A few more minutes of fresh air... - Andy Wade (Andy)

...then back to the dust - but what views! - Andy Wade (Andy)

Graham and Kim soak up the dirt, I mean, sun, we explore the back roads. - Andy Wade (Andy)

Then the real fun begins! - Andy Wade (Andy)

As we traveled up to prairie flat we saw lots of different wild flowers. - Andy Wade (Andy)

And we saw lots of smoke from a nearby forest fire (Ballpoint Fire). - Andy Wade (Andy)

The day was great fun as sidecar rigs and solo bikes shared the road (and dust). - Andy Wade (Andy)

One of the volunteers checks to make sure everything is going well - what great people were running this event! - Andy Wade (Andy)

- Andy Wade (Andy)

OK, here's where I admit my rookie status. As navigator-monkey I led three rigs astray - a 45 minute diversion over really nice roads... - Andy Wade (Andy)

with amazing views! - Andy Wade (Andy)

When we realized my mistake we headed back to Prairie Flats - and an emergency refuel. - Andy Wade (Andy)

Ah, so this the was the Mt. Hood view we were supposed to see. - Andy Wade (Andy)

Some of the roads were a bit on the rough side - complete with substantial drop offs. - Andy Wade (Andy)

All that dust caught up with the Aussie first - dirty plugs and clogged air filter had him blowing black smoke out of his pretty new Ural. - Andy Wade (Andy)

And then the rider of death arrived - the sweep! - Andy Wade (Andy)

Two of the sweeps enlighten Monica on the best and shortest way on to check point 2. - Andy Wade (Andy)

And there it was, check point 2. Lunch was finally served for us around 3pm. - Andy Wade (Andy)

Although other riders were also still coming in. - Andy Wade (Andy)

Graham, it's just like Cricket! - Andy Wade (Andy)