After the prior night's lunacy, we (Scott Wilson, Kerry Owen, Doug White, Dave Klug, John Kaufman, Rod Nordstrom & I) left 'kickstands up' at 8AM (and Danno was even ready!). We of course had to do the obligatory group before photo.
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Day 1's route would take us almost 200 miles to Crescent City, CA, so it was imperative we got out early. Some people had moteled it the night prior.
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We started out going by the Rogue River and then up to Timber Mountain (MRA Property) and hit the Couch Trail, Nissan Trail, Boundary Trail and a piece of the Ditch Trail. We then descended to Bunny Meadows Staging Area and rode up to an overlook of the Applegate Valley.
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From there, the route went over the Applegate River, Cantrall-Buckley Park and descended to Williams, then over Deer Creek Road, where we met a friend Joe Fort shortly afterwards! [small world!]
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Afterwards we came to Thompson Road then rode to Cave Junction to Taylor's Meat Shop for lunch. It was starting to get hot already.
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We then headed back up into the mountains and slightly cooler weather! After a long descent into Gasquet, CA, we went through The Redwoods Park and Stout's Grove.
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We then headed into Crescent City and the Motel 6 (now dubbed the Motel 5) and dinner. A long, but fun day with no accidents or injuries.
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Day1 animated GPS Route: https://ayvri.com/scene/e9k4pev9ko/ckc0 ... 69xovvakxp (be patent, it will start)
Day 1 video: https://vimeo.com/434072882
-Tom