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[Q-Dawg]

Feel free to delete or move this thread if it is not in the right place....

As the last meet approached we had a thread for those traveling to the meet to band together and form common riding plans without having to hunt through all the regional area forums on the board.

I have taken it upon myself to start another thread like that.

Perhaps we can each share a rough plan of what we are hoping to do on this thread, then do a lot of the detail planning offline using PMs and emails so this thread doesn't get as cluttered as the last one.

We can then edit / update our "sections" of the thread with where we are going and who is in each group so people can start to merge their ride plans as desired.

I am pretty much wide open on my plans so far but am looking for someone to further ride around in Utah and Colorado with leading into and after the meet. I will cobble together a bit more of a rough plan on my ideas in the next few days, but until then I turn this thread over to others who might have their stuff worked out more than me at this point.

[didit]

CVVFR & I will be doing 400+ mile days to take care of the 'travel to' in hopefully 3 days (Fri/Sat/Sun), keeping the Monday as a buffer.
The plan for pre meet, getting there.

http://goo.gl/maps/Yz22

After the meet is not yet determined but in all likelihood, a run through Utah, New Mexico, possibly Arizona, Nevada, California mountain side, Oregon, Washington back to BC.
This is tentative for post meet.

http://goo.gl/maps/gEw5

[ki-speed]

On Monday 8/13 Ron (ronimalvfr) and I (ki-speed) will be taking back roads from Dallas, TX up to Raton, NM (approx. 630 mile day). Meeting-up in Raton with Gary (gswanson) and shade, both from the OKC area. Then on Tuesday 8/14 the four of us will ride from Raton to Taos, Pagosa Springs and then hwy 550 (Million Dollar Highway) from Durango to Montrose (approx. 400 mile day).

Have a fun and safe ride everyone.

See ya at the Summit.

Mark

[jfviffer]

I understand if your riding through Montana its not a good idea to pass state troopers on lolo pass

Was discussing routs on the way down with Axel, going to high tail it to salt lake city and then to Montrose.
on the way back is still up for discussion, general consensus was to hit up some of Arizona maybe new mexico and Utah (Zion) no routs planned yet.

[Tammy]

The three days in Montrose will fly by!! SumSum '09 exceeded expectations, especially on route to the meet. Leaving our vfrd friends was brutal (always is), so we'll stretch out our trip and head south for a couple of days before going home.

[didit]

The three days in Montrose will fly by!! SumSum '09 exceeded expectations, especially on route to the meet. Leaving our vfrd friends was brutal (always is), so we'll stretch out our trip and head south for a couple of days before going home.

YeeHAaaawww!

[Q-Dawg]

I understand if your riding through Montana its not a good idea to pass state troopers on lolo pass

Was discussing routs on the way down with Axel, going to high tail it to salt lake city and then to Montrose.
on the way back is still up for discussion, general consensus was to hit up some of Arizona maybe new mexico and Utah (Zion) no routs planned yet.

I'm NEVER going to live that one down, am I? (It was one of Idaho's finest that pulled me over after I mistook his truck for "just a truck with a camper shell on it")

Well I rarely make the same mistake twice: I find new ones to make!

Sounds like there's a few of us doing Utah in our different riding groups..... Cool. Maybe we can cross paths somewhere? Well I hope it's a slow few night shifts at work. Gotta work out some ride routes and update my post with the details.

[Tammy]

oh you're so not alone Quesnel...I have a pic of Choco and Axel to show you

[jfviffer]

After the meet is not yet determined but in all likelihood, a run through Utah, New Mexico, possibly Arizona, Nevada, California mountain side, Oregon, Washington back to BC.
This is tentative for post meet.

http://goo.gl/maps/gEw5

Spent some time peeking at your rout, Looks amazing! Especially those roads through sequoia, brings back fond memories Ponderosa to Porterville

[E-Ticket]

Howdy everyone!

Well, we did a bunch of iffin' and and'in ... and we have our departure dates/route planned.
Originally, we were going to do a fun , northern loop before heading to Montrose, CO for the VFR rally/ride.
But, it really adds stress worrying about having a flat, mechanical, etc., and showing up late to the rally.
That, and we need to spend a couple of days with my elderly mom in Boise.
So we are taking a *f-a--i-r-l-y* direct route down. :^)

Here's out "exit strategy" for getting the hell out of Dodge:

Wed, 8/8: I-84 to Hood River (just to burn a little distance early in the morning), then down to Fossil, Kimberly, John Day and the back way into Boise.
Thur-Fri.: Hang with the mamoo in Boise.
Sat. 8/11: Boise, ID to Logan, UT (back roads)
Sun. 8/12: Logan to Vernal, UT (via Bear Lake and Kemmerer, WY ... beautiful area, awesome roads)
Mon. 8/13: Vernal, UT to Montrose, CO
Tues. - Fri. 8/14 - 17: Montrose, CO (VFR Summer Summit II Rally. Ride *everywhere ... Million Dollar Highway, Ouray, Telluride ... who the hell knows, eh!)

We then have have 18 days (Sept. 3 or 4) to wander/find our way back home. :^)

We plan to hit Mt. Evans (14,280'), Pikes Peak, Rocky Mt. National Park ... then haul bunners up to Custer National Park and spend several days there doing Mt. Rushmore, the Needles Highway, Chief Crazy Horse Momument. And then back homeward via Devil's Tower, Chief Joseph Highway, Beartooth Pass, and the northern end of Yellowstone. Then loop back homewards via Lolo Pass and Joseph and then reclutantly turn our front tires towards PDX.

Please don't hate us. <grin>

-- RandyB ("E-Ticket") / SusanP ("Flying Ant")



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Edited by E-Ticket, 22 July 2012 - 02:52 PM.