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Title: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on June 13, 2016, 07:48:35 PM
Ride Info:

Meeting Place:  Jack's, 307 US-31, Athens (Google Maps link (https://goo.gl/maps/eQYZMUEoHtL2))
Meeting Time: Friday, September 2 @ 8:00AM
Kick-stands up: @ 9:00AM
Route to Tellico: 206 miles, lunch stop along the way, Google Maps link (https://goo.gl/maps/SFqpADMLu522)
Arrival: Approx. 4:00PM Eastern


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I'm going to take Friday, Sept. 2nd, as a vacation day and have a 4-day weekend around Tellico.  This will be a dual-sport weekend for me, but all bikes are welcome.  We don't have to stick together, but it would be cool if we had a group of folks hanging out together in the evening.

The plan:

- Leave north Alabama on Friday morning
- No interstate ride to Tellico
- Camp or rent a cabin for three nights
- Explore as many dirt roads as possible on Saturday and Sunday
- Return home on Monday

I'm planning to stay at Cherohala Mountain Trails Campground (CMTC), http://www.cmtrails.com/ (http://www.cmtrails.com/).  Cabins are $50/night, but there are two beds, so you could share a cabin (not a bed) and get away with $25/night.  Or you could camp there for $10/day.

Route up on Friday looks something like this:

(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/gharshman/tellico_zpspv7kyzpw.jpg)

(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/63/9b/14/cabins-grounds.jpg)

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Rough draft of daily routes below with .GPX files attached:


Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on June 13, 2016, 07:56:49 PM
Okay, just checked their website ... no cabins for that weekend.  Looks like it will be camping/hammocking for me!
Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on June 13, 2016, 08:56:09 PM
Got a kitchen pass.  Now I just need to make sure I have some leave scheduled around that weekend.
Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: norton73 on June 13, 2016, 09:45:25 PM
pencil me in...
Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Yankee Dog on June 13, 2016, 09:51:28 PM
September is not a good time f taking vacation for me.   But I will see what I can do. 
Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: KevinB on June 13, 2016, 11:18:16 PM
I may be able to do this one. If the Husky is gone by then, I'll take the big V...I should be able to handle most of the FS roads on it (probably skip any single track or Witt Rd. water crossings).   We're switching back to 8 hr. shifts, so no more 4 day weekends for me once a month. Looks like I'm getting screwed for that weekend, and being the holiday I can't take off comp time.

For tenderfoots like me, looks like the Lodge at Tellico has rooms available...

https://res.travlynx.com/bbe/page1.aspx?pcode=618LAT
Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Yankee Dog on June 14, 2016, 07:36:59 AM
The Tellico Farmhouse Inn is run by an ADV guy.  Good prices and right in town.   


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Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Jwwr on June 14, 2016, 05:59:11 PM
Pencil me in too! Camping is fine with me, but there are other cabins in Tellico you can rent for as little as $40 a night. http://www.tellicologcabins.com/cabins.htm (http://www.tellicologcabins.com/cabins.htm) 

(http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b617/jwwr/Hvn2_zpshj7sgux9.jpg)
Title: Re: Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on July 18, 2016, 03:13:38 PM
Cherohala Mountain Trails Campground (CMTC) had a cabin become available, so I booked it for three nights (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, checkout on Monday).

Cabin has two beds, so if anybody wants to split it, cost is $25 per night.

I'm looking forward to this trip!
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on July 18, 2016, 04:06:51 PM
Added meet-up details at the beginning.  8:00AM at Jacks in Athens.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on July 18, 2016, 08:49:20 PM
I'll split the cabin if still available.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on July 19, 2016, 07:45:11 AM
Quote from: kdtrull on July 18, 2016, 08:49:20 PM
I'll split the cabin if still available.

Done deal
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on July 19, 2016, 01:26:01 PM
Quote from: Nice Goat on July 19, 2016, 07:45:11 AM
Quote from: kdtrull on July 18, 2016, 08:49:20 PM
I'll split the cabin if still available.

Done deal

Excellent.  Perhaps a Gaseous Effluent Restraint Agreement can be reached.  :o
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: jrou111 on August 05, 2016, 09:20:35 PM
I'm going to try and join y'all. As long as the next BabyRou doesn't come by then.

Btw there's a lot of cool dual sport riding around Tellico Plains

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(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160806/eb68f3e18b2606fe68d49b91052ef5ad.jpg)

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160806/031bc88df3968d9c4c16be557c89bf08.jpg)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: lazeebum on August 07, 2016, 12:28:15 PM
I may try to ride over after work on that Friday.  I like that area and I'm ready for some more splorin'.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 12, 2016, 01:39:12 PM
Rough draft of daily routes provided in first post...
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Chuck & Susan on August 14, 2016, 04:17:40 PM
Can we hang with you?  We don't ride dirt, but we are coming up with our camper and goldwing to do some street riding.  Staying at the Chenohala Mountain Trails Campground, RV Spot 1.

We will be mosey our way down to the Ralley in the Valley the next week.

Would love to meet as many BamaRiders as we can!!!!

:)

Chuck & Susan
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 14, 2016, 05:01:43 PM
Quote from: cam21943 on August 14, 2016, 04:17:40 PM
Can we hang with you?  We don't ride dirt, but we are coming up with our camper and goldwing ...

Absolutely!  All are welcome.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Jwwr on August 14, 2016, 06:11:43 PM
PTO for Friday the 2nd is secured! Really looking forward to this! The routes look good!
I just noticed RFP #10, as in ride for pie? Where's the pie or is that a surprise?
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on August 14, 2016, 08:19:16 PM
Quote from: Jwwr on August 14, 2016, 06:11:43 PM
I just noticed RFP #10, as in ride for pie? Where's the pie or is that a surprise?

You could hand me a napkin with 3.14159265359 written on it and I'd be happy....crap...I don't even need that.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 14, 2016, 09:09:00 PM
We'll find some pie somewhere!
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: norton73 on August 15, 2016, 08:48:07 AM
Currently there is a possibility we are headed to the New River Gorge Labor Day weekend,  but that's not set in stone yet.
I can't take the Friday off, so if I come up to Tellico Plains,  I will ride up after work.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 18, 2016, 07:35:13 PM
Routes are all in the GPS...

15 days until this ride!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-pRZtpdW/0/O/TellicoWeekend.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 18, 2016, 08:20:05 PM
Nobody can predict the weather with any accuracy at 15-days out, but the averages look nice... 86 during the day, 62 at night.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-7hzVpsH/0/O/TellicoWx.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: mojo1 on August 24, 2016, 11:42:19 AM
I may ride up with y'all Friday and do some street riding Sat & Sun
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 24, 2016, 01:46:51 PM
Schweet!

Weather seems to be holding up as we get a little closer... only nine days away now...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-tW5wxXw/0/O/tellwx2.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Chuck & Susan on August 25, 2016, 06:30:29 AM
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to make this trip.  We hate it, but things do happen.  Maybe next time.

Chuck & Susan
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: mojo1 on August 25, 2016, 08:37:58 PM
Got me a room booked in Etowah which is only 12 miles from the campground.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 29, 2016, 11:56:52 AM
Talked to Wayne today to confirm the reservation.
Checked the weather forecast on two different websites ... still looking good!
Only four more days!  Time to start packing!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-gHCRPs4/0/O/wx3.png)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-LnFnMzK/0/O/wx4.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Al Goodwin on August 30, 2016, 03:21:17 PM
Suggestion here....add Whigg Meadows to Sunday morning ride....

Benton/MacKay trail....a dead-end road, but a GREAT view and ride.


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Whigg+Meadow/@35.3104669,-84.0392854,1631m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x885eee95538f4417:0x717d2b6611acbf8c!8m2!3d35.3098053!4d-84.038244
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Al Goodwin on August 30, 2016, 03:34:02 PM
ALSO.....these 2 points are actually on the same road...no maps show them connecting, but its ONLY the greatest forrest service road up there....I've got some video of it I'll post up tonight.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/35.2294027,-83.8439315/35.2340299,-83.9347832/@35.2334866,-83.9282172,15z?hl=en


I can't make them connect on here...but y'all get it.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: KevinB on August 30, 2016, 06:40:33 PM
Quote from: Al Goodwin on August 30, 2016, 03:21:17 PM
Suggestion here....add Whigg Meadows to Sunday morning ride....

Benton/MacKay trail....a dead-end road, but a GREAT view and ride.


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Whigg+Meadow/@35.3104669,-84.0392854,1631m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x885eee95538f4417:0x717d2b6611acbf8c!8m2!3d35.3098053!4d-84.038244

I found that completely by accident last Fall. I stopped on Sycamore Trail to take a leak. Hadn't seen another soul for a couple of hours, and I was in the middle of nowhere. Mid stream, I hear something..."Is that people??". I had no idea the hiking trail intersected the FS road. Out from the brush pops a group of 6 elderly folks while I'm holding my business.

They asked if I was going to the meadow. "The wha??"

Worth the trip.

*Forgot to add...

When I got up to the meadow, there were more elderly folks (and a few more headed that way that I'd passed riding up the trail)...probably 15 - 20 total. This spot is in the middle of nowhere...I spent a good hour or so reaching it by motorcycle. You don't just park and walk up the hill to it, and some of these people were in their 80's for sure.

Once I parked and began to de-gear, I noticed the clientele and the idyllic-ness of the location...and began to wonder if I'd stumbled into some kind of ethereal, other-worldly situation. I fully expected to watch a spacecraft descend and collect these people for their journey "home".  :o 

Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 30, 2016, 07:16:37 PM
Hmmm, the elusive "Dirt Dragon" ... may have to change the Sunday afternoon route to this.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-3xcLgpb/0/O/dirt.png)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-3nftTcj/0/O/dirt2.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Al Goodwin on August 30, 2016, 09:33:42 PM
https://youtu.be/j7EX2mR3pSg
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: norton73 on August 31, 2016, 07:11:08 AM
82 can be a bit of a challenge on a big bike;

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Old-Skool-Rally-Fall-2010/i-n4MbJD7/0/XL/Old%20Skool%20Fall%202010%20014-XL.jpg)

:)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on August 31, 2016, 01:32:36 PM
Yeah, dude, I'm not doing any single track on the KLR....

(https://i.imgflip.com/s5jzc.jpg)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: jrou111 on August 31, 2016, 02:11:45 PM
I've got family coming into town so if I do get to ride it'll be around Suches on Sunday
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: norton73 on September 01, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
Not gonna make it, GS has a charging issue... :'(
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: mojo1 on September 01, 2016, 07:58:19 PM
I'm packed, see ya at Jacks in the morning.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on September 01, 2016, 08:19:26 PM
Quote from: norton73 on September 01, 2016, 07:01:06 PM
Not gonna make it, GS has a charging issue... :'(

Dang....hate to hear that.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Chitza on September 03, 2016, 06:55:18 AM
Come on guys. Some "we're here!" posts or pics of the bikes, clean/before, around the campfire. Something??? I'm working on the house today and need some Moto porn.

Oh, and ride safe. Don't muck up any people or bike parts that would prevent me from seeing any of you next weekend in The Valley 8)
Yes. I'm selfish that way :)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 03, 2016, 02:43:16 PM
How about this...

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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 03, 2016, 07:29:48 PM
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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 03, 2016, 07:30:31 PM
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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on September 03, 2016, 08:40:08 PM
Ain't got no dang pie yet.   :o

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/20160903_135104_zpsbnzfjy0k.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/20160903_135104_zpsbnzfjy0k.jpg.html)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: lazeebum on September 04, 2016, 09:32:51 PM
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One of my favorite stops.

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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: lazeebum on September 05, 2016, 06:40:52 AM
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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: mojo1 on September 05, 2016, 12:32:25 PM
Made it home. Enjoyed hanging out with y'all
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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: lazeebum on September 05, 2016, 03:40:04 PM
Made it home. I took a lot of breaks. Almost two hours of stopped time.

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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Jwwr on September 05, 2016, 06:38:44 PM
Got home about 5pm. I decided this morning to take a less direct route home. That new asphalt on the Cherohala was calling my name. Cherohala-->Joyce kilmer-->Meadow Branch-->Rhymers Ferry--->Hwy 28-->Hwy 143 back to Robbinsville. Was an awesome four days! Thanks for putting this together Glen!
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Chuck A. on September 05, 2016, 08:28:38 PM
Last Sunday morning I came across the Cherahala at 6:30 A.M. It is very peace at that time of day. Sun was just starting to give light to the darkness as I got to the Tenn/NC line. Didn't see a single person or vehicle between Robbinsville and Tellico. Looks like you all had a good time.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:04:46 PM
Made it home about 3:30 this afternoon.  This was a fantastic weekend.  Great riding and gorgeous scenery.  Very glad that Ken, Jeff, Randy, and Greg were able to make it.  We finally found some pie, even if it was the McDonalds strawberry creme pie.

We started off on Starr Mountain...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-Bc4vkHb/0/L/tell%20%281%29-L.jpg)

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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-mrH2X2N/0/L/tell%20%283%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-bQHpfQg/0/L/tell%20%285%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-VszFkXm/0/L/ds001-L.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:07:38 PM
Then on the Kimsey Mountain and Smith Mountain...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-wq92Xn2/0/L/tell%20%284%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-CZDv7tG/0/L/tell%20%286%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-fXnrNvz/0/L/tell%20%287%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-jR5Vgmt/0/L/ds002-L.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:13:05 PM
Then to McFarland....

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-69MMdST/0/L/tell%20%288%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-pDnMFqr/0/L/tell%20%289%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-dGHkCh9/0/L/tell%20%2810%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-vrRN5dL/0/L/tell%20%2811%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-Jg9c8r7/0/L/tell%20%2812%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-PXPpVTn/0/L/tell%20%2813%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-DCQCmmk/0/L/tell%20%2814%29-L.jpg)


Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:15:11 PM
More McFarland...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-PN8xnrG/0/L/tell%20%2815%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-25LNXWN/0/L/tell%20%2816%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-PQX5bhQ/0/L/tell%20%2817%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-crMqSKF/0/L/tell%20%2818%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-JP75BXr/0/L/tell%20%2819%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-XGWF2Tk/0/L/tell%20%2820%29-L.jpg)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:17:49 PM
The next day we hit River Rd and North River Road...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-GmHmNv8/0/L/tell%20%2821%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-QmHDGZg/0/L/tell%20%2822%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-Dpz8thP/0/L/tell%20%2823%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-hBLchKL/0/L/tell%20%2824%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-RPrTsjT/0/L/ds003-L.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:22:59 PM
The road to Whigg Meadow is not on the map, but somehow the bird people found it...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-F4HQRtw/0/XL/tell%20%2825%29-XL.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-DxCKRFH/0/XL/tell%20%2826%29-XL.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-zj5j6kK/0/XL/tell%20%2827%29-XL.jpg)

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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-36mCKcb/0/O/tell%20%2831%29.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-qFr8xWg/0/L/ds004-L.png)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-nPpG8xW/0/L/ds005-L.png)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:26:20 PM
We had lunch in Robbinsville and then rode 10 miles of dirt on Little Snowbird to get to the Dirt Dragon, which was totally awesome and also not on my topo map.  Only one photo, but lots of video which needs to be rendered...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-ghv9mWt/0/O/tell%20%2832%29.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-6nrN3x8/0/L/ds006-L.png)

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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 05, 2016, 09:31:27 PM
Finished it up Sunday with a run up and down the Dragon, then a blast across the Skyway.  Got home, unloaded the bike, and changed the front tire.  Still need to change the rear tire.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-Qz5Nbwq/0/L/dragon-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-V7bg3mK/0/L/tell%20%2833%29-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Tellico/i-bJMLqnn/0/L/tell%20%2834%29-L.jpg)
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Chitza on September 06, 2016, 06:56:16 AM
Ahhh, yes. Thank you guys for the pics :)    Glad you guys had a good weekend and made it home safely.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: lazeebum on September 06, 2016, 08:57:13 AM
Thanks for putting together a good ride. I will post some pictures later.

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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: amchev on September 06, 2016, 09:00:26 AM
It's nice to see that WR250R and XT250 on this ride.  Now I know I could have taken my DRZ! 
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: lazeebum on September 07, 2016, 09:45:40 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160907/06d0f546338e4d053e78e50691538394.jpg)

I got sick Saturday afternoon, so I decided Sunday that I would stay close to camp. It just so happened that I ran into Wayne, the campground owner. They invited me to tag along with them.

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Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: norton73 on September 07, 2016, 09:05:02 PM
Hey! I know those people! Say Hi to Philip and his lovely wife.
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on September 07, 2016, 09:27:10 PM
I think Glenn may have been feeling a little....uhhh..."anxious" (Beetlejuice) about the weekend:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160902_123948_zpset2b0fro.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160902_123948_zpset2b0fro.jpg.html)


I don't remember where.....It's great to just follow another rider's route, most times:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_105555_zps5rh9ljc8.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_105555_zps5rh9ljc8.jpg.html)

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_105559_zpsuszvpgeo.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_105559_zpsuszvpgeo.jpg.html)

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_122752_zps2l2ecjwe.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_122752_zps2l2ecjwe.jpg.html)

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_122858_zpsmclizh4s.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_122858_zpsmclizh4s.jpg.html)

Glenn put together several ambitious routes for the long weekend.  Smith Mtn.:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_124600_zpsekkionyd.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_124600_zpsekkionyd.jpg.html)

I think...this was from the next day (Sunday?).  They all kinda' blend together now.

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_134853_zpshg7d6axs.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_134853_zpshg7d6axs.jpg.html)


It's neat to see structure and what seems to be the remnants of order out in the middle of, what seems to be, nowhere:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_135104_zpsyxufaf1q.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_135104_zpsyxufaf1q.jpg.html)

Just a few hundred feet from the old concrete "ruins" is some sort of small dam:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_135745_zpsvm9kgdxu.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_135745_zpsvm9kgdxu.jpg.html)


My best guess is that this small dam was used to get water to the old mixer:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_135912_zpsy47n8ha9.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_135912_zpsy47n8ha9.jpg.html)



Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on September 07, 2016, 09:50:57 PM
Panoramic shots make straight lines look like curves.  It's a straight line of huge pipe:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_141918_zpsgn1gaeoh.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_141918_zpsgn1gaeoh.jpg.html)


(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_141944_zpsxyp1oown.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160903_141944_zpsxyp1oown.jpg.html)


Bald River Falls....almost dried up.  Boy, does the SE need some rain.

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_094421_zps7v9fi0zg.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_094421_zps7v9fi0zg.jpg.html)

This is from Whigg Meadow.  There was a huge assembly of campers there. 


(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_112954c_zps5ayxcuux.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_112954c_zps5ayxcuux.jpg.html)

Across the top of the bald, there was a group of bird "taggers":

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113154bj_zps6qtdtd9v.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113154bj_zps6qtdtd9v.jpg.html)

A few steps up from the taggers was a spectacular view.  The camera never captures all the details:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113315_zpsmikdb8js.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113315_zpsmikdb8js.jpg.html)

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113510_zpshvv7nm7n.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113510_zpshvv7nm7n.jpg.html)

Their tent is back there behind Glenn:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113525_zpst84w9x8i.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_113525_zpst84w9x8i.jpg.html)


This is the fellow we later came to refer to as "Bird Jesus".:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_114031_zpssmnrhbxk.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_114031_zpssmnrhbxk.jpg.html)

Boy...was this guy ever ate up with the birds:

He gave me a full course in Warbler-handling before he handed me the small critter for release after he had banded it's tiny leg.
Behold, the great and noble Warbler.  I think he said it was the Double-breasted, diamond-eyed, snapper-back, blue-something warbler:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_114144_zpsnwbwyhhs.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_114144_zpsnwbwyhhs.jpg.html)

Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 07, 2016, 09:57:16 PM
Quote from: kdtrull on September 07, 2016, 09:27:10 PM
(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160902_123948_zpset2b0fro.jpg)

I'm pretty sure that's Photoshopped.

Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on September 07, 2016, 10:13:36 PM
Some of the campers up at the meadow were riding horses.  We took care not to spook them by coasting a quarter mile, or so, back down the hill.

The cutest little girl watched us leave...her solemn image is stored in flash memory and in my brain:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_115809c_zpsfpantwtv.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_115809c_zpsfpantwtv.jpg.html)

I'm fairly sure this image was along the "Gravel Dragon" or on the way to it:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_151618_zpsztgl9uym.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_151618_zpsztgl9uym.jpg.html)

Boo!....and what-not:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_152154_zps9bwptasw.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_152154_zps9bwptasw.jpg.html)

Well, no more still images.  But, I have a ton of video that may, or may not, be processed soon.  I hope it is some good stuff.  But, you never know.

I picked this up on the way home.  Just a few miles from home, I got a rapid deflation at about 60 m.p.h. on Hwy. 72, just west of Rogersville.  There's a few things Slime will not protect against:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160905_163555_zpsukvjjwct.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160905_163555_zpsukvjjwct.jpg.html)

A three inch, diagonally-inserted, deck screw is one of them:
I wonder how long it was in there???


(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160906_085647_zpskosztmcn.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160906_085647_zpskosztmcn.jpg.html)

I tried the compressor with the screw on the bottom but only got Slimed:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160905_184304_zps1zlhl9b7.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160905_184304_zps1zlhl9b7.jpg.html)


When I got the tube out, I found this:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160906_091326_zpsr8ubc6cq.jpg) (http://s556.photobucket.com/user/kdtrull/media/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160906_091326_zpsr8ubc6cq.jpg.html)

Lazeebum to the rescue.  I've told you before...the dude is rock solid.  He came and got me with his trailer.
You got one in the bank, Randy.  Thanks again.

kdt
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: kdtrull on September 07, 2016, 10:19:45 PM
Quote from: Nice Goat on September 07, 2016, 09:57:16 PM
Quote from: kdtrull on September 07, 2016, 09:27:10 PM
(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160902_123948_zpset2b0fro.jpg)

I'm pretty sure that's Photoshopped.

Your presumption is not impossible....but is rather incorrect in this instance!   :P
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 07, 2016, 10:39:17 PM
Quote from: kdtrull on September 07, 2016, 09:50:57 PM
...
He gave me a full course in Warbler-handling before he handed me the small critter for release after he had banded it's tiny leg.
Behold, the great and noble Warbler.  I think he said it was the Double-breasted, diamond-eyed, snapper-back, blue-something warbler:

(http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/kdtrull/2016-09-01%20Tellico/20160904_114144_zpsnwbwyhhs.jpg)
...

Yeah, so Bird Jesus spent 15 minutes telling us how great the Hooded Warbler is, and then asked if one of us would like to release the one he had just banded.  Ken volunteered.  The guy then showed Ken how to hold and then release the bird, but before he actually gave the bird to Ken, he said, "First, you have to tell me the bird's name."  Immediately, I started thinking of female names and trying to decide on something cute and appropriate.  Ken, with very little hesitation, said, "Daisy."  The people under the tent erupted with laughter, and Bird Jesus, somewhat impatiently said, "No, it's a Hooded Warbler."

Bird Jesus is better with the birds than with the people, I said to myself, as I started walking away from the tent....

Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 12, 2016, 12:42:58 PM
The Birdman

https://youtu.be/d9DuP7GgnHg

Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: Nice Goat on September 12, 2016, 05:29:10 PM
https://vimeo.com/182467979
Title: Re: RFP #10 - Dual Sport Weekend @ Tellico, Sept. 2-5
Post by: lazeebum on September 12, 2016, 05:52:04 PM
Dang! That video just made me want to go back.
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