Idaho or Bust….3 Texans 4 Strokes 5 States

[bwdmax]

How's the knee doing?

It feels like it is getting better. I'm still going to follow up with an orthopedic doc to get an MRI and make sure I'm on the right path. I have been ugly to this knee in the past and just waited it out and it has healed but I wonder if there wasn't damage from before that just added up as the contact really wasn't that hard.

I couldn't have asked for a better crew to take care of me. @KsTeveM and @KTMCarhart are both SOLID GOLD. They both kept checking on me to make sure I had everything I could need. Mark and Mike both driving 11hrs. (5.5hrs each way to Rock Springs) to get me and my bike back to the truck in Empire.

 

[woodsguy]

Nice to have good friends. Hopefully no major damage. I live with a knee I never got fixed. Paying for it now.

 

[KsTeveM]

Some new pics from our first 5 days of riding, as we encountered it. The diversity is just crazy, especially when you scroll through a group like this. But then again, we covered 5 states and over a 1000 miles in those first 5 days!!

 

[jredford]

I have a couple of questions. Where is the sheer wall located? What front tire are you guys running?

 

[KsTeveM]

The sheer wall is Echo Park in Colorado. The tire, see post #26 in this thread. Stevo

 

[KsTeveM]

Did another scan of pics from the second leg of the trip…..another 1000 miles of terrain changing.....only 4 states covered, apologies.

 

[Dirty Sheep Gang]

Great ride report! Thanks for taking the time and posting

 

[jredford]

Nice!

 

[KsTeveM]

Did anybody else notice Garbear's slick sun shade for his GPS?

When I first saw it from a distance I thought it was something store bought. Closer inspection, you know it is the bottom of a gallon quart jug cut out. Pretty clever. Typical Bmullex stuff.

But the more I looked at it on the trip, I came up with another nickname for Bmullex......Lord Helmet. Sometimes I crack myself up, even if yall don't get me!!!

Now get back to work already, I don't have time for this stuff!!!!

 

[Flipit]

That's pretty brilliant. I'm going to make one of those for my AT dash, which is mostly useless in any daylight. Of COURSE, I'll be making it out of a gallon Rotella bottle.

 

[bwdmax]

It was working on 9pm….we were settling on a spot and then Garbear did a hard dab about a 1/4 mile from camp….and bent his fallopian tube in his knee or something. We had to help him to the ground and get camp situated with head lamps.

He trooped it out and visited with us from the ground. Then we grabbed a pic of his night light in his tent.

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Turns out my Fallopian tube is just fine. My ACL on the other hand had a complete tear. I had ACL reconstruction surgery yesterday in San Antonio by a sports medicine doctor that only does knees. Turns out he harvested a piece of my hamstring to make me a new ACL. He drilled through the tibia and femur and threaded the piece of hamstring through the holes pulled it tight and anchored both ends with some small titanium pins. Three months until I can ride and nine months until I can really ride off-road.

A few thoughts;
I stand by the statement that my riding partners were and are solid gold. I’ll let y’all pick who’s who…

ACL reconstruction hurts like crazy.
I’m glad I can get it fixed.
I fell truly blessed for my job and the benefits it provides.
I also feel truly blessed that my wife is very understanding and is taking great care of me.

 

[Flipit]

I also feel truly blessed that my wife is very understanding and is taking great care of me.

She's a keeper.

 

[misterk]

Turns out my Fallopian tube is just fine. My ACL on the other hand had a complete tear. I had ACL reconstruction surgery yesterday in San Antonio by a sports medicine doctor that only does knees. Turns out he harvested a piece of my hamstring to make me a new ACL. He drilled through the tibia and femur and threaded the piece of hamstring through the holes pulled it tight and anchored both ends with some small titanium pins. Three months until I can ride and nine months until I can really ride off-road.

A few thoughts;
I stand by the statement that my riding partners were and are solid gold. I’ll let y’all pick who’s who…
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ACL reconstruction hurts like crazy.
I’m glad I can get it fixed.
I fell truly blessed for my job and the benefits it provides.
I also feel truly blessed that my wife is very understanding and is taking great care of me.

Thanks for the update. Steve should offer to pay your deductible since it was HIS fault LOL

 

[bwdmax]

Thanks for the update. Steve should offer to pay your deductible since it was HIS fault LOL

Nah I’m a grown man making my own choices. Like grandma always said;
“If your gonna be dumb you got to be tough!”

 

[KsTeveM]

I’m kind of bummed, I figured they were going to take hair from your mullet to strengthen the Aclopian. May the force be with you.

 

[gixxerjasen]

And where is @gixxerjasen ?

Late to this party apparently, just now digging my way through and enjoying it.

 

[gixxerjasen]

Lots of pictures of bikes laying on their sides in situations I looked at and said "Yup, I'd totally crash there" except this one. Need some explanation here I think.

 

[KsTeveM]

Lots of pictures of bikes laying on their sides in situations I looked at and said "Yup, I'd totally crash there" except this one. Need some explanation here I think.

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Ha ha. Grape gets mad, but I have a rule, if your bike hits the ground, you have to wait till I get a pic of it before picking it up. He was sitting still, messing with something and it went over. Still counts!!!! I love looking at these later and seeing the body language I will add that the one time I went down on this trip, on Lucifer Hill, he didn't ask if my fallopian tube was ok or anything.....he just immediately yelled at me, you better be taking a picture!!!!

 

[Flipit]

I'm sure that is just a broken KTM kickstand.

 

[gixxerjasen]

I got one more question.

@KTMCarhart is a normal actor in these plays with his ’21 EXC and he is the principal videographer.

Where's the video?

 

[KsTeveM]

I got one more question.



Where's the video?

…..well, day before we left for the trip, he did a test ride with the drone, and it crashed, hard. So all we have is some go pro stuff, that we mostly used for still shots. It was a blow to the production, but the ride must go on.

 

[KsTeveM]

You ever get bored at work and start jonesing for a good long ride/adventure? But you can’t go for a good long ride/adventure. What can you do? Well I tend to go back to look at pics from a past trip that didn’t make it into the ride report, in order to get a fresh look at the ride, and on a big screen. Kind of never before seen footage for me in this way. I use my phone when building the ride report on the fly, different experience. Here are some fresh pics from this Idaho run.

I love how pics can immediately take you back to the moment.

I will just keep posting some pics that grabbed me today while browsing stuff from this big Idaho Ride. Will throw some comments on some, not throw some comments on some.

When I do the ride report on the fly, I just quickly grab stuff that helps tell the story and then I quickly move on….as in I physically get back on the bike and keep riding. Some stuff goes on the cutting room floor that probably shouldn’t.

I may change how I do ride reports in the future. That and it is a lot of work to do on the fly. Does posting these never before seen pics from this trip to this thread hold any value for folks other than me? I don’t want to bore folks….but I am enjoying seeing them on a big screen and thinking about the day’s events. I have more……

 

[humanrace]

I do the same thing. I make hard copy prints and create an album of most of my rides. Looking above my desk, I just counted 51 albums. All are from digital cameras. My film print albums are stored in another room. Looking through one of them always brings back memories.

 

[LicketySplit]

Going through the same withdrawals. Looking forward to seeing more of this great ride report.

 

[gixxerjasen]

A DS adventure like this is a dream for me for sure. Keep posting pictures, they are awesome. Bored people don't have to click. I've tried the report on the go, I'd rather just sit and do it when I get home. Gets rid of a lot of the riff raff between posts. However, posting on the go does give folks the opportunity to say "Oh you are there? Definitely go see this and ride this route."