GANG OF TWO REACH A COMPROMISE–WARM SPRINGS 7/24/2011

COMPROMISE – I WON’T GO OFF THE TRAIL AND DAVID WON’T  COME LOOKING FOR ME !

NEGOTIATORS – DAVID , JOHN   SOME UN-NAMED INDIVIDUALS REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE

BUDGET ~ 55 MILES

TERMS OF DEAL – DITTO FLATS , TRAIL 84 , MF WARM SPRINGS , CASTLE CREEK , PLACER CREEK, SF  WARM SPRINGS  ,WILLOW CREEK , TRAIL 84

HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR – 103F IN BOISE, 92F IN FAIRFIELD.  WASN’T TOO BAD WHILE WE WERE MOVING.

BIKES GOT HOT GOING CLIMBING THRU THE SWITCHBACKS ON PLACER CREEK.

 

LUNCH AT BOTTOM OF MF WARM SPRINGS

 

 

CASTLE CREEK NAMESAKE, CASTLE ROCK.

CASTLE CREEK

WALKED OUR BIKES DOWN TO THE CREEK CROSSING. DIDN’T WANT TO CHANCE DROPPING THE BIKE.

CASTLE CREEK IS A SWEET 5 MILE RUN.

 

LOWER PLACER CREEK

FORGOT TO TURN THE CAMERA ON WHEN WE TOOK OFF FROM THE PLACER / CASTLE CREEK JUNCTION, SO I MISSED THE FILMING THE SWITCHBACKS.

ON THE WAY BACK OUT DITTO FLATS WE PASSED SOME ATV’S COMING IN.

THEN I PASSED A GAL ON ATV WITH A DOG ON THE BACK AND KID ON THE FRONT. A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FARTHER THERE WERE TWO OTHER KIDS ON HONDAS , THEN I SAW THE DAD. AS WE WERE LOADING UP THE TRUCK THEY RODE PAST HEADING DOWN WILLOW CREEK ROAD.  WE PAST THEM AS WE DROVE OUT AND I SAW THE DAD HAD ANOTHER KID ON HIS BIKE !  THEY MUST LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD.

EAT YOUR PEAS–BACK ROAD TOUR THUR EASTERN OREGON 7/15–7/16/2011

 

TRAIL BOSS – BYRON

RIDERS – JOHN , BARRY

LOOP ~ 575 MILES OVER TWO DAYS

WE LEFT MY HOUSE ~8:30 FRIDAY MORNING. MADE OUR WAY TO WISER VIA I84 & OLD US30.

HAD A LATE BREAKFAST AT THE HOMESTEAD CAFÉ, THEN GASSED UP. OUR ROUTE TOOK US THRU HUNTINGTON, MALHEUR RESERVOIR, BRIDGEPORT , DOOLEY MT , UNITY INTO JOHN DAY.  

HOMESTEAD CAFÉ, WISER – BARRY IN SEARCH OF PEAS

 

SKYLINE ROAD

SKYLINE ROAD DOOLEY MT. STARTED OUT FUN , BUT MY BIKE STARTED BIKE FIRING AND MISSING ON TOP.

DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS ME OR THE BIKE SINCE I HADN’T RODE A 4S FOR SO LONG.

UNITY GAS STOP

BARRY THE ONLY ADULT IN UNITY

AFTER UNITY WE RODE FS16 , A PAVED SINGLE LANE ROAD, TO PRAIRIE CITY THEN US26 INTO JOHN DAY.

BYRON AND BARRY – STRAWBERRY MTS IN BACKGROUND

BARRY RIPPING BYRON’S BAND-AID OFF 

JOHN DAY

RIDING INTO JOHN DAY , END OF 300 MILE DAY.

 

LITTLE PINE INN –JOHN DAY

WHERE BARRY CAN GET AWAY FROM CANTOR

SATURDAY MORNING JOHN DAY LOST POWER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR .

HAD BREAKFAST AT THE SQUEEZE IN - http://www.squeeze-in.com/

FUEL STOP , BUCHANAN OREGON.  THEY HAD NON- ETHANOL PREMIUM. OWNER SAID OREGON CHANGED THE LAW BANNING REAL GAS ON THE HIGHWAY.

BARRY MADE BUCHANAN SAFE AFTER HE DID OSAMA !

TOOK A BACK ROAD LOOP PAST WARM SPRING RESERVOIR , THE MALHEUR RIVER TO THE OLD CROWLEY STAGE ROAD.

AS WE GOT FARTHER FROM THE PAVEMENT MY BIKE STARTED MISSING AGAIN .

MALHEUR RIVER VALLEY

 

2011 LAZY BUTT PLANNING

THEME – “THE DIRT BIKE REVIVAL”

WHERE –

POLE CREEK 

CAMPSITES ARE ALONG RAINBOW CREEK. GPS POSTION ~N43 54.955 W114 43.632

SMILEY CREEK WEATHER FORECAST

 

 

 

DATE : WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26TH.

SUGGESTED RIDES

HISTORICAL TEMPERATURES

ACTIVITIES :

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING – TURNING BEER , LIQUOR, WINE INTO URINE

SPELLING BEE

“BOOK OF MORMON” SING A LONG    

DIRT BIKE REVIVAL

YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE ON A HONDA ! - WARM SPRINGS 7/9/2011

 

 

WARM SPRINGS TRAIL SYSTEM ( KETCHUM / HAILEY ) 

LOOP ~ 65 MILES

RIDERS – DAVID , JOHN

PARKED AT CHERRY CREEK ON THE FAIRFIELD SIDE.  RODE THRU DITTO FLATS TO THE BACK TRAIL INTO THE SYSTEM.

MY SECRET PLACE. NICE TRAIL THAT DOESN’T SEE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC

POISON FLATS

DEAR CREEK IS A ROCKY TRAIL , SOMEWHAT TECHNICAL BUT NOT TOUGH CLIMBS OR LEDGES ….

I NOTICED MY HEAD LIGHT WAS ON. WHEN I WENT TO TURN THEM OFF , THE SWITCH TWISTED ON THE HANDLE BARS.    STARTED FIDDLING AROUND WITH THE SWITCH ON A NICE EASY PART OF TRAIL, LOOKED UP AND RODE OFF.

I WASN’T FAR OFF THE TRAIL, BUT WHEN I LIFTED THE BIKE IT STARTED SLIDING DOWN. DECIDED THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD  BE TO SIDE HILL TO FIND A BETTER PLACE TO GET ON THE TRAIL.  WASN’T THAT EASY. AS I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE BIKE I HEARD ANOTHER BIKE COMING. AS HE WAS PASSING I SHOUTED, HE HEARD ME AND STOPPED !!!

WE ATTACHED MY TOW STRAP TO THE FRONT FORK. JUSTIN TUGGED AND I WALKED THE BIKE BACK UP THE TRAIL.

YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE ON A HONDA !   JUSTIN TATE MY NEW BEST FRIEND.  JUSTIN WAS RIDING BY HIMSELF.

TEACHES BODY SHOP AT WEBER STATE. GREW UP IN THE BURLY AREA .

SOON AFTER WE GOT GOING WE MET DAVID WHO WAS HEADED BACK TO FIND ME. AFTER A BIT OF A STRUGGLE WE GOT DAVID TURNED AROUND. DAVID WENT TO PUT HIS LEFT FOOT DOWN TO KICK START HIS BIKE AND HIGH SIDED.  HE TUMBLED OFF THE TRAIL BUT WAS ABLE TO PUSH HIS BIKE OVER ON TO THE TRAIL !

IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH , I MANAGED TO HIGH SIDE FARTHER DOWN THE TRAIL WHEN I CLIPPED AN INSIDE ROCK.

I WAS HOT AND TIRED , NO CONFIDENCE.  AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION AT ATE MY LUNCH AND RESTED. WE MET ANOTHER RIDER RIDING SOLO. HE WAS FROM ALPINE, WY. HE HAD A PASS WHILE HIS WIFE WAS AT A HORSE EVENT IN BELLEVUE.

INTERSECTION OF GREEN HORN AND MAHONEY . EVERYTHING IS STILL GREEN AND LOTS OF FLOWERS. THE TALL GRASS MADE YOU WORRY ABOUT A CLIPPING A HIDDEN ROCK OR STUMP.

FINISHED UP THE DAY AT THE WRANGLER – CHEESE BURGER , HOMEMADE ONION RINGS , 5 GLASSES OF ICE TEA.

BEEN WORKING ON MY DIRT BIKE TAN !

950 ADV RIDE–IDAHO CITY/ BARBER FLATS /PRAIRIE 7-1-2011

 LOOP – 170 MILES

DID A ~SHORT RIDE ON THE 950 WITH BYRON. WE MET A PERKINS FOR BREAKFAST . THEN HEADED UP HWY21 THRU IDAHO CITY AND UP RABBIT CREEK SUMMIT TO BARBER FLAT.

BARBER FLATS

WE THEN CUT OVER TO ALEXANDER FLATS AND FOLLOWED THE MIDDLE FORK DOWN TO SLIDE GULCH. ON THE WAY TO PRAIRIE WE TOOK A DETOUR UP RATTLE SNAKE CREEK ( FSR 217). IT DEAD END AT DEVILS CREEK / RATTLE SNAKE CREEK TRAIL HEAD. STILL A FUN ROAD.

 

WE STOPPED FOR COFFEE AT THE Y-STOP.

 

BEAUTIFUL DAY , NICE EASY RIDE !