The Mobius Trip - Page 353

malibu_dan · 08-09-2012, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DR. Rock

Hang tight for Bunnyville salt flats -- the photos are coming out quite nice.

You are such a tease...

taco250 · 08-09-2012, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by malibu_dan

You are such a tease...

So true...

DR. Rock · 08-09-2012, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taco250

So true...

The next day's batch is uploading to Smugmug now... Looks to be a rainy weekend coming up, hopefully I'll finish writing up M9 so's we can start plotting M10.

taco250 · 08-09-2012, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DR. Rock

The next day's batch is uploading to Smugmug now... Looks to be a rainy weekend coming up, hopefully I'll finish writing up M9 so's we can start plotting M10.

Doc,

We will all wait. We just love to read and see the places you and LDF get to go. BTW, when was the last time either of your DRZ's got their valves checked?

Questor · 08-09-2012, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DR. Rock

The next day's batch is uploading to Smugmug now... Looks to be a rainy weekend coming up, hopefully I'll finish writing up M9 so's we can start plotting M10.

Rain? You guys are getting rain?

We haven't had rain here in three months.
Everything is burning. Forest fires everywhere.

Standing by for more Mobius goodness...

Q~

Bob · 08-09-2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Questor

Rain? You guys are getting rain?

We haven't had rain here in three months.
Everything is burning. Forest fires everywhere.

Standing by for more Mobius goodness...

Q~

Hi

, what did we have on Saturday of the KLIM event??
I just looked at the inciweb site and its like 5 pages of active fires in ID

DRRambler · 08-09-2012, 04:44 PM

The next few days were beyond what I could have imagined...
I'm getting all worked up anticipating re-living them

DR. Rock · 08-10-2012, 07:18 AM

Today we'd be tourists. We'd made it back across the Great Basin, and we were in Wendover. Civilization -- showers, groceries, laundry, email, cell service, tourist attractions. We'd been pushing hard, and sitting down with the maps, reviewing the route, we realized there was no reason we couldn't sleep in, and take a breather.

Of course, it never works out that way. LDF & I were up early, and decided to hit the grocery store while Dave was recharging his batteries.

We passed this, statue,

which in silhouette looks disturbingly similar to Cristo Redentor

but in reality, is Wendover Will, the world's largest mechanical cowboy.

DR. Rock · 08-10-2012, 07:21 AM

Red Garter Casino,

like most gambling establishments, the facade,

is far different from the reality behind,

Dave was packed up and pretty much ready to roll.

DR. Rock · 08-10-2012, 09:28 AM

our tires as they clicked over 4000miles, rear:

and front:

I think we're looking at a rear change only for M10. Gonna try some MT43's on the rears, Desert IT's should last another 2 weeks. I hope.

The critical question though, is how will these tires perform on our next destination...

DR. Rock · 08-10-2012, 09:34 AM

there's a gas station at the head of the access road to the salt flats. That meant that we wouldn't have to backtrack all the way back to Wendover to fill up before our next leg.

As it was, we were fully loaded with gas, extra gas, water, and all our gear. No matter, these vehicles can speed with the best of 'em.

Honestly, I didn't quite know what to expect. As we droned along the paved access road, for a brief minute I thought... OK, we're here, we've seen it, we usually don't do so well visiting touristy places on Mobius... let's just get on with our trip.

Perish the thought.

TwilightZone · 08-10-2012, 09:37 AM

<"The critical question though, is how will these tires perform on our next destination..."

Eh ??? Hmmm... it's gotta be Baja.

DR. Rock · 08-10-2012, 10:04 AM

simply ends at a sign:

(put on your reading glasses, or click image to enlarge)

This place is the stuff of legends. We'd watched "The World's Fastest Indian", and just being there sent chills up our necks.

We scanned the curved horizon,

Dave took the first run:

DR. Rock · 08-10-2012, 10:13 AM

I was pretty sure she'd take top speed for the day. She has been called a "hot-rodder" on at least one occasion.

DR. Rock · 08-10-2012, 10:24 AM

This place is magical... it just BEGS for speed... whatever you've got, wring the bejezuz out of the throttle and wind out the rev's 'till it screams for mercy.

We didn't really have a plan,

the surface was like sandpaper,

We rode back and forth for awhile,

and then gathered to compare max speeds from our GPS's.

The current Mobius speed champion:

But then Dave invoked the actual rules which decree that the average of each direction determines the speed trial.

08-09-2012, 04:44 PM	#5287
DRRambler AKA Albertastrom Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Alberta Oddometer: 360	The next few days were beyond what I could have imagined... I'm getting all worked up anticipating re-living them __________________ Carpe Diem South America 2013

08-10-2012, 07:18 AM	#5288
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,341	M9 Day 12, Wednesday May 23, 2012 Today we'd be tourists. We'd made it back across the Great Basin, and we were in Wendover. Civilization -- showers, groceries, laundry, email, cell service, tourist attractions. We'd been pushing hard, and sitting down with the maps, reviewing the route, we realized there was no reason we couldn't sleep in, and take a breather. Of course, it never works out that way. LDF & I were up early, and decided to hit the grocery store while Dave was recharging his batteries. We passed this, statue, which in silhouette looks disturbingly similar to Cristo Redentor but in reality, is Wendover Will, the world's largest mechanical cowboy. __________________ "I came into this game for the action, the excitement; go anywhere, travel light... get in, get out... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."--Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle in Brazil, 1985. The Mobius Trip index \| Spot tracking live 4/6-4/21/13 \| AdventureLoft™ Tent Space

08-10-2012, 07:21 AM	#5289
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,341	Back at the Red Garter Casino, like most gambling establishments, the facade, is far different from the reality behind, Dave was packed up and pretty much ready to roll. __________________ "I came into this game for the action, the excitement; go anywhere, travel light... get in, get out... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."--Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle in Brazil, 1985. The Mobius Trip index \| Spot tracking live 4/6-4/21/13 \| AdventureLoft™ Tent Space

08-10-2012, 09:28 AM	#5290
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,341	A quick check of our tires as they clicked over 4000miles, rear: and front: I think we're looking at a rear change only for M10. Gonna try some MT43's on the rears, Desert IT's should last another 2 weeks. I hope. The critical question though, is how will these tires perform on our next destination... __________________ "I came into this game for the action, the excitement; go anywhere, travel light... get in, get out... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."--Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle in Brazil, 1985. The Mobius Trip index \| Spot tracking live 4/6-4/21/13 \| AdventureLoft™ Tent Space

08-10-2012, 09:34 AM	#5291
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,341	Note to self there's a gas station at the head of the access road to the salt flats. That meant that we wouldn't have to backtrack all the way back to Wendover to fill up before our next leg. As it was, we were fully loaded with gas, extra gas, water, and all our gear. No matter, these vehicles can speed with the best of 'em. Honestly, I didn't quite know what to expect. As we droned along the paved access road, for a brief minute I thought... OK, we're here, we've seen it, we usually don't do so well visiting touristy places on Mobius... let's just get on with our trip. Perish the thought. __________________ "I came into this game for the action, the excitement; go anywhere, travel light... get in, get out... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."--Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle in Brazil, 1985. The Mobius Trip index \| Spot tracking live 4/6-4/21/13 \| AdventureLoft™ Tent Space

08-10-2012, 09:37 AM	#5292
TwilightZone Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Oddometer: 1,948	<"The critical question though, is how will these tires perform on our next destination..." Eh ??? Hmmm... it's gotta be Baja. __________________ Whales were everywhere. On the beach, on the hillsides. One crossed the road in front of us… it was a big beluga!

08-10-2012, 10:04 AM	#5293
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,341	The access road simply ends at a sign: (put on your reading glasses, or click image to enlarge) This place is the stuff of legends. We'd watched "The World's Fastest Indian", and just being there sent chills up our necks. We scanned the curved horizon, Dave took the first run: __________________ "I came into this game for the action, the excitement; go anywhere, travel light... get in, get out... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."--Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle in Brazil, 1985. The Mobius Trip index \| Spot tracking live 4/6-4/21/13 \| AdventureLoft™ Tent Space

08-10-2012, 10:13 AM	#5294
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,341	Francine was up next I was pretty sure she'd take top speed for the day. She has been called a "hot-rodder" on at least one occasion. __________________ "I came into this game for the action, the excitement; go anywhere, travel light... get in, get out... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."--Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle in Brazil, 1985. The Mobius Trip index \| Spot tracking live 4/6-4/21/13 \| AdventureLoft™ Tent Space

08-10-2012, 10:24 AM	#5295
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,341	My turn This place is magical... it just BEGS for speed... whatever you've got, wring the bejezuz out of the throttle and wind out the rev's 'till it screams for mercy. We didn't really have a plan, the surface was like sandpaper, We rode back and forth for awhile, and then gathered to compare max speeds from our GPS's. The current Mobius speed champion: But then Dave invoked the actual rules which decree that the average of each direction determines the speed trial. __________________ "I came into this game for the action, the excitement; go anywhere, travel light... get in, get out... wherever there's trouble, a man alone... Now they got the whole country sectioned off; you can't make a move without a form."--Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle in Brazil, 1985. The Mobius Trip index \| Spot tracking live 4/6-4/21/13 \| AdventureLoft™ Tent Space

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