I've been needing to take my dual sport motorcycle out for some carb tuning and extended testing. It's not presently registered for the street so I decided it was time to renew my membership at Barnwell Mountain, and why not have fun on both vehicles.
I planned on sleeping in the Cruiser and promptly realized that camping near the sxs's and motorhomes was not an option. The nice thing about Barnwell is that they don't care where you camp as long as you aren't blocking a trail. I set out on the motorcycle to scout sites and found a good secluded one at the far end of the access road. Still had vault toilets within walking distance (good since I don't have an "Overland Toilet" yet) and someone had built a fire ring already, with plenty of available firewood in the woods nearby. Got myself set up and secluded.
Then I ran out on the motorcycle again and scouted some easy trails for me to take the Crusier on. I was being cautious since I'm by myself, don't have armor, and lack off road experience on anything with more than two wheels that isn't owned by the government. I caught up to a Toyota group and was following them till I realized we'd departed from the trail I'd planned on doing. Next thing I know they are out spotting through an obstacle that is way above my skill level. No room to turn around, I vowed to pay CLOSE attention to how they were doing it and pray that their guy would spot for me. He did and I'm grateful because I might have peed myself a little doing that for the first time but they let me hang with them till I was able to find my way back to easier trails and get back out to my camp site. Good times for sure.
I took some poser pics on the way out. Probably could have gone higher but again, it felt higher in the cab, and taking your own pictures, it starts getting hard to get back into the drivers seat.
I planned on sleeping in the Cruiser and promptly realized that camping near the sxs's and motorhomes was not an option. The nice thing about Barnwell is that they don't care where you camp as long as you aren't blocking a trail. I set out on the motorcycle to scout sites and found a good secluded one at the far end of the access road. Still had vault toilets within walking distance (good since I don't have an "Overland Toilet" yet) and someone had built a fire ring already, with plenty of available firewood in the woods nearby. Got myself set up and secluded.
Then I ran out on the motorcycle again and scouted some easy trails for me to take the Crusier on. I was being cautious since I'm by myself, don't have armor, and lack off road experience on anything with more than two wheels that isn't owned by the government. I caught up to a Toyota group and was following them till I realized we'd departed from the trail I'd planned on doing. Next thing I know they are out spotting through an obstacle that is way above my skill level. No room to turn around, I vowed to pay CLOSE attention to how they were doing it and pray that their guy would spot for me. He did and I'm grateful because I might have peed myself a little doing that for the first time but they let me hang with them till I was able to find my way back to easier trails and get back out to my camp site. Good times for sure.
I took some poser pics on the way out. Probably could have gone higher but again, it felt higher in the cab, and taking your own pictures, it starts getting hard to get back into the drivers seat.
I just finished cleaning everything this weekend but deciding on keeping the chrome and painting the black or just painting the whole thing.
