOME PRESIDENT. “ – true story

ME & SCOTT ON HIGH TRAIL OF BIG SMOKEY, WHICH WAS THE EASIEST PART OF BIG SMOKEY.

VIEW FROM HIGH TRAIL

ME AFTER COMING OFF A STEEP SLOUGHED OFF SIDE HILL.

BIG SMOKEY SEEMED TO GO ON FOREVER , ALTERNATING BETWEEN SIDE HILLS, ROCK SLIDES & ROOTED BOTTOMS.

FRIDAY 9/25/07

LOOP 65 MILES

CHEMEKATAN- MINE ROAD- WF BIG SMOKEY-EMMA-JOHNSON CREEK – ALTURAS – TWO TRACKS ALONG HWY75.

JOHN A, SCOTT, BRAD, THAD, JOHN E

AT THE TOP OF THE MINE ROAD SCOTT STOPPED TO LOOK AT HIS BIKE & DISCOVERED A BROKEN BATTERY TERMINAL. AFTER CONVINCING ME THE HUSKY’S FI WOULD BE DAMAGED W/O A BATTERY I DONATED MINE. I HAD TO KICK START ALL DAY LONG.

SNACK TIME AT TOP OF WEST FORK BIG SMOKEY.

THE CREW COMING DOWN THE EMMA CREEK ROCK SLIDE

staircase

WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE STAIR CASE. I DIDN’T GET ON THE RIGHT LINE.

LUNCH ON JOHNSON CREEK.

START OF SIDE HILL OUT OF JOHNSON CREEK

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SATURDAY 9/26

LOOP –75 MILES

ROUTE : ROAD- GERMANIA- ROAD-FROG LAKE-BOULDER CREEK-ROAD-GRAND PRIZE-RAINBOW

RIDERS- JOHN A , SCOTT , BRAD, PAT , BRIAN, DAVID, GERALD, THAD

WAITING FOR BRAD & GERALD AT TRAIL HEAD. GERALD HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE KATOOM WHICH DISTRACTED US FROM HAVING A PROPER RIDERS MEETING.

BRAD & GERALD LOST US ON THE ROAD. SCOTT WENT AND RECOVERED THEM.

ABOUT 3-4 MILES DOWN THE TRAIL I DROPPED MY BIKE IN THIS CREEK CROSSING. HIT A 2FT ROCK UNDER THE SURFACE & LOST MY MO.

BARRY- “ BI-HYDROGENATED OXYGEN IS THE GRAVEST THREAT TO MANKIND ! I MUST RE-DISTRIBUTE WEALTH NOW. “

de watering

DE-WATERING BIKE.

I ALMOST DROWNED MY BIKE AGAIN IN THE MUD HOLE , BUT CLEANED THE DEEP CREEK CROSSING !

SCOTT & PAT

BOTTOM OF GERMANIA TRAIL HEAD. I ACHIEVED THE ” BROWN SPODE AWARD”- DROWNED THE BIKE, FORGOT TO RE-ATTACH THE FUEL LINE, DROPPED THE BIKE & ONE GET OFF.

SIDE HILL ABOVE FROG LAKE.

LUNCH AT FROG LAKE

CASTLE PEAK

BRIAN & THAD WALKED THEIR BIKE OVER THE LOG BRIDGE. DRIER BUT CONSEQUENCES ARE HIGHER !

ME ROAD RIDING

UPPER EAST FORK SALMON ROAD

EAST FORK CROSSING.

I PAST THE CREW WHILE THEY WERE WAITING FOR DIRECTIONS AT THE GERMANIA TRAIL HEAD. AFTER CROSSING THE EAST FORK OF THE SALMON I COULD SPOT DAVID’S DUST & TRIED TO REEL HIM IN. WHEN I GOT TO THE WOODS I LOST THE DUST.

DAVID HAD STOPPED TO REGROUP BUT I HAD MY BUSINESS FACE ON & DIDN’T SEE HIM.

I WANTED TO GET BACK TO START THE SMOKER. DAVID CAUGHT ME BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS SCOTT & DIDN’T WANT TO STOP !

I GOT THE RIB ROAST STARTED @ 5:30. IT FINALLY GOT DONE @ 10PM. WELL WORTH THE WAIT ! HAD PRIME RIB , BEANS, POTATO SALAD , APPLE PIE & ICE CREAM.

GRADY, STEVE & VERRICK FROM THE IRON BUTT CAME TO VISIT . WE FED THEM WHISKEY, APPLE PIE & ICE CREAM.

SUNDAY