Another Eventfull Trip To OW

[timoyz]

With Turkey Day approaching, the family decision wa to hit OW, instead of going North with the rest o the DBA Brethern. With Rolls, Sawyer, his "friend", and myself in the new rig, I recruited Travace, & Palmer, and we all met Sunday at Gas Dome Trail & Cahuilla Road for a very ventful trip.

Loaded up Sunday AM, ready to throw $400 in gas into the MH, pick up Rolls, and hit the road.


Next stop was OW.


Sawyer showing the newbie the ropes.


She got it pretty quick. (sorry for theblurry pics)










While they were messing around, Trav was grabbing some pics of the camp.


Edited because I faucked up.

To be continued...

 

[PALMER84ONE]

Can't leave the gopro laying around on a table. We found a little something on the gopro Tim, do you know what it might be?

 

[Travace]

sorry that was before gary showed up... but picture his right in the middle.

Bella and Lola had fun

weather was awesome

had to come in for a pit stop

what a great pit crew

to be continued.....

 

[timoyz]

There wasn't really any riding on Sunday. It was a more set up camp, and putt around, and enjoy the night tme festivities.

The next moning, as we were getting ready to ride to breakfast, the standard AM shots were going on.


The next thing I knew, Sawyer went down hard. He hit a road berm that threw him over the bars.

Here he is trying to figure out what's going on.


After a long wait for the info from the hospital, we were on the road. Thanks to Trav for the us of his truck.


We were all happy campers.


Where we spent the first day of the trip.






Ready to head in.


It was a long wait, but we finally got a bed.







Final result was a broken collarbone, and a pretty good concusion. He didn't want to go home, so this is where he spent the rest of the trip.




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[530ktm]

First of all, I don't think you have enough firewood on that trailer. Looks like you guys had some great times down there as well. I don't remember the weather ever being this perfect.

 

[timoyz]

So, after a day off riding, I'll continue...

Sawyers X-Ray.


With Sawyer on pain meds Tuesday AM, we hit The Blue Inn for breakfast.

We finishe, and brought some breakfast burritos back to camp, then geared up for the day.

The patient being briefed on the days prior events.


The patient that Dr. Timo has to operate on.


Trav wanted to find a ridgeline with the fire hydrant, so we went North towards the 22 Highway.

On our way up.







Panos of the area.




We arrived at the North end, and rode Tectonic Gorge.

A stop halfway up.









It was a picture frenzy.


Trav, and his huge stone.




To be continued...

 

[timoyz]

First of all, I don't think you have enough firewood on that trailer. Looks like you guys had some great times down there as well. I don't remember the weather ever being this perfect.

I make sure I have enough wood for my entire trip. You can't count on everyone else to bring wood, so I like to be sure.

 

[timoyz]

No more pics from Tuesday, but we never did find the fire hydrant. We rode some cool washes, and made our way back to camp for night time activities.

Wednesday came and Trav was gone. Palmer who was leaving at noonish, had time for a AM ride, so we decided to head out early, and hit the Travertine for breakfast.

Camp Palmer prepping for the day.


Rolls strapping up his girdle.


The 1000 piece jigsaw is pretty hard when your on Vicodin.



The pre-ride ritual.


We took the direct route, via some washes, for the grub.

Palmer coming in.

JrJr.


Rolls aiming for my bike.


Group shot.


Palmer at the highway, making the turn North.


Rolls was next.


I do look good.



To be continued......

 

[timoyz]

The next stop was not the Travertine, but Portebellos Fine Italian Cuisine. I'm not sure when Travertine closed, but the new owner said they opened a few months ago.

The shot in front. They still haven't changed the signs.


The wind has even taken care of their banner.



My Bro got the Portebello Omellete.


JrJr got the breakfast burritto.


Palmer got the chicken fried steak, and eggs.


I got the same as Palmer. Did I mention the Bloody Marys are still good?


After breakfast, we headed straight back to camp, because Palmer wanted to drive home on the busiest travel day of the year.

Packing up.


While that was going on, I walked Sawyer over to the crash site.


At least the dirt was some what soft.


More hot stuff to come.....

 

[Naturaledge]

Impressive report Timo, most impressive looks like you guys had a blast (other than the unfortunate collar bone incident) Thanks for sharing.

 

[timoyz]

After Palmer left, we were gearing up for a afternoon ride, when a huge plume of smoke started not too far from camp. We mounted up, and headed over, and found this.


A short video where you can see the propne tank venting.

The story that was going around, was he was working on his quad, under the awning, with the door open to the MH. The quad caught on fire, and the flames rolled into the coach, out of control. I think the whole thing smelled fishy, and the wind wasn't coming from Salton Sea. He was camped all alone, nobody near him, just him and his quad. :insurancejob:

The fire got boring quick so we headed to Split Mountain for supplies.


From there, we headed the back way and stopped at the airplane bone yard.


A little bit of everything there.






I'd lurve to go look around inside.



Not sure what these are, but there's alot of them, brand new in the crate.



We got back to camp to find that they finished the puzzle, she rode a little bit, and now moved on to Uno. :yawn:


It was quite in our camp that night, too bad I couldn't say the same for the rest of OW.


T Day to come...

 

[530ktm]

Nice. You always seem to find the restaurants that serve the little dishes. I think that motor home fire is a bunch of shizzle as Rez would say. The guy was behind in things and the quad sounded like a good idea but it is hard to believe it happened that way. Nice to see Rolls is out riding again.

 

[Rack]

There wasn't really any riding on Sunday. It was a more set up camp, and putt around, and enjoy the night tme festivities.

The next moning, as we were getting ready to ride to breakfast, the standard AM shots were going on.
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What's with the barf bag

The next thing I knew, Sawyer went down hard. He hit a road berm that threw him over the bars.

Here he is trying to figure out what's going on.
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After a long wait for the info from the hospital, we were on the road. Thanks to Trav for the us of his truck.
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We were all happy campers.
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Where we spent the first day of the trip.
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Ready to head in.
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It was a long wait, but we finally got a bed.
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Final result was a broken collarbone, and a pretty good concusion. He didn't an to go home, so this is where he spent the rest of the trip.
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[timoyz]

AM Thanksgiving Day



I had been craving a virgin slot, so this was the day I was going to get it. First stop out though was to check on the MH.



They had towed out the frame, and trailer, just leaving crap.


The quad that started it all.



How ironic.


To credit the park, by the end of the day, it was just a dark brown patch of dirt.

Planning on riding the East end of the park, we rode San Felipe down, and over to Pole Line. This was a quick gear stop somewhere in the middle.


Pano from the stop.


You knew it was coming.




More to come...

 

[timoyz]

What's with the barf bag?

He puked once, and then was nauseous on, and off the rest of the day. Concussion standard OP.