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Got the chance to explore an unusual island in the salt lake. Here’s a recap of the outing…

Last Sunday I decided to checkout the Causey Reservoir located on the other side of the Wasatch Mountain range. It’s amazing how easy it is to get into beautiful country out here in Utah. I only had a couple hours before the sunset and here’s what I saw…

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I went for a little mountain bike ride today but didn’t make it very far. I went back to check out this area I saw while hiking the other day, it looked like it had some jumps and I had to get a closer look. This is where I ran into Tucker and Andrew hitting some sick jumps. It brought me back to the days of racing BMX and building jumps of my own. Those days are long gone, and seeing that it’s been a couple of years (like 20) I decided to let them hit the big stuff and not embarrass myself. Maybe by the end of the summer I’ll work up the nerve to hit the big one. Here’s a couple more picts. The videos are alot better than the pictures I took. I’ll edit those when I get a chance. I think it had to do with the fact I’ve abused the Canon one to many times.

Man it was awesome watching them catch air and trick out. Good luck with the sponsorship guys.

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After watching this page for over 100 days, we’re ready to go! Well almost. It seems everyone is getting last minute items ready. From Chip fixing a oil leak, to Mark reinforcing his roll cage errr I mean saddlebag frame, to Adam finding bodily waste bags. But between the 6 of us we should have everything covered, but time will tell. Here’s how the bikes are looking so far. Malcolm and I have a little more packing and gearing up to do, Adam and Luke haven’t given us a sneak peak at their setups yet. If I get any I’ll post em here.

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Waterman East Coast Motorcycle Transportation Services

Mark’s KLR650

Testing out the frame welds…lookin good!

And he says he’s not not done yet. I guess he can always go up

Luke’s KLR650

Chip’s Dead Sexy Husky 610TE

Adam’s KTM 640 LC4

Notice the pelican cases, very official looking. Official enough to write off as a business expense? Sure why not!

Bad ass.

Malcolm’s Suzuki DR650

Beer & water. What else do you need in the middle of the Canyonlands?

My Honda XR650L

I’m ready, let’s go!

Here’s a look at the route we have planned through the Canyonlands in Southern Utah.

Here’s a brief photo album of how my trip out to Utah went. It’s my first time driving a car across and I do have to say it’s sooooo much easier than a motorcycle, but not as much fun at all…and a whole lot more expensive especially when you get 6mpg and each gallon costs around $3.50. Do the math, you’ll cry to.

Having lived in GA for 8 years now it still amazes me what you can discover only a half hour away. Thanks to Google Maps we found this little spot just North of Allatoona Lake. It was a relaxing ride at a good pace and we rode for about 30 miles without seeing a single person. For some people that’s nothing, especially out West, but around here, when your only 45 minutes from a major city its a real hidden gem. Here’s a quick edit of the ride filmed or should I say digitally captured on a waterproof Pentax Optio W30…Sry geek humor.

Here’s a look at the floor being built to transport 3 motorcycles out to Utah. Looks secure, right? Let’s hope so.

First test with the Canon SD1000 mounted to the handle bars. I’d say the video mount and video quality was a success but definitely not a long term solution. Seeing as the camera would barely close after a dusty day of riding it could get pretty expensive if the camera only lasts once or twice. Time to look into bullet cams and a MINI DV. In a less dusty situation this mounting solution would be a nice simple and inexpensive setup. The video quality was much better until the video compressors got a hold of it, oh well, that’s what you get for free online video. Enjoy.

On February 26th around 5:45am I was woken by a typical Georgia thunderstorm. Since our house always seem to attract electricity I decided to unplug the computers and tv’s. Then I watched out a window for a minute as lightning danced across the sky and rain started to pour down. It looked like a normal thunder storm. Then the wind started to pickup and the trees started to bend slightly more than usual. I heard a low rumble in the background and then out of no where came a huge gust of wind plastered the rain against the window. I watched for a couple more seconds and then a chill went up my spine telling me something was different about this storm.

The house started to shake and the floor vibrated under my feet as I ran downstairs to get Kristen (and the cats) into the basement. You could hear objects being throw up against the house, big cracks of thunder or at the time was probably trees snapping all around me. I ran downstairs and just as I opened the bedroom door glass shattered from a nearby window and a loud cracking followed by a big bang shook the house. I thought the whole house was collapsing on top of us. I grabbed Kristen and headed into the basement. As soon as we got down there, everything was silent, except for a little bit of rain. We waiting another minute and then I decided to check it out. I grabbed a flashlight and rain jacket and headed up stairs.

I couldn’t see a thing. I opened the front door expecting to see a tree across the front porch but instead all I saw were shingles in my face. I thought to my self what roof is this, is this the top of the house, then I realized it was the porch roof. With the front door blocked I headed back to the basement and went outside and that’s when I noticed a huge tree across the driveway and on top of Kristen’s car. What the heck just happened here? The sun started to rise revealing more and more damage that the storm had left behind. I’ve never experienced anything like it in my life. In a matter of minutes the winds had torn through our neighborhood leaving a trail of disaster. Thankfully everyone in our neighborhood was okay, and it appears we were lucky compared to alot of other people. Here are a couple pictures of the aftermath.

Open the door and come on in.

Today, a couple of us were reminiscing of our Alaska trip back in 2004. It started with Malcolm needing a couple details for a soon to be posted adventure article he was writing. Then it snowballed into sending pictures back and forth, and now after 4 years I’ve finally put the videos online, see below. The video doesn’t do the trip and surroundings justice but you’ll get the idea, it gets more interesting towards the end when we start shooting shotguns point blank into the water. Maybe in another 4 years I’ll post the photos but let’s not get our hopes up.

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