NO ANGRY MUSLIMS SAGE BRUSH RALLY–MURPHY,ID 1/31/11

 

RIDERS – DAVID , JOHN

LOOP ~ 45 MILES

WE PARKED AT THE MURPHY WASH AND MADE OUR WAY TO SINKER CREEK. THE BOTTOM OF THE WASHES HAD A SPOTS OF SLOPPY MUD, BUT WHEN WE GOT TO THE GATE BY THE SLOT IT WAS DRY.

RIDING THE SLOT INTO SINKER CREEK

THE CROSSING AT THE BOTTOM WASN’T THAT BAD SO WE TRIED OUR LOOP THRU THE CANYON.

EAST FORK SINKER CREEK

WE GOT TO THE MAIN FORK AND DECIDED IT WAS MORE WATER THAN WE WANTED TO TAKE ON. IT WOULD BE A COLD RIDE BACK WITH BOOTS FULL OF WATER.

 

WE DOUBLED BACK AND STOPPED FOR LUNCH AT THE BASE OF THE CLIFFS.

LUNCH : HAM & CHEESE SANDWICH, FRITOS, BEER

WIND WAS WHISTLING THRU CANYON, IT WAS COLD.

LOOKS LIKE GAS POCKETS IN THE LAVA FLOW. ( NO EPA BACK THEN).

THE SINGLE TRACK BACK INTO SINKER CREEK

BACK UP THE SLOT

WE DECIDED TO BACK TRACK UP THE SLOT TO AVOID A COUPLE OF WATER CROSSINGS.

LOTS OF DEER ON THE WAY OUT.

RIDING THE BRIDGE BACK HOME

WE ENDED UP DOUBLING BACK BECAUSE WE WANTED TO AVOID MUCK AND THE TRAIL IS BETTER.

Mohammed Johnson’s Ride for World Wide Social Justice–Grand View 1/25/11

UNDOCUMENTED RIDERS – JOHN , SCOTT

LOOP ~ 35 MILES

 

NAME SAKE   (SEE ROADIE )

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUESDAY MORNING WE AWOKE TO AN ICE FOG. FORECAST WAS FOR IT TO BURN OFF BY 11AM.

SCOTT CALLED AND SAID HE STILL NEEDED HIS OFF ROAD STICKER AND GAS, SO I HEADED OVER A BIT EARLY. WE STOPPED AT MOTOTECH THEN THE CHEVRON FOR FUEL.  AS WE HEADED DOWN I-84 WE HAD A BRIEF THOUGHT OF ALL THOSE FOLKS STILL AT MICRON.  WE LOST THE SUN AS WE PASSED THE STAGE STOP.

ON SIMCO IT GOT WORSE. THE FOG CLOSED IN AND THERE WERE STANDS OF WATER ALL THRU THE DESERT, BUT AS WE DROPPED INTO GRANDVIEW THE SUN CAME OUT.

 

ON THE WAY TO DEAD COW IT WAS OBVIOUS THE FIELDS WERE MUCH DRIER DOWN IN THE VALLEY. MISSILE BASE ROAD WAS DRY AND DUSTY.

 

WHEN WE PULLED INTO DEAD COW THE SUN WAS OUT AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT BREEZE.

 

 

 WATER PUMP

 

DROPPING INTO VINSON WASH

 

SILT DUNE

SILT DUNES

I “LOST A FOOT PEG” INSTEAD OF WHEELIE .

RIDE TO ANOTHER PLAY AREA – SILT BLUFFS. I PICK THE WRONG LINE AND GET MIRED IN THE MUD.

 

AFTERMATH AFTER JOURNEYING ON THE DARK SIDE OF A MOON DUNE. FINISHED OFF MY SPROCKETS.

DECIDED THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO DRINK MY BEER AND EAT MY SANDWICH.

 

  SILT DUNE.

MURPHY 1/7/11

SCOTT AND I DID A SHORT 30 MILE LOOP. I WAS SURPRISED BY THE SNOW & ICE. I DIDN’T HAVE MY ICE TIRES. NEXT TIME I’LL MOVE THE ICE TIRES TO THE 300.

 

IT WAS THE 1ST RIDE AFTER MY GET OFF.  I WAS MORE TIMID THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF MY KNEE. IT WAS SORE BY THE END OF THE RIDE BUT FELT OK THE DAY AFTER.

 

 

SMALL CANYON IN WASH , HAS BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY.

ME TIGHTENING RADIATOR HOSE.

 

ME

SCOTT RIDING ACROSS A FLAT

 

 

 

MUSTANGS

Michelle’s Ride so FAT KIDS don’t go Hungry / Hungry Kids don’t get FAT -Grand View 1/1/11

 

RIDERS – DAVE, CHARLENE , GORDON, BUTCH,TOM, JOHN, GREG

MILES ~ 45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave  & Charlene Y-man hosted a New Years Day ride at the Dead Cow wash outside Grand View.

Charlene made a couple of pots of Taco Soup plus other eats.

 

IT WAS 15F  WHEN I ARRIVED AND PROBABLY WARMED UP TO 22-25F IN THE AFTERNOON.                               

AS WE GOT READY TO GO, BUTCH COULDN'T CRANK HIS BIKE. CLOSER INSPECTION  SHOWED HIS COOLANT FROZEN ! HE DECIDED TO FIRE UP A COUPLE OF HEATERS IN TRAILER TO THAW OUT THE BIKE.

THE REST OF US DECIDED TO TAKE A SHORT WARM UP RIDE AND LOOP BACK TO SEE WHAT THE DAMAGE WAS. 

TOM’S VIDEO

TOM’S 1ST VIDEO

MY VIDEO OF THE 1ST PLAY AREA

TOMS 2ND VIDEO

MY VID OF 2ND PLAY AREA

TOM’S BIKE WAS SPEWING SMOKE AFTER HE TOOK A SPILL. HE DID A FEW CHECKS DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING. IT CLEANED UP IN A FEW MILES.

 

 

 

3RD PLAY AREA

TOM’S 3RD VIDEO

BY 2:30 WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK. CHECK ON BUTCH’S BIKE AND EAT.

BUTCH AND CHARLENE WERE GONE, SO HIS BIKE MUST BE OK. THEY ROLLED IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

WE HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THE FOOD AND FIRE.

 

AFTER FELLING UP ON TACO SOUP, CHIPS, SALSA – GORDON , TOM,GREG & I DECIDED TO GET A QUICK 10 MILES WHILE WE STILL HAD SOME DAY LIGHT.

GORDO WAS THE UNDOCUMENTED  TRAIL BOSS.

 

A COUPLE OF MILES FROM THE TRUCK, WHILE FOLLOWING SOME COW TRAILS I HAD MY 1ST GET OFF FOR 2011 !