RFP #15, Tennessee Dirt Devil Camp & Ride, June 21-23

[KevinB]

Jeff on his 350EXC...

@Jwwr

[KevinB]

Michael on the Husky 650...

@Beck

[kdtrull]

Those are great.  Hate I missed it all.

[KevinB]

Glenn and I arrived on Friday and secured the camping spots.

We then set out for lunch in Hohenwald at the Junkyard Dog steakhouse and did a short recon of a couple of locations for the next day's ride...

[KevinB]

The first section was pretty docile and provided a good warm-up. There were a couple of minor issues that required some roadside/trailside attention...

[KevinB]

A pretty strong storm blew through Friday night and there was lots of debris evidence on all the roads. We encountered a few smaller downed trees that only covered a portion of the road, but this one required some extra effort to surmount.

Some chose the high line around up a very loose, almost traction-less, hill while others chose the old "heave-ho!" method...

[KevinB]

Finally...lunch at the Beacon Light Tea Room.

Bring a hearty appetite, the portions are huge. And of course, Glenn sprung for pie...
(forgot to get a pic of the pie)

[KevinB]

We arrived at the swimming hole just ahead of another approaching storm. Several used the opportunity to cool off...and to take advantage of the bike wash.

[KevinB]

Someone joked during the day that 5 years ago, this ride would have been littered with Suzuki DR's/DRZ's.  :)  Now those same people are on KTM's (mostly 450/500's, with a 690 and 950 sprinkled in). Orange (and it's white cousin) was definitely the dominant color...

[Emgo]

I pulled a couple of screen shots from my videos.
Ken

[Emgo]

A couple more.

[Emgo]

Some More

[Emgo]

Sorry, one more

[TFancher]

Thanks Glenn for organizing another awesome Ride For Pie! Everything seemed to come together for what was close to the perfect ride ! No dust, not too hot, great food and a great group , No major breakdowns or injuries. Spectacular weekend !

[Jwwr]

Thanks Glenn! I really enjoyed it!