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On 7/23/2018 at 11:00 AM, Dress4Less said:

Rigger - I plan on being up in Pinedale next month...I'll look for your tracks...;)

Lucky you DFL - I left a load towel for you in Pinedale.

stayed at the Riviera great little place next the brewery / post office - 

really nice people and great breakfast 

On 7/23/2018 at 7:51 AM, Bagstr said:

 

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Bags 

 I’ve seen that chair on its side before… 

BIG smile 

 

 

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Another epic adventure to watch in the making. I’m glad to know you made it out New Mexico with less trouble on those sticky muddy trails. Did you get a chance to try their famous pie in Pie Town?

I will be behind you following your adventure updates as you crossing Montana to Canada ? ??

Gery

 

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  Nice Packing - RU a professional??

  What happened to the aux fuel tank?  The load has shrunk since Jamul.

  New Tires are Always excellent!!

      Buddy Bags

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Will be up in Missoula and Seeley Lake next month; I love running the dirt roads up there (and there are a million of them!).  Beautiful country; looks like you are having a blast!

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Dan, that sure is a nice looking bike in a very beautiful place! 

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Awesome trip. 

I lived in the Bitteroot Valley just south of Missoula for 4 years. 

Gods country. 

Wish id of owned a dual sport then instead of the Gold Wing I had then. 

 

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On ‎7‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 8:22 AM, Riggerdan said:

Lucky you DFL - I left a load towel for you in Pinedale.

...as long as it's not a "pre-loaded" load towel...;)

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After a couple of weeks of nursing some sore shoulders and butt.....

Home safe and sound in Jamul with a little over 7000 miles of adventure riding.

 

Thanked the universe on a daily basis for the ability and opportunity to tackle the Divide 

Created a bonding relationship with this KTM 1090

 

 

 

 

Hindsight thoughts:

 

- WOW I really made it Jasper

- Happy to have made the trip with no injuries / mechanicals 

- The bike was utterly AMAZING...

- The ride was harder then I thought

- Maintained a reasonable level of clarity when things went a little south 

- I chew through motorcycle tires :(

- I'm a magnet for the rain

- My solitude quota has definitely been filled

- New Mexico kicked my ass,  

- The NM stars were truly unbelievable, when it wasn't raining 

- No fun to drop your 800lb dirt bike in the slippery mud

- No fun to drop your bike at all

- Glad I have some very novice rigging skills

- I can rig up a hammock in 2.5 minutes, and swing in the rain

- The Mosko bags are AWESOME, extremely well designed 

- Don't ride through Yellowstone late afternoon - if you expect to ride faster then 3 mph 

- Love those Tetons 

- Always love Glacier Park

- Really love Polebridge MT

- Rode way more at night then I would have imagined - unbelievable experience at times 

- Other times, not so unbelievable 

- Really really great to see SDAR friends in ID "Strega & The Mountain Man" 

- ID was HOT

- No fun breathing in smoke for days on end

- Lost a lot of weight 

- The Canadian Rockies are truly beautiful - for me, icing on the cake...

- Getting back into the states from the North was extremely difficult due to a disgruntled CBP agent 

- GPS Kevins tracks were very good only 2 discrepancies that generated a little more adventure then anticipated 

- Ripped it to the coast to in search of fresh air and a blue sky - found it in Crescent City 

- Slabbed the coast highway home, very enjoyable

- A real sense of accomplishment when I was rolling up my driveway 

- Wouldn't do it again, but glad its behind me

 

- Patagonia in 2020 

 

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Hope you enjoy

 

 

- Rigger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Looks like a wild trip glad ur back in one piece

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Really enjoyed following you Dan on this amazing adventure! Will be great to hear some first hand notes when we ride again once the desert cools a bit... Cheers! Mark

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  This is about the Cleverest solution I have ever seen.  I nominate this event into the Kug Book of Clever Solutions.

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   Heck, it was not even muddy by the time you figured it out!

 

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Oh my Rigger, what a nice set-up, and that was a big league ride.  Not no wander in the park for a couple days!!  Way to go for it.  Hope to buy you a beer soon and hear more stories.  I liked your "reflection list", great thoughts there, but really laughed at the Yellowstone warning.  I was ok riding the Yellowstone loop at the posted 45 mph on my bike,  kinda, but when the tourists slam on the brakes in front of me to look at a squirrel... yahoo, wildlife...  That's a bit much - haha.  Glad you got home safe.  Spectacular pics! Cheers. 

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Wow, what an epic adventure. Thanks for taking us along. There’s so much to to explore out in this beautiful world, weather it’s for 7,000 miles worth, or a couple hundred miles in our backyard! 

Congrats on a great adventure ??

 

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I wish I had this found when I doped in the dry lake last time. And yes, you have never to much rope with you. Nice ride and good choose of the roads.

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