Weaverville HoHo Outlaw Mendo Grand Tour, 2020

[motowest]

Nice report... and an even better ride I am sure. Thanks for sharing the adventure!:ride

 

[SFMCjohn]

a brief coda:

after this trip in July the August Complex Fire descended on the Mendo NF and the area around Anthony Peak, so I've been worried about whether the old wooden watchtower had survived ...

my friend 23103a--from ADVrider.com--was up there the first week in December, and got this wonderful drone pic of one of my favorite places in the world, still intact! :thumbup

looking forward to two wheel tramp's BARF HoHo Weaverville Rally in 2021 ... just gotta do another top-end on one of my several KLRs this winter. :facepalm

thanks to Mr 23103a for the pic ... here's a link to one of his posts with some
pics that show a bit of the fire damage on Anthony Peak and around the Mendocino Pass/FH-7 area ...
the bottom pic in the link is Anthony Peak, and if you look closely you can just make out the watchtower
and see just how close the fires got to it. :ride

 

[dravnx]

John
Glad your little spot of heaven survived. I've seen you after you've arrived back at the 49r after your trip to the mountain and it's a shame everyone can't have the same drug.

 

[SFMCjohn]

John
Glad your little spot of heaven survived. I've seen you after you've arrived back at the 49r after your trip to the mountain and it's a shame everyone can't have the same drug.

:thumbup

that's me, stone cold sober and high as hell ... :toothless

raging tinnitus and humming Grateful Dead tunes
inside my helmet to myself
for a couple hundred fireroad/KLR miles,
or returning to the 49er after a 4:30am ksu,
gives me a happy glazed look, I'm sure ... :laughing

think all us motorcycle people recognize that feeling. you airplane guys and sailboat and bicycle people, too probably.

looking forward to enjoying another of your steak dinners, soon, brother ... :gsxrgrl

 

[two wheel tramp]

:thumbup

that's me, stone cold sober and high as hell ... :toothless

raging tinnitus and humming Grateful Dead tunes
inside my helmet to myself
for a couple hundred fireroad/KLR miles,
or returning to the 49er after a 4:30am ksu,
gives me a happy glazed look, I'm sure ... :laughing

think all us motorcycle people recognize that feeling. you airplane guys and sailboat and bicycle people, too probably.

looking forward to enjoying another of your steak dinners, soon, brother ... :gsxrgrl

\
Between being a Dead Head and you also having multiples of the same bike it's clear why we're friends. Ramble on...

 

[dravnx]

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
But the heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own

 

[SFMCjohn]

\
Between being a Dead Head and you also having multiples of the same bike it's clear why we're friends. Ramble on...

:thumbup


youtu.be/lS5yQd5V-YU

Cedarville, that's CEDAR-ville Fairgrounds, 2021, ftw! :teeth

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
But the heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own
Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own

:thumbup

Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own ...

:ride

 

[Cincinnatus]

Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide... :teeth

 

[two wheel tramp]

*like* all this Grateful dead goodness.

 

[SFMCjohn]

*like* all this Grateful dead goodness.

:thumbup

DR650s forever, but hope to see you and the KTM, soon ... :love

Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide... :teeth

here's some riding music for Cincinnatus:


youtu.be/elc91MWWlLg

arty

 

[Eric B]

a brief coda:

after this trip in July the August Complex Fire descended on the Mendo NF and the area around Anthony Peak, so I've been worried about whether the old wooden watchtower had survived ...

my friend 23103a--from ADVrider.com--was up there the first week in December, and got this wonderful drone pic of one of my favorite places in the world, still intact! :thumbup

looking forward to two wheel tramp's BARF HoHo Weaverville Rally in 2021 ... just gotta do another top-end on one of my several KLRs this winter. :facepalm

thanks to Mr 23103a for the pic ... here's a link to one of his posts with some
pics that show a bit of the fire damage on Anthony Peak and around the Mendocino Pass/FH-7 area ...
the bottom pic in the link is Anthony Peak, and if you look closely you can just make out the watchtower
and see just how close the fires got to it. :ride

Great news John. Lance, Scott & I stopped to visit there, on a Stonybarf day ride. Special place. It was your recommendation to check it out. I would like to camp there one day.

 

[two wheel tramp]

:thumbup

DR650s forever, but hope to see you and the KTM, soon ... :love



here's some riding music for Cincinnatus:


youtu.be/elc91MWWlLg

arty

It might be the TransAlp the next time you see me. :cool

 

[Cincinnatus]

:thumbup

DR650s forever, but hope to see you and the KTM, soon ... :love



here's some riding music for Cincinnatus:


youtu.be/elc91MWWlLg

arty

So you're saying you think I'd ride better whilst wearing a kilt [EDIT] and listening to bagpipes & drums, rather than Led Zepplin? SAD!!! :teeth :laughing

 

[SFMCjohn]

Great news John. Lance, Scott & I stopped to visit there, on a Stonybarf day ride. Special place. It was your recommendation to check it out. I would like to camp there one day.

be great to see you up on Anthony Peak for an overnight ... have met oobus and HeatXfer up there in years gone by.

been thinking about Carrizo Plain and the Rideout Hideout, too, recently:

It might be the TransAlp the next time you see me. :cool

ha. coolest Honda evarh. jelly. :x

hopefully we can grab some coffee again, soonish ... arty

 

[wheel_muse]

Im loving this fantasy. I want to get OUT there. But pandemic and WINTER are here. We'll get thru this! :thumbup

 

[two wheel tramp]

be great to see you up on Anthony Peak for an overnight ... have met oobus and HeatXfer up there in years gone by.

been thinking about Carrizo Plain and the Rideout Hideout, too, recently:





ha. coolest Honda evarh. jelly. :x

hopefully we can grab some coffee again, soonish ... arty

We can get socially distant when it's not a very bad thing to do. :ride

 

[Eric B]

be great to see you up on Anthony Peak for an overnight ... have met oobus and HeatXfer up there in years gone by.

been thinking about Carrizo Plain and the Rideout Hideout, too, recently:

It’ll be Carrizo time pretty soon. Fingers crossed for a group campout there.

 

[Cincinnatus]

It’ll be Carrizo time pretty soon. Fingers crossed for a group campout there.

I'm getting ready for it. :teeth arty

 

[stratslingr77]

CA-Cincinnatus turned me onto this thread and he's talked quite a bit about this ride... hopefully there are plans for a ride to these parts in the coming year. I want in!

 

[two wheel tramp]

CA-Cincinnatus turned me onto this thread and he's talked quite a bit about this ride... hopefully there are plans for a ride to these parts in the coming year. I want in!

Oh fuck yeah there are.