I have a CB installed, and use the SENA 20S EVO. Have never used the SENA for comms to other SENAs, but that would be great if I can get someone to assist in setting it up.
I have a CB installed, and use the SENA 20S EVO. Have never used the SENA for comms to other SENAs, but that would be great if I can get someone to assist in setting it up.
On 20s to 20s all you do is pop them off the helmet and get close and give them a little shake. It pairs them up.
Wow. That will be cool.
Since we where both talking about staying in Clayton "NEW MEXICO" I decided to look at travel restrictions and quarantine requirements and found the following:
Here is a summary of current restrictions in the United States for leisure travelers, although some requirements do not apply to those spending less than a day in the state.
Colorado: As of Aug. 4, there were no statewide restrictions in Colorado.
New Mexico: As of July 1, all out-of-state travelers are required to self-quarantine for 14 days or for the length of their stay in New Mexico, whichever is shorter.
Oklahoma: As of Aug. 4, there were no statewide restrictions in Oklahoma.
I can still stay the nigh in Clayton, New Mexico but could have an issue eating at a restaurant AND it can all change by mid-September.
I hope I don’t miss out on the fine dining options in Clayton. The 2nd best rated food in town is a taco truck.
I wanted to share my experience the last time I was over that way at the local bar.
A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey, orders a drink and while he’s drinking it, the monkey jumps around all over the, grabs some olives off of the bar, eats them, grabs some sliced limes, eats them, jumps up on the pool table, grabs a cue ball, sticks it in his mouth and swallows it whole.
The bartender screams at the guy, “Did you see what your monkey just did?”
The guy says, “No, what?”
“He just ate the cue ball off my pool table, Whole!” says the bartender.
“Yeah, that doesn’t surprise me.” Replied the patron. “He eats everything in sight. I’ll pay for the stuff.”
He finishes his drink, pays his bill, and leaves.
Two weeks later he’s in the bar again and he has his monkey with him.
He orders a drink and the monkey starts running around the bar again.
While the man is drinking his drink, the monkey finds a maraschino cherry on the bar.
He grabs it, sticks it in his but, pulls it out, and eats it.
The bartender is disgusted.
“Did you see what your monkey did now?”, he asks.
“Now what?”, responds the patron.
“Well, he stuck a maraschino cherry up his butt, then he pulled it out and ate it!” says the bartender.
“Yeah, that doesn’t surprise me.” Replied the patron. “He still eats everything sight, but since he ate the cue ball he measures everything first!”
Ride safe.
Hey can one of you smart fellas tell me what to do with the dropbox files. I got them into basecamp. The map hap some pink lines all around but they don’t follow the road, looks like “as the crow flies”. My goal is to put them onto my zumo 595.
I looked at a few of them, and there are some issues:
Black Canyon - This is simply a collection of Waypoints, and the Route is walking, which we're not doing. It appears to be imported from Rever. Easy to fix by adding the hotel as the start/stop of a Route, changing it to a Motorcycle map. SeaSteve, this is one of yours, let me know if you want help fixing it up. I didn't look at your other ones.
Bedrock Store - Three different routes, could probably be combined into one.
Montrose_F6B-2020 - These 5 maps are all fine. I initially was just getting straight lines between the waypoints, until I discovered I was using the Global map, (under Maps on the top menu bar). When I changed that, everything was fine. Chris, that is probably your issue. Nice job, Dave!
I created the Montrose F6B 2020 collection on Basecamp (yes, be sure you are using the detailed maps and not just the high level ones — I updated to the most current maps before creating) and confirmed that they were fine when I sent them to my Garmin.
When you bring them up in Basecamp (if you use that), you should recalculate the route using your maps. I used the motorcycle profile and fastest routing. When I imported them into my GPS, I had it recalculate the routing using the maps in the GPS and confirmed that they were correct.
I created the Bedrock Store and Utah-158 river road trip as a Gpx file on Harley Davidson Ride Planner and I have never had any trouble downloading these Gpx files onto my Garmin 665. I will bring a small computer to Montrose and we can download files from it onto your Garmin if you want.
Looking forward to meeting you
Dwight (Az Wingrider)
You guys just blew my mind. Was hoping someone would bring a laptop. And looking forward to meeting you guys. Not many know this but Im quite famous.
Always wanted to ride with someone quite famous. Jeff is not quite famous but that is just not the same as quite famous.
The routes are fine on Rever but as with most digital conversions it's never complete and correct. After creating the routes on Rever I simply downloaded the GPX files from my online Rever account and uploaded the files to Dropbox. I believe GPX files are really just CSV file but each software system may have sightly different requirement on how the waypoints are listed. I think Rever even offers a few different GPX "types" when I downloaded them and I think I chose the Garmin version.
You can modify them if you wish. I don't mind leaving the computer home. I don't even mind leaving the Garmin home. Some of my best rides have been when I had no clue where I was.
I don’t own any hiking boots yet.
Okay, so I edited Dwight's Bedrock Store file and uploaded it to Box. The edit was to take the three maps and merge them into one. I didn't dick around with any of the spots themselves. This is the route:
Attachment 7629
Dwight, lemme know if that is what you had in mind.
Okay, so I edited Dwight's Bedrock Store file and uploaded it to Box. The edit was to take the three maps and merge them into one. I didn't dick around with any of the spots themselves. This is the route:
Attachment 7629
Dwight, lemme know if that is what you had in mind. It's 331 miles, 7:02 for time.
Why in the world can't we delete posts here? The first of those can be removed.
I started editing the other files yesterday, and said the heck with it. Ain't nobody got time for that... Dwight, your original file and the edited version is out there.
Thanks Jeff for all your time on this whole trip. Its going to be great.
How are the fires and smoke out that way? I've heard it is bad in places and possibly even just south of Montrose.
The fires are north of Montrose. I work with a guy that lives in Grand Junction, and will check in with him as we get closer to the dates.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0923637,-107.4687574,8.96z/data=!4m3!15m2!1m1!1s%2Fg%2F11jwlxcn0_
The four major fires are:
—Biggest, Pine Gulch Fire, about 80,000 acres north of Grand Junction.
—Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon east of Glenwood Springs. I-70 through the Canyon has been closed for a week now. Really bad. Traffic impact on all East-West routes through Colorado, except US-160 town south.
—Williams Fork Fire southeast of Kremmling and south of US-40 and North of I-70.
—Cameron Peak Fire in Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins and East of Gould. CO-14 is closed for the length of the Canyon.
No or very little containment on these fires unfortunately.
Pretty much the entire state is being negatively impacted by smoke and resulting pollution. I did a 200 mile ride today over Guanella Pass and Squaw Pass north of US-285 and south of I-70 near Georgetown and Idaho Springs. We had a good ride but it was smoky this morning and very smoky this afternoon. We’ll just have to see how things are looking in early September. Unfortunately no significant rain in the forecast.
Couple of pictures. At the top of a Guanella Pass this morning before the smoke got bad, although it was still very hazy. And a sunset picture taken at my house in Woodland Park (west of Colorado Springs) the other evening.
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I enjoy your pictures. I would think that four weeks from now things will be different than they are now. I have a friend that rode through Grand Mesa and Montrose yesterday on his way home from Sturgis and he said he experienced the smoke but still enjoyed the ride. I am still looking forward to the trip and seeing everyone.
Az Wingrider
Yes, Im sure it will get better. Its not like we are in the middle of a planned global pandemic, an unprecedented economic shutdown with racial riots and now forest fires all aimed to tip an election. Its not going to work, its not going to stop me from riding. Nothing can stop what’s coming.
If its smokey I”ll just wear my mask. If it stops a 1.25 micron virus (although even the best are spec at 3 microns) it will change that smoke to roses.
I think if I was out that way again and staying in Montrose I would have two routes I would want to do. First been there before more than once but dang it is a good road. Down the million dollar hi way and over to almost Cortez. Back up thru Delores, Rico and Placerville to Montrose. That is a fine loop and short enough (<300) to have lots of stops. Second would be down to again Ridgeway and Placerville then over to Naturita and up to Gateway and Whitewater. Find Mesa and ride thru the Grand Mesa Forest (new to me) then Hotchkiss and Gunnison National Forest and back to Montrose. Little longer about 360 miles but doable.
Attachment 7641Come on man. We’ll ride it. Did most everyone have a vtx before the B? I should not have sold mine.
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Yep. Those are all good ones! If you look at the routings I posted, those are the best for those trips to Grand Mesa, but include Colorado National Monument. The Rim Road is beautiful! And, the ride along the North Rim of the Black Canyon and then do the South Rim with the ride down to the river — exceptional.