As you may have seen in Mike's
EarthRoamer XV-JP "Northwest Edition" thread,
or Yves'
out with the old in with the new thread, I was somehow able to convince these two great rigs (& their owners) to get together for a trip up several sections of the WABDR -Washington Area Backroads Discovery Route, (Yves actually suggested the route)
I suspect throwing the Bullet XV into the kitty lessened a bit, the fear of me just being a stalker, now I was stalker with a cool truck, and that was acceptable!
We all met near the bridge of the gods in Cascade Locks Oregon, then proceeded into the wild.
Not knowing anything at all about our new camping comrads, bethany & I were both amazed at how well we all got along right from the start, now we plan to do it every weekend, RIGHT GUYS.. ..
EVERY WEEKEND .. ...
RIGHT!
I'll shut up now
pretty good fire power
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all of us trying dam hard to block the XV-JP from steeling the shot
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heading up the WABDR
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Yves & I had to keep Mike pinned between us, he kept on pulling ahead, peeling out, doing cookies, honking his horn & waving at the ladies!
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A clean shot of Yves & Leslie's camper (minus the shadows)
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this was actually our first campsite, this was where we had some time to enjoy a cocktail
& get to see each others rigs up close
We must've looked a bit ominous pulling in all together, someone from another site asked me if we were from the apocalypse!
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Mike.. after the first night, frantically looking for the quickest way home!
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At this point, my extremely honed navigation skills kicked in, to find a 'short cut' to the nearest paved road so Mike could head back (he had prior commitments), .. let's just say the pretty lines on the map aren't totally indicative of the road's true conditions! we ended up driving these three beasts down a winding, gutted, overgrown dirt road not really adequate for motorcycle travel. Needles to say, these 4-7 ton vehicles made it through fine, with the added benefit of having this memory permanently on the sides of our rigs, (until we chose to repaint)
The sides of the Bullet look like a trail map of the pacific northwest now! which.. ..Yves, wouldn't be a bad graphic to sport on your walls
A sexy shot of the JP before he left us
more to come