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So Justin calls and says lets ride the K Trail to Mena again. When? Well in July of course. OK lets go.
Loaded my DR650 in bed pickup pulled trailer to Justin's house in Argyle and spent Friday night. Peter from Crowley arrived a little before 6 am riding his KLR 650 and we loaded his and Justin's KLR in the trailer and off to Hugo Oklahoma where we parked the PU and trailer at Orschein Farm and Home, with prior consent from a manager.
Leaving Hugo on OK 93 to Rattan where we took to dirt on Cloudy Road, to Cloudy Nashoba Trail, to 5 N Trail and back to the tarmac on US 271 into Clayton. Not sure of the distance but in the neighborhood of 65 miles, a little over half of it in the dirt. These roads are maintained somewhat were pretty dusty, but spread out wasn't bad at all. Temps was still very comfortable with some cloud cover. Very nice ride, fast roads just rough enough to keep it interesting. No houses and no traffic allows you to carry a good pace, and we did.
We got to the Clayton Country Store about 11:00 am filled up with gas and a quick bite. Justin and Peter went inside for chicken and a salad. There were a couple ladies out front selling cookies and cakes for a fund raiser for their veteran's memorial. Went in bought a quart of milk, back out got a half dozen homemade chocolate chip and no bake oatmeal cookies and a small donation to the memorial. There was a gentleman there looked to be about 65 or so, asked about where we had come from and where we were going. Told him about the route we were taking across the Clayton Trail and the K-Trail to Mena, and that the next day we were going to try to find the Advrider DS ride from Mena back to Clayton on the logging roads. He was curious about how we navigate through there, as he has been on those roads all his life and still gets turned around sometimes. How prophetic that would turn out to be on Sunday.
Loaded my DR650 in bed pickup pulled trailer to Justin's house in Argyle and spent Friday night. Peter from Crowley arrived a little before 6 am riding his KLR 650 and we loaded his and Justin's KLR in the trailer and off to Hugo Oklahoma where we parked the PU and trailer at Orschein Farm and Home, with prior consent from a manager.
Leaving Hugo on OK 93 to Rattan where we took to dirt on Cloudy Road, to Cloudy Nashoba Trail, to 5 N Trail and back to the tarmac on US 271 into Clayton. Not sure of the distance but in the neighborhood of 65 miles, a little over half of it in the dirt. These roads are maintained somewhat were pretty dusty, but spread out wasn't bad at all. Temps was still very comfortable with some cloud cover. Very nice ride, fast roads just rough enough to keep it interesting. No houses and no traffic allows you to carry a good pace, and we did.
We got to the Clayton Country Store about 11:00 am filled up with gas and a quick bite. Justin and Peter went inside for chicken and a salad. There were a couple ladies out front selling cookies and cakes for a fund raiser for their veteran's memorial. Went in bought a quart of milk, back out got a half dozen homemade chocolate chip and no bake oatmeal cookies and a small donation to the memorial. There was a gentleman there looked to be about 65 or so, asked about where we had come from and where we were going. Told him about the route we were taking across the Clayton Trail and the K-Trail to Mena, and that the next day we were going to try to find the Advrider DS ride from Mena back to Clayton on the logging roads. He was curious about how we navigate through there, as he has been on those roads all his life and still gets turned around sometimes. How prophetic that would turn out to be on Sunday.