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[KTMrad 545]

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Split Mountain

We talked with other families out in their 4x4's.....it's always good to talk to others and be friendly, so they know us motorcyclists are good people !!

Photos from Ron (Dual BMW)

John, Debbie and Jessica at registration

Uncle Cameron with his 1200GS BMW....Cameron rode out Friday night.....what a manly Adventure Rider !!

The SDBMW crew getting ready to leave Butterfield

[Ride-Orange 2]

What a weekend! Great company, great weather, great riding conditions... I'll be back!

Thursday afternoon I pulled-in (following closely behind carguy) and set-up next to Schwinn. Cooked some burgers and such... then the wind started The early morning rain on Friday didn't faze me though (thanks to a heapin' helpin' or Dr. Morgan's magic "sleep-right-through-it" elixer - a perfect blend of Dr. Pepper and Captain Morgan)

Friday around noon we decided to hit the bottom of The Phantom Trail (thanks to the gate being open) and we estimate that we made it about 1/3 of the way up (hopefully carguy will post some photos). The route is extremely steep, loose, and rocky, so we decided to continue the attack another day. Like I said, I'll be back!

Saturday was all about sweep for R-O Jr., carguy, Chris ("Chris who?" you say... see below), papaalex, and me.

Tommy and I led the charge up Oriflame and stopped to let the others catch-up

Just before we reached Hwy 78 at Banner, we caught the group that left ahead of us. One of these guys had put on a fresh front tire the night before and somehow lost a front brake shoe which then dug into his rotor a bit. It gave us a chance to check out his buddy's Cannondale (that's it laying against the hillside). From the left; carguy, the backside of papaalex, some guy, CHRIS, and Tommy.

A quick gas stop at Borrego Springs and we we back at it.

Tommy felt like crap all day, so every once in a while he would take a catnap while we waited.

Git along little dawggies

Sweep at the Pumkins

This one proves I was there

This guy was doing some training just North of Painted Gorge

A little while later we found that Cannondale had lost his group and joined ours. He had a roll chart, but his ODO had crapped-out, which fully justified our Sweeperness.

Here's a shot of our camp and one of Sunday morning's rainbows.

[John 79 1]

Man, what a blast that was! Dual sporting is an entirely new dimension of riding for me, and boy am I hooked! I look forward to riding with you guys more often, and certainly again at the Dash next year.

Ride Orange and son gearing up for Saturday

The killer rainbow we woke up to Sunday morning after pouring all night

Just below the squeeze, trying to fabricate a petcock o-ring. Others took the opportunity to crack a few cold ones

Tree, Joliet and Schwinn taking a quick break leading into Fish Creek

Leading into Split Mountain

I'm smiling like hell under my helmet!

A quick hydration break

Schwinn on my favorite part of the ride, going over the pass out of Borrego Springs

Thanks again Randy and Adventure Riders, Good Times!

[sandiegoland 0]

Link to write-ups of the Desert Dash on the D37 AMA website HERE

Craig, seems the GPS routes were spot-on !! Thanks for all the help with that

Seems they were a good supplement in certain spots. Enjoyed helping with them!

[carguy 1]

I had a great time at this years Dash.

Some pre-dash mods to the Husky

Some exploring before registration.

I guess they got tired waiting for me to catch up and we went back down.

R.O.'s fox pants scared out the resident fox, he was too quick for a pic.

Friday registration

Saturday sweep

Someone said "your not going to take a picture of a KTM broke down are you?"

I pointed to my Honda patch on my vest and, well here is the pic.

Gas at Borrego, waiting for riders to get in front of us.

More to come.

[dirt dame 586]

That pre-registration canyon with the single track in it looks absolutely wonderful.

[humptythumty 0]

What a great event! Hard to put into words how much fun my buddies and I had.

Thanks Randy and all the other SDAR members who put in their time and energy to put on the ride. Great Job!

My friend lost his tool kit out there some where. If anyone found one give me a PM and I’ll describe it. It would make his day if he got it back.

Thanks again for the killer SDAR weekend.

Wayne

[carguy 1]

As riders left the gas station, we started out in sweep mode again.

The lone Palm tree.

This one proves R.O. was there.

Catching another group at the pumpkin patch, they got the hint when I asked the sweepers to smile.

A little detour.

[KTMrad 545]

More pics from Ron S.

Riders getting ready to leave the start

Maddog Mike on the big R11200GS

Kevin and Pyro in front of Carlee's....I think they needed some "Hydration"

I guess this would be where Kevin had a little getoff

Those BMW's tend to lose their plates....I think that makes 3 lost on this ride

An Ocotillo Plant.....you don't want to run into one of these !!

[KTMrad 545]

Schwinn, Carguy and I at the Saturday night Raffle.....man, we had a lot of awesome stuff to giveaway !!

Anyone find the pot of gold at the end of this ??

Heart Attack Hill !!

Our VP coming down the hill on his Dakar BMW

Whaaaa......what's this, he had to get off the bike ?!!

Kevin, did you fall down go boom ? You know we gotta give you a hard time for that one !!

He makes it down to the bottom

Another rider coming down

Another rider tries the righthand line down

Look at that suspension working !!

Hmmm, all seems to be going well for this rider

Almost, but not quite to the bottom !!

Guess I'll sit down for a minute.....

[carguy 1]

Sunday we registered riders and decided to explore some routes for 2009.

Here SDland explains the best save of the year in some whoops.

We went up and down Diablo drop a few times.

There are some great views out there.

I had a great time all 4 days. Great friends, great times. Can't wait for next year.

[KTMrad 545]

Fish Creek

Kevin & his group explored a dead-end canyon called "Sandstone Canyon" off of Fish Creek

Arroyo Seco Del Diablo translates to "Dry Canyon of the Devil" on Day 2 Mud Caves Option

The clouds hanging over the mountains along Hwy. S2

Thanks for the great shots, Ron.

And all the others too !!

[sandiegoland 0]

Here SDland explains the best save of the year in some whoops.

He who witnessed it called it a save, he who who hung on for dear life called it a near-death experience...

I can't get over that sand in Tarantula Wash. Anyone who thinks "sand is sand" needs to check it out. Some combination of depth, coarseness, weight... I dunno... but it took a few more horses on the throttle to keep the front end floating over it. I ended up hitting some whoops and put on a good show for carguy.

Afterward, I think I said something ridiculous like, "I was going too fast to crash, so I decided not to."

[Joliet 0]

These are Schwinn's pics. His computer is down.

[Joliet 0]

More Schwinn pics.