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Great pics Dean! OK if I add mine here too?
The scenery was great right out of Nixon as we headed northeast. I think the pic is of peak 7208 in the Truckee Range. Fun fact: Nixon is the seat of tribal government for the Paiute Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.
Rides: KLR650, KX250
The wind was pretty stiff, but for the most part it was a crosswind, so it blew the dust off our trail and we could usually stay close together.
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Dave led the ride; here Dean is waiting for Dave to close a gate and get back out on point. That is one sweet ‘Berg 570.
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Randy at the first gate crossing with his ’22 KLR. Randy regretted running the top box with the high crosswinds. Dean and I wished we had the fuel capacity of his KLR on the outbound route though – 145 miles was at the limit for our tanks. The KLR is tough to beat as an all-around bike.
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This is a pic of some high peaks in the Lake Range to the west from Kuvima Valley.
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More fantastic scenery in Kuvima Valley. We saw many burros and 3 herds of pronghorn antelope – more wildlife were near the trail than domestic cattle. The burros and antelope took off way too quickly for us to get a pic though. One small herd of antelope ran parallel to us for a half mile or so. We clocked them at 51 miles per hour (GPS).
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We ran across this herd of sheep – probably more than 200 on each side of the trail – on the route north. They were protected by a half dozen basque sheep dogs and a couple shepherds. The sheep dogs appeared to move the sheep off the trail, then set up a perimeter for us to pass through. They encouraged us not to stop, ha. Those sheep dogs must have a heck of a job watching the herd at night when the coyotes are out.
Rides: KLR650, KX250
After a fabulous lunch at Bruno’s and gassing up Dave and I went back towards Nixon on a slightly different route, while Dean and Randy returned via Smoke Creek. Here is a shot of Dave up in the distance on the return ride. Temps were in the high 40s for the ride out to Gerlach, but on the ride back to Nixon temps got up into the mid 50s here and there. Dave and I made good time, touching 70 mph in places.
Rides: KLR650, KX250
The return route had more varied terrain. We stopped for this great view dropping down a canyon into Nixon. Nache Peak is to the right and Black Warrior Peak to the left.
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