Author Topic: PNW Banditfest - or Red & Bobcat's PNW Tour? (Read 9625 times)

Red01 · « **on:** April 03, 2006, 10:07:09 AM »

Dates still open for discussion. Tentatively scheduled for the first week in August.

Any takers?

Here's what Bobcat posted over at Max-Suz:

Quote from: "Bobcat"

Frankly, the last two years the PNW Banditfest has been a festival of two. Well, that's not exactly true; Gordo and Michelle joined us two years ago for a portion of the trip through Hell's Canyon. But it's mostly just been Paul and I. After we get back and post pictures, everybody says "There is no way I'm missing this next year, blah, blah, blah." Now I'm not namin' any names (Freddy, Mike, Scott, Ed, etc. etc.), but I think we need a better showing this year. The lack of turnout is embarassing when you see these east coast guys and their 24 page threads for trips that are 6 months away. They're like a bunch of women planning a baby shower.

Here is the preliminary planned route: A giant loop through WA, ID, MT, WY. Possibly extended into NW CO and NE UT. Then back through ID, OR, and WA.

Highlights include the Spiral Highway into Lewiston, Lolo Pass through ID and MT, some kickass mountain passes in Western MT and WY, and I've heard great things about NW CO.

Here's a pic from two years ago at the start of Lolo:

Now doesn't that look like fun? Who needs the Dragon and its 14 turns in 365 miles? And here is a highly technical and detailed map of the route that I had my kid draw (you get the general idea):

Tentative date is the first week of August, but that can be changed if people can't make it. Mark your calendars, bizatches!

Edit: I should add that we like to cover a little ground each day--normally 400-500 miles. Nothing crazy. We also stay in cheap motels--the cheaper the better. The best ones are the one story jobs that you can pull your bike into at night. Normally, we find a motel when we're ready to stop. We have never once failed to find a motel to sleep in. In fact, we've never even had to look hard, because we stay in one-horse little towns away from the tourist traps and close to twisty desolate roads.

I bring all of this up because if you want to ride for 100 miles and then BS for four hours, and then check into the Sheraton at 3 pm, this may not be the ride for you.

I'll throw in another teaser pic... here's a portion of The Spiral Highway:

It twists well to the left and right of this shot. To get a good overall view, go to Google Earth and look just to the north of Lewiston, ID.

joker · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2006, 01:17:57 AM »

u have cabbage o'er there.... nuff said.. i'd go if only there were away to ummmmm tell my boss i need a paid vacation this year.... who knows again maybe after the truck is paid off...

Red01 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2006, 10:52:57 AM »

Yeah, we got cabbage... especially in the German towns.
I'd rather have the beer & brats though.

Bobcat · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2006, 10:35:46 PM »

Getting the feeling that nobody wants to go because it's too much riding...

Wait a minute...too much riding?!?!? WTF?

Red01 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2006, 12:43:13 PM »

Bobcat comes out of lurk mode!

Bobcat · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2006, 04:44:53 PM »

Hey, I have 28 posts. That's like .000345 posts per day.

Red01 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2006, 11:26:15 AM »

WOW! Two posts in the same week!

Even if the second one was post ho'ing...

I'd never do that.

flipbandit · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2006, 10:43:26 PM »

Hey hey! Can I tag along?
I won't be going for the whole trip,
I'll just ride in washington for a whole day.
Are you guys gonna start riding on a weekend day?

Hector

Red01 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2006, 10:56:13 AM »

Hector, of course, you'd be welcome to tag along for as long or short as you like. The date is not set in stone yet. If we keep to our tradition, it'll be a weekday... but if Bobcat can get more than a 4-day kitchen pass this year, we could leave on a weekend day.

flipbandit · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2006, 02:15:21 PM »

Awesome!

Daytona · « **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2006, 10:58:55 AM »

Hey, got SUN yet? Yawl out ridin? not much postin going on!

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Bobcat wrote:
The lack of turnout is embarassing when you see these east coast guys and their 24 page threads for trips that are 6 months away. They're like a bunch of women planning a baby shower.
Who needs the Dragon and its 14 turns in 365 miles? Excuse the N West too much rain for too long...

New to this section! But will be riding the twisty's in N.C. TWO/2 weeks from now!!! With my brother Baby Shower planner's!!!!

Red01 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2006, 12:27:42 PM »

Been great weather since last Saturday - except Wednesday's marine layer never burned off, so it stayed cloudy and cold all day.
Today is just fantastic - and I'm stuck @ work... and family plans right afterward.

flipbandit · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2006, 01:07:17 PM »

any news on the bandit fest?

man it's gonna be nice today, i think i'm gonna ride.
heck i don't know where to go, haha
i'll let the bandit take me where it wants to go.

i asked my boss to give me august 10 and 11 that's friday and satruday.
but wont' be able to ride til 11.
buddy guy is comming to tualalip amphitheater so i made sure i get that off.
buddy guy fan you know/. hehe

Red01 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2006, 01:17:03 PM »

Looks like it'll just be me & Matt right now, unless you decide to tag along for a ways. No one else seems to be willing to take the time to do a multi-day tour...

Panzies.

flipbandit · « **Reply #14 on:** May 13, 2006, 01:36:24 PM »

what happened to bobcat?
august is just a tough month for me.and may,jusne, july.
it's the companies' busiest.we gotta push the books out for schools.
the boss even made a deal with me. he said in order to get august 10 and 11 off, i have to work a few saturdays haha
damn. haha