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Photos from Loop the Lake

Nato posted a whole bunch of images from the 2008 edition of Loop the Lake. It was supposed to be a larger group, but the weather paired the group down to a hearty few: Darth, Obi-Ben, Esteban Frito, Moto, and Stanton (sorry Stanton, we need to think up a good road name). Below are a few of my favorites. 

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This section of dirt was hairball greasy. A few spills were had. Photo: Darth.

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Obi-Ben, and the venerable KLR along the Golden Spike. Photo: Darth.

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Stanton on the big bike, cruising along the railroad bed. Photo: Darth.

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Darth and Esteban, heading out of Wendover. Photo: Darth.

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Honestly, I can’t remember where this was. But it was cool. Photo: Darth

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There always seems to be a “band photo”, for the next album. Photo: Darth.

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The absolute “money” shot of the whole trip. Photo: Darth.

If you want to see all of Darth Nater’s photos, view the latest batch at Motodelicious

Oregon Discovery Route on Big KTM and BMWs

An affiliate adventure posse from Oregon, led by Rob McCready, sent in some photos and commentary about a recent outing in Oregon. Rob had looked me up, after hearing about our recent Trans-America Trail ride into Oregon, wondering if we had crossed the Discovery Route and ran into any snow. Turns out, Rob used to work with my friend Gary Huck at Summit, and Gary put us in touch, being familiar with itsallaboutthebike.com. Rob and company were taking the Discovery Route #4, from Prineville to Seneca, Oregon, all on dirt. And mud. And snow, as you can see below. Rob was riding a silver KTM 950 Adventure, his buddies on various BMW GS models: Scott Norton on the red GS, Pete Day on the black Adventure, and Dave Combe on the black GS. Click the photos below and they will link you to these and some more recently uploaded images of this adventure in our Flickr gallery, along with colorful commentary from Rob.

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Photo by Rob McCready 

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Photo by Rob McCready

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Photo by Rob McCready