Photos from Michaux SF Pennsylvania - Page 20

Skyclad · 01-01-2012, 07:29 AM

Jack is Back!!!

Good to see ya back on two, my friend. Let's see if we both can keep it upright now.

JaxObsessed · 01-02-2012, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyclad

Jack is Back!!!

Good to see ya back on two, my friend. Let's see if we both can keep it upright now.

Thanks Sky! An excellent sentiment.

SoPaRider · 01-03-2012, 11:26 PM

Glad your back Jack! The Tiger sure is sweet. I rode the "Michaux Express Routes" #10 and #11 on Saturday from the Sheetz store on PA Rt. 16 in Waynesboro to the Sheetz Store on PA Rt. 34 in Mt. Holly Springs and back again. Some how I managed to nail both the mileage (44.5 miles) and the time (1 hr. and 54 mins.) on both runs, all while checking 81 different mileage points on each route, which tends to slow you down a bit. I only managed to average 23.4 m.p.h., I can probably cut 30 minutes off the time once the roads dry out and I cut out the paperwork. Got a dusting of snow yesterday and it's to get down to single digits this morning, but Friday and Saturday are looking good, can you say 50's!

JC (SoPaRider)

JaxObsessed · 01-05-2012, 03:27 AM

WHY Yes Jeff, I can say 50s!!! :)\ I would much rather say 70s, BUT beggars can't be choosers. I'll be riding Saturday. Where is the question.

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Originally Posted by SoPaRider

Glad your back Jack! The Tiger sure is sweet. I rode the "Michaux Express Routes" #10 and #11 on Saturday from the Sheetz store on PA Rt. 16 in Waynesboro to the Sheetz Store on PA Rt. 34 in Mt. Holly Springs and back again. Some how I managed to nail both the mileage (44.5 miles) and the time (1 hr. and 54 mins.) on both runs, all while checking 81 different mileage points on each route, which tends to slow you down a bit. I only managed to average 23.4 m.p.h., I can probably cut 30 minutes off the time once the roads dry out and I cut out the paperwork. Got a dusting of snow yesterday and it's to get down to single digits this morning, but Friday and Saturday are looking good, can you say 50's!

JC (SoPaRider)

SoPaRider · 01-05-2012, 12:48 PM

Jack:

I hope to ride on both Friday and Saturday while checking mileages on my "Best Of Michaux" Route #12, let me know if you plan to be in the area.

Jeff (SoPaRider)

1Bonehead · 01-11-2012, 05:03 AM

Anyone heading there this weekend?

01-12-2012, 05:54 AM

So I drove up to Michaux State Forest from Baltimore this past fall on a HD Roadking, pull into a large gravel parking area that opened up to a grass clearing off to the side. It was a big clearing, had a restroom building, campfire ring in center, and a state forest map board over on the side. I pulled in, shut the bike off and walked over to the map board to see where I was. Standing in front of the board, I took my full face helmet off and immediately heard a bear cub, or the momma bear, I don't know which. They sounded close, just inside the tree line somewhere. Any cub I'm within hearing distance is too close for me. Yes, I have an un-healthly fear of being ripped apart. Sometimes camping off the beating path can be a nightmare for me but I still do it. Anyway, I casually walked backwards over towards the bike yelling "Get Bear, Get" the whole way. I must have looked pretty stupid. I put my helmet back on because if I'm going to be attacked, I'm gonna be wearing my helmet. ATGATT right? As I'm walking, I'm thinking I'll just start the bike and scare them off. I turned the switches on, hit the start button, and nothing. Nothing at all. Great, now I’m gonna die now because my bike won’t start. I figured if the bears did come out and over to me, I could always hide in the restroom building like a little girl. I never had to do that and it all worked out fine. I got a hot shot from a couple of guys on four wheelers. They said they had also seen a momma with a cub earlier and informed me that these bears up here are not like the tamer skyline drive bears that I've seen before. They were proud of their brand of local bears. I pointed the bike towards home and made it half way before it died again. Had to be towed the rest of the way. It seemed like a really nice forest area, and I will definitly be heading back up at some point to finish my ride. Thanks for reading.

JaxObsessed · 01-12-2012, 09:01 AM

Good one BR! You were about 500X more likely to be mauled by the guys on 4x4s, and about 1,000,000 times more likely to be mauled while riding your bike. Just some funny stats... Vending machines kill more people than sharks every year and sharks kill 20 times the people bears do.

Really though... sorry that you have the fear... gotta make for some interesting nights while camping!

Hey bonehead!! I can't ride this weekend. It's about time I start work on my GS!!! I've been such a lazy fuk!!
Oh and it's gonna be coldern hell!!

1Bonehead · 01-13-2012, 03:12 AM

I was going to Hatfield Mccoy with the 950 this weekend but my boy has finals next week so we pushed it back one weekend. I dont mind the cold as much as the people who drive cars in it

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SoPaRider · 01-22-2012, 11:22 AM

Michaux received 3 to 4 inches of wet snow, then a layer of sleet and freezing rain on top of that this past Saturday (21st), so unless your running ice screws it may be a while before it melts enough to go play in the slush. At least the temps are to get into the 40's over the next 10 days, so hopefully it will melt quickly.

Jeff (SoPaRider)

flyingz06 · 01-22-2012, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JaxObsessed

Trust me.... close this miserable, pathetic thread and open this music for the soul. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=597909

Prometheus Joe tells a great story and takes an AMAZING photo. FEAST YOUR EYES:

mirro lake and lake placid............beautiful!

JaxObsessed · 01-23-2012, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by flyingz06

mirro lake and lake placid............beautiful!

You gotta take that to Joe's thread!!! He has WAY more fantastic inspiring images in there!!! The best you will see here on ADV.

no offense Peaches!!

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Originally Posted by SoPaRider

Michaux received 3 to 4 inches of wet snow, then a layer of sleet and freezing rain on top of that this past Saturday (21st), so unless your running ice screws it may be a while before it melts enough to go play in the slush. At least the temps are to get into the 40's over the next 10 days, so hopefully it will melt quickly.

Jeff (SoPaRider)

UGH.... yeh.. similar down here...
100% chance of freezing rain today.... bigass green/blue blob headed our way.

ktmdirtybiker · 01-27-2012, 06:11 AM

Hi to any mesho locals

Is it warm and rainy there today? I was wondering if the weather washed enough of the snow away to make it worthwhile to ride out there on saturday? On Tuesday I rode up near the AT in the Walnutport area and the snow was mostly gone, and was hoping the same was true out here.
Any thoughts would be helpful.
Thanks,mark

JaxObsessed · 01-27-2012, 06:55 AM

Hi Welcome to the fun!

This from SoPaRider yesterday " The snow we got last weekend is just about gone"
You might want to PM him if you want to be sure of conditions.

Give us a lil fix and post some pix when you return!

SoPaRider · 01-27-2012, 10:53 PM

The weather was looking pretty nice for this weekend but now it looks pretty crappy, PM rain and snow showers predicted for both Saturday and Sunday with more of the same for next weekend. If anyone is available to ride during the week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are to have temps in the upper 40's and lower 50's, Wednesday looks the best with temps ranging from 37 to 56 and only a 20% chance of precep, that's 33 degrees above our norms of 23 and 37! The snow is all but gone here in the valley and I would think most of it has melted in Michaux as well, but.... we've been getting a ton of rain and it will be a mud fest up there for quite a while yet. I've got a bald MT21 on the rear of my DR, but it won't stop me from riding, let me know if your interested.

Jeff (SoPaRider)

'96 DR350/441SET Hybrid
'07 wee-strom

01-01-2012, 07:29 AM	#286
Skyclad Original Bastard Joined: Jul 2007 Location: south east PA Oddometer: 4,807	Jack is Back!!! Good to see ya back on two, my friend. Let's see if we both can keep it upright now. __________________ Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain. cancer Skyclad's Wanderings Bald Eagle Bastard Bullwinkle Death Rider

01-12-2012, 05:54 AM	#292
bentrims Guest Oddometer: n/a	My Michaux S.F. story: So I drove up to Michaux State Forest from Baltimore this past fall on a HD Roadking, pull into a large gravel parking area that opened up to a grass clearing off to the side. It was a big clearing, had a restroom building, campfire ring in center, and a state forest map board over on the side. I pulled in, shut the bike off and walked over to the map board to see where I was. Standing in front of the board, I took my full face helmet off and immediately heard a bear cub, or the momma bear, I don't know which. They sounded close, just inside the tree line somewhere. Any cub I'm within hearing distance is too close for me. Yes, I have an un-healthly fear of being ripped apart. Sometimes camping off the beating path can be a nightmare for me but I still do it. Anyway, I casually walked backwards over towards the bike yelling "Get Bear, Get" the whole way. I must have looked pretty stupid. I put my helmet back on because if I'm going to be attacked, I'm gonna be wearing my helmet. ATGATT right? As I'm walking, I'm thinking I'll just start the bike and scare them off. I turned the switches on, hit the start button, and nothing. Nothing at all. Great, now I’m gonna die now because my bike won’t start. I figured if the bears did come out and over to me, I could always hide in the restroom building like a little girl. I never had to do that and it all worked out fine. I got a hot shot from a couple of guys on four wheelers. They said they had also seen a momma with a cub earlier and informed me that these bears up here are not like the tamer skyline drive bears that I've seen before. They were proud of their brand of local bears. I pointed the bike towards home and made it half way before it died again. Had to be towed the rest of the way. It seemed like a really nice forest area, and I will definitly be heading back up at some point to finish my ride. Thanks for reading.

01-13-2012, 03:12 AM	#294
1Bonehead Fearless of Falling Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Marylanstain Oddometer: 873	I was going to Hatfield Mccoy with the 950 this weekend but my boy has finals next week so we pushed it back one weekend. I dont mind the cold as much as the people who drive cars in it.

01-27-2012, 06:11 AM	#298
ktmdirtybiker Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: western mainline Oddometer: 81	Is it warm and rainy today Hi to any mesho locals Is it warm and rainy there today? I was wondering if the weather washed enough of the snow away to make it worthwhile to ride out there on saturday? On Tuesday I rode up near the AT in the Walnutport area and the snow was mostly gone, and was hoping the same was true out here. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks,mark

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01-03-2012, 11:26 PM	#288
SoPaRider Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2007 Location: South Central PA/Michaux State Forest/Lincoln Hwy. Oddometer: 233	Glad your back Jack! The Tiger sure is sweet. I rode the "Michaux Express Routes" #10 and #11 on Saturday from the Sheetz store on PA Rt. 16 in Waynesboro to the Sheetz Store on PA Rt. 34 in Mt. Holly Springs and back again. Some how I managed to nail both the mileage (44.5 miles) and the time (1 hr. and 54 mins.) on both runs, all while checking 81 different mileage points on each route, which tends to slow you down a bit. I only managed to average 23.4 m.p.h., I can probably cut 30 minutes off the time once the roads dry out and I cut out the paperwork. Got a dusting of snow yesterday and it's to get down to single digits this morning, but Friday and Saturday are looking good, can you say 50's! JC (SoPaRider)

01-05-2012, 12:48 PM	#290
SoPaRider Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2007 Location: South Central PA/Michaux State Forest/Lincoln Hwy. Oddometer: 233	Jack: I hope to ride on both Friday and Saturday while checking mileages on my "Best Of Michaux" Route #12, let me know if you plan to be in the area. Jeff (SoPaRider)

01-11-2012, 05:03 AM	#291
1Bonehead Fearless of Falling Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Marylanstain Oddometer: 873	Anyone heading there this weekend?

01-22-2012, 11:22 AM	#295
SoPaRider Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2007 Location: South Central PA/Michaux State Forest/Lincoln Hwy. Oddometer: 233	Michaux received 3 to 4 inches of wet snow, then a layer of sleet and freezing rain on top of that this past Saturday (21st), so unless your running ice screws it may be a while before it melts enough to go play in the slush. At least the temps are to get into the 40's over the next 10 days, so hopefully it will melt quickly. Jeff (SoPaRider)

01-27-2012, 10:53 PM	#300
SoPaRider Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2007 Location: South Central PA/Michaux State Forest/Lincoln Hwy. Oddometer: 233	The weather was looking pretty nice for this weekend but now it looks pretty crappy, PM rain and snow showers predicted for both Saturday and Sunday with more of the same for next weekend. If anyone is available to ride during the week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are to have temps in the upper 40's and lower 50's, Wednesday looks the best with temps ranging from 37 to 56 and only a 20% chance of precep, that's 33 degrees above our norms of 23 and 37! The snow is all but gone here in the valley and I would think most of it has melted in Michaux as well, but.... we've been getting a ton of rain and it will be a mud fest up there for quite a while yet. I've got a bald MT21 on the rear of my DR, but it won't stop me from riding, let me know if your interested. Jeff (SoPaRider) '96 DR350/441SET Hybrid '07 wee-strom