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« on: January 28, 2008, 05:08:55 am »
terry
South Surrey, near Vancouver BC
A trip :-)
Part I: my profile
Part II: the route
Big Sur, CA to Fredonyer Pass, CA the longer way via Organ Pipes NM, AZ then Grand Canyon NP, AZ.
This will follow the season of Spring the enter loop, won't it?
Leave home on Tadpole and BOB trailer loaded from South Surrey, BC on March 19,2008
Drive Tadplole and trailer loaded into a rented one-way van in Bellingham, WA
Drive to Palo Alto into the care of family who on March 23, deposit all at Big Sur, California.
March 24, I start pedaling some 2500 miles over 80 days (more or less)
Part I: Following is a description of my ways.
My ways seems to work out differently than described, usually better if well advised.
It's Trike-Packing (equivalent of Back-Packing) on a Tadpole pulling a BOB trailer.
Single person, Self-supporting, Sleuth campsites 3 of 4 nights.
Trip legs are 270 miles each, pedaling 6 out of 9 days , doing 45 mi.& 2500 foot rise / day
YES TO:
Trikers knowledge about trike useable roads
State, County, 3 numeral, Named, Land Management, Forest Service, National Parks, Indian Nations Lands.
Light traffic (days)
Maintained gravel OK but not forever.
ANY HILL is OK, but levels before sunset..
Sturdy simple gear and kits [I'm OK]
Apt for 3 Seasons and rain
Full(er) repair kit
Water for 3 days
Cyclists campsites (1 of 4 nights)(Battery charging)
Local secrets (like hot pools)
NO TO:
Pushing the loaded rig
Trike unuseable roads:
Interstates and most US Highways
Any RUMBLE strips
High volume, narrow shoulders
Rutted 2-track roads
Urban areas
Eating out
Motels.
Part II: Here goes 2500 miles
LEG 1
Big Sure to Guadalupe. East over the Coast Mountains, touch the farms of the Central Valley and rise to Tehachape Pass, the south tip of Sierra Nevada
LEG 2
***** From Tehachapi, I think I should head for Joshua Tree National Park (NP) and hang-out there a day or two.
The East Slope of the San Bernadino Mountains appears to be highlyl populated = many roads and unkown campsites.
Barstow may be an alternative?
LEG 3
***** From leaving Joshual Tree to crossing the Colorado to Gila Bend, AZ before going south to Organ Pipes National Monument (NM),
no matter which route and roads, it looks like a compromise. Nothing strikes me as preferred or even desireable EXCEPT it is the Sonoran Desert.
LEGS 4 AND 5
***** Splitting between Tuscon and Phoenix to Catalina, AZ, I'd be looking at one of the edges of the earth The Mogollon Rim.
From my hours on the internet exploring this phenomena, maybe I'll just stay there ... anyway I added one leg to my trip to just hang out .
From Eager to Strawberry, several roads access the crest, SR260 partially follows the crest, partially drops below. It looks like a maintained Forest Service Road goes from Strawberry to Forest Lakes right on the crest. I'm thinking sort of a figure-8, high and low, over its 100 miles length.
LEG 6
Then, say Show Low ,AZ to the Pertrified Forest NP over the Painted Desert on Navajo Nation Lands to Grand Canyon
LEGS 7, 8, 9
The rest of this trip is like being home, only I'll get to places I want to be only had made choices to go other ways.
Kanab, UT - SR14 above Zion NP - Cedar City - Extraterrestial Hwy,NV - Tonopah - Austin - Lonliest Hwy - Pyramid Lake - Susanville - Fredonyer Pass. (North tip Sierra Nevada)
The ***** legs above need more clarity , especially getting to Joshua Tree and Organ Pipes.
If you have trikers knowledge about 3-wheeler useable roads, features to visit, local secrets, good cyclist campsites NAND about roads to avoid, places to skip... might you let me know?
terry
South Surrey, near Vancouver BC
tytrike@telus.net
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Terry
Rides West Deserts, Mountains
This message was edited by tytrike on 1-28-08 @ 8:08 AM
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