The BIG COLORADO 2013 summer gathering !

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BWC and I camped in Silt Co. Should be in Ouray tomorrow afternoon. Planning Carbondale ,Delta, Montrose route. See you soon.
Sorry to hear about Ryan's troubles, should be a good story when all is safely home.
 

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The BIG COLORADO 2013 summer gathering !

For anyone in Durango (Downtown) I'm at my favorite watering hole. Steamworks Brew Pub. I can be found at the bar with dusty boots on and I'm willing to open a tab.
 

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You must have been only one of the handful I passed all day! I had the coals poured on the jeep-jeep west of Denver and she struggled.

You're already at the koa I thought? Was going to look for you after dinner to see about the banner and where we should hang it.

I'm right behind the restaurant if we can't find you on our walk...

If anyone needs to get in touch for anything, my number is 515-999-5277


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We were in the humongous toy hauler laboring up the hill before the Eisenhower Tunnel. We're in Grand Junction tonight and headed for Ouray in the morning. It's only 92 miles, so we should arrive around noonish. We're arriving a day early, so we'll be in one site tomorrow, then move to our permanent location first thing Monday.

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New Orleans to Clayton, NM. Even had time to run TX 1061. Officially spent, thank goodness the Best Western has a pool ::012::

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Leaving A.M. Sunday morn. me and 3 more AZ riders foolish enough to follow me. Going to play in southern Ut. a little mon. morning and then into Ouray see ya'll then. ::015::
 

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The BIG COLORADO 2013 summer gathering !

There's prolly a dozen of us I saw on our walk after dinner. I took a little mental note of where all the sites are at. This place is big and is a full house - hoping it empties out a little tomorrow. Guessing it will.

Will try and get a little rendezvous point put together tomorrow late afternoon.

Gonna hit the sack for the night. Safe travels to all on the road.


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Ryan, we'll miss ya...heal fast. I get to leave So TX on Monday morning, with a stated goal of Roswell NM (682 miles) on three Supertanks. Hitting reserve at 220-230 miles should make it possible. See y'all Tue evening - don't use up all the fun!
 

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joneil said:
For anyone in Durango (Downtown) I'm at my favorite watering hole. Steamworks Brew Pub. I can be found at the bar with dusty boots on and I'm willing to open a tab.

Shoot. We missed ya by a day or so. I'm sure there might be a few beers at the KOA. :). We are 40 miles south of Moab, UT. We roll into Ouray about lunch time. We have tuns of pictures but poor or no wifi at camp grounds to upload on going pictures. Looking forward to
meeting everyone of you crazy Tenere guys, gals. This is going to be an epic week. :)
 

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Marpquest works just like Google but will load turn by turn into the Montana directly.

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Yep, that was how I loaded the original routes from the first page of the thread. However, I had to go back and massage them to make sure they displayed correctly on the Montana, since the map data differs. I also was looking at the route with Engineer Pass, and I think I found a bypass, so we'll see....
 

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If anyone knows who opened the "Gates of Hell", please let me know, I want to have a talk with that son of a bitch.
I have never ran into such a strong headwind as I did today from Topeka to Wichita . My Super Tenere usually does about 43/44 mpg but today averaged 29 mpg from Topeka to Wichita.
After 795 miles I was beat and stopped at a Super 8 for the nigh




 

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I'm happy to say I got reservations for KOA and dinner for Thursday....barely. I am getting in on Tuesday night, have to work (arg!) Monday, slabbing most of the ride from Denver. If anyone wants to leave early Tuesday with me, holler!! Looking forward to the riding and meeting much more knowledgeable folks than me. I wasn't sure I would be able to swing this event but it looks like I will! ::26::
 

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We retrieved Ryan's bike today. A friend of his uncle's brought a trailer the 2 hours from Salt Lake. We were up there a ways. (Near Cat Peak off Reservation Road for those familiar)

Anyway, after we got the bike loaded, we parted ways and I continued south on the UTBDR. Not more than twenty minutes after leaving Ryan, I ran into another Tenere rider heading north. It was Andy from Louisiana. Had a nice chat with him and then I continued on to Green River. Had some trouble in some sandy spots. Dumped the bike 4 or 5 times and had to unload my duffels each time in order to lift it. Needless to say I'm tired and am going to sleep well tonight.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Cheers,
Michael
 

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The BIG COLORADO 2013 summer gathering !

GETTING to Ouray has been an adventure for quite a few of us. :)
Wind, Heat, Rain..........

Lots of Teneristas sleeping well tonight.
(I'm obviously awake now, but only after passing out earlier. I was spent)

We only have 1 reported showstopper injury so far. (Ryan and his busted ankle)
Let it be the only one!
 

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The BIG COLORADO 2013 summer gathering !

snakebitten said:
GETTING to Ouray has been an adventure for quite a few of us. :)
Wind, Heat, Rain..........

Lots of Teneristas sleeping well tonight.
(I'm obviously awake now, but only after passing out earlier. I was spent)

We only have 1 reported showstopper injury so far. (Ryan and his busted ankle)
Let it be the only one!
Amen to all of that. I almost went backwards down parts of i80 yesterday leaving Kearney NE. Only struggles and strifes I had when I stopped at the koa was a broken fender weld on the trailer and a tiny bit of negative camber on the passenger side torsion axle.

weathers gorgeous, people are friendly, and the koa BBQ is AMAZING!

Get better quick, Ryan. Will be another chance to meet down the road, I'm sure.

On a side note, the BMW Sport Touring group is having a rally the same days we are, but not at the koa. Lots of 1600gts and 1200rts running around.


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We need to stop at Wal-Mart in Grand Junction for groceries before making the final leg of the trek into Ouray.

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Thanks for all the get well wishes. Ya hope to meet everyone at some point.
As Michael said, we got the bike out and now my bike and I are headed home. Sounds like I will be in surgery next week.
I will try and put together a ride repot this week.
I hope to see everyone next year.


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We're here! Site 32 tonight and site 98 the rest of the week.

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I'm in Cortez tonight, will ride part of the COBDR tomorrow and will see y'all tomorrow night at the KOA
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pnwrider said:
Thanks for all the get well wishes. Ya hope to meet everyone at some point.
As Michael said, we got the bike out and now my bike and I are headed home. Sounds like I will be in surgery next week.
I will try and put together a ride repot this week.
I hope to see everyone next year.


Ryan
Get well soon - we'll be thinking of you.

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