Comments on: How “Dusty” Got Its Name…

By: wade wilcox

wade wilcox — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:19:17 +0000

I got laughing so hard in the middle of your story. It struck me funny. I guess I could relate being a fellow biker and have done some many miles back roading. It can get pretty crazy out there on your own. Im glad your safe.

Wade

PS Hey Jack just a little stubborn ?

By: Bob Forman

Bob Forman — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:22:23 +0000

Jack,

You are an excellent writer. Perhaps something of a crazy adventurer but a great reporter of your trek. I can’t wait for the second installment.

Bob

By: Jeff Stevens

Jeff Stevens — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:43:05 +0000

I’m glad you didn’t turn into an episode of “I shouldn’t be alive”.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:30:19 +0000

What a great adventure. Most sane people would have freaked out & turned back - good for you for sticking it out. You now have a great story to tell for years to come. I’m glad you didn’t get mauled by a wild boar!

By: Fish

Fish — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:16:58 +0000

Jack, When I was younger and had two good legs to stand on, that’s just the type of trip I would have taken. Except I wouldn’t have dropped the bike… maybe some shrooms. So, is Dusty a boy or a girl?

My last Saddleback adventure was with my wife in a rented Mustang ragtop. We were staying at a big resort about a half hour north of the airport and decided to drive around the South end of the island and up to Hilo, then back across Saddleback. Good plan. After cresting a hill and seeing the sun setting on the ocean below. Perfect timing for our dinner reservations. That’s when we came across an Army eight-wheeled articulated vehicle that had rolled, blocking the road in an impossibly tight spot. There was debris and injured soldiers everywhere. They told us the road would be closed all night. So… We turned around and re-traced our route. At least we were in a car and found food in Hilo.

If I ever come over, we’re definitely not doing the R-1. Although I like Bill’s menu plan. On the home front… The new barn is up, just a few major projects left. Tomorrow I going in for my follow up appointment for my knee surgery. I’m a regular bi-ped again. The weather has been sucking. Wish you were here.

By: Bill Babcock

Bill Babcock — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:59:00 +0000

Geez, Jack. I probably would have turned back at the first sand bog. Sounds like fun though. I’ll need to haul the Honda 650 over there and maybe bring along the .270 to convert one of those pigs into Kulua Pork.

By: Your Wife

Your Wife — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:10:54 +0000

OK, now that I have read this, I am really shaking my head!! I’m glad for your adventure, and more than glad you made it back… what else can I say?! At least you take life by the handlebars and go for it… But, don’t be thinking I’m going on any of these cockamaney back road trips with you…

By: George Walther

George Walther — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:02:21 +0000

Oh, the pain. I know that feeling of knowing you’ve gotten in too deep, wondering if it’s possible that you might end up dead from exposure in the night. Sort of like that night behind China Creek. Good for you for keeping that positive attitude through it all.

I’m planning a ride from SEA to PHX in the last week of April. Stopping in Park City and Vegas. Join me? I’m leaving the hog in PHX and flying home.