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  6. Posted

    I suspect the area north of Mogollon Rim has some bear activity but not enough for me to worry about at the time. I felt really comfortable primitive camping there and just left everything outside my tent. I like your idea of looping around the north rim through Mesquite. I might have some tracks that could get you back to the Hoover Damn area from Mesquite??? I have not ridden them yet but I downloaded them about a year ago in preparation for doing that section sometime soon. Text me at 760-703-6877 if you are interested and I'll text them to you.

    LB

  7. Posted

    Hey Goofy, here's a quick breakdown on our ride:

    We left San Diego and slabbed to Sierra Vista the first day. Stayed in a hotel that night, unsure of the name. But it was close to the start.

    Day 2 we camped near the top of Pioneer Pass. It's a forest service area with several good free dispersed campsites. There were bears in the area so be prepared to hang your food.

    Day 3 we made it past the Mogollon Rim. About halfway between the Rim and highway 40, there is lots of great camping. It's a higher elevation plateau. Once we got tired,, we basically just turned off the trail and went and camped behind some trees about 1/2 miles off the trail.

    Day 4 we made it all the way to Cameron. It was a triple-digit day so we got hotel rooms at the Cameron Trading Post hotel that night so we could shower and cool down. There is a decent restaurant there. Per Arnie Fry's (RIP) suggestion, I got the Indian Fry Bread beef dip sandwich. Not great, but pretty good. 

    Day 5 we made it all the way to Utan and started slabbing back toward Flagstaff. We ended up in a forest service campground in the Prescott area off the 95 that night.

    Day 6 we slabbed home.

    It's a good ride. I plan on doing it again, except next time I would turn around at the Grand Canyon and loop back on different trails.

    Let me know if you have any questions.

    LB

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  9. Posted

    Congrats, Kelly. There's a couple of nice pics there. And riding with your son, well, that can't be beaten.

    CID, Kug, PMB, Rigger, Crawdaddy, Van, and I were in those vary spots just a couple of weeks ago too. Been thinking about doing a RR myself but damn, I've never been busier.

    Rubber side down,

    LB

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    Onx shows the entire road is an easement. Onx is very accurate. I'm 95% certain that gate is illegal. The property owner on the west side of the road where the gate is located (based on Shafted's GPS coordinates) is owned by Viora Family Trust. The property on the east side is owned by Gallistel Family Trust. I would assume one or both of those property owners are responsible for this BS.

     

     

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    Yes, there is plenty of riding from Lake Arrowhead. Go west to Silverwood Lake area. Go east to Big Bear (no need to truck up there). Most of the trails are fairly well marked, including difficulty ratings, east, moderate, expert. US Forest Service will have maps or you can pull it up on-line. II always download the forest service map in PDF to my phone for areas I ride. I'd send you GPX files if I had them for that area but I've never had the need to use GPS up there. Just find a trailhead and go explore. California Trails maps will have everything.

  15. Posted

    Cool ride, Kelly. When we talked, I didn't know the ride you were planning was in honor of your buddy Joe. My sincerest condolence for the lost of your buddy. Glad some of my input was beneficial, even though not all of it was followed...🤣 . But like I always tell my kids when we get to a section slightly above their level.... if you never try it, you'll never make it.

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    On 4/15/2021 at 8:15 PM, thecerver said:

    Yup...I tried my buddie's cable. He has the same model. No luck.

    Is your 'ruggedized cell phone' your main phone or did you dedicate a phone specifically for GPS?

    It's a dedicated phone for GPS only. No cell service. The apps available these days make cell phone based GPS navigating much easier to use then stand alone units...no need for Basecamp ever again. You want to upload a track to your phone. One click and it's done. Want to share tracks with friends, click on track, click share, send. Want to see what "public" tracks are in the ara you are riding...one click. Want to download satellite view for an area you are going be in....drag a box around the area and click download...bam. There are several brands of ruggedized phones that are made to military specs...water proof, heat proof, drop proof...etc...for $150. Buy Giai or Rever or any other GPS app for $25 and your life just got a lot easier. There is a full on thread about it in this forum if you want to read more.

     

  18. Posted

    When you deleted the birds eye file, did you get a warning message? I vaguely remember there being an issues with deleting those files, but it's been a few years since I've wasted my time with Garmin and Basecamp. Were those files on the SDcard or the Garmin? I do what Randy suggested and then insert a brand new Sdcard, connect to basecamp, and start from scratch.

     

  22. Posted

    For the record, that gate at Thing Valley is always closed. It's there to help Border Patrol secure the area as that road could be used as a bypass to get around the BP checkpoints on the 8. The gate bypass has been there for many many years and is used consistently without issues by motorcyclists/hikers/MTB. I have never seen them make an attempt to bock it, which tells me they are unconcerned with our activity. I ride it frequently and that is just my .02.

  25. Posted

    15 hours ago, royboyz said:

    We don’t have a spot tracker but had to abort the last section of stage 3 yesterday evening due to getting caught in a snow storm so we bailed out at Cima and took road down to Primm Nevada and got a hotel room to thaw out                                  
    as I found out I don’t have proper gloves for snow with 30 mile an hour winds which gave me popsicles for fingers, ouch

    Rigger Dan and I got caught in a snow storm in section 3 in March 2019. We still tent camped that night and continued on the next day. It was an adventure for sure. Water proof gloves are a must on long rides. I usually carry 3 different sets of gloves, regular motox style, water proof, and cold weather. Enjoy the rest of the ride.

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