Stonyford Husky Ride Photos

[Stroker Ace]

As usual, AWESOME****************************************!!!

 

[WoodsChick]

Those last 2 shots are amazing......who says we don't get winter in California! We just get it in May.

Yeah, no kidding! I'm ready for summer and dualsport rides out to lakes and rivers.
Eric got a photo of you, too, but I messed it up when trying to edit/crop it. It ended up too light, but here it is. The snow photos above are untouched...

Could those last 2 shot be Mill Valley campground? I was curious what the weather was that day.

No, it was south of Mill Valley. I think it was somewhere off of 20 where it hooks up with 3 and 16N18, but I can't remember.

So when do we do it again? I'll be in Stoyford the weekend of 6/11!

Don't know where we'll be on that weekend but we'll be in Nevada right before that so we'll probably be pretty tired...and broke

Glad you all had fun, if I had the whole weekend to play I would have come over. I rode Sunday on the MC side. Our plan was to ride over Goat mtn into Stony and maybe run acrost you guy's but when we got to Lower deer valley rd it was already snowing so we decided to stay on the MC side. We had a awesome ride though, sideways snow at times but nothing real deep, it was actually a lot of fun.
I think Cow mtn is on the menu this Sunday before it get's to dryed out. I'll keep a eye out for your rides and hopfully show up on a few.

barefootbob

Hah! I didn't realize "Bob Greene" was BFB I shoulda known when you said you were going riding with OssieDog

 

[WoodsChick]

As usual, AWESOME****************************************!!!

Thanks! By the way, we were talking about you when you weren't around

 

[WoodsChick]

Anyway, we decided to get out of the storm before we ended up stuck there, so we headed towards the eastern side.
I like the snow collected in little_twin's backpack...

Jack didn't mind a little snow. See that smile on his face? I'm pretty sure it was there all day...

I was envious of Jack's 450 on some of those climbs over on the eastern side. For some reason he didn't want to trade me for my little tiddler 144...

Ahh...blue sky...sorta...

The drive to Stonyford is worth it for the views alone!

The obligatory splash photos on Trail 28. Eric's camera was still foggy and wet from the snow when Nick went through,
but it was clear by the time Jack and I quit shooting the breeze at the top and made our way down. Or it could have been the fact that I fell twice right before
the bottom...

Me...

Jack...

The storm was chasing us all day, but we managed to keep outriding it. This was a lovely spot in the sun. Note the tasty German chocolate dirt...

Triple-sexy Husky love...

The climb out of the Salt Creek Canyon is relatively easy except for one part. There's a right turn and then BAM! big uphill.
Eric made it up. Nick was right behind him and bailed early in the climb in order to get a better line. He was in the process of turning around
when I went flailing by. It was a lot of work, and I'm extremely thankful for the lack of video equipment since my particular technique on this day
consisted of "make it up at all costs." Remember, the sun had come out so the little WR was running differently than it had earlier in the morning...

I gotta go to softball in about 4 minutes. I promise I'll finish up when I get home!!

 

[xymotic]

I'm late to the party, but awesome as usual WC!

 

[WoodsChick]

I'm late to the party, but awesome as usual WC!

Hey, xymotic! Where've you been?? Better late than never

So, where was I? Oh yeah, the hill...

So I damn near burned up my clutch getting up that hill, but I made it. It wasn't pretty by any stretch of the imagination. I'm sure Nick was laughing at my stunning display of stellar riding skills

Eric and I sat at the top for awhile and waited. I had no doubt Jack could make it up no problem, and Nick had been riding like a champion all day (at least he was for the few minutes I kept him in sight

) so no worries there...so what was the hold-up? Eric finally went back down to see what was going on...

Seems that Jack had taken the funky line and ended up losing momentum in the loose stuff. I've ridden up this hill many, many times in the past and don't ever remember it being as loose and slidey as it was this day. Anyway, Nick came charging up the hill like his life depended on it and ripped off some monster air off the lip in the photo above. Of course, I was poised to film the action in hi-def video. And, of course, I couldn't see what I was doing and ended up watching him ride on by with a camera that didn't catch one frame

Next up was Jack, and I thought I'd figured it out and was going to film him coming up. At least this time I got some actual photos, since I was in "burst" mode instead of movie mode

Next up was Eric, and I finally figured out what I was doing! I got some great footage, even though I recorded myself saying "Is this thing on? Is it recording?" like a total photo-idiot.
The good news is the footage turned out great; the bad news is when I downloaded it to my computer it turned into a regular still jpeg of an empty trail

I gotta spend some time downloading the user manual and software this weekend and see if I can't resurrect it from the dead. I didn't take any more photos of the ride, but we had a ball dropping down into the Wolf Creek staging area and back up over the hill and down to camp. We pulled into camp after 45 miles of totally killer trail riding! We all had a blast, and we're both looking forward to riding with Jack and Nick again in the near future

I was bummed to hear I missed Jerbear

I was hoping you'd come back before we left! We'll have to meet up next time

So, to recap: the riding was great, the weather was warm, cool and then exciting and beautiful, the camping was waaay nicer than I thought it would be at Davis Flat, and the company could not have been better. Seriously, what a great group of people! I really enjoyed sitting around the fire and talking with everyone about all kinds of stuff. A very interesting and lively group, for sure

I hope those that came had a good time, and I hope those that missed it will try hard to make the next group ride/camp. It's a pretty rewarding experience all the way around

I took 2 more photos on the way home, one in the pouring rain with a rainbow, and one a few minutes later across from the Squaw Creek Inn in the warm sunshine. Kind of a microcosm of our weekend, don't you think?

 

[xymotic]

Hey, xymotic! Where've you been?? Better late than never

I got no excuse, I've been on the computer A LOT more than I've been riding: I broke my arm in Feb and last friday two days before I was "healed" I broke my hand.

 

[Stroker Ace]

Thanks! By the way, we were talking about you when you weren't around

So that's why my ears were ringing all weekend!!! LOL...... With that weather, there would have been no need for the high output feather duster either.

 

[XLEnduroMan]

All kind of strays wondered in and out of your camp. The lucky ones got to ride the Mendo trails with you.
xymotic....sorry to read of your....breakage's. WT...F?`

 

[ozzie]

Thank god you ran out of photos Woodschick, your making me a little bit envious over here mate, some nice track their

 

[Coffee]

It was indeed strange weather. Sunshine & major downpours all the way home... Talked to a friend near Napa and apparently they had hail & lightning.

 

[Dirtdame]

It was indeed strange weather. Sunshine & major downpours all the way home... Talked to a friend near Napa and apparently they had hail & lightning.

Still, it was all good.

No tornadoes or flooding.

 

[Flying Trash Can]

Too bad I couldn't stay for the last day of riding, it looks like I missed out on some of the magic... Hopefully there will be a next time.

 

[ray_ray]

Yeh... that rocky trail did suck BIG time and I am not a complainer There was 0 dirt, and I mean 0 dirt on that trail. Think gravel, but the gravel is composed of nothing more than jagged square edged giant grape fruit sized rock with lots of other larger sharpened squared edged rocks. Add in that none, none of it was solidly lodged into the ground. It was like that trail was made for an endurocross section. When Glen told me we had to ride it again... I just sucked it up and shut up. Probably would have flowed better in 3rd or higher gear... but I was honestly concerned about a pinch flat or worse.. going down with out upper armor on that I didnt wear as I thought I was going to be hot.

That said, it was still an awesome ride! Heck even met some friendly folks that offered me beer and a lawn chair when I stopped to bum a lil extra gas from them at Lil Stony. I must have looked the worse for wear and they took pity upon me. While I second guessed my decision, I declined the beer and lawn chair and continued on after Woodschick and crew with a lil extra splash of fuel!

I know this section of road .. It teaches balance and throttle control .... And clutch feathering ...

 

[Srad600]

Great RR as usual, I should have been there. I only managed to get the bike running "Reasonably" well this past Saturday (gotta love tuning at Carnegie). The carb needed some work and unfortunately my landlord is very anti-motorcycles. "No working on bikes, even in my garage"...lovely. Time to find a new place.

 

[bigjon]

Oh how sweet it is...We have lots of areas up here that this reminds me of. All I can say is Wow'. thanks for posting. you really have a great camera eye. Almost ready to ride, too maby other stuff came up at the last minute. I will get to ride soon.

 

[ghte]

Woodsie don't you know that good things come in small packages.
Well you have done it again, another compelling and riveting escapade with a happy ending (Eric getting another Husky and presumably flicking the Kato- Big Hooray there).
Keep the stories coming. I look forward to them very much.

 

[jfoulkrod]

As ALWAYS great stuff!!!

 

[WoodsChick]

As ALWAYS great stuff!!!

Wow...haven't seen you around in a long time! Where've you been??

Glad you liked the report We need to do another ride/camp get-together real soon here in NorCal

 

[WoodsChick]

Woodsie don't you know that good things come in small packages.
Well you have done it again, another compelling and riveting escapade with a happy ending (Eric getting another Husky and presumably flicking the Kato- Big Hooray there).
Keep the stories coming. I look forward to them very much.

Hey, ghte! I missed your post...didn't see it til jfoulkrod posted yesterday. You'll be happy to know that our dualsport ride reports will be much nicer to look at from now on