Nov 14th-15th group adventure ride

Strom trooper

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Calling ALL barf Adventure riders!
Group ride: November 14th-15th
Meet in Hollister ride down 25,
then a dirt stretch over to Gonzales down to king city for lunch (best tacos of all times!)
From there we ride to Carmel valley to another dirt stretch for some camping.
Next morning we ride to Pacific grove for breakfast (great breakfast I promise)
Then we ride hwy 1 north past Santa cruz,
east up to some awesome switch backs to the famous Alice's restaurant for lunch. From there everyone heads their own way!
This is 100% big bike friendly
Please let me know if your interested and confirm!
Donovan
 
SFMCjohn

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+1 ... :ride

where are you thinking of camping?
just coming up with Pozo Ridge for any dirt out by Carmel Valley Road ... not super familiar with the area.

is there camping up toward the Zen Hot Springs?
 
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SFMCjohn

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By the zen hot spring, China camp
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found it! :thumbup

very cool, super-interested in 11/14-15, now, as I've never been up toward China Camp. :gsxrgrl

edit: guess you only have a limited number of people who can go? Guess I better have you put me on the "confirmed" list ... :laughing

may have some non-BARF friends interested, too, how many folks can be accomodated? :ride
 
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Cabrito

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Hopefully the forest will be open by then. Currently closed due to the Dolan fire.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/lpnf/recarea/?recid=10908

FOREST ORDER NUMBER 05-07-51-20-20
DOLAN FIRE EMERGENCY AREA CLOSURE
LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST
MONTEREY RANGER DISTRICT
Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 551 and 36 C.F.R. 261.50(a) and (b) and to provide for public safety, the
following acts are prohibited in the Monterey Ranger District within the Los Padres National
Forest. This Order is effective from September 3, 2020, until the Dolan Fire is declared out.
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Updated: October 3, 2020

Know Before You Go!
Please contact the Monterey Ranger District office for information about road condtions, campground camping, disperse camping, backpacking, hiking, hunting and beach access.

Monterey Ranger District: 831-242-0619 or (831) 385-5434 ext. 0. Mon-Fri, 8-4:30pm (temporarily closed for walk in visitation, but you can call for information)
Big Sur Multi-Agency Visitor Center: (831) 667-3415 X 0, open daily 9:00am - 4:00pm. Open for walk in visitation and phone calls.
Hwy 1 is open. https://dot.ca.gov/
Andrew Molera State Park is open for day use. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is open for day use and will reopen for camping on Saturday, October 3, 2020.
Limekin State Park is closed.
All Forest Service campgrounds in Big Sur and the Monterey Ranger District are temporarily CLOSED: Arroyo Seco, Plaskett Creek, Kirk Creek, Nacimiento, Ponderosa, White Oaks, China Camp, Santa Lucia Memorial Park and Escondido. All day use picnic areas and beaches are temporarily CLOSED: Arroyo Seco Day Use, Pfeiffer Beach, Sand Dollar Beach, Mill Creek and Willow Creek.
Contact www.recreation.gov to cancel your camping reservation or call 1-877-444-6777. If you have reservations at Limekiln State Park, go to: https://www.parks.ca.gov/
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Strom trooper

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Laguna seca camp ground would be a back up and I'm working on a friend that has property that over looks the ocean in carmel! We will be fine!
 
Strom trooper

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I have a call in to the ranger waiting to hear back. I'm sure in a month it will be open. The more riders the merrier. I have some people from some other pages coming, probably at about 5-8 who said they are going all together.But I also know about half will only show if your lucky.

So the plan is 815 meeting at the grilling and chilling parking lot in Hollister, train leaves at 845!
 
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SFMCjohn

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Strom trooper said:
I have a call in to the ranger waiting to hear back. I'm sure in a month it will be open. The more riders the merrier. I have some people from some other pages coming, probably at about 5-8 who said they are going all together.But I also know about half will only show if your lucky.

So the plan is 815 meeting at the grilling and chilling parking lot in Hollister, train leaves at 845!
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hmmm ... may have to head down a day early and camp at Hollister HOV, or up on Fremont Peak.

hopefully we'll get some rain, soon ... thanks for organizing! :thumbup
 
Strom trooper

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So china camp is out, which means the 2nd dirt section is out since its closed due to the fire. So it looks like Laguna seca for camping. We can crusie down to cannery row which would be fun. Just as a fyi there will be a fee to camp there.
You will not need nobbies, I just lower the tire pressure for the dirt section.
 
Strom trooper

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Good news, spoke with a ranger with the forest service today china camp will be open for our ride so the second dirt road is back on!
 
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N4teTheGreat

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Strom trooper said:
Should be good on a drz, you for sure will be the fastest off road!
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So you think, first dirty bike for me and this'll be a first riding it with everything I need for camping :-D Regardless, I'll make up for that by showing up a bit later to any stops along paved sections as I start feeling bad when I flog it above 65/70mph...
 
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