California - The Adventure Republic

ersin, never seen a ride report with me, me, me and me in there......sweeeeeet....

thanks.

i'll get my 2nd day out soon. over 400 pics to go through.

tune in.

Great report and pics, guys!

great pix Ersin ... how come your camera battery last so much longer than mine? Will be ordering some extra batteries for mine this week, no more excuses for the camera taking a crap.

thanks to all for stopping by, please come back, there will be more good stuff.

i use my pentax shooting while riding and in dusty or wet conditions.

+1, my other camera is the older g10. works all the time. yeah, having a viewfinder is a good feature.

todd, get yourself one of these too. awesome price for $13 at amazon. i paid $30 at graingers.

http://www.amazon.com/Key-Bak-Retra...47210139&sr=8-1&keywords=retractable+keychain

Thanks for the info Ted,

With point & shoot cameras it is hard to get good pictures if the object is in a shadow and background is sunny like this one. Flash makes it weird.

Thanks Todd,

I carry an extra and a charger this time. Rich has an adapter in his Jeep for 110V.
And yes, no more excuses for you anymore please.

Oh definitely. And with an adventure ride you wouldn't carry a SLR. I was more curious what caused it, so I looked.

only pic of the saturday night festivity; too busy cooking...



sunday morning temp inside the van; it was definitely colder outside @ 30F



sunday morning onto wmrs. yes, if you're driving 300 miles to mammoth, you gotta do wmrs.


chidalgo canyon



entering the canyon









there's more in this pic than the hole in the rock. see it?




short break at the petroglyphs





sign


















wmrs is in those mountains



between the first and second poles is silver canyon



tune in for more.

I love that trail.... I did that last year with Espi and Andreas on our 650's I was fresh off of 2 broken ribs about 2 months old.....I was so shit scared of falling off the bike........

jim, you having the long legs comes handy (i mean leggy). couple of years, espi, andreas and others rode that too. espin was on the valdez and andreas on the xr650r. we took it slowly and of course i got some help from others.

crab flats is the shortest route from arrowhead to green valley. we on big bikes with luggages have to go around the long way.

More WMRS ride:

Joel at water crossing

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Rich at water crossing

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thanks ersin, it felt like i went up 2 - 3 feet in the air.....

rich on his 1st water crossing on silver canyon





still the easy part of the climb






the rear wheel spun sideways and i have to lay down the bike. thanks to ersin (always) for the assist



made it halfway to the top but no ersin



after waiting 10-15 minutes, we were concerned, so we decided to go down and look for ersin



glad to see him it was just a flat






rich sees rear shock was leaking oil.........while i see melvin.....:

the green stuff down below is bishop



of course, i can't post pic of me without my partners









ancient bristlecone forest



the road was fun, easy and smooth....but long












this is my favorite shot



same one with a wider angle







it seems endless



here comes the bmw riders coming from the station









almost there.....

the building as announced was closed. ersin looks lost.....






rich and the pistachos.....that was good












hard to be lonely here......



duy left his rear rack from the last ride.....

I hope one of you PP's brought that thing home for me! It even matches Barbie!

Great pix you puckers. Sorry I missed it again.

Joel put it on his back for you but then we noticed the camera on the pole...

Was thinking the same thing. Duy, what color is your biker? It kinda reminds me of mint chip ice cream.