Disaster at Devil's Den...but not really

first off, i'm worthless and weak...you need to know that to give yourself perspective for the following.

On Sunday, March 26th I made my way south to Devil's Den State Park to meet boogni1sh who had camped out there with his buds. Around 10:30am or so, we're geared up and ready to go and take a dirt road just a mile or so when we take the first trail we see. It's soft and muddy and silty for a while but we quickly come across Lee Creek which runs right through the heart of Devil's Den. boogni1sh goes over first, no real problems. I follow in 'okay' form but i get across at least. We ride on but the trail very quickly ends and we turn around for the reverse crossing. boogn1sh really does a perfect crossing and I begin in and in no time I've lost the front and it's in the drink. I get it up as soon as i can but even at that point I knew the day was toast. Long story short: two and half hours later (and after my mechanic's best efforts) the thing is D-E-A-D.




So, now we're a good distance from the road, at the lowest point of elevation to the road, in the middle of a river rock minefield...with a bum bike. Needlesss to say, boogn1sh and I took our sweet ass time and didn't rush around 'cause it was so early in the day...I was kicking myself inside 'cause it could've been such an awesome ride just from the little we got to see.




Getting out was hell for a bit...we actually hooked up some NRS straps and boogn1sh started to pull me to the road...but it was ROUGH going. Finally two guys on four-wheelers came up and offered help (don't know who you are but you're Saints) and we we're at the road in minutes. A quick trip by boogn1sh to the truck and back and we we're gone. I am SO happy we decided to 'trailer' that day. If ya want, it's pretty much documented in great detail here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xieqS7PlEI8

Tragedy + Time = Comedy.

It took about 2.5 minutes before I found the situation humorous, I'm sure it took Pete a few minutes longer...

here's a few shots I captured.









View of the trail. Wide and smooth compared to the typical rocky AR trails.





Opps, somebody got wet.





Where we spent most of the day.







We're skipping the bath tonight, straight to bed

Sorry to hear about you run in w/Lee Creek badmotorscooter! What's the update on your bike? Did you end up taking it to BBoar?
-JD

yeah, i'm still waiting on them...the guy indicated yestrerday that he didn't think there would be any damage. but who knows.

Keep us posted Pete. Glad you faired ok; I know sometimes creek dumps can fare more than a drowned bike. SLimy, slippery rocks meets rubber tires and next thing you know your face is kissing rocks. Even with a full face lid I managed to open my beak on a rather nasty rock.

Ughhhh
Good day for bikin, Bad day for swimmin

....actually, the water wasn't all that bad

heard from my guy at Big Boar late yesterday...he said they dried it out and that it was running fine. he said i'd want to change out the oil like two times in the next 100 miles or so. when i asked about future problems he indicated that there could be something there but he felt confident there would be no further problems. how's that for 'factory' talk?

so, i'll go pick up the 'little hog' later this morning but i'm really in no hurry. it's supposed to rain here for the next 15 days or so. not that i couldn't ride in the rain....actually, no...i CAN'T ride in the rain.

Well, it's good to hear it's alive still...a little unnerving tho to have that little thing in the back of your head goin.."wonder if this thing's gonna throw a rod..." That would drive me nuts. I guess all you can do is hop on that little firecracker and just hope for the best.

and that's EXACTLY what's goin' thru my mind