Spring Dinosaur Run.

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RIDE DATE: MAY 20,21,22 - 2011.

Hey Norm... has the snow melted off out there yet?

It is getting to be about time for our annual Spring Dinosaur Run.

Anyone interested in say the next 4 or 5 weeks?
It could be crammed into two really long days but best as a 3 day

Here are photos from last years run - we did it May 20th

you need a beverly hillbilly on that ride

yeah we do.. it'll be interesting to see how much stuff falls off the bike on the Yampa Bench

From local newspaper.

The only part on the Colorado side of the monument left to open is the remainder of Harpers Corner Road, which is closed at Plug Hat Butte.
The road is scheduled to open April 22, Johnson said.
“It’s taking a little longer because of snow and drifting they have up there,” Johnson said.
He said crews have dealt with layers of ice up to two-feet thick on the roads, and up to six feet of snow. (Snowing here now!!)


If the timing is right I am interested in tagging along. From Maybell to Browns Park I can give you a better route than the slab.





Maybe a few of these.

When am I not interested? But this one's a "maybe" for me, gotta see how scheduling plays out.

Hopefully a KLR is a better motorcycle (read, reliable enough to make it through an entire ride without failure of some sort) than a BMW GS...






Edit... and Geek, :fyyff Thanks for costing me $0.25 more on my cell bill.

You have to pay 25 cents per text?

Deepinit pays 10 cents per text so every time I send him one I sign it "10 cents"

Unless it's on the weekend of the 13th of May, I'll entertain you with my appearance.
Join up at Maybell?

Sounds great!

Work is messing up schedules for the next few weeks, but weekends should be clear in May, and a 3-day not a problem.

...but it would have to be the five weeks out in your original post.

I'm in a OSHA wind safety class this weekend, preparing for finals the following weekend, then I'm doing volunteer work up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation the week of May 7-15.

If you can hold your horses, it would be awesome (and warmer ) around May 20-22.

Cheers!

I'd wait for it to dry out - that clay is no fun when it's wet. Remember my near slime-out? I had a great time last yeAr.

I'm going to be in Steamboat for a clinical rotation starting May 9th. If this happens on a weekend sometime after that, I'm def. in.


Hmmm....note to self, find place to live in Steamboat soon.

I could be in if its the weekend of the 21st
If not......do you have gps tracks?

Does GEEK have gps tracks? Geek. This is Geek we're talking about.
I mean the guys freaking name is GEEK.
He's probably had them since '83. He probably posted them online somewhere in '93.

Gotta firm up the dates a little more so I can plan my work travel out, but I'm tentatively in.

I have two types of tracks.

The "intended route" which I made with google earth...
and then the "actual route" which bread crumbed out of my GPS - route changes being made on the fly by conditions/weather/etc.

...and I have 6 sets for the 3 times I've done a Dinosaur run.

Now whether I can actually find them on my hard drive or not is a different story.

As for this ride.. I'm thinking it might be a more of a "follow my nose" route linking various nuggets together along the way

We might need a good lock pick along... anyone have mad skills?

Fri, Sat, Sun: May 20,21,22.
or
Sat, Sun, Mon: May 28,29,30.
(may 30 is monday = memorial day = holiday).


What say ye?

Anyone know a good file sharing site? I found a couple of my kmz (google earth) files from one of my rides out there
(actual tracks from ride photo'd in post 1). I can post them as both kml & gpx.

Note though: You can't follow the same route across the white river (unless you are the lock pick we need mentioned above )

I could meet you in Maybell the Sat. the 21st. The next week school is out so any time works there.