Mark: You make it sound so effortless & fun. Your probably getting a lot of people thinking about snow camping; more adventerous souls than me though. "Unseasonably warm....-9C..." Wow! Good on you for getting out in those conditions when others are just dreaming of spring. Love your photos.
dougP (wimpy in 3 layers @ 50F in SoCal) On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 9:45:26 AM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote: > > With the forecast unseasonably warm over the weekend, figured it was time > to go camping. The overnight low was -9C, daytime high of +1C. In January! > > We decided to ride to the mouth of a small river in a park about 45 > minutes outside of the city. We began on the frozen Red River, cautiously > coasting past ice skaters. Zero traction here, don't touch the brakes! We > stuck to mostly single-track along the river banks or quiet side roads, > making the ride out quite enjoyable. Once we hit the park, we found some > glorious snow-packed and twisty single track that led us to a fallen tree > on the river ice. Perfect camp spot for the night. The fallen tree would > provide us some shelter from snowmobile traffic, if there was any. You > never know when someone drunk and speeding at 150km/h might come along in > your sleep... > > At night the clouds blew off, and we were treated to a clear silvery full > moon, so bright it woke everyone up. We admired our camp spot bathed in the > moonlight for a while, then back to sleep. > > Compared to my last outdoor winter s24o, this time I was substantially > warmer. I slept soundly and couldn't imagine being more comfortable > honestly. A layer of snow on the ice provided a soft surface to sleep on, > and the riverbank sheltered us from the wind. All in all it was possibly my > favourite s24o I've ever done. > > Cheers! > > Riv note - This was my first ride after treating the Atlantis with Fluid > Film frame saver. So far so good. I also rode with Thunder Burts again > (2.1") and they were fantastic. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eMnY469af2w/VqkBoe1F8iI/AAAAAAAAPV8/8kj7e2515jE/s1600/_DSC6683.jpg> > > > > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8GPn6pss5Ss/VqkBudClxWI/AAAAAAAAPWE/GP5vEd5iU7s/s1600/_DSC6687.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zQ5Ob3hOe24/VqkBz1I4HWI/AAAAAAAAPWM/emO7ejIqoRo/s1600/_DSC6770.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-werEv558BPs/VqkB5Rh0uTI/AAAAAAAAPWU/QXc3y2_e9_w/s1600/_DSC6783.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GwiOiwC27tk/VqkB-ttiNnI/AAAAAAAAPWc/BcHZX25ajtA/s1600/_DSC6787.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0YkXKwRoDjQ/VqkCFzG785I/AAAAAAAAPWk/N8YYc_wIt_E/s1600/_DSC6796.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hvvM7o_1USc/VqkCL3g0rrI/AAAAAAAAPWs/oQl-7ntylkA/s1600/_DSC6813.jpg> > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
