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Box Canyon is one of those riparian gems of the Southwest. Thick in cottonwood, sycamore, ash, willow to name a few, it supports rich animal and bird life. People come from all over the world to go birding in this area. The new Rosemont Mine (a Canadian company) will kill it all in the next 5 years.
I rode out to Fort Whyte to watch the storm. The mountains were great, but prairie skies are great too.
Directions to one of my favorite S24O spots from Seattle. You should come.
Meet up and ride details:
When: Thursday July 3rd 2014 5:00pm (ferry sails at 5:35 p.m. sharp)
Where : Downtown Seattle Ferry dock
Ferry Fare: Passenger+Bicycle = $8.00+$1
Liquor/Food: We will make a stop for this (~Mile 6)
Beer: Quick-e-stop (~Mile 11)
Water: There is a pump at camp, bring/share water treatment or YOLO.
Route: This route adds a few more miles but the dirt grades are more mellow.
Camping: Pack light. Sleeping gear, Headlamp, Toothbrush less is more room for beer. You'll only be gone ~16 hours.
Bike: Ride what you have, there is some dirt but it is all roads. Bring a headlight if you have it.
S24 (or S24O).
Montebello Open Space Preserve's Black Mountain Backpack Camp (non-potable water)
Since the whole load was on front rack or my back it was a little rough. Trying to weighweenie this out. Carrying more water than needed was definitely a negative but better safe than sorry.
Switching the yoga mat for a thermarest should probably drop a pound, a lot of bulk, and make me more comfortable. Dropping the unnecessary "heavy" fleece and switching to some lighter hiking pants would probably drop another 1-2 lbs. Removing redundant headlamps (included because I wanted to test and compare) plus small other savings could drop another pound). If I could drop enough bulk to fit in just one front pannier that would save at least another pound.
Grant Petersen from Rivendell coined the S24O, I like it, it has a pretty strict time line built in though. SON or Single Over-Nighter indicates a similar amount of time but up to 36 hours I suppose. It just happens to take a little longer to bike out of Seattle and get to some nice spots. I didn't really feel like I needed to coin another acronym I just didn't want to abuse S24O too much.
Packing Comments:
I thought I was going a little bit 'lite' since there will be other people driving later. Basically all I see missing is a stove and more food. I'm sure the stool makes up for that. June has been chilly and wet so hence the extra layers I may not need. Joeball mountain is in 2 weeks and the kits should look about the same minus some layers and the stool.
Edit:
I dicthed the camp stool , chips, swaped the thermarest for a silver sun visor, swapped the bowl for a mug and smaller spork before i left home.
Here is the posed shot post trip since I forgot to take one before we left. Home made panniers carried most of the load. Carried too much clothing and more food than we needed. Army surplus "saddle" bag carried snacks mostly. I forgot the tent in my brother's truck when he dropped us off at our starting point, but it would have gone on the rack top like shown. Panniers need a stiffener to go inside against the rack so the corners don't sag and a better mounting system. They did pretty well though
Additional Gear Brought After Posting Picture
Deck of cards: Played one round of "I'm not stupid" but then went back to the warmth of the fire.
Neck Gater: I wore this briefly in the morning. It was a last minute impuse grab but i don't regret it.
Neoprene shoe toe covers
Post Trip Notes
My watch (off body) register 35 degrees in the morning in the tent (and on the ground. Outside of the campground there was a heavy frost. I was warm enough and slept in all my clothes. I'm glad I have the long Golite quilt. I should have used the straps it came with since I think the sides were more susceptible to heat loss. I didn't actually wear the nano puff until the morning. I did use it to supplement my pillow at night. The only thing noticeably cold when I woke up was my nose.
The tarptent is light but I still don't really like the headloader. I was on a slope and slid near the foot of the tent by morning. Exped pad was comfortable and warm enough it seemed. I didn't take the hammock since it is more work to set up and the tree selection can be limited at state parks.
The wind jacket is nice but it holds a funk. I need to wash it regularly. The wool short was good for riding and around the fire but it is a little sloppy. I may look for a fleece or synthetic alternative. The fleecy inside Prana pants were nice in conjunction with the long johns at camp. I used the hand dryer in the park restroom to dry the wool socks then doubled up with the synthtic black ones at camp. The bike shoes were ok but were a bit cold (mesh sides). I used the toe warmer packs on the ride back to the ferry and they were still a bit chilly.
I almost didn't bring the stove since I was pretty sure I could get by without it but i decide to bring it in honor of a 'shakedown' ride. I almost didn't use it in the morning either but decided to see how well one Coghlan brand (aka Esbit fuel or Hexamine) worked. Water was probably near 35 degrees. and one tablet got ~10 oz of water only luke warm. I'm not sure if it fully burned either. The Bic was hard to operate with cold fingers, I need to remove the safety or maybe pack matches.
Food: Going to the grocery store went well. I bought an 8 piece of hot chicken (4baked/4fried) Ate two at the store and the rest were still hot in the deli bag when we got back to camp. I bought a salad in a bag which worked well. Also got a sixer of PBR tall boys, some chips (that I didn't eat) and an orange.
Didn't Use / Minimal Use :
Notebook
Fenix Flashlight
Spare Long Sleeve Layer (since my base one was dry enough)
Belt/Mora knife
Cookset
Backpack (as a backpack, it did help organize)
Fred's recent custom elephant, back from paint. The Elephant was designed based on Fred's experience with bikes such as the rSogn (I bought this particular frame from Fred. Fred could tell you more about the Elephant details but it is roughly a disc version of the rSogn.)
Day 2 of my bike overnight: I ride from Champoeg State Park 40 miles south along the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway to Salem, where I catch Amtrak home. 7 April 2022
Camera: Olympus 35 RD
Film: Kodak TMAX 400
Home Developed:
Ilfosol 3, 1:9 solution
6:20
Rondinax 35U daylight tank
Shot with a Mamiya 645 and 80mm macro lens. 220 Ektachrome from 10/1996 devved in E6 chemistry.
Near Pleasanton Ridge, California
Shot with a Mamiya 645 and 80mm macro lens. 220 Ektachrome from 10/1996 devved in E6 chemistry.
Route through Anthony Chabot Regional Park , California
Camped out in this snowmobile warming cabin in the North East corner of the park. It was a nice escape from the bugs...
Most things went well. This was a long ride and there was a lot of riding and shepherding. I didn't really take time to do many other things, like look for pictures to take.
Things I didn't use:
Spare Cord
Handwarmers
Water Treatment Tablets
Coil Lock
Tripod
Folding Bowl
Cutting Sheet
TP Kit
Tequila
Things I underutilized:
Folding Stool
Multitool
Flashlight
I really would have been better off with a no stove set up. Cook some hotdogs on the fire maybe but cooking dinner was not fun when I was that tired. My coffee in the morning could have easily been a can of coffee too. I felt to rushed to leave camp I tossed the remainder of my coffee so I could pack the stove and go.
It's amazing how you find a secluded spot, lay your stuff out, make some coffee, and it becomes your home. Unless it starts raining cats and dogs and then you wish you were home.
Day 2 of my bike overnight: I ride from Champoeg State Park 40 miles south along the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway to Salem, where I catch Amtrak home. 7 April 2022
Camera: Olympus 35 RD
Film: Kodak TMAX 400
Home Developed:
Ilfosol 3, 1:9 solution
6:20
Rondinax 35U daylight tank
The ultimate all-rounder. Can run 700c tires up to 2.1's and rear wheel swap to convert from fix to SS to geared. The only way it could be more versatile is if it had S&S couplers!
It is super fun and fast as an offroad fix on the local singletrack. I will also use it for s24o style bikepacking trips and to race during cyclocross season. Simple wheel or tire swaps are all that is required to totally transform this versatile well designed frame.
Just switched from Hetres to Lierres. The Hetres were great on gravel, but overall handling of the bike feels better to me with the narrower Lierres. I've got a gravel S24O planned to see how much losing 4mm hurts.