2 The nearest road to our camp? 313. Life is interesting sometimes. Note the cracked headlight.
3 Time to adjust the steering stem nut properly.
4 Breakfast. Also, lunch, as it turned out.
5 Shade was worth finding all day long.
6 Thirsty. We were it.
7 Messy. We were it, too.
8 Something eternally satisfying about shooting things and breaking them.
9 Dinner. Not bad.
10 The road to Mineral Bottom.
11 Kristian goes and gets it.
12 "Failed to negotiate the curve"
13 Four jeeps total. You wonder what kind of conditions they were driving in.
14 If you ride with Nick it isn't difficult to get a collection of this kind of picture pretty quick.
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17 Signs.
18 The trusty bike was there.
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20 Definitely not an understated individual.
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22 Wildflowers were abundant.
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26 Beauty shot.
27 Or maybe this is its best side.
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31 The first time there was a lot of heavy stuff in this side of the bag was enough to show that the heat shield they provide with it wasn't in the right place.
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35 Lunch break. We take shade where we can find it.
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38 Tree: 1 Kristian: 0
Shook it off and finished the ride though.
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40 Wonders if he can top that off with coffee.
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42 If I'd found both of them I'd have been a hero.
43 Nick opens his tail pack. Rumor has it he forgot to close it before riding away.
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46 Yes, you are free to ride as close to the big hole in the ground as you like in many places.
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49 You could totally ride a bike across that arch.
50 Musselman arch.
51 The road runs across that ledge.
52 Second longest ride by miles of the trip.
53 Damage.
54 That's not going to buff out.
55 It was mostly plastic melted onto the bag, but it did compromise the bag (and its contents.)