Cootz End of Pavement Rally 2.0 June 6-9, Cedarville, CA

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Have fun!!!

two wheel tramp said:

My DR650 is prepped. Thanks tag3!

Looking forward to this.

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go tag3! arty

are you riding there and when are you leaving?

I'm at work today so I can leave Wednesday ...
still hope to arrive Thursday ... :rolleyes :ride

see you around the campfire,
-- SFMCjohn
PS: didn't forget me re: Weaverville password ...? :angel

I'm leaving Thursday from Alameda. I will be riding cuz that's how I roll. :ride

two wheel tramp said:

I'm leaving Thursday from Alameda. I will be riding cuz that's how I roll. :ride

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I'm leaving Thurs from Richmond - are you slabbing all the way up? I was planning to go Red Bluff or Redding through Lassen to Termo (Ravendale) so I could do the Buckhorn byway, but the route I was planning would take about 14hrs! I'd really like to be at the fairgrounds by early afternoon to help John and get settled, so instead I'm planning on shooting straight up 5 to Redding and 299 the rest of the way.

HeatXfer said:

I'm leaving Thurs from Richmond - are you slabbing all the way up? I was planning to go Red Bluff or Redding through Lassen to Termo (Ravendale) so I could do the Buckhorn byway, but the route I was planning would take about 14hrs! I'd really like to be at the fairgrounds by early afternoon to help John and get settled, so instead I'm planning on shooting straight up 5 to Redding and 299 the rest of the way.

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I have slightly different plans. I'll shoot you my number and we can talk.

two wheel tramp said:

I will be riding cuz that's how I roll. :ride

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SFMCjohn said:

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time to roll:
SFMCjohn's [Ride over, link removed : |]SPOT link[/URL.

plan is to leave around 1:30 pm today and head for Warm Springs Mountain/Moon Rocks to camp ... :ride

let's see how hard I fail ... toothless

Plan B is never a fail John!!

See you in cedarville Johnny!

HeatXfer, here is my approximate route tomorrow:
https://goo.gl/maps/b5GzpbFGSQgqkEDx8

two wheel tramp said:

HeatXfer, here is my approximate route tomorrow:
https://goo.gl/maps/b5GzpbFGSQgqkEDx8

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Nice - That's very much the same way Toecutter, jstory & I came up last year but we left out of Santa Rosa and cut east out of Clear Lake. I think I'll do my meandering on my way home. :thumbup :ride

HeatXfer said:

Nice - That's very much the same way Toecutter, jstory & I came up last year but we left out of Santa Rosa and cut east out of Clear Lake. I think I'll do my meandering on my way home. :thumbup :ride

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Nice. Randall and Jeff are rad.

ThumperX said:

Plan B is never a fail John!!

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made it up to Warm Springs Mountain near Moon Rocks by 7pm last night ... sunrise this morning.

hope to see Reama, John & Chris, soon ... :ride

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I'm rolling out in about 30.

Edit: leaving a bit late. Route revised.

Can 113 to 99 to 32 to 36 to 139 to 299 to cedarville.

another wonderful Cootz EoP Rally in the books ...
thanks to two wheel tramp and m0t0_ryder for all they did and do,
and great to hang out with BARFers HeatXfer and Toecutter ...



my two day route to Cedarville ... zoom-in-and-out map link.

got up at 3:30 am and worked an eight hour shift on Wednesday
and then left south of Market at 1:30 pm ...

just railed up I-80 in order to get where
I wanted to try to camp before dark ...



the view from Warm Springs Mountain, only a few miles south-west of Moonrocks, NV ...
can just glimpse Pyramid Lake in the distance ...

thanks to 2strokeYardSale who helped me find Warm Springs Mountain,
by posting a pic in his Spring has Sprung ride report in DirtyBARFing ... :ride



campsite on Warm Springs Mountain and the radio towers ...
this campsite was wonderful, offering a view of the sunset/sunrise along
with good cell phone reception ... :laughing



alpenglow to the south above Reno ...



slept well, and got up in the am and went to look for
Virginia Peak on Thursday ...





found it!

the thin white line on the rhs of the top pic is Reno,
and there's another glimpse of Pyramid Lake beyond the snow ...



from Virginia Peak, headed over Sand Pass to the
hot spring off Surprise Valley Road ...



after a blissful soak, found Smoke Creek Road and the emigrant cave in Smoke Creek Canyon,
part of the old Nobles Trail ...



Smoke Creek Road, on the way towards Susanville for gas ...



then back eastward on the Buckhorn Backcountry Byway ...
think that's Fox Mountain in the distance ... :ride



finally pulled into the awesome fairgrounds that two wheel tramp
arranges for us to invade every year ...



m0t0_ryder was already there, holding court, and would
keep us in coffee all weekend, ha.



tag3, nony mouse, Jim and Motopsycoman enjoying the campfire ...



the Needles Rocks, on the north end of Pyramid Lake were--for once--
not being blasted by a howling windstorm, the way they've been
every single time I've ever been by there, so got to explore a bit ...

decided to ride the 500 miles home on Saturday,
which is always a foolish idea ...
next year the idea is to stay off Hwy 395 and ride
home on Sunday and Monday ...

Thanks again to awesome Rally Mistress two wheel tramp!
can't wait to do it again, next year ... :thumbuparty

Thank you cootz, that was an absolute hoot! (as expected). Here's a little taste for those that missed it:

I hate work and things that keep from events like this!!!! Looks like a beautiful place and a great time!!! Next year I really want to make this one! Thanks for the pics folks!

My goodness

It really is a cool place to gather and ride.
Foresty hills and trails in the Warner Mountains immediately to the West and lots of desert options going East (Nevada about 10 miles), North (Oregon about 40 miles) and South (Black Rock Desert).

There's hot springs as close as a few miles (Surprise Valley) to others in Nevada (Soldier Meadows) and Oregon (Hart Mountains).
Also a nice little hot pool along the road about 25 miles from Cedarville.

A few of my pics...

Pepperdine Lake on 25 in the South Warners


Wild flower eruption


Stevens Camp


Chris in water near Stevens Camp... route to High Rock Canyon


Carlos in same water.


There's more great pic's from this weekend event on ADVrider. HERE!
(They start on page 23, post # 443.)
Don't miss the photo's by Carlos Thomas (starting at post # 490)
The shots by oldoval (starting at post 485) are also really nice.

Sweet... turned into a little ride report! :thumbup

Thank you for coming.

M0t0_ryder, a huge thank you for coffee, pastries and being the penultimate camp host. I can't thank you enough.


What no one has mentioned is that we got adopted by a local German Shepherd who I christened "Steve". I'm gonna miss that nut job.