The Mobius Trip - Page 25

Hamon · 09-07-2008, 11:10 AM

Awesome. You two are a great team.

The narration and the pictures have been amazing, and I wait with baited breath for the next installment. I found this report this morning and have read through it all since then. Thanks so much for putting this together, and take care!

Travis

Chris M · 09-08-2008, 11:43 AM

The way you have captured this ride thru your pictures and narration have been amazing. I wish you and your wife a safe and fun Part II.

Bonnie Abbzug · 09-11-2008, 04:14 PM

LDF and Dr. Rock!

It was great meeting you two yesterday morning

, I'm just sorry we couldn't spend a little more time with ya

!

Be safe and have a fun time out there!

DR. Rock · 09-22-2008, 10:15 AM

Well, we're safely back in NYC... A totally awesome trip.

Photos are uploading, and I'll be starting to write up the ride report over the next few days...

If there's one photo that is iconic of the trip (and I knew it would be when I snapped it) it's this one of LDF on the White Rim trail. A potential front-page candidate?

... what do you guys think?

rfx · 09-22-2008, 11:27 AM

Oh boy! Can't wait for the second installment.

Drizzt · 09-22-2008, 12:59 PM

Black06LJ · 09-22-2008, 01:02 PM

Can't wait to enjoy your adventure. Wish I could have tagged along.

rthuey · 09-22-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DR. Rock

Well, we're safely back in NYC... A totally awesome trip.

Photos are uploading, and I'll be starting to write up the ride report over the next few days...

If there's one photo that is iconic of the trip (and I knew it would be when I snapped it) it's this one of LDF on the White Rim trail. A potential front-page candidate?

... what do you guys think?

you were laggin that far behind again?!?

was wondering where you been, then the thought occured to look up the thread. which now is in my watched threads with this post.

welcome home and lookin forward to more pics and stories

trumpet · 09-22-2008, 03:33 PM

oboy oboy!!

CBAT · 09-22-2008, 03:50 PM

Klay · 09-22-2008, 04:40 PM

I had a very pleasant day today reading through your ride report . I hadn't looked at it before. Wonderful story! I thoroughly enjoyed your Nova Scotia report, too. Thank you so much.

I can imagine how enjoyable it will be for you to come back and re-read this in a few years.

DR. Rock · 09-24-2008, 06:53 PM

It's been a few days of NYC immersion therapy. But I'm more or less caught up with all the stuff that piled up while we were gone. The critical stuff, anyway. Definite culture shock.

A little pre-quel discourse. Our first choice would be to have ridden the TAT continuously in one shot. Realistically, that's not gonna happen. Breaking it up into two week segments has its advantages, though. After Mobius I, we were able to reflect, debrief, fine-tune, practice, rest up, and hit these last two weeks with a fuller appreciation of what we were in for. Or so we thought.

I've read in TAT reports that there's the TAT before Salida, CO, and there's the TAT after. I've heard others say that the TAT becomes progressively more difficult, but your experience grows with the terrain, so it ends up being a similar degree of challenge along the way, relatively speaking.

My opinion is more the former. Yes, the degree of difficulty increases as you go west, but CO and UT are a huge step up, especially if you avoid the "Big-bike" bypasses.

Late May and early September are great times to travel. We often commented that there's no WAY we would want to be out in the desert in July or August.

I don't know how some of you do it.

I was asked which was better, Mobius I or Mobius II. Answer: Mobius II wouldn't have been as good as it was without having first experienced Mobius I. I know some people start the TAT at points west, but I got a lot out of moving myself all the way from east to west, albeit in two (so far) stages. I have a sense of the distance and geology that I wouldn't have otherwise.

The TAT is part of what we've wanted to do, and a challange to ride, but from a planning standpoint it has become relatively "easy". You buy the maps, read the RR's, load yer GPS, and go! Finding ourselves in places we'd seen photos of in other's RR's was actually comforting... under the I-70 overpasses in UT, for instance.

But now that we're getting the hang of this remote-dirt-road-camping-adv-touring thing, the routes that we take getting to and from where we join and leave the TAT are becoming more fun. As we gain confidence that we can handle flat tires, breakdowns, (both mechanical and psychological

), eating freezedried food, skipping showers for a few days, camping in the middle of nowhere, etc,... and survive; the addition of the element of the unknown... that we're actually exploring places that we haven't been spoon-fed, or read about anywhere, added a lot to this trip for me.

I've got the tracks mapped, the photos uploaded, the memories are like a good lemon tart just ready to pull out of the oven... just setting up, still a little jiggly, fresh and warm, not yet dried out.

Tomorrow, I start plugging away at the story of Mobius II.

Black06LJ · 09-24-2008, 08:23 PM

an den.....

Lil' Steve · 09-24-2008, 08:25 PM

Jonny Utah · 09-25-2008, 12:51 AM

id put it on the front page if it were up to me.

09-07-2008, 11:10 AM	#361
Hamon I just like riding Joined: Dec 2007 Location: BC, Canada Oddometer: 272	Awesome. You two are a great team. The narration and the pictures have been amazing, and I wait with baited breath for the next installment. I found this report this morning and have read through it all since then. Thanks so much for putting this together, and take care! Travis __________________ Two wheels and half a brain. http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=355243 <- BC to ON and back: KLR650 http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=485653 <- Inuvik 09: KLR650 and DRZ chronicle http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=762691 <- 3 months of moto fantasticity

09-11-2008, 04:14 PM	#363
Bonnie Abbzug Charlaridian Joined: Sep 2006 Location: on the couch pm'ing Hayduke Oddometer: 10,296	LDF and Dr. Rock! It was great meeting you two yesterday morning , I'm just sorry we couldn't spend a little more time with ya ! Be safe and have a fun time out there! __________________ 2008 Yamaha WR250R 2004 Gas Gas 300 Raga Replica 1977 Yamaha DT-100

09-22-2008, 10:15 AM	#364
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,342	Teaser... Well, we're safely back in NYC... A totally awesome trip. Photos are uploading, and I'll be starting to write up the ride report over the next few days... If there's one photo that is iconic of the trip (and I knew it would be when I snapped it) it's this one of LDF on the White Rim trail. A potential front-page candidate? ... what do you guys think? __________________ "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

09-22-2008, 11:27 AM	#365
rfx White Lighting Joined: Feb 2006 Location: NJ Exit 28 Oddometer: 162	Oh boy! Can't wait for the second installment. __________________ Action sport Photos: http://tomolesnevich.smugmug.com/ http://www.tomolesnevich.com/ Ride: To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water. Current: 03 DRZ400s Sold: 95' DR350se (You'll be missed)

09-22-2008, 12:59 PM	#366
Drizzt Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Tucson AZ Oddometer: 997	__________________ 2000 Suzuki DR-Z400S “And what is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good- Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?” Pirsig

09-08-2008, 11:43 AM	#362
Chris M Adventurer Joined: Aug 2007 Oddometer: 26	The way you have captured this ride thru your pictures and narration have been amazing. I wish you and your wife a safe and fun Part II.

09-22-2008, 01:02 PM	#367
Black06LJ ZRX1200R Thrasher Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Rio Rancho, NM Oddometer: 297	Can't wait to enjoy your adventure. Wish I could have tagged along. __________________ Todd Sweeney - Cageless since 4/2008.

09-22-2008, 03:33 PM	#369
trumpet Group W Bench Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Oddometer: 1,246	oboy oboy!!

09-22-2008, 03:50 PM	#370
CBAT occasional wanderer Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Central Texas Oddometer: 711	__________________ Bruce 2000 Suzuki DRZ400S, 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere My Great Divide Ride 2009 Great Divide Part 2

09-22-2008, 04:40 PM	#371
Klay plainsman Joined: Nov 2005 Location: out in the great wide open Oddometer: 89,127	I had a very pleasant day today reading through your ride report . I hadn't looked at it before. Wonderful story! I thoroughly enjoyed your Nova Scotia report, too. Thank you so much. I can imagine how enjoyable it will be for you to come back and re-read this in a few years. __________________ _______

09-24-2008, 06:53 PM	#372
DR. Rock ^OP Part of the problem Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYfC, yff Oddometer: 5,342	Git crackin' It's been a few days of NYC immersion therapy. But I'm more or less caught up with all the stuff that piled up while we were gone. The critical stuff, anyway. Definite culture shock. A little pre-quel discourse. Our first choice would be to have ridden the TAT continuously in one shot. Realistically, that's not gonna happen. Breaking it up into two week segments has its advantages, though. After Mobius I, we were able to reflect, debrief, fine-tune, practice, rest up, and hit these last two weeks with a fuller appreciation of what we were in for. Or so we thought. I've read in TAT reports that there's the TAT before Salida, CO, and there's the TAT after. I've heard others say that the TAT becomes progressively more difficult, but your experience grows with the terrain, so it ends up being a similar degree of challenge along the way, relatively speaking. My opinion is more the former. Yes, the degree of difficulty increases as you go west, but CO and UT are a huge step up, especially if you avoid the "Big-bike" bypasses. Late May and early September are great times to travel. We often commented that there's no WAY we would want to be out in the desert in July or August. I don't know how some of you do it. I was asked which was better, Mobius I or Mobius II. Answer: Mobius II wouldn't have been as good as it was without having first experienced Mobius I. I know some people start the TAT at points west, but I got a lot out of moving myself all the way from east to west, albeit in two (so far) stages. I have a sense of the distance and geology that I wouldn't have otherwise. The TAT is part of what we've wanted to do, and a challange to ride, but from a planning standpoint it has become relatively "easy". You buy the maps, read the RR's, load yer GPS, and go! Finding ourselves in places we'd seen photos of in other's RR's was actually comforting... under the I-70 overpasses in UT, for instance. But now that we're getting the hang of this remote-dirt-road-camping-adv-touring thing, the routes that we take getting to and from where we join and leave the TAT are becoming more fun. As we gain confidence that we can handle flat tires, breakdowns, (both mechanical and psychological ), eating freezedried food, skipping showers for a few days, camping in the middle of nowhere, etc,... and survive; the addition of the element of the unknown... that we're actually exploring places that we haven't been spoon-fed, or read about anywhere, added a lot to this trip for me. I've got the tracks mapped, the photos uploaded, the memories are like a good lemon tart just ready to pull out of the oven... just setting up, still a little jiggly, fresh and warm, not yet dried out. Tomorrow, I start plugging away at the story of Mobius II. __________________ "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 DR. Rock screwed with this post 01-29-2009 at 09:18 AM

09-24-2008, 08:23 PM	#373
Black06LJ ZRX1200R Thrasher Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Rio Rancho, NM Oddometer: 297	an den..... __________________ Todd Sweeney - Cageless since 4/2008.

09-24-2008, 08:25 PM	#374
Lil' Steve PussyWagon™ Chauffer Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Da Bronx, NYC Oddometer: 3,576	bring it on! __________________ Steve 07 KLX250S w/300 kit, 05 DR650SE, 04 XT225 99 VFR800 w/870 kit, 96 GPz1100

09-25-2008, 12:51 AM	#375
Jonny Utah Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Apple Valley CA Oddometer: 173	id put it on the front page if it were up to me. __________________ 610 Husky sm 07 Vschlong 1000 CRF4fidyR 92 FZR 1000 FAH*Q VSH, the rock.

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