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oh fook.. Ray is going fishing
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Cal24 2008 - BARF style
- Thread starter aciurczak
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Ray appears to be flying north along 447 to some little town Gerlatch-Empire, and then god knows where. Perhaps he's chasing space bunnies at this pointI sincerely hope he's got a route back towards California in mind, because the next road I see will put him somewhere north of Lassen Park, unless he backtracks!
447 will take him up by Alturas in about 112 miles and maybe a quicker route to Dorris.
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Cycle61
What the shit is this...
He better stay on it, that smoke creek trail isn't paved!
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Ya know maybe getting to Doris is the deal....
It would be so coooooooool to know the route and be able to track every rider...
What do you say Cal 24 ... lets make this deal a full on real time piece of FAS!!!
fun ass shit
Tracking every rider and having feedback from MRs. or Mister everyone (Designate a communicator) would be WAY fun,,
It would be so coooooooool to know the route and be able to track every rider...
What do you say Cal 24 ... lets make this deal a full on real time piece of FAS!!!
fun ass shit
Tracking every rider and having feedback from MRs. or Mister everyone (Designate a communicator) would be WAY fun,,
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Cycle61
What the shit is this...
Ray's been in Gerlatch for an hour now :| Hope everything's okay for him.
Alex is rolling north on 395 at a good clip after what may have been a gas stop...
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Ray's been in Gerlatch for an hour now :| Hope everything's okay for him.
Alex is rolling north on 395 at a good clip after what may have been a gas stop...
I've been watching Ray too. He doubled back to the same spot. It looks like he's across from a Shell Station according to my MapSource.
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Shizza.. hope Ray is all good...
Me.. I am sleepy.. what a wimp.
Sleeping on the couch just so I will wake up.. and can check in.
Ride safe guys.
Me.. I am sleepy.. what a wimp.
Sleeping on the couch just so I will wake up.. and can check in.
Ride safe guys.
aciurczak2
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Fort BidWell! YES! That does sound like what Alex was saying as his cell phone cut in and out. He said it was way north and all the way on the other side of CA from where I was... so Northeast would make sense.
Cycle61
What the shit is this...
Ray's rolling again, back on the road ~1/2 hour now. Alex turned off 395 to the west toward 139. Gotta sleep. Audi just spun their #2 car on intermediate rain tires and locked up the trans in 2nd gear.... Wait, wrong event...
Cycle61
What the shit is this...
All this midnight GPS stuff has inspired me to start my day's ride about 4 hours early. I'm off, have fun and ride safe guys!
(Wherever the hell it is you're going )
(Wherever the hell it is you're going
)
johnparjr
Working in an Apple stand
Any updates??
aciurczak2
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I did get a couple of calls in the middle of the night and early morning, but I was beat! Sorry! Alex is pulling in shortly here... going to go out to greet him. I will post afterwards!
aciurczak2
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They're back!
Ray and Alex are both back!
CORRECTION: They chose Red polish for 4 of his nails. Ray chose a frosty pink. Hmmmmm... what does this say about Ray? Please feel free to post your interpretations!
Alex says his brain is fuzzy, but he's eager to get scored... More to come once we're all settled.
Ray and Alex are both back!
CORRECTION: They chose Red polish for 4 of his nails. Ray chose a frosty pink. Hmmmmm... what does this say about Ray? Please feel free to post your interpretations!
Alex says his brain is fuzzy, but he's eager to get scored... More to come once we're all settled.
aciurczak2
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Well, I got many calls last night, but don't remember too much. Here are a few things I do remember:
1. Alex called around 4 am to say that the Space Bunnies had arrived. He was also noticing that he was doing the Microsleep thing, so he had to pull off the road (he was on highway 5) to a large gas station so that he could run around his bike and wake up.
2. Alex said he was hanging his foot off the bike a bit (can't remember if it was left or right, but I think left) and his toe ended up hitting a BOT DOT on the road. That REALLY WOKE him up! And he thought his big toe might be broken. I forgot to ask if it was when he took his boots off.
3. Alex was marked as arriving back at 7:38 am.
4. Ray and I spoke briefly. He said that he was going for some BIG bonuses. The first one he was chasing, he never got. So he decided to go for another one, but that one took him down a dirt road, but his GPS said 1.8 miles. He figured that was OK, but at one point, there was a fork in the road and so he continued on the one that the GPS was pointing him down and then all of a sudden the GPS said something like 28+ miles more of dirt road! He had to abandon that bonus as well.
5. I can't remember what else Alex told me last night, but I'm sure he'll have lots to post tonight!
1. Alex called around 4 am to say that the Space Bunnies had arrived. He was also noticing that he was doing the Microsleep thing, so he had to pull off the road (he was on highway 5) to a large gas station so that he could run around his bike and wake up.
2. Alex said he was hanging his foot off the bike a bit (can't remember if it was left or right, but I think left) and his toe ended up hitting a BOT DOT on the road. That REALLY WOKE him up! And he thought his big toe might be broken. I forgot to ask if it was when he took his boots off.
3. Alex was marked as arriving back at 7:38 am.
4. Ray and I spoke briefly. He said that he was going for some BIG bonuses. The first one he was chasing, he never got. So he decided to go for another one, but that one took him down a dirt road, but his GPS said 1.8 miles. He figured that was OK, but at one point, there was a fork in the road and so he continued on the one that the GPS was pointing him down and then all of a sudden the GPS said something like 28+ miles more of dirt road! He had to abandon that bonus as well.
5. I can't remember what else Alex told me last night, but I'm sure he'll have lots to post tonight!
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johnparjr
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That's cool glad they are back in one peice made me feel like I was a kid watching the gumball rally in the movies and I cant wait to get my spot now.
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Well...I did get back before the 8:00 AM deadline
When they gave us the packet for the second leg, I did something different than last time (5 years ago). I read all of it first.
Yerington, the town we'd just come through before the "Gun" checkpoint, had a 600+ point question. 600 points is a lot, and it's a slam-dunk! Unless, (you have to understand the rally-master mindset), you look at the first page, Bridgeport, and see 16 points, followed by 27 (or something small) for the Sonora Summit. So, off you go to Bridgeport. By the time you start reading the last pages (with the big points) you're too far away. So, Yerlington...snagged that. Gerlach, where the "Bite the Bullet" rally in 1993 was held, was 500-sumthin. Woohoo! Bag three or four large points, and pass on the itty-bitty's.
Headed for Gerlach. *sigh* Should say, headed for Gerlach after getting gas in Yerington. About 40 miles (half way, basically) between Gerlach and the last 24 hour gas station, I decided that if the only gas station in Gerlach wasn't equipped for 24 hour service, I'd be waiting for the station to open, and miss not only the Saddlesore deadline, but the hour grace period and be a DNF. SilverSVS would be doing all he could to not shoot me...so back to Fernley and gas. Naturally, when I got to Gerlach, the Shell station, while empty of people, would work 24 hours if you had a credit card. Hence, my tracking loopback before Gerlach. Naturally, the item to be found was nowhere you could find it at night, unless you knew exactly were to look for it On a dirt road called Guru Lane, that no map I could find had any record of. Wandered through the town a couple of times...no joy. It's not in town. It's on a dirt road outside of town. As you will see, I don't do dirt roads, so I certainly can't see them. Took a picture of the post office as a last-ditch attempt to earn the points I probably wouldn't be getting anyway.
Mr. Garmin told me if I wanted to get the big points in Susanville, to take the county road out of Gerlach (somewhat toward Alturas) and hang a left on some road that would take me to 395. Brockwood Rd.(edit: Buckhorn), I think. 50 miles sorta east of Gerlach. Blew right by it. 50 miles of 35 MPH twisties with lights that were good for...35MPH twisties...including the high beam.
HTF did I miss a road on the left??? Came back, dirt road. Now, a couple of you know I don't do dirt roads, and many know the K1200GT does not do dirt roads. Ok, Mr. Garmin says "1.8 miles". Eh...ok. 1.8 miles and the display changes just as the road forks. I'm to go left. Not happy, but both forks are dirt roads. Mr. Garmin now gleefully states that the next "segment" is 28.3 miles. 28 MILES?
48 minutes? 2:00AM? Wasn't gonna happen. "So, Mr. Garmin, how 'bout you just plot a route back to the start/finish point?" "Arrive at 6:43 AM". So much for Susanville Prison's large point package. Lesson learned? When you bring paper maps (you have to bring paper maps if you want to do this right), look at them before throwing your trust into Mr. Garmin's lap. He don't read those maps, either.
Got back to Fernley, got some fuel, got more water for the CamelBak, had an energy bar, 5 hour energy boost (without the crash...yeah...) and headed back to the start point. I-80. Over the summit. Yes, I brought the heated jacket, and yes, I put it on in Fernley. Thank gawd for that. Damn, it was cold...heated seat, heated grips, both on high. Jacket didn't warm me much, as neither did the seat or grips, but wow! Opened my face mask to scratch my nose, and it was COLD!. Could feel some heat, but let's just say I wasn't cold, but still not feelin' the love.
Ok, banquet in couple hours, I've had one beer already, so to avoid any PUI incidents (huh? Yeah, try going 24 hours without sleep, 20 hours of that on the bike riding at (legal...have to say that) speed working your brain at 95%, and then have a beer. Tell me that beer doesn't affect you at all. Well, maybe not at first, but I wanted to take a nap before the ceremonies, and it was the easiest crutch I could find.)
When they gave us the packet for the second leg, I did something different than last time (5 years ago). I read all of it first.
Yerington, the town we'd just come through before the "Gun" checkpoint, had a 600+ point question. 600 points is a lot, and it's a slam-dunk! Unless, (you have to understand the rally-master mindset), you look at the first page, Bridgeport, and see 16 points, followed by 27 (or something small) for the Sonora Summit. So, off you go to Bridgeport. By the time you start reading the last pages (with the big points) you're too far away. So, Yerlington...snagged that. Gerlach, where the "Bite the Bullet" rally in 1993 was held, was 500-sumthin. Woohoo! Bag three or four large points, and pass on the itty-bitty's.
Headed for Gerlach. *sigh* Should say, headed for Gerlach after getting gas in Yerington. About 40 miles (half way, basically) between Gerlach and the last 24 hour gas station, I decided that if the only gas station in Gerlach wasn't equipped for 24 hour service, I'd be waiting for the station to open, and miss not only the Saddlesore deadline, but the hour grace period and be a DNF. SilverSVS would be doing all he could to not shoot me...so back to Fernley and gas. Naturally, when I got to Gerlach, the Shell station, while empty of people, would work 24 hours if you had a credit card. Hence, my tracking loopback before Gerlach. Naturally, the item to be found was nowhere you could find it at night, unless you knew exactly were to look for it On a dirt road called Guru Lane, that no map I could find had any record of. Wandered through the town a couple of times...no joy. It's not in town. It's on a dirt road outside of town. As you will see, I don't do dirt roads, so I certainly can't see them. Took a picture of the post office as a last-ditch attempt to earn the points I probably wouldn't be getting anyway.
Mr. Garmin told me if I wanted to get the big points in Susanville, to take the county road out of Gerlach (somewhat toward Alturas) and hang a left on some road that would take me to 395. Brockwood Rd.(edit: Buckhorn), I think. 50 miles sorta east of Gerlach. Blew right by it. 50 miles of 35 MPH twisties with lights that were good for...35MPH twisties...including the high beam.
HTF did I miss a road on the left??? Came back, dirt road. Now, a couple of you know I don't do dirt roads, and many know the K1200GT does not do dirt roads. Ok, Mr. Garmin says "1.8 miles". Eh...ok. 1.8 miles and the display changes just as the road forks. I'm to go left. Not happy, but both forks are dirt roads. Mr. Garmin now gleefully states that the next "segment" is 28.3 miles. 28 MILES?
48 minutes? 2:00AM? Wasn't gonna happen. "So, Mr. Garmin, how 'bout you just plot a route back to the start/finish point?" "Arrive at 6:43 AM". So much for Susanville Prison's large point package. Lesson learned? When you bring paper maps (you have to bring paper maps if you want to do this right), look at them before throwing your trust into Mr. Garmin's lap. He don't read those maps, either.Got back to Fernley, got some fuel, got more water for the CamelBak, had an energy bar, 5 hour energy boost (without the crash...yeah...) and headed back to the start point. I-80. Over the summit. Yes, I brought the heated jacket, and yes, I put it on in Fernley. Thank gawd for that. Damn, it was cold...heated seat, heated grips, both on high. Jacket didn't warm me much, as neither did the seat or grips, but wow! Opened my face mask to scratch my nose, and it was COLD!. Could feel some heat, but let's just say I wasn't cold, but still not feelin' the love.
Ok, banquet in couple hours, I've had one beer already, so to avoid any PUI incidents (huh? Yeah, try going 24 hours without sleep, 20 hours of that on the bike riding at (legal...have to say that) speed working your brain at 95%, and then have a beer. Tell me that beer doesn't affect you at all. Well, maybe not at first, but I wanted to take a nap before the ceremonies, and it was the easiest crutch I could find.)
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Can't wait to hear more... snooze well Ray .. you deserve it.