While coming back from the AMA Pro Hill Climb in West Branch, MI yesterday - I took the long scenic route home.. and decided I would be okay with some dual-sport action on the dirt roads with the Connie as it was already quite dirty from riding in the rain weekend before last. To make it more interesting, I left the GPS in the case and in the trunk.. just to see if I could navigate by compass and get home.
I ended up on several dead-end dirt roads out in the middle of nowhere (like a maze with no markers) ... one road I'm standing on the pegs in some areas - I got to the end, and right at the end of the road is the "Dead End" sign in front of the woods. Now (me being logical and semi-normal) I would have thought that sign would be better placed back at the intersection where I had turned down this road to begin with! :-[
I ended up in a little cul-de-sac of deep sand, and just before getting it straightened around for the return trip - over she went on the left side. I hit the kill switch immediately, left it in first, the mirror folded over, and no other damage as the sand was SOFT.. Picked it back up no problem, fold the mirror back out, started right up and off I went. No need to look around to see if anyone saw it.. unless they were forest critters!
Shortly after-that, I hooked up the GPS and told it to get me out of there!!! It was a nice ride too.. turned my 1 1/2 hour trip into a 4 hour trip and only one deer ran in front of me maybe 40 yards away. We really have some beautiful country-side in Michigan.
I ended up on several dead-end dirt roads out in the middle of nowhere (like a maze with no markers) ... one road I'm standing on the pegs in some areas - I got to the end, and right at the end of the road is the "Dead End" sign in front of the woods. Now (me being logical and semi-normal) I would have thought that sign would be better placed back at the intersection where I had turned down this road to begin with! :-[
I ended up in a little cul-de-sac of deep sand, and just before getting it straightened around for the return trip - over she went on the left side. I hit the kill switch immediately, left it in first, the mirror folded over, and no other damage as the sand was SOFT.. Picked it back up no problem, fold the mirror back out, started right up and off I went. No need to look around to see if anyone saw it.. unless they were forest critters!
Shortly after-that, I hooked up the GPS and told it to get me out of there!!! It was a nice ride too.. turned my 1 1/2 hour trip into a 4 hour trip and only one deer ran in front of me maybe 40 yards away. We really have some beautiful country-side in Michigan.