Monday, September 28, 2009

LAZY BUTT 2009 WED 9/23- MON 9/28

“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

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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 WEDNESDAY

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.

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RIDERS- JOHN ,SCOTT

LOOP- 70 MILES MOVING  AVERAGE 14 MPH 

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

IMG_6076  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'.

 

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

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

SNOW SLIDE

SNOW SLIDE SUMMIT

DSCF2129 BARRY- “AL MAY HAVE INVENTED THE INTERNET, BUT I INVENTED THE REKULSE & TRIALS TIRE ! LOWER PARIDISE

 REST ON LOWER PARADISE

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

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

VIEW FROM HIGH TRAIL

 VIEW FROM HIGH TRAIL

 

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ME AFTER COMING OFF A STEEP SLOUGHED OFF SIDE HILL.

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

 

BIG SMOKEY

 

FRIDAY 9/25/07

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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.

 

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SNACK TIME AT TOP OF WEST FORK BIG SMOKEY.

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 THE CREW COMING DOWN THE EMMA CREEK ROCK SLIDE

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

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LUNCH ON JOHNSON CREEK.

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 START OF SIDE HILL OUT OF JOHNSON CREEK

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SATURDAY 9/26

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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

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 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.

 

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 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.

 

IMG_6262 BARRY- “ BI-HYDROGENATED OXYGEN  IS THE GRAVEST THREAT TO MANKIND !  I MUST RE-DISTRIBUTE WEALTH NOW. “

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de watering

DE-WATERING BIKE.

 

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

 

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SCOTT & PAT

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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.

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SIDE HILL ABOVE FROG LAKE.

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LUNCH AT FROG LAKE

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

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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

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                                                                  RIDERS – SCOTT , DAVID, JOHN A, JOHN E

REALLY A DUAL SPORT RIDE. ~ 10-12 MILES OF SINGLE TRACK TO 4TH JULY LAKE

THEN SOME ROAD RIDING EXPLORING SOME OFTHE FS ROADS ACROSS THE HWY 75 .

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DAVID & SCOTT REPAIRING DAVID’S FLAT

 

WASHINGTON LAKE

WASHINGTON LAKE.

 
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