Dual-Sportin the Free-State IX

[klaviator]

After the trails to the river and dropping off some of the group at the Flint Creek Trails we rode mostly pavement to "the bridge".  I thought the bridge and road it was on was pretty cool.  Melony seemed to enjoy it too:



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This road had a couple of speed bumps ;D



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Lunch was at Chef Troys.  The food and company were outstanding as usual.



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[klaviator]

After lunch we went to straight to jail :D



In jail.



the group that rode Flint Creek showed up late to lunch.  I saw someone riding up on a tan dualsport and wondered who it was?



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Stopping for gas after lunch.  On the right is Windy  on her first ride with us.



No one was quite willing to tackle the rock face that Al and Fencejumper rode up last year.  One rider did take the "easy" way up.



And Steve also made it up.

[klaviator]

Last few pics. 

Typical paved road.



Sunday morning.



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That's it's for my pics.  It was an awesome event.  I'm really looking forward to next year, and the year after that.

Thanks again Al and Melony for setting this up.  Thanks also to John and Paula who showed up early  to help reserve some camping spots.

Everyone else, it was good seeing you again or meeting you for the first time.  Hope to see ya'll at next years ride if not sooner.

[klaviator]

Where do I start?  Major kudos to the Goodwins for raw excellence in leadership.  Yankedog had my ass and my ego in check the whole day Saturday (can't remember his name or his wife's), yamahammer is one kooool ass dude.  Kyle is my off road hero.  LT And #ighost are my prior service buds.  Brad and Keith...you 2 dudes rock!  Meeting some of my other heroes on this forum was beyond cool, like klaviator and more.

This was my first DS rally and the most time I've had on dirt and gravel in my life.  3 goals....get to the rally, ride the rally/meet cool riders, don't go down hard.....done.  See you suckers at the next one with hopefully better skills.  Slow....back of the pack...but pooh eating grin all the way!

Yankee Dog and wife, that would be John and Paula.  Don't feel bad, I'm terrible with names as well.  It was nice to meet you and I hope to see you at more rides in the future.

[kylepeterson]

that rock ledge was fun!

[Al Goodwin]

that rock ledge was fun!

I know where that ones at as well........

[2372ighost]

What a HOOT! My second only DS ride and my first motorcycle camping trip. The hosts, Al and Melody are special people to take this on. My hat is off to them.
A pleasure meeting all the riders,(Name tags required next time). Thank you all for putting up with the geezer!!  "I'll be back"
Rich

"I don't really see a need to retire as long as I am having fun." Stan Lee 2006

[Al Goodwin]

What a HOOT! My second only DS ride and my first motorcycle camping trip. The hosts, Al and Melody are special people to take this on. My hat is off to them.
A pleasure meeting all the riders,(Name tags required next time). Thank you all for putting up with the geezer!!  "I'll be back"
Rich

"I don't really see a need to retire as long as I am having fun." Stan Lee 2006

Glad you enjoyed the weekend.....thank you for coming along for the ride.

[Spicciani2]

Flint creek was amazing!   Eating miles upon miles of dust wasnt half bad ;)
The DRZ was thankful for the opportunity to show off its abilities and my lack.

[kylepeterson]

Flint creek was amazing!   Eating miles upon miles of dust wasnt half bad ;)
The DRZ was thankful for the opportunity to show off its abilities and my lack.

you did very well at Flint Creek, good times


this was how hard I had to work to get a couple pictures of our small group coming back to camp.... left hand throttle, right hand video

https://youtu.be/y5kYDvOZn74

[Gam]

I lost my motorcycle camera on a ride a couple of months ago and haven't gotten a new one, so I don't have any ride pics, that was me dragging that telephoto DSLR around, there are some people pics, I had to stand at the outhouse to even get a head in the frame, since you can't even tell this was m/c event from these pics, I'm just going to post a link for the curious.

https://gamike.smugmug.com/frame/slideshow?key=NSBkV5&autoStart=1&captions=1&navigation=0&playButton=0&randomize=0&speed=3&transition=fade&transitionSpeed=2&clickable=1

[KevinB]

Thanks for the pics and videos everyone...really hate I couldn't make this one.  :(

[Nice Goat]

Thanks for the pics and videos everyone...really hate I couldn't make this one.  :(

Me too.  Sucks to miss this.

[springer]

I lost my motorcycle camera on a ride a couple of months ago and haven't gotten a new one, so I don't have any ride pics, that was me dragging that telephoto DSLR around, there are some people pics, I had to stand at the outhouse to even get a head in the frame, since you can't even tell this was m/c event from these pics, I'm just going to post a link for the curious.

https://gamike.smugmug.com/frame/slideshow?key=NSBkV5&autoStart=1&captions=1&navigation=0&playButton=0&randomize=0&speed=3&transition=fade&transitionSpeed=2&clickable=1

I bought this as a second camera to film with along my GoPro Hero 3 Black. It is a YI Lite Action Camera. You can follow the link to see it on Amazon;
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075JFSZM9/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Or watch this video on it;

I haven't used it YET. Was going to on the Free State ride but you know, a mule got in the way. I may just turn it on and do a little walk around with it tomorrow.

[norton73]

I didn't get many pics, too busy having fun!


Getting ready to leave the campground;



First out n back to the river;















The bridge of death;



Some of the crowd at the lunch stop;