dunefreak Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Well it was a VERY last minute trip...the best kind. After last weekend (70 regatta), I still couldn't turn my brain off and relax. I still have a stack of bins, banners, and stuff from the regatta stacked up in my garage to put away. The toys are still dirty. My den is a mess. I have a ton I still need to do like mail out shirts, get banners back to sponsors, get the writeup going for the website, etc etc. Eff all that. So I hit up Chadwick late Fri night and text him..."I'm thinking about going to Dumont tomorrow" Gotta love this guy. He responds back, "U serious?" then he adds "I'm loading up now" before I can even reply. So we rolled into D about noon on Saturday. The weather was amazing. 70 degrees, no wind other than the occasional breeze and sunny. GORGEOUS! To sum up the trip in a couple, few words: perfect dunes, plenty of time to relax with no crowds, kickass weather, great grub, good tunes, some laughs and amazing rides! Do you ever get that feeling on a dune ride when it's almost too much to take in? You take a deep breath and it's feels like it's the biggest breath you've ever taken? It's amazing. I usually get at least one of those every trip and this trip I had that feeling like 2 or 3 times. We were jamming through the dunes and felt like we had the place to ourselves. Epic! We stayed until about 11:30am on Sunday and rolled out feeling completely fulfilled. Here are some random pics from Sat and Sunday. Quote
fireride Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 It doesn't get any better than that!!! Thats why we ride, the trip of trips. Probably rode twice as much as a planned long weekend. Bitchen. Thanks. Quote
Island Chain Racing Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Looks like a good time....you deserve pete........wish I was there Quote
dunefreak Posted February 14, 2011 Author Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks guys. It was pretty amazing. Quote
Jakster884 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Wish I was there also. Nothing beats these type of trips. Rock and Roll. Quote
~JILL~ Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Yes, it was a really nice weekend out there, even at the little dunes! Took the grandkids out for their camping with grampa & gramma. They just dug holes in the sand, played with the Tonka trucks and cruised the dunes in the ranger. Kids are so easy to entertain. All they need is CHARLIE! Charlie walked around the back of the trailer where we camped and finds a stinkin CRACK PIPE. At least it was him that found it and not the 4 & 6 year olds! Sure wish people would leave there CRAP someplace else! Looking forward to next weekend and probably the one after too have to see though. Quote
Chadwick Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 It was a super nice weekend. Honestly the weather and sand conditions couldn't have been any better. Pete came close to writing on my face with a sharpie courtesy of Anna but I woke up. Those were some great runs minus the crowds which is always my favorite way to ride. Pete, you hit the nail on the head when you came up with the idea of going out on Friday night. What an amazing weekend!! Quote
Chadwick Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Just thought of my most enjoyable moment out there. The last run of the weekend we went all the way to the highest point of the dunes . I had never been up there before and it was kinda a challenge for me to get there. WOW the view from there is really incredible. It was so peaceful and quite and made me appreciate the beauty of the dunes. Sometimes I forget to stop and look at how cool the scenery is out there. The thought of me moving to Hawaii and not being able to to out to Dumont is starting to set in. If I go through with it I'm really gonna miss it! Quote
raspadoo Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Those are some great pics Pete, thanks for sharing! Quote
jwcarguy Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Great pics!! Really gets us pumped for Prez weekend!! (only there will be a lot more traffic out there!) Quote
randyvw Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 great pics pete! i see you got some pics of wade horn's blue and yellow desert dynamics car. we had jerry welchel showing him some driving tips for the weekend and lee taking pics too. really nice car ...bullet proof. wade did a lot of the assembly himself. awesome weather. Quote
dunefreak Posted February 14, 2011 Author Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks guys. great pics pete! i see you got some pics of wade horn's blue and yellow desert dynamics car. we had jerry welchel showing him some driving tips for the weekend and lee taking pics too. really nice car ...bullet proof. wade did a lot of the assembly himself. awesome weather. Yep, I thought that was him! He cruised by us when we were hitting the jump so I snapped a few pics of him. Damnit, Lee was out there? That guy vanishes from time to time and we never see him anymore! That car is sick. It sounded GOOD going by. We also saw NE14SAND out there too in the dunes but he looked like he was having too much fun to stop. Lol We saw he was parked over near wade by RR6. Quote
Sincity_blondie Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Looks like a great trip! Thanks for sharing the pics Pete. Ill miss you guys out there this weekend Quote
NE14SAND Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 thought that was u sittin on that dune, sorry man. it was a perfect trip!!! perfect sand!!! even had a bunch of young ones in camp that we took to little D. did that run on our 70's where i managed to indo going up hill and got pinned by a darn 70! GREAT TIMES! sun morn there was darn near NO tracks for our last run, i hated to leave. took not 1 pic, trip was tooooo short. did roll the gopro every run execpt the 70 indo, wish i had it on. i need to start doing something with all this footage. Quote
Mid Life Crisis Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 i managed to indo going up hill and got pinned by a darn 70! This was the best part of the whole weekend!!!! I rushed up to ask if he was ok and all I get was "get it off me" as he was still smoking his cigerette!! Quote
randyvw Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Thanks guys. Yep, I thought that was him! He cruised by us when we were hitting the jump so I snapped a few pics of him. Damnit, Lee was out there? That guy vanishes from time to time and we never see him anymore! That car is sick. It sounded GOOD going by. We also saw NE14SAND out there too in the dunes but he looked like he was having too much fun to stop. Lol We saw he was parked over near wade by RR6. lee camped with wade this time. they have been friends for years, but lee usually doesn't camp with him.....i THINK lee said he hadn't been to dunes for like a year?...had some moho problems i think. Quote
randyvw Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) pics of what i did this weekend.....got better ones but too many megs....got about 300 yards from the top of comp hill.....hope nobody else got pics of me! Edited February 15, 2011 by randyvw Quote
dunefreak Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 lee camped with wade this time. they have been friends for years, but lee usually doesn't camp with him.....i THINK lee said he hadn't been to dunes for like a year?...had some moho problems i think. Yeah that's what he said the last time I talked to him. I miss talking to that wacky guy! Quote
Jakster884 Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 pics of what i did this weekend.....got better ones but too many megs....got about 300 yards from the top of comp hill.....hope nobody else got pics of me! Is this two wheel drive or allwheel? I am sure there are a few pics out there just not going to see them. Quote
randyvw Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) Is this two wheel drive or allwheel? I am sure there are a few pics out there just not going to see them. it's 2 wheel drive...2006 honda oddity....or one wheel is more like it.....i didn't anticipate the traction control messing with me so much. it would barely move in sand until i switched it off. then it would work PRETTY well, but still something kept taking away power..... i kept forgetting to switch it off every time i got back in....which resulted in the damage....but i DIDN"T get stuck once!....my goal was to get a picture looking down from top of comp hill, with van in foreground..... Edited February 16, 2011 by randyvw Quote
Richard Cheese Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) that remote buggy in that pic jumping the dune kinda fkd with me a bit...had me thinkin it was a full rail for a bit....badass pics for sho' :B Edited February 15, 2011 by HEY THOSE AINT COCO PUFFZ Quote
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