Thursday–Sunday, 17–20 Sep 2015
OK, some left on Wednesday and Randy extended the ride beyond Sunday. I’m using the “offical dates” just because.
Randy says…
A bear ran across about 20 feet in front of me in Sequoia NP. I never know whether to think that’s ‘it’ for awhile or eventually it will be more serious.
So kind of a 3 part trip for me-all good but with variations. Left Buckeye to the northwest thru the park but into the foothills and around the fire area. Saw some big plumes of smoke in distance and roads were quiet as they hadn’t been open long and main Kings Canyon highway was still closed. Went thru parched and hot areas…would be great in spring or early summer… like Wonder Valley and Pine Flat Reservoir. Reservoir must have been nearly 300 feet down from full. Area was really quiet with a few small boats waaaaay down there. Headed over to Prather for a much appreciated taco/chile rellano lunch. Then up the big long hill to Shaver Lake. Up that one hill and you go from foothills to alpine. Shaver Lake was a very pleasant small Sierra town-one gas station and one motel and that’s about all I needed. Guy at motel told me all kinds of local info, mostly about how all the lakes around there are Southern California Edison electrical producers, connected by tunnels and were the main early suppliers of power to LA way back in early days.
So next couple days explored quite a few excellent narrow paved and unpaved roads, stopped a neat old Forest Service Ranger Station, saw lakes that would be even more awesome if they had more water, froze butt camping at 8200 feet elevation, had buffalo burrito at Mono Hot Springs Resort, rode (partly) on some knarly 4WD roads that guys were trailering rock crawlers to. Bottomed out once but think it was just the centerstand. Was mostly quiet up there but people there were quad and 4 wheelers and people really trying to get ‘out there’.
Pictures
Here are pictures from Alberto, Carl, Marc, Markus, and Randy. Click on this link to read Alberto’s trip report. I’ll add a video from the campground swimming hole, later.
Bird Street cafe
heading down the Coast
Big Sur Area
Not Bixby Brirge
Bixby Bridge
Hwy 1 south , parking lot
oh well, nothing but wait
at the start of Nacimiento Rd
Mr. Wob.. doing his thing
Handsome
Looking North on Highway 1
North on 1
Can you see Hwy 1
heading un on Nacimiento Rd
Mr Wob… distinguished riding
Nacimiento Rd
Ft Hunter Liggett
The good bike is on the left
good shot eh?
Holding the tank
OUCH! Get my foot out!!
this is what it was
The boys
More boys
M551A1 Sheridan Tank
The three wise men
Oh, if he only knew
San Miguel
Cooling off
on the wall
Artistic
Bathroom entrance
Mr. Wob… holly and purified
Warts on a cactus
you know you can eat those, yes?
Well, let me tell you!
About …
Mr Wob holding the crew glued
must have been a good one!
After breakfast
Santa Margarita, you cannot miss it
In case you did not read the sign
Pilot car
GS Riders
Another road maintenance stop
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The boring part of the ride
A day’s worth of ice
Sequoia Nat Park, Randy checking in
Markus doing his Schuldigenzie thgisn with a German babe
Our site at Sequoia Nat Park
Carl… perfectly mellow
Tom, What was that?
Getting individual dinners ready
Hummm, Delicious!
Tom the gournet
This large!
Ehu do campers do this? to a tree
this one could care less about humans
Home sweet home
Not shy
The water hole
Camping
the slide
Maybe tomorrow
Randy holding a cigar
Carl explaining some geology
Markus
some strange weed - srtistic (?)
pretty shot
runnning water
camping
until the wee hours
these guys can talk, and talk
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Good morning!
handsome himself! Carl
Fire haze
wethead, airhead, hexhead
Need water?
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Dry
My solo ride up Mountain Pass
CCC built
Tom and Randy
Red
Markus and Tom
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another abnove view
Tom playing mosquito bait
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Three of six
Breakfast … I think
Randy’s tent… very little
all gone to the water hole
What’s that?
Alberto
Markus and Tom
Honeymoon cabin
1939
Mineral King
Honeymoon Cabin in Mineral King
with some back packers at Mineral King
at the water hole
Now you Markus
Okay if you insist!
Tom - he thinks he can fly
yahooo!
… a YETTY in the wilderness?
frolicking mermaids
Watch out below!!
SPLASH!!
Found my hat!
Clean, perfectly clean
tom flying again?
Yes, that hat is clean
Hmmm… let me see
will it still fit me?
Tom, if you can’t fly… slide!!
To.. what was that? Blurb, blug, brub
The Mermaids frolicking
float as best you can
Markus… Yahooo!!
The slide
Manzanita tree near Buckeye Flat
View of Morro Rock from Buckeye Flat
Stagnant arm of Kaweah River near Buckeye Flat
The Ride Home
