The Run to the Roses Ride

[twowheelnut]

Wait a minute... Donny took you suc, er, adventurers onto Soda Lake Road? BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Atta boy, Don! Way to show those two how to dirt track!

:good:

Oh, shit... Here come the hot tub pictures. mg:

 

[Hit the Road Jack]

Great tale JB, except for that Beowulfian twitter in the beginning. WTF was that all about?

Old Michael and I were by here the day before.

Looking forward to the rest of the story.

 

[Old Michael]

Hilarious James Burleigh! .............but very moving as well.

(Don't remember Tenzing and Sir Edmund holding hands though.)

 

[Silent]

Ok, I guess it's my turn now. JB and I meet at the local Starbucks

And we're off to find the flowers that a friend sent me a picture of

Of course JB has to stop ever 15 minutes to water the flowers

Creston, ahh that magical land

dcarver and JB

This place seems familiar for some reason

15 minutes later, and we have to stop for JB again

The start of Soda Lake road

dcarver checking to see if maybe we could break in so JB could use the bathroom

Pavement ends?? Ahh hell, what have I gotten us into?

Don's good at this stuff

Lotsa dirt. To bad there arn't any flowers

Mmmm steak

JB doing the "I gotta pee dance", to bad there's no trees around these parts

"Impassible during wet weather"?

And we're off again

"Hay guys! The bathrooms are down here!"

Soda Lake. Where's all the water?

Don finds, and PICKS the 1 flower we've seen this whole trip!

 

[Silent]

Such great motorcycling roads

Dons driveway, more dirt, but by now we are pros B)

Harley and his pet Arangutang

The Hondarosa! We've made it at last!

and the imfamous fire pit of doom

Shauna the Bunny Slayer and Harley watch as Don prepairs to fire up the pit

I think Don's a closet pyromaniac

ok, forget the closet part

Friends, booze, fire, booze, moon, booze, can life get any better?

Alas, all good things must come to an end. Don douses the fire like a good neighbor at the end of the evenings festivities

Morning brings a look at the fine accomodations of the Hondarosa

This wouldn't be a "Ride to the Roses" post without at least ONE rose

Ohh wait, THIS is the right pic for the accomodations B)

JB man's the guns as he contemplates joining the Creston Militia

Gotta love Don's backyard

On the road again, and of course, JB's gotta pee

 

[Silent]

We did eventually find some flowers

The end of the road for this trip

We had one helluva good time hanging out with Don, Shauna the Bunny Slayer, and Harley! I want to thank them all for there horse-brutality Hospitality! B) We definatly have to do this more often, I'm flat out jealous of the fine motorcycleing roads that Don has down in his neck of the woods!

 

[James Burleigh]

Great tale JB, except for that Beowulfian twitter in the beginning. WTF was that all about?

Not Beowulf--try again!

 

[James Burleigh]

We had one helluva good time hanging out with Don, Shauna the Bunny Slayer, and Harley! I want to thank them all for there horse-brutality Hospitality! B) We definatly have to do this more often, I'm flat out jealous of the fine motorcycleing roads that Don has down in his neck of the woods!

Nice pics, Silent. Wish I coulda been there....

 

[Hit the Road Jack]

Not Beowulf--try again!

Okay, Jabberwocky twitter! Whatever!

 

[Silent]

We had one helluva good time hanging out with Don, Shauna the Bunny Slayer, and Harley! I want to thank them all for there horse-brutality Hospitality! B) We definatly have to do this more often, I'm flat out jealous of the fine motorcycleing roads that Don has down in his neck of the woods!

Nice pics, Silent. Wish I coulda been there....

Psst! You were part of the "We" B)

 

[RenoJohn]

Nice stuff Guyz!!!!

the 2nd half of those pics show some great stuff .....maybe one of you whaankers could point out on a map (or at least give some GOOD hints) as to where you were.

For example .....where is this?:

looks like some damn good fun down there.

 

[James Burleigh]

Nice stuff Guyz!!!!
the 2nd half of those pics show some great stuff .....maybe one of you whaankers could point out on a map (or at least give some GOOD hints) as to where you were.

For example .....where is this?:

looks like some damn good fun down there.

That's Carrizo Plain. Here's the map.

 

[7xray]

Nice stuff Guyz!!!!
the 2nd half of those pics show some great stuff .....maybe one of you whaankers could point out on a map (or at least give some GOOD hints) as to where you were.

For example .....where is this?:

looks like some damn good fun down there.

That's Carrizo Plain. Here's the map.

Go to Google Earth and type in Carrizo Plain, CA. Pretty cool.

Thanks JB and Silent for the great report.

Cheers,

7X

 

[twowheelnut]

Nice stuff Guyz!!!!
the 2nd half of those pics show some great stuff .....maybe one of you whaankers could point out on a map (or at least give some GOOD hints) as to where you were.

For example .....where is this?:

looks like some damn good fun down there.

Johnny, there are some really nice roads back into those hills. Bring the Man-Strom and your camping gear...

Clicky.

 

[painman]

Nice write up guys. Some of those pics remind me of Nevada/Utah out in the middle of nowhere. Very nice. PM. <>< B)

 

[RenoJohn]

Johnny, there are some really nice roads back into those hills. Bring the Man-Strom and your camping gear...
Clicky.

Timmyerest, ...that is exactly what I was thinkin' .....let's do it.

But do we have to camp?, can't we find some little town to loiter, violate, molest and the like?

...OH and NOT Creston, we already pillaged that place into eternal submission.

......only folks that go there since are funny looking guys wearing stich from the SF Ghey Area.

 

[twowheelnut]

Johnny, there are some really nice roads back into those hills. Bring the Man-Strom and your camping gear...
Clicky.

Timmyerest, ...that is exactly what I was thinkin' .....let's do it.

But do we have to camp?, can't we find some little town to loiter, violate, molest and the like?

...OH and NOT Creston, we already pillaged that place into eternal submission.

......only folks that go there since are funny looking guys wearing stich from the SF Ghey Area.

Yeah, we could stay in Taft. It's pretty podunk, but doable I think. Let's discuss Friday night.

 

[Fairlaner]

Hilarious James Burleigh! .............but very moving as well.(Don't remember Tenzing and Sir Edmund holding hands though.)

Looks like a still from a Village People video :yahoo:

R

 

[Barabus]

JB wrote-That's when we saw what looked like an FJR approaching from the far side of "town," a filthy blue '06 covered in blue painter's tape. "Could that be the sick bastard now?" we wondered out loud.

ROTFLMAO especially the painters' tape part.

 

[Neil San Diego]

Great photos and report! Thanks!

I've gone wild boar hinting in Carrizo Plain a couple times. I think they hide out with the flowers... Didja ya see any of the local Carrizo Plain residents (boar, elk, antelope)? And yea, that road is impassable in wet weather...DAMHIK...