Cootz' End of Pavement rally, May 10-13 2018

m0t0_ryder said:

Me Too!!!

In fact, I was telling my buddy Doug (this evening) that if my old R-100GS valve guides were installed I would be asking SFMCJohn if I could join him on his route!

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:thumbup:ride

... would love to see the BMW ... arty

... I'm heading out this afternoon ...
thinking of going up clockwise toward Red Bluff
and making my way east tomorrow to Cedarville and
doing Gerlach on the way home ... :dunno

... those ADV guys are stomping all over me
in the leave-early-for-the-rally effort ... :laughing

The old Beemer is a fine old moto.
It's taken me far and carries a load well.

Looking forward to seeing ya tomorrow John!
I'll be slabbing with trailer to Mom's (in Anderson) hopefully today. Will complete the trip by mid-day Thursday. Set camp and prepare to ride!

I'm rolling out around 10 am this morning. May make it all the way to Cedarville, may not.

I have the doofus with me.

two wheel tramp said:

I'm rolling out around 10 am this morning. May make it all the way to Cedarville, may not.

I have the doofus with me.

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... which way you going?
maybe I can catch up ...



:laughing

SFMCjohn said:

... which way you going?
maybe I can catch up ...



:laughing

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We're not even sure yet. :laughing

I will be on infant duty - but will be there in spirit! Are you going to Stevens Camp? It's not hunting season, so it should be open.

... camping tonight on Hogback Road east of Red Bluff ...
Mt Lassen in the distance ... arty

... hope to see you all tomorrow night! :ride

m0t0_ryder, SFMCJohn and my friend Scott on Twenty Mile outside Fort Bidwell. We were en route to Hart Mountain.





m0t0_ryder on the move.

Nice... welcome back. Look forward to more pics!! :ride

It was great to meet you all. I had an awesome time at my first Adventure rally event. I hope this becomes an annual event for many years to come.

Toecutter said:

It was great to meet you all. I had an awesome time at my first Adventure rally event. I hope this becomes an annual event for many years to come.

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x2 to all that! Fun having lunch in Adel with you,
and thanks for the cool rally steeker ...

... got some pics:



... sweet Toecutter-furnished rally sticker ...

... so I usually kill myself getting to these rallies
trying to find as much dirt on the way there, and
then taking it easy for the couple of days of the event ...









... I left for the End of Pavement Rally on Wednesday after putting
in an eight-hour shift at work with no firm idea how far down
the road I'd get ... wound up finding a camp spot on Hogsback Road, east of Red Bluff
and south of Hwy 36 ... had a nice view of Mt. Lassen ...



... FH22 running east from Old Station ...



... Grasshopper Road ...



... Grasshopper Valley full of water ... east of Hwy 139 and north of Eagle Lake ...



... be careful of blind turns, ha ...

... the pics above are from
Thursday where I spent 11 hours on the
KLR exploring my way
to Cedarville on
mostly dirt fire roads ... got lost, rode in circles,
got turned around by snow ...



... here's a zoom in map link, omitting my circles ...





... made it! ... the gang around the campfire ...



... on Friday we headed over to Adel for lunch ...



... two wheel tramp, in action on the mighty DR 650 ...



... Surprise Valley, north of Cedarville ...



... m0t0_ryder contemplates the Surprise Valley ...





... lunch at the Adel Store ... it was a cold, blustery day ...



... actual cowboys in this part of the world ...



Road 34 in Nevada on the way home ...
warming up and waiting for rain showers to
pass on by ... did some slabbing on the way
home, a day early, on Saturday ... 400 miles
in about eight hours capped off with lane-splitting
starting in Davis ...

... big "thanks" to two wheel tramp for
getting me off the sofa, and to m0t0_ryder
for all the coffee ...

Looks awesome! Glad everyone had a good one :ride

Ah shit this already happened. Looks like a great time, except maybe SFMCjohn, who went down the dreaded Hogsback Road!

There is always Weaverville though...

oobus said:

... except maybe SFMCjohn, who went down the dreaded Hogsback Road!

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ha, yes, I got to go _up_ Hogsback ... it was dreadful! :laughing

... lotsa rocks, huge pot hole-ponds (dry thank goodnesss),
about 1,000,000 cows on the lower
half and had to ride right by two scary looking bulls ...





... cowboys on Hogsback and another Lassen view ...

... kinda the cool thing about TWT's rallies,
you get to explore ... Hogsback was just
a line on my AAA map ... what a surprise ...
definitely couldn't get my Toyota Carolla through there ...
"impassible in inclement weather" ... :ride

... on the up-side, I did see one end of a road that
looks like it goes past the Ishi Wilderness on the east side ... :dunno

A minor obstruction. No we didn't get past this one, but we did on another the same size thanks to m0t0_ryder blazing a trail - (I forgot to take pictures, but I've got some video to post later) That's Distant thunder and Jon from ADV - can't remember Jon's inmate name :mad



Lunch in Adel with Cootz, SFMCJohn, Toecutter, myself, m0t0_ryder & outjustout



Toecutter sneaking back into California after trying to smuggle a 'cow needle' in from Oregon.


Said 'cow needle' that quickly deflated his brand new Motoz rear.


Some evening shenannigans

Too bad I missed it. I started heading up Friday morning with a trailer, but my SUV struggled to stay past 50 mph against the major headwinds on I-505 and 5! I thought there might be something wrong with vehicle, or at least not comfortable pushing it all the way to Redding. So, I turned around and went back home. I would not have been comfortable with the safety and stress while on bike either. Anyone else face this?

Checked out the vehicle, and it is fine. Next day, I took the trailer to Bear Valley to test a climb and no problem.

John, it was a pleasure to have you join.


re: the picture of cowboys I was out front of our group stretching the DR's legs when a car flashed its lights at me. I started slowing down, crested a hill and encountered a wall of beef. :nchantr :laughing I slowed down as quick as I could then turned off the engine to wait for the horseback riders to get the cows where they needed to go. It definitely explained why there was so much cow poo on the road.

As promised, pictures!



Welcome to California! :laughing



Leaving Adel and headed back towards Fort Bidwell.



Yes, I know I am a dork.



I love how rich the colors are here. Off Twenty Mile road just past the California border.



The view from NV route 34.

A motley assembly. And what's that, someone else is riding my bike!!11! :teeth



Here's that doofus I ride with some times.



Suzuki party!!!



The view from the campground.



A rainbow on our last night there. :love

Damn I really did miss out! Good job TWT for setting a precedent at Cedarville. Guessing the only way to get that cool sticker is to actually go like I said I would