This was a fun 114 mile ride to
Carbon River. The ride was posted and led by Moshee from our forum. Mosheee
brought his son Grageracer and daughter Suzibandita. Both are good riders.
We met at the Target on 320th and departed the lot at 10:AM. We headed down
Peasley Canyon and on to West Valley heading into Sumner. We rode hwy 162
through Orting and South Prairie and then hwy 165 through Wilkeson and
Carbonado. We stopped for coffee along the way as well as a view view point
stops for the featured video to the right. The weather was perfect at about
70 degrees with nothing but sun! I had a blast as it's nice to ride a short
ride from time to time. We stopped at our destination next to the Carbon
River just before the gate. It's still closed due to wash outs. We road
across the one lane bridge that goes across the Carbon River near the camp
grounds. On the way our we hung a left t go up for a breathe taking view of
MT. Rainier. After that we rode back across the old bridge and through the
twisties into Wilkeson and on to Carbonado and then Orting for lunch. The
icing on the cake was when Moshee offered to buy lunch. Polecat you missed
out buddy! We ate at a small place in Orting. I will update this with the
name when someone refreshes my memory. Pole Spar I think... Today's menu was
Pizza for Garageracer and Suzibandita, a Club Sandwich for Wingman and
Moshee had some kind of giant breakfast plate with pancakes, eggs and the
trimmings. After a filling lunch we hit the road continuing the way we came.
We couldn't have asked for better weather and I couldn't have rode with a
better group. We parted ways in Auburn as I pulled into Hinshaws' to visit a
couple guys. Another fun ride and a great day goes down in the books.
Carbon River Group Ride Video
16:9 Widescreen (400Kbps 17.1 MB)
Bunkhouse BBQ Ride
Ride Date: 1-17-2009
We finally got together and did some riding. Be it cold and somewhat gloomy
we had our first burger run destination Bunkhouse BBQ in McKenna WA. We met
at the Safeway in Tacoma on 6th Ave at 12 Noon and spent 15 minutes chatting
and drooling over each others bikes. Kim (rebelrider07) was showing off the
new cruiser pegs, I did some drooling over Bob's (Happypuppy) FJR as
everyone shot the breaze. Mark (Dartnmark) was present with his sweet Harley
and Dave (skylane5sp) road his Goldwing GL1500. Rebel riders Hubby (Robert) road his Black and Chrome Honda Shadow.
We had two other riders Tom and Rita who came with Rebel rider and Robert. After some chat we stopped for fuel and headed up I-5 to hwy
512. We road the Spanaway loop road out to the Roy Y where we turned left
rode through Roy and on to McKenna home of Bunkhouse BBQ. As we
entered the heat from the pellet stove was much welcomed. As always
the waitresses were great and the cook did an amazing job as the food was
delicious. I had the Barn Burner with extra Jalapeņos and a Chocolate Malt.
We had a great time chatting and Kim (rebelrider07) handed out bike bells to
ward of the evil Mojo. After the feast we parted ways as some needed to get
back home and I, Mark and Dave finished up with a ride through Yelm, DuPont
and Chambers Creek. The Chambers Creek area was nice and we had a great view
as we rode parallel to the Narrows water way. We made a quick stop at Titlow
Beach and then parted ways to head home. Although the weather wasn't the
best the ride was good, food was great and we finally got to put faces to
screen names.
Bunkhouse Group Ride Video
16:9 Widescreen (400Kbps 19.9 MB)
