Christmas Valley Oregon 9-20, 21, 22-13 Desert ride
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:43 am
It was a epic ride!
We left Friday Morning from Springfield after a nice breakfast and 3.5 hours later we were there..
When we arrived on Friday the wind was blowing so hard we could see the dust storm coming for at least 30 miles...
At first we thought it might be a forest fire blowing in smoke but it was the wrong color.
It was clear that we were in trouble... The truck was shaking from the force of the wind.
Sand was blowing so hard that we had to wear our goggles to keep the sand out of eyes..
In fact, just the time it took me to get the goggles off my helmet and on my face I had sand caked into my eyes.
5 days later my left eye is still healing up.
But I digress.... We unloaded the bikes and gear and waited for about a hour.
Finally I couldn't stand it any more so I geared up, fired up the green beast, and started throwing sand into the air.... Oh Yeah....
If there wasn't a sand storm before I got there, there was after I left
I found that if I stayed on the north side of the dunes the wind, dust, and sand wasn't so bad..
I have rode at Christmas Valley many times so I know how different the sand can be.
This time the sand was the hardest I have ever seen.
For the most part a knob would have been fine but all I had was a paddle so I tore it up
Rode for about 4 hours and had a blast.
When I got back to the Christmas Valley Desert Inn http://www.cv-desertinn.com/ I had to dig out about 10 lbs of sand from my nose and ears
I left most of it outside so the owner of the place didn't get too mad at me....
Took a hot shower, watched something on TV, had dinner, and hit the sack.
More to come...
We left Friday Morning from Springfield after a nice breakfast and 3.5 hours later we were there..
When we arrived on Friday the wind was blowing so hard we could see the dust storm coming for at least 30 miles...
At first we thought it might be a forest fire blowing in smoke but it was the wrong color.
It was clear that we were in trouble... The truck was shaking from the force of the wind.
Sand was blowing so hard that we had to wear our goggles to keep the sand out of eyes..
In fact, just the time it took me to get the goggles off my helmet and on my face I had sand caked into my eyes.
5 days later my left eye is still healing up.
But I digress.... We unloaded the bikes and gear and waited for about a hour.
Finally I couldn't stand it any more so I geared up, fired up the green beast, and started throwing sand into the air.... Oh Yeah....
If there wasn't a sand storm before I got there, there was after I left
I found that if I stayed on the north side of the dunes the wind, dust, and sand wasn't so bad..
I have rode at Christmas Valley many times so I know how different the sand can be.
This time the sand was the hardest I have ever seen.
For the most part a knob would have been fine but all I had was a paddle so I tore it up
Rode for about 4 hours and had a blast.
When I got back to the Christmas Valley Desert Inn http://www.cv-desertinn.com/ I had to dig out about 10 lbs of sand from my nose and ears
I left most of it outside so the owner of the place didn't get too mad at me....
Took a hot shower, watched something on TV, had dinner, and hit the sack.
More to come...