6/18/05 "Dirty Face Dualsport Ride" (WA) report an

[Tawmass]

I had one heckuva day and good time. It started at 2:30am for the drive up from Portland, doing the ride at Lake Wenatchee, then marathoning it back home by 12:30am Sunday. Wish I could've hung around, but had to get back to pick up my kid. Was definately worth the trip up and the weather couldn't have been better. Big tip of the Shoei helmet to the club for all their work! Was great to see so many familiar faces too. That AA trail was a major hoot and I even got to meet the local ranger (Randy). Dust was minimal, the sheriff let me off with no speeding ticket (just a warning), no (major) crashes and no getting lost. I'll be writing up a ride report shortly. For now, here's a few pix. Be sure and select the Large or Original size on the pano shots to get the full effect.

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One of the club's sweep crew, Andy, has his pictures posted here:

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Ride on,
-Tom

[Tawmass]

Argh, just realized I forgot to post the GPS track maps, so will post those later today. Here's a map of the area for now. -Tom

[Tawmass]

GPS trackmap pix are now posted too with the rest of the photos.
-Tom

[Tawmass]

Updated the GPS trackmap pictures with base maps that had more detail. (Unsure why I didn't do that originally!) -Tom

[Tawmass]

There was a guy taking photos out on the course and has them available online at:

www.rozday.net

[Dive]

The back tire on the Honda should have been a sure give away he was a ranger of some type.

I think they all use those. Personally they don't look aggressive enough, yet folk's swear by them.

DB