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3 Step Hideaway - Life On The Ranch - April 2018

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Lucky to have been invited to the 1st Annual Rendezvous, Dualsport Ride By PBDBlue - Thanks a bunch Pal

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On 5/2/2018 at 7:19 PM, Bagstr said:

 

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing these!

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So that's where you've been...great country and scenery!!

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It was a great time. Riding the White Rim Trail was a bucket list item I've had for a long time. Finally got to check it off and it did not disappoint. Thanks for coming along. 

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We had Home Cookin' for dinner and breakfast!  That and a clean private shower room, made for a comfortable stay. Scott and Julie offer a warm welcome and good service.

So,,, After dinner the crew adjourned to the outdoor fire pit. The days reports and lies offered a couple of hours or High entertainment.  This event was billed as the 1st Annual Rendezvous, and it drew big personalities from Adventure Rider; unaweep, Colorado Uli and Tragic Overlander provided a round robin of competitive standup comedy.  Truly the highlight of the event; Stories, Lies and Laughs.  Stolen motorcycle in Mexico, bought back in the middle of the desert with help from the locals at 3:00 AM.  Rides where the bike rolls off the side of the trail and the guy walks out until his feet are bloody to catch a ride with a Mormon family.  You cant make this up.  Or maybe you can make this up.

In the category of miracles,  my daughter happened to be coming off a kayak trip on the Colorado River. She dropped her boyfriend off at a San Juan River input and joined us for a couple of nights.  She had fun being around the ADV gathering. Luckily there were a couple of other women in camp. So three of us are closing in on the end of a 160 mile dualsport ride and pulling up to a stop sign along the south road into camp. 15 seconds before I reach the stop, my daughter flashes by in her camper truck.  I come to a stop and look right; she is out of the truck inspecting the tires. Her tire monitor flashed low pressure.  Sure enough, right rear is quickly deflating. Randy swings into action and rides to 3 Step to get a tire plug from Scott's well stocked shop. He is back in 30 minutes with a plug and we install the string plug. She had a cheesy little pump, but the thing inflated the truck tire to 45 lbs. I led her into camp on my 450 and pulled up the the Cantina.  After pulling off my helmet, Bagstr exclaims " I had to tow her in. "   Big Thanks pbdBlue for running up to the shop to bail us out!

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Wow, that looks awesome!

Nice ride report!

For future reference: my last day of work is 6/19/18....

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1 minute ago, amgems said:

Wow, that looks awesome!

Nice ride report!

For future reference: my last day of work is 6/19/18....

Congrats on retirement. You'll love it!

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1 minute ago, PbdBlue said:

Congrats on retirement. You'll love it!

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Perfect, close to the OZ scenic. Need too run this on my TT 600 some day.

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On 5/3/2018 at 10:15 AM, PbdBlue said:

 

Oh wow! Just incredible!

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On 5/3/2018 at 12:37 PM, Bagstr said:

 

Spectacular Bags! Hope we will be able to ride together the next time around! 

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Great RR and Pics! Thanks for sharing! :thumbsup_anim:   Jim - Congrats on the 6/19/2018 date! 

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  A Couple more to wrap the report

  Randy and I were quite lucky in the weather; 65 - 70F throughout the day with cloud cover. These very remote locations offer a unique situation. For me, it is hard to totally cut loose and ride normally because of the heavy consequences of injury or mechanical difficultly. I end up strolling through the view, which is actually appropriate in a national park setting.

The trail is 70 miles in the canyon and 100 miles truck to truck in the BLM.

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  Something of a BIG Bike roll was the ride south of 3 Step into the Montezuma Valley. The route we took was west toward Newspaper Rock and south up to 8000ft of the Abajo's. Dropped into Monticello for fuel and decide if we needed rain jackets. Ha, we didn't. Pavement, then graded roads into Montezuma where we found working ranches using sandstone for hay storage and these goofy houses built into the alcoves. There were two Pueblo sites; one cliff dwelling and the Three Kiva community site. 

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See you there next time!

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Bagstr said:

For me, it is hard to totally cut loose and ride normally because of the heavy consequences of injury or mechanical difficultly.

This has always been a thought for me as well.  I look at the sheer drop-offs and imagine the consequences of a mistake.  We place a lot of faith in our machines, yet they are mechanical and can fail, and our own performance is obviously to be considered and addressed.  In the end, I think that enjoying the view and camaraderie of our riding partners is the joy of these types of excursions!  Great pics!! 

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On 5/6/2018 at 10:32 AM, Bagstr said:

 

This rates as a "bucket list" ride for sure! Thanks for sharing!

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On 5/6/2018 at 10:32 AM, Bagstr said:

 

Great times!

 

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