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New Years Ride 2002

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From ridge above my house last January

The valley obscured by clouds IS Hood River Valley; my house is to the left behind the hills in the foreground, the town of Hood River is to the right.
The Tiger is not TWD but does OK in the snow. More pics in the Triumphs Velvet Tiger forum, Dual Sport Sidecar and Two Wheel Drive threads.
Leaving soon on the New Years Day ride. the weather has changed to cold hard rain. It looks pretty dreary out there, so it may be a short run

Just four of us in two sidecars went for the ride. Hard rain turning to freezing rain. about 3 1/2 hours, 45 miles or so. Got to within about five miles of my house and were stopped by a downed tree. Tried to pull it out of the road with Ed's rig and a chain, but just dug a hole with the Ural. Had to turn around and go back. Dropped out of the mountains to the East and took the freeway back from Mosier. Front wheel packed with snow and way out of balance. Got pretty weird for a few minutes when I got on the freeway and cranked it up to 70- the snow sort of exploded in big chunks from the spokes and the wheel eventually balanced itself.

Stopped at the top of the Old Dalles Road to chain up. These guys stood around and kibbutz'd while I froze my fingers. Ed had a pipe to celebrate the fact that his Ural has two wheel drive and doesn't need chains

Uncle Blasto and Mike (MrHappy;-) round a bend on Elder Road, as the rain turns from merely cold to freezing. This is just before the section I refer to as "the luge".

the snow started to get deep on Elder Road. The rain was very cold.

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