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MOTOBRICK RIDING => Photographic Ride Reports => Topic started by: johnny on May 01, 2011, 04:22:28 PM
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rolling 2 up out of tulare ca to the big trees of sequoia national park...
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ride route... (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=E+Prosperity+Ave&daddr=Ave+248%2FE+Cartmill+Ave+to:Ave+232%2FCA-65+S%2FW+Tulare+Rd+to:Rd+204%2FN+Spruce+Rd+to:Rocky+Hill+Dr+to:Mineral+King+Rd+to:Mineral+King+Rd%2FMineral+King+Rd+Trail+to:CA-198+E%2FGenerals+Hwy+to:Home+Rd+to:CA-180+E+to:CA-245+S+to:Dry+Creek+Dr+to:Unknown+road+to:Rocky+Hill+Dr+to:Rd+204%2FN+Spruce+Ave+to:Ave+232%2FCA-137+W+to:36.206607,-119.240112+to:Hillman+St&geocode=FTDDKAId-jDj-A%3BFXv6KAIdvp_k-A%3BFT6IKAIdtF3m-A%3BFbrYKQIdMGnm-A%3BFb7ZKQIdtC_n-A%3BFTlxLAIdNFzq-A%3BFYP3KwIdyyLs-A%3BFVJdMAId1-Lo-A%3BFfZTMQIdyoXp-A%3BFfDJMQIdzenq-A%3BFXjFLgIdAOjn-A%3BFWo4LQIdbenn-A%3BFeJrKwIdMsvn-A%3BFUraKQIdDBnn-A%3BFRDvKAIdimXm-A%3BFayIKAIdl7rk-A%3B%3BFarHKAIdOyjj-A&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=8&mrsp=16&sz=11&via=1,2,4,11,13,14,15,16&sll=36.219349,-119.194794&sspn=0.273101,0.617294&ie=UTF8&ll=36.486453,-119.095917&spn=0.544328,1.757812&z=10)
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i was telling m o about my 1 up to mineral king... so this time we rolled up as far as we could go...
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a blue neck lizzy comes out to see the bugeye motobrick...
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the world famous generals highway... smooth and clean and not much traffic for such a beauty of a day in the central valley of the fruits and the nuts...
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so i see a snake in the road all stretched out sunning himself... im thinking i got to turn back and get him off the road before he gets wacked... so i pull a fast u turn and pull along side the snake... and out of nowhere a highfalutin asshole in a black range rover wacks him...
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cant kneecap every asshole out there... so we be rolling to the big trees...
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this place was flowing like a moe roday...
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kings canyon overlook...
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we rolled to hume lake to filler er up with ethyl but settled for 87 octane... on the way in we noticed the gate to kings canyon was open... humm...
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high above the valley floor in the western sierras......
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and with eastern sierras in the no so distance distance...
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looking down from 6,000 feet to the road to kings canyon... we can see the old lodge with the gravity gas pumps... humm...
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yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
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so we roll right thinking the road is open but the closed signs have not been taken down yet...
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the 10 mile waterfall...
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just past the lodge the road was gated closed... the authority folks said lotts o snow and debris on the road... thought it would be open to the roads end next week...
kings canyon... one of our favorite places... just gonna have to wait a while longer...
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rolled to the 245 down to the mountain house (http://sistersmountainhouse.com/) for a burger...
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wood cooler...
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m o gotts a buddy...
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there burgers were good... really good... and the folks were the best ever...
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dry creek road...
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the orange blossoms where fully odoriferous... wow were they sweet... like this 12 hour ride...
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there you go...
j o