I think that having a thread dedicated for Utah riders to announcing their upcoming rides would be very helpful. A couple of you seemed to like the idea when I threw it out there on another post, so I thought I'd start it.
Rather than starting a new post every time you want to announce a ride, why not have a single thread that everyone looks for to find out what the Utah bunch is up to?
If this works the way I hope, it will have several benefits:
1. You can post your ride announcement quicker--just add a reply to the running thread.
2. The thread should be fairly active and move to the top regularly for better visibility.
3. You can subscribe to the thread and receive email notifications when others post so you don't miss out on a ride that you may be interested in.
4. You can quickly get a history of past rides and the riders who went. I think this would help everyone to get better acquainted and make it easier for newcomers.
Please let me know if you like this idea, or if you have other suggestions. I notice that many of the Utah riders over on the ADV board tend to post their rides on a single long-running thread and it seems to work pretty well for them.
If this thread takes off, I will make revisions to this original post as needed so that it's clear what we're doing. I was also thinking that we could make a dedicated thread for the follow-up ride reports of the rides listed here.
11:00 am - Meet at the Saltair Resort off I-80 by the Great Salt Lake
11:45 - Lunch at Jim's Family Restaurant in Tooele
12:45 - Ride to Grantsville - South Willow Rd - Mormon Trail Road (paved) to Rush Valley - to Penny's Junction - to hwy 73 (Five mile pass, Cedar Fort, SaratogaSprings) to Home. Probably home by 2:30 - 3:00
If I have time and can figure out how to do it, I'll post a route map.
The meeting time at Saltair has been changed to around 12:15 so that ScottG can make it. I hope this works for those who were interested. It should be a few degrees warmer by then too.
We still plan on heading to Tooele for lunch. The route after that can be changed depending on who shows up and what everyone wants to do. If you are planning on coming for sure, please post here so we don't leave Saltair without you.
2mstone, be sure to let WillsWheels know. We'd love to have him even if you can't make it. Cavehamster--you in for sure? I sent an email to ILUM but haven't heard back. And Adam the Bandit from Farmington--you're invited too.
Andreas? Spineguy? Involute? Bueller? Bueller?...
It will be nice by tomorrow afternoon. If you don't come with us, I guarantee you that by 2:00 you'll be in a 45 minute car wash line wishing you had!
Here is my plan;
March 13 - Friday, depart 3:00 pm
Slab'n (I-15) to Vegas hopefully arrive 9-10
I'll stop along the way to pick up anyone who wants to ride along...let me know where.
March 14 - Saturday, Day ride, BBQ
March 15 - Sunday, depart 8ish ride home via NV hwy 93 to hwy 50 to Delta Ut hwy 36 home. Approx 500 miles
My lodging is Fiesta Henderson 702*547*7777
$150 for both nights
We need to give a head count...Please pm me if you're going and I'll put a list here and update our host.
Check out this link to my post in the luggage photo tread. It has the model number of the SKB cases. I bought them online at CaseClub.com I ordered them on Monday and they were at my doorstep by Thursday, very fast turn around. If you need a place to work on mounting them let me know. I have room in my garage and would be glad to lend a hand. I also have a pressure washer(Hint, Hint).
I'm going to ride down to Escalante April 9, 10,11. I will be doing day rides while there; hwy 12, Capital Reef NP, Bryce Cyn, Zions NP, Cedar Breaks NM. etc.
Anyone want to join me? If we get more then two of us we'll call it the Utah Gathering! There are inexpensive rooms to be had in Escalante, and some good food at the Cowboy Blue cafe.
I'll leave WVC on the 8th and ride home on the 11th
The route looks great on the map. But soooo much riding in a day for me is not the best idea. If time permits, I'll see if I can meet up with some of you in Lehi for no good reason.
keep 'em coming!! i will be going shopping on Wednesday next week so please firm up any maybes or announce any wussing out :dirtdog, errr i mean other commitments. (get ur junk outa the wife's purse!)
also post up what you would like to do for any tech stuff. need to do ur damn KLR doohickey? learn how to change a tire? re-do your forks? (yes, we did this at a BBQ!!)
might have to adjust the valves on my pig if i don't get to it before then.:headscratcher
Remember we are talking about two different rides.
VEGAS BBQ;
This is the Vegas ride March 13 - 15 The host there would like a headcount in order to plan the meal.
VEGASHOTSHOT ride;
Mike from Vegas comes to visit Utah and we go for a day ride March 28. No headcount needed. This is the loop to southern Utah and back to Lehi. Stay toont to this one as we are trying to shorten the miles a bit.
I'd like to come up later on too, and maybe you guys can show me somethin about this flyfishing thing:-D
Thats one of the biggest things I miss about Utah is fishing!!!!!
Mike
I hope some of you guys made it out riding Saturday, it was beautiful. I didn't ride much, but I did manage to get my chain oiler fixed.
So, what's the plan for this weekend with our Vegas friends?
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