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MOTOBRICK RIDING => Photographic Ride Reports => Topic started by: johnny on May 01, 2011, 11:39:44 AM
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aint no poser ch1t going on here... this is the real thing... the mineral king...
http://mineralking.us/about.html
back in tulare ca again... for 1 weekend anyway...
after reading the v town pashnit gangs mineral king jaunt... i had to go... micki was busy so i went 1 up... good thing... we could do it 2 up... we have been on these kinda goats before... but 1 up was more enjoyable im sure...
so i buzzed out the 198 and filled up at the cheveron in 3 rivers... it 57 miles round trip from the cheveron to the end of the road and back...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08001.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08066.jpg)
the bug eye motobrick was getting into the red today...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08008.jpg)
the bridge over the kaweah river...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08013.jpg)
the river is spectacular... i want to see it during snow melt...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08011.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08012.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08015.jpg)
i got a feeling this would be covered in water in the early spring...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08017.jpg)
this ride has it all... the desert of the central valley... the picturesque foot hills... and then full on wilderness...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08018.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08028.jpg)
and some big trees along the way...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08029.jpg)
the smell of pine needles... although very smoggy today... the pine scent prevailed in the cool air climbing to 7200 feet...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08030.jpg)
the north facing hills still had some water flowing... the sun wasnt in the best position for good photos...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08033.jpg)
this is where im heading...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08045.jpg)
they say that mineral king is the glacier divide of the eastern sierras and the western sierras... just what i read... just saying...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08034.jpg)
the end of the road...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08035.jpg)
the dirt portions went from smooth and firm to washboard and crazy... especially on some of those off camber switchbacks...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08039.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08043.jpg)
motobrick and mother earth... looking out for each other...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08055.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08054.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08058.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08062.jpg)
unmarked cattle guard in a hairpin...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08057.jpg)
rolling down the hill...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08050.jpg)
it was a beauty of a ride...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08065.jpg)
the lake between lemon cove and 3 rivers is just a puddle these days... notice the water line... our first time here... 6 years ago... the lake was way higher...
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08067.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08070.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/owrstrich/Ride%20Tales%20CA%20Tulare/Mineral%20King/MineralKing08072.jpg)
there you go...
johnny