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DG Rider

DG Rider

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Saturday was the day I was finally getting over to @PJon's neck of the woods. Got everything ready to leave directly from the house to head over to Cowboy Miller road. Wanted to see Turkey Creek/Aravaipa canyon and it's lushness. If time permited, might check out some of copper Creek road as well. Woke up at 5:30.

I decided to take Florence Kelvin highway over, which has a few miles of gravel, but is most direct route...albeit probably not quite as quick. Naturally, half way through the gravel section, the TPMS light came on and an inspection revealed a low tire loosing air rapidly. Possibly a rock puncture. 5 plugs and some air later, I decided the 20 year old spare was a better choice for the highway driving back, since the plugs were trying to push out. All this took probably an hour and I decided I didn't want to make the drive back from Mammoth in this shape, likely in the dark.

So...I guess I wasn't meant to ride over there that day...for whatever reason. Good news is I was literally a few miles from my normal staging spot, and I'll be damned if this is going to keep me from riding somewhere today...

Rugged canyon...

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Copper basin railway and erosion protection...

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The desert can be tough...

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...yet incredibly beautiful...

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Adam490

Adam490

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Saturday was the day I was finally getting over to @PJon's neck of the woods. Got everything ready to leave directly from the house to head over to Cowboy Miller road. Wanted to see Turkey Creek/Aravaipa canyon and it's lushness. If time permited, might check out some of copper Creek road as well. Woke up at 5:30.

I decided to take Florence Kelvin highway over, which has a few miles of gravel, but is most direct route...albeit probably not quite as quick. Naturally, half way through the gravel section, the TPMS light came on and an inspection revealed a low tire loosing air rapidly. Possibly a rock puncture. 5 plugs and some air later, I decided the 20 year old spare was a better choice for the highway driving back, since the plugs were trying to push out. All this took probably an hour and I decided I didn't want to make the drive back from Mammoth in this shape, likely in the dark.

So...I guess I wasn't meant to ride over there that day...for whatever reason. Good news is I was literally a few miles from my normal staging spot, and I'll be damned if this is going to keep me from riding somewhere today...

Rugged canyon...

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Copper basin railway and erosion protection...

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The desert can be tough...

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...yet incredibly beautiful...

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See @Plumber32 , I told you someone would find that cow you let do those weird things to you!
 
PJon

PJon

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See @Plumber32 , I told you someone would find that cow you let do those weird things to you!
Saturday was the day I was finally getting over to @PJon's neck of the woods. Got everything ready to leave directly from the house to head over to Cowboy Miller road. Wanted to see Turkey Creek/Aravaipa canyon and it's lushness. If time permited, might check out some of copper Creek road as well. Woke up at 5:30.

I decided to take Florence Kelvin highway over, which has a few miles of gravel, but is most direct route...albeit probably not quite as quick. Naturally, half way through the gravel section, the TPMS light came on and an inspection revealed a low tire loosing air rapidly. Possibly a rock puncture. 5 plugs and some air later, I decided the 20 year old spare was a better choice for the highway driving back, since the plugs were trying to push out. All this took probably an hour and I decided I didn't want to make the drive back from Mammoth in this shape, likely in the dark.

So...I guess I wasn't meant to ride over there that day...for whatever reason. Good news is I was literally a few miles from my normal staging spot, and I'll be damned if this is going to keep me from riding somewhere today...

Rugged canyon...

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Copper basin railway and erosion protection...

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The desert can be tough...

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...yet incredibly beautiful...

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Speaking about your attempted ride @DG Rider, a group of us (4 machines and 6 people), did the Mammoth to Parson’s Grove Cabin and back ride on Friday. We used the Cowboy Miller road to get to Rug Road near the pass through Table Mountain. The top part of the road getting to Rug Rd is steep and rough with lots of loose 6” or so rocks and everyone was in low range, but no serious rock steps. Once we dropped down through the pass it was still a little rough but with lots of trees and new growth from the monsoons of the last couple years. We spent some time exploring the ruins of the Table Mountain Mine and then continued on to Parsons Grove Cabin for lunch. Exploring a couple of side roads, we found some old ranchers cabins and saw Deer, Turkey and a small herd of wild horses. one of the better rides we’ve been on lately.
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PJon

PJon

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Speaking about your attempted ride @DG Rider, a group of us (4 machines and 6 people), did the Mammoth to Parson’s Grove Cabin and back ride on Friday. We used the Cowboy Miller road to get to Rug Road near the pass through Table Mountain. The top part of the road getting to Rug Rd is steep and rough with lots of loose 6” or so rocks and everyone was in low range, but no serious rock steps. Once we dropped down through the pass it was still a little rough but with lots of trees and new growth from the monsoons of the last couple years. We spent some time exploring the ruins of the Table Mountain Mine and then continued on to Parsons Grove Cabin for lunch. Exploring a couple of side roads, we found some old ranchers cabins and saw Deer, Turkey and a small herd of wild horses. one of the better rides we’ve been on lately.View attachment 403970View attachment 403971View attachment 403972View attachment 403973View attachment 403974
The first photo shows Sombrero peak in background with Carpet Hill in foreground.
Second photo taking a break at the pass.
Table Mountain Mine ruins of Smelter and last one of the old cabins that we walked to.
 
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DG Rider

DG Rider

Member: Triple Clutch Club
Lifetime Member
Aug 14, 2013
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113
Casa Grande, AZ
Ownership

  1. 700-2
Speaking about your attempted ride @DG Rider, a group of us (4 machines and 6 people), did the Mammoth to Parson’s Grove Cabin and back ride on Friday. We used the Cowboy Miller road to get to Rug Road near the pass through Table Mountain. The top part of the road getting to Rug Rd is steep and rough with lots of loose 6” or so rocks and everyone was in low range, but no serious rock steps. Once we dropped down through the pass it was still a little rough but with lots of trees and new growth from the monsoons of the last couple years. We spent some time exploring the ruins of the Table Mountain Mine and then continued on to Parsons Grove Cabin for lunch. Exploring a couple of side roads, we found some old ranchers cabins and saw Deer, Turkey and a small herd of wild horses. one of the better rides we’ve been on lately.View attachment 403970View attachment 403971View attachment 403972View attachment 403973View attachment 403974

The first photo shows Sombrero peak in background with Carpet Hill in foreground.
Second photo taking a break at the pass.
Table Mountain Mine ruins of Smelter and last one of the old cabins that we walked to.
Excellent!

Don't suppose you have any tracks for this?

Probably a bit before I try it again.
 
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