SUNDAY SPODE SHOW–MURPHY 2/27/11

RIDERS – DAVID, MURRAY ,DENNIS , JOHN

LOOP – 35 MILES

DENNIS CAME  IN FROM OREGON TO PICK UP A BIKE FROM HIS STEP DAD.

AS WE GOT TO MURPHY WE WERE SURPRISED BY  THE LOW SNOW LEVELS AND AMOUNT OF SNOW AT THE WASH.

SLOW RIDE MOST OF THE DAY. KEPT A GEAR “HIGH” AND JUST OFF THE PILOT TO KEEP FROM SPINNING THE REAR TIRE.

THE RUTS WERE FREAKY, COULDN’T FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FRONT WHEEL WANTED TO GO.

LOOK CLOSE YOU MAY SEE THE DEER !

 

 

AFTER A BIT OF DISCUSSION WE DECIDED TO RIDE THE SLOT DOWN TO THE CREEK.

 

 

FOUND A SUNNY DRY SPOT FOR LUNCH ON SINKER CREEK.

DECIDED THE CREEK IT SELF WOULD BE A BIT ICY.

ANCIENT ARTIFACT FROM A PERIOD WHEN EUROPEANS COULD WORK THE LAND.

WHITE on WHITE MAYHEM–JACKS CREEK 2/19/11

I HAD TO STOP FOR “REAL”  GAS AT THE SINCLAIR IN MOUNTAIN HOME.

 

TRAIL BOSSES – JEFF & DAVE  ( I TOOK A TURN BUT DIDN’T GET US LOST)

RIDERS –JOHN, BUTCH, BRIAN, MIKE , DAVID ?, ?

LOOP ~ 47 MILES

NEW BLING FOR THE NEW BIKE.

RIDE TO THE CHALK HILLS

 

THE “CLIMB” WAS DAMN STEEP.

THE “A” RIDERS WERE CHALLENGED.

  ME BEING A 57 YEAR OLD SPODE WITH A SHINY NEW BIKE & NOTHING TO PROVE, I  JUST WATCHED.

DAVE & BUTCH SHOW EVERYONE HOW ITS DONE.

 

 

AFTER THE BIG BOYS HAD ENOUGH , WE HEADED TO LITTLE JACKS CANYON.

MAYHEM AT THE LITTLE JACKS CROSSING.

I STILL DIDN’T TAKE THE RIGHT LINE !

AFTER WE GOT ON TOP , I GOT TO DO A LITTLE EXPLORING. GOT TO WHERE I WANTED BUT NOT FROM WHERE I THOUGHT. GETTING THE LAY OF THE LAND THOUGH & ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

SEARCHED THE DESERT....NO CHEESE HEADS-GRAND VIEW 2/18/11

RIDERS  DAVID , JOHN

LOOP – 45 MILES

STARTED AT DEAD COW AND STAYED LOW.

STOPPED FOR LUNCH AT DOYLE CABINS.

MURPHY 2/13/11 ( I COULD HAVE BEEN IN EGYPT CHUNK’N ROCKS )

TRAIL BOSS – DAVID

RIDERS – KEITH, JOHN

LOOP ~47 MILES

THIS WEEK IT WAS KEITH'S TURN TO INSPECT THE DIRT, SAYS IT’S IN GOOD SHAPE !

 

THE SLOT ON THE 250XC-W  !

 

AFTER WE A BIT OF INSPECTION WE DECIDED UPPER SINKER CREEK WAS RIDE-ABLE.

TURNED OUT TO BE NO BIG DEAL. I HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE ON THE NEW BIKE BEING TOO CAUTIOUS.  WORRIED ABOUT PLANTING THE FRONT WHEEL  AGAINST A ROCK OR IN A HOLE.

 

STOPPED FOR LUNCH AND TOOK A COUPLE OF PICS OF ME INSTEAD OF DAVID.

JACKS CREEK–2/5/2011

COULDN’T FIND A FEZ IN TOWN, SO THE RIDE LOST IT’S THEME.

 

TRAIL BOSS – JOHN

RIDERS- SCOTT, KEITH , DAVID

LOOP – 53 MILES

(my) AVG SPEED – 18 MPH

 

I TRIED COMBINING ROUTES FROM PREVIOUS RIDES. I DID OK, ONLY GOT CONFUSED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

LOTS OF TWO TRACKS, THE HIGH FLATS GET CONFUSING. HAD WAYPOINTS FROM PREVIOUS RIDES, BUT I NEED MY READING GLASSES TO SEE THE GPS. THERE IS PROBABLY A COUPLE MORE SINGLE TRACKS /WASHES TO BUILD INTO THE ROUTE.

SINGLE TRACK ACROSS THE HIGHWAY HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY RE-SEEDING WORK.

WITHIN A MILE OF THE TRUCK I DROP THE BIKE IN A SANDWASH. DAMN TUMBLE WEEDS SPOOKED ME !

NICE SINGLE TRACK RUN ACROSS FLATS , ASH DEPOSIT.

I LOOK SLIMMER STANDING UP

 

DAVID CLIMBING BLUFF

 

 

“MOUNTAIN TRACK” THAT RUNS ABOVE LITTLE JACKS CREEK.

DROPPING INTO CREEK CROSSING.

 STOPPED FOR LUNCH IN THE BOTTOM OF CANYON TO GET OUT OF THE WIND.

 

TECHNICAL SPOT AT BOTTOM OF CREEK CROSSING. JUST NEEDS A ROCK & COUPLE OF BUSHES REMOVED AT  THE WATERS EDGE.

 

TOOK MORE THAN 2 TRIES BUT I’M NOT TELLING. I THINK THE SUN FINALLY MOVED OUT OF THE WAY.