Atomic 1000 - Trinity Test Site reminder

[kwthom]

The Spotwalla link for the ride tomorrow.

https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=1d2f25ca61b9b09456

I'll have something on my blog as well (click the link in my sig) tomorrow about the ride.

 

[Brian Thorn]

Yes, it was a small trailer. Have fun.

Look for a white ST out of Texas. Rider's name is Tex Harkins.

I had great weather all throughout Texas and NM last week other than some light misting last Saturday. I hope you have just as good on your trip.

 

[Tim Harkins]

The stars aligned this morning, so I intend to pull out of Dripping Springs, Tx., around 23:00 tonight. I hope to dodge the predicted storms. I wish I’d had more notice but home healthcare for my wife is problematic at times. I get so few opportunities nowadays to attempt approved rides, I’m just going. Might be the slowest ss1000 ever done.
Tex

https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=1d2a85ca4aa6f453e8&hoursPast=0&showAll=yes

 

[Tim Harkins]

Yes, it was a small trailer. Have fun.

Look for a white ST out of Texas. Rider's name is Tex Harkins.

I had great weather all throughout Texas and NM last week other than some light misting last Saturday. I hope you have just as good on your trip.

I’m actually riding my wing.

 

[Tim Harkins]

I canned the ride. After less than a hundred miles I noticed my tracking had failed. But the biggest issue is the cruise control on the wing also failed and l knew my old hand would not tolerate the ride.

 

[Brian Thorn]

I canned the ride. After less than a hundred miles I noticed my tracking had failed. But the biggest issue is the cruise control on the wing also failed and l knew my old hand would not tolerate the ride.

 

[Traxx]

I hate to hear about the tech issues but there will be another later in the year.

 

[kwthom]

18 hours; 1044 miles two-up.

A good day of riding, no real issues, and the day after? A bit sore, but not really that bad.

Write up more; probably in the nexx day or two - a couple of family things to get accomplished today.

 

[kwthom]

So....

Submitted the application & photos for the Atomic 1000 today. That task is done.

I'll get cranking on the blog update next. Yes, we were only there about an hour...but just driving in and out of that place - and seeing the stuff they tell you to NOT take photographs of...

Heh.

Yeah, I *know* what that stuff is there for.

Neat ride - glad I was able to ride from New Mexico back home with zero drama. My wife is a trooper, and my whining (remember, no whining in LD riding, damnit!) didn't start until passing the 900 mile mark.

I have *got* to get my wife used to hearing protection. After leaving the range, it was just the earpieces in the helmets, and I didn't find my earplugs (grrr!) Yesterday was a bit of wind noise in my head while -not- moving.

 

[Brian Thorn]

Just curious if anyone is planning to do this in two weeks.

 

[kwthom]

Unless you *choose* to enjoy a burger or a hot dog prepared on-site by the Army MWR team, the recommendation that my wife and I would add is to bring something to munch on. The timing of getting to the site a couple of hours *after* they opened worked well (see info above on details...), and it's a ride that has some meaning.

Highly recommended.

 

[Ira]

May I recommend either the Owl Cafe or the Buckhorn Cafe in San Antonio, between I-25 and Stallion Gate. Both known for their green chile cheeseburgers. Yum!

Ira

 

[Chris Rasmussen]

Contemplating this ride. Curious, what documentation for having been at the site is everyone using? Is there a Dated Business Receipt available.

 

[kwthom]

There is NO DBR there...at least there wasn't back in April.

https://kwthom.blogspot.com/2019/04/ldem-atomic-1000-saddlesore-ride-report.html

You *should* have some tracking - I used Spotwalla & Bubbler GPS on my phone - to prove you went there.

Photos work (which is why I've provided my blog link to my ride report...) enough to be able to prove you were there.

The required receipt is in the community of San Antonio, which is the closest one you'll find.

Again, it's the totality of the evidence that's submitted necessary to prove you did the ride.

 

[Chris Rasmussen]

That's kind of what I expected. I've got spot and Bubbler. Thanks for the reply.

There is NO DBR there...at least there wasn't back in April.

https://kwthom.blogspot.com/2019/04/ldem-atomic-1000-saddlesore-ride-report.html

You *should* have some tracking - I used Spotwalla & Bubbler GPS on my phone - to prove you went there.

Photos work (which is why I've provided my blog link to my ride report...) enough to be able to prove you were there.

The required receipt is in the community of San Antonio, which is the closest one you'll find.

Again, it's the totality of the evidence that's submitted necessary to prove you did the ride.

 

[Chris Rasmussen]

I thought Pictures wee "verbotten"

 

[kwthom]

I thought Pictures wee "verbotten"

Clearly note what I wrote: "No photography of any kind until you get to the area."

I just can't help it if the GoPro mount was obscure enough for us all to have overlooked it.

Besides, I deleted all of the other images.

 

[Brian Thorn]

You *should* have some tracking - I used Spotwalla & Bubbler GPS on my phone.

Did you have any issues with Bubbler while you were on the Range itself?

 

[Brian Thorn]

Besides, I deleted all of the other images.

Yep, sounds like my boating accident when I lost all my guns.

 

[cacomly]

Did you have any issues with Bubbler while you were on the Range itself?

My Spot seems to have worked while on the range in 2015. There are a few missing pings but nothing unusual

I'd don't recall if I had cell coverage. I'd be surprised if I did since we were 10-15 miles inside the range while at the Trinity site