Snoqualmie River - Middle Fork 4-22-2007 |
A great Sunday ride and a good workout, too. |
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| When the pavement ended we decided to air down the tires. I went with 23/27 today, a bit more than usual, because I thought we might find lots of sharp rocks and shale. | When you find this sign, you know you have found about 20 miles of off-pavement fun. And it can be challenging at times. | Here's Steve Borgstrom, 'borg' to those on the Chain Gang forum. The wet, freshly bladed gravel/dirt road does not look too bad, but it was extremely slippery. Wicked for street tires. |
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| Just a pic ot the river and the Spring greenery. The clouds kept the rugged Cascade scenery well hidden for most of the day. | Ferns and moss on an old tree, taken from below. Do you think it rains alot? | This is pretty much how the forest looks as you begin to climb out of the valley floor. |
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| Here's Bill McAvan and his KLR, during a little rest stop about a third of the way up the hill. | Of course, here's the manditory bike pic at Dingford Creek Falls. | And another one of the KLR, with trick suspension, auxillary fuel tank and communications gear. |
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| Here's SoloLobo at Dingford Creek Falls on his beautiful airhead. His buddy Coopville, had a very nice Transalp. We played leapfrog almost all the way up the Middle Fork. I probaly should have stopped to be more social, but I needed to ride.....just one of those kinda days, | Well, here it is, the end of the line. Snow so heavy and waterlogged that even the 4-wheelers didn't bother. Actually, the end of the road is only about another 100 yards. Then you have to hike into the Alpine Lakes Winderness. | An elevation of 2,565 is all we could get today.....but we definitely got a workout. The last pitch of washout rocks and shale was a good challenge. It was hard to find a reasonable line through the rocks....and too steep to slow down... |
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| Here's Bill's KLR in front of what once was a small tree. You can see the off-road lights and the stout handgaurds protecting the communications gear. What you don't see is the trick suspension. | And here's Bill, pointing the way for any brave enough to go for it.......just get a big flying' start..... | I expected the Middle Fork to be running a bit higher at this time of year.....I know there is a lot more snow to melt. |
| Mighty nice countryside. The NorthWest is a pretty good spot, even it it rains a bit. | This is about all the mountain scenery that I could find, today. I wonder if Gandalf is up there with a bunch of Hobbits? Or maybe, Allanon and some Elves. | Keep the knobbies spinnin'... |
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