loosegrit
Scoot Enthusiast
Too much work. Hope for another scooter run Oct 2015.
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Post by loosegrit on Oct 30, 2011 11:49:48 GMT -5
Scamping Report Oct 2011  My horse and I, both the same, not pretty but it works. In the past my sanity has been questioned. Now there is no more question. I have none. 2 day 6 hours 402 miles. Thurday started, travel north 100 miles to Pahranagut National Wildlife Preserve.  Not a bad place to wake up too. Travel 60 miles thru Alamo, NV north to Caliente.  Skip the tent and stay at a 40's sytle motel with only 8 rooms. Nice.  Spent several hours seeing the town. Satuday left 5am. Talk about rolling up the sidewalks. Can't even buy a cup of coffee that time in the morning.  Stop at Alamo, coffee must. Sight seeing 1 hour. Scooter 2 weeks old.  Continue south at 318 and 93 juction home to vegas or detour Glendale. Why not, Gleandale.   Headed north on I - 15 15 miles, straight home or detour 60 miles more Valley of Fire State Park and Lake Meade National Park. Crazy, Lazy days of Fall?   After 200 miles in a single day, scooter fitige set in and 40 mile to go but worth it all. |
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Post by 90GTVert on Oct 30, 2011 12:01:10 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing that with us. Amazing scenery. I've never seen the desert, and I'd like to, but I don't think I'd have the uhhh... fortitude... to do it scamping. That last pic especially makes me wanna ride just looking at it. :clap:
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Post by jmkjr72 on Oct 30, 2011 12:13:38 GMT -5
wow you go loaded a lot heavier then i do for a weekend camping trip with the scoot
sleeping bag tent a change of cloths and cant forget the dutch oven got have the dutch oven for cooking
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Post by thunderkat59 on Oct 30, 2011 12:23:46 GMT -5
Wow !!
Hardcore . . .
Im impressed. Great pictures !!
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Post by stepthrutuner on Oct 30, 2011 13:14:43 GMT -5
wow you go loaded a lot heavier then i do for a weekend camping trip with the scoot sleeping bag tent a change of cloths and cant forget the dutch oven got have the dutch oven for cooking You go even heavier than I do, jmk. The only thing I try to heat is perhaps water for instant coffee or tea with a pocket stove. Dried fruit and jerky get me by for the most part. Sometimes I fast too. That is an impressive trip for a lil' o scooter. |
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Post by jmkjr72 on Oct 30, 2011 13:30:09 GMT -5
yeah i have gotten a few looks with the dutch oven straped to the floor board
but every thing else is in or on my rucksack to include a keep cold bag from the store for my food
i belive in eating great when you are out camping
i have supised my scouts many times with the meals we eat when out camping
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Post by speedy1125 on Oct 30, 2011 13:30:42 GMT -5
that last picture...wow. i am jealous. i love it here but to be close to places like that when i am feeling totally misanthropic like today...must be wonderful.
The people the rest of the world call crazy are the ones who historically have changed the world. People called NASA crazy. George Lucas and his little kids space movie was called crazy. Steve Jobs was called crazy. God bless the 'crazies' of the world.
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Post by stepthrutuner on Oct 30, 2011 13:45:06 GMT -5
yeah i have gotten a few looks with the dutch oven straped to the floor board but every thing else is in or on my rucksack to include a keep cold bag from the store for my food i belive in eating great when you are out camping i have supised my scouts many times with the meals we eat when out camping I used to be that way but I have found that I have a lot more time to explore, take pictures, etc. if I don't cook. |
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Post by bigkahuna427 on Oct 30, 2011 16:39:05 GMT -5
Loooks like fun too bad camping days are over up here in the North...
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loosegrit
Scoot Enthusiast
Too much work. Hope for another scooter run Oct 2015.
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Post by loosegrit on Oct 30, 2011 16:41:51 GMT -5
No cooking also, hot meal when I left and when got back. The 2 orange bags carried what I needed for 70's weather day and 30's weather at night. Lived on candy, cookies and nuts. Plus coffee at most stops. The red box for tools and parts glad I didn't need them but don't want to travel without. The black bag on front was my feed bag nuts and candy. 2 cans for gas one under the seat and other strap behind me only need one. My tent was rolled up inside the sleeping bag hanging on the spare wheels.
So far it works for me, hoping to make a 900 mile trip to Carson City, NV this
Easter Break. We will see what happens.
Thanks for reading my story and hope to see other out there scamping.
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Post by speedy1125 on Oct 30, 2011 17:29:25 GMT -5
what camera was used?
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loosegrit
Scoot Enthusiast
Too much work. Hope for another scooter run Oct 2015.
Posts: 142
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Post by loosegrit on Oct 30, 2011 22:23:12 GMT -5
Kodak point & shoot 10 megapix 3x optical zoom $50 at Big Lots.
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Post by Enviromoto on Oct 31, 2011 8:06:22 GMT -5
Hardcore indeed.
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Post by 2strokd on Oct 31, 2011 9:48:09 GMT -5
Nice trip!!! Very good photo,s
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Post by speedy1125 on Oct 31, 2011 21:57:06 GMT -5
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