2013 NW Gathering - East Fort Rock / China Hat

There were 2014 Huskys...Yeah...That's my story and I'm sticking to it...Haaha

I thought maybe because we brought 2014 Italian bikes to play with.We had 15 Terras a month ago now we are down to 6 not to change the subject but street legal huskys are in very limited supply at dealers and no more coming.

Agreed, thanks Coffee.

I left my 165 there for people to ride but i don't think anyone rode it. Bryon tried to play a little joke on me in the morning saying someone had rode it and smashed the ignition cover off it. He was disappointed when I could care less.

Fun time!

Sadly I could not pack my camera...

Yes it was a bit nippy in the mornings, especially Thursday & Sunday mornings (23f). I rode up on Wednesday and camped 4 nights, then rode home on Sunday. Should of headed south and gone through La Pine, because by the time I'd gotten to Bend my riding gloves were soaked, so I switched to ski gloves I had taken with me. Apparently from La Pine south there was not nearly as much precipitation. All the fun stuff on the way home - sleet/snow/rain/hail/thunder storms. Actually, % wise, I did quite well, it was just a long ride...especially in the mountain passes.

Apparently near where I live (my destination on Sunday) there was epic wind all day (6 big rigs tipped over), so in hindsight it was probably a good thing I did not arrive until later (10pm) when the winds died down a bit - but it was still windy enough some cars were doing 50mph on the freeway like I was. Wind in 1 direction would not have been a big deal, but it seemed every few seconds the wind would change direction.

According to my odometer, total trip was 1200 miles and about 25 gallons in fuel. Did not even eat in any restaurants except for Wubba BBQ in Bend on Thursday, which was good. So this was the least expensive trip to Bend by far. I did get a chance to stop by the new Atomic Moto location and met Brian and his wife again - great people and shop.

The only downside is a stomach bug I seemed to have caught about Friday/Saturday, which I thought was caused by freeze dried food I had eaten, but whatever it was kept with me until yesterday.

Next time I will definitely pack wool socks so my feet do not get as cold in the tent

This event would not be nearly as much fun without Bills/BMP/Bryons support - Thanks Bill! And thanks for the food Bryon!

And a special thanks to everyone who showed up! Hope everyone can make it next time.

Someone was taliking about the ride the other day as always trying to estimate numbers of people there.They suggested a signed object kind of deal so next year going to make a plaque board type set up with Cafe husky logo and have everyone there write their name and more if they want ,will be neat to look at and let the memorys flow.Thanks to Tom,Val or Jon whoever suggested that.

"Plaque board" - could be almost anything. Fender/bike/laminated picture on a board... put Bryon's thinking cap on, I'm sure he could come up with some interesting ideas.

I'm thinking big ol' gas tank and a sharpie?

Looks like Steve's been in the lemonade again...

Now we are getting ready to invent a new NW ride to present the 2014 Austrian built bikes no date or place set yet.But for sure it will be alot warmer days when it happens.{and more trees}