where did you TAKE your Tenere today?

holligl

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Wow, those pics sure bring back memories. I haven't been out in the Apache Flats/Fish Creek/Roosevelt Lake area since the mid-80's. I've still got photos that I took this time of year out there of wild flowers and scenery and such. I worked for NASA then, and was on TDY in Phoenix for several months while Unisys Space Systems was building a bunch of test equipment for us to use on the Space Shuttle. Several times, we'd ride out to Pumpkin Center and eat dinner in the downstairs of the little general store there. We'd make big loops out of Phoenix in all directions, out through the surrounding countryside, and back to town by a totally different route. One of our favorite rides was up to Crown King for dinner and beer. That was back in my Kawasaki KZ1000 Shaft days.
It's sad that it has been closed. Hopefully they could at least get it open as an off road trail. The facilities at Apache Lake were done even before the virus. The indefinately closed 7 mile section is from the Fish Creek to Apache Lake. We did make it up to Crown King a couple months ago. Really cool place!

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holligl

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Several times, we'd ride out to Pumpkin Center and eat dinner in the downstairs of the little general store there.
Punkin Center? Butcher Hook resturant?

I don't think I've made that particular stretch. A little North of the Four Peaks trail I do frequent.

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Nikolajsen

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On a 270 km round trip with my 2 friends.
A 2019 V-strom 650 and a 1991 Transalp 600.
Really nice weather :)

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I tried this Yamaha Ride app, for the first time. (my Garmin 595 is curently away)
And when trying to load the GPX file to Basecamp, Basecamp tell my that the file have error, anybody tried that?

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Kyle_E

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Downtown la today since the st is down for the next week.☹
You guys ever go over to Angels Flight Railway? Its just a street over. Going off memory.... But think its the shortest railroad in the world. Goes from Grand to Hill. Its between 2nd and 4th Probably closed due to the pandemic. But kinda funny to go one block straight up hill. Only costs a $1.
 

holligl

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On a 270 km round trip with my 2 friends.
A 2019 V-strom 650 and a 1991 Transalp 600.
Really nice weather :)

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I tried this Yamaha Ride app, for the first time. (my Garmin 595 is curently away)
And when trying to load the GPX file to Basecamp, Basecamp tell my that the file have error, anybody tried that?

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-4m elevation, you must have a good snorkel!

I do like that app, although my GPS on the phone seems to be hanging up and it stops recording. I don't use basecamp. Did you export from MyRide as GPX?

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holligl

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Up Mt Lemmon from Oracle, then down and back from Tuscon. The Control road has been on my AZ bucket list. It opens after March 15th. If you zoom in you can see the trail.


This was close to the top.

On the peak overlooking Tuscon.


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Up Mt Lemmon from Oracle, then down and back from Tuscon. The Control road has been on my AZ bucket list. It opens after March 15th. If you zoom in you can see the trail.


This was close to the top.

On the peak overlooking Tuscon.


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It's on my list to ride.................possibly late September.

Would you believe, I once drove my Firehawk up that road from Oracle.........................When I came out the top end, there were a bunch of guys at the Fire Station that's right at the end. They were all staring at me driving by with their jaws open.........:D
 

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-4m elevation, you must have a good snorkel!

I do like that app, although my GPS on the phone seems to be hanging up and it stops recording. I don't use basecamp. Did you export from MyRide as GPX?

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Hahahaha, no need for snorkel :) :), the actual place have been the sea for about 110 years ago, but a damm was build, and land used to farmland.
I have a buddy that also tried the app, and on his phone it did only record for about 5 min. after starteto_O, I have read that this might be because of lost data connection.

Yes, I used the GPX file exportet from MyRide.

10 min later....
Just to finish this, I managed to make a GPX file that Basecamp can read.
I used this online program https://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input?convert_output=gpx
To make the GPX file from MyRide to a GPX file...yes...from GPX to GPX..
And suddenly Basecamp could read the file generatet from the link :cool:
So for me, the MyRide app works fine, execpt for this little strange thing. That could just as well be Basecamp that is "special"
 
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moto.monk

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You guys ever go over to Angels Flight Railway? Its just a street over. Going off memory.... But think its the shortest railroad in the world. Goes from Grand to Hill. Its between 2nd and 4th Probably closed due to the pandemic. But kinda funny to go one block straight up hill. Only costs a $1.
I've seen it before but never been on it
 

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I kept having to tell myself that I was only at 6,200'. Looked like I was on the top of the world.
 
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