My older brother and younger sister came into town (at the same time). My brother was here to take a bit of time off and to help get my Durango running again, while my younger sister (only sister) was stopping by while en route to Zion National Park.
On Sunday, we went for a little ride to the North/East corner of Five Mile Pass. At that location, I thought I had destroyed the motor on my 2008 Kawi Brute Force 750i (400 miles on it so far) by hitting a large puddle too hard and ingesting water into the intake.
On Tuesday, we did an 86 mile loop from Five Mile Pass, through Eureka, around the Tintic Mountains and back. We all had a great time and many photos/videos were taken.
Follow along on our adventure:
North/East corner of Five Mile Pass, en route to the mud bowl:
At the mud bowl, and ingesting water into the intake!
Getting towed out by my 2005 BF 750i!
Short video of the tow process:
Yet another perspective on the tow-operation:
It was quite sad to have my new machine grounded while my brother and brother-in-law continued to play in the puddle.
From this point, I was towed back to my truck and got to hang out while I let everyone else do further trail riding and exploring. It was the end of my day.
The following Tuesday, I took the day off to again take my brother and two nieces on a long ride around the Tintic Mountains. I've done this ride several times already, but my brother was interested in a long ride with varying terrain and this was the perfect ride for that.
Me prepping to lead the adventure:
From this location, we circled around the mountains to the South of the staging area before proceeding toward the Tintic mountains. The weather was great. After all the rain and storms, there wasn't much dust, but there were still massive muddy puddles everywhere. In short time, we were all accumulating mud on everything.
Active mining area near Topliff:
One of our first stops before circling around to the East side of Black Rock Canyon was the geocache named "Crappy place for a great cache"; easily one of the most unique geocaches I've ever found.
Me inspecting the "bowl"
From there, everyone else was intrigued as well. What the "crap" was I doing they asked"?
From here, we rode through Twelve Mile pass and started the ride up Black Rock Canyon from the East side. Not a single other person/ATV in sight. It was a beautful day.
<rant on> Half-way up the mouth of the canyon, I encountered a very scared Yellow Labrador that appeared to have been abandoned. He was too skittish of me, the machine and helmet to approach, but was definitely tired and hungry. I'm sickened by the amount of animals I find in the desert that are wantonly abandoned. </rant off>
Near the top of Black Rock Canyon (from the East side), there's a live stock watering hole. I'm not certain if this hole was incidental or man-made, but this is where we stopped for a quick lunch.
Here's a video showing the ride up to the watering hole:
From this point, we continued over the canyon to the West side and banked north toward the microwave towers overlooking Hwy6.
We stopped in Eureka for fuel, snacks and a brief break. While there, everyone enjoyed the Rockwell Cabin.
From this point, we proceeded up the canyon to the immediate West of Eureka and decided to ride to the top of Overlook Point.
A quick video on the ride up:
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