...for one day of pleasure.
Played hooky today - which I cannot do tomorrow or I'd still be there - and drove down with some friends that are spending the weekend. We rode the Sovereign trail and the eight of us got dusted by an equally large group more than once - I was going to ask for change but they were gone in a flash. Any mags on Sovereign today?
First real ride, a five hundred mile round trip and I'm cooked.
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Thread: It's a long drive to Moab
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05-06-2005, 08:28 PM #1
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It's a long drive to Moab
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05-07-2005, 08:34 AM #2
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Good job, I do that quite often (plus work). We rode it on thursday morning (Me, AG, Spats, Moose); LPS with 12 Mags on Friday. Much fun around the campfire, a LOT of PBR, rain today.
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05-07-2005, 09:14 AM #3
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Used to do that all the time from Durango. It's a snap from there. Though the drive is much easier if you avoid the post ride beers.
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05-07-2005, 11:39 AM #4
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Just back from down south, got in last night at 4:30, 14 hr drive from Bozeman/Big Sky area. Been 2 years since I last visited.
Impressions: Porcupine Rim; as fun as ever, de-facto single track from Coffee pot rock to Jackass Canyon. Much smoother riding, not real crowded for a Saturday, mucho eye-candy in lycra, and they could ride. One bitch, a group that started at the same time as us would charge past on the uphill from the water trough, once ahead, they would stop and take pictures of their group riding the technical section. The fuckers wouldn't get out of the way!!! We would pass through only to have a couple of their riders sprint past and then... STOP to do it again. And what is with people climbing with body armor on? they gonna crash on the uphill???
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Soverign Trail: A great trail system, every time I go back it is bigger and in better shape, great single track sections.
Top of the World: What a great climb to what could be the top of the world, great!!! view!!!
Portions of the Kokopelli trail; Good riding, nothing special, but fun anyway.
White Rim Trail; 7th time, another fun trip, a little dis-organized but plenty to eat and lots of PBRs. We were a little tight on H2o. The NPS has done a shitload of work on the road, Murphys and Hardscrabble are practically paved. Any vehicle with 4wd and decent clearance can navigate the trail.
Gooseberry Mesa area near Zion; Fun riding but nothing that stands out in my mind, no big climbs, just fun technical single track and slick rock.
Camping near Moab still can be pretty dicey, by 15:00 on Friday, most camping near town was full. (old car weekend). Kane Creek way out of town was still good except for the motorheads who insist on rallying through your camp at 2:30 in the A.M.
One dumbass rolled his jeep and was pinned under it until the next morning when his buddies missed him.
In all, a great time to be away and get some sun, been real wet in Souther Utah, the flowers were mindblowing! been snowing and crappy here in MT, looks like the next big trip is the Madda Hey in No-dak this june.Last edited by Bunion; 05-07-2005 at 11:44 AM.
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