I Just Thought Everybody Was Going Slow

New Orleans, LA to Homochitto
National Forest, MS and back

We rode up to Homochitto National Forest over the Memorial Day weekend for a few days of camping, fishing, and riding. During the hour-and-a-half or so of the ride up, Jess was doing 90-95 mph and passing very single vehicle on the interstate. It turns out her speedometer was broken and she thought she was barely pushing 75 mph.

'Wasn't your 650 rumbling quite a bit at that speed?' the service manager at the BMW dealer asked us the following week when we took her bike in to be looked at.

'She actually smooths out at around 80 mph or so,' Jess replied.

From then on, the service manager has granted us the label of "hard core".

Near St Francisville we visited the Audubon State Historic Site for a bit of deep south history and culture. Then we reached Homochitto and set up our campsite. Some overnight rain didn't deter us and the next day Jess caught a couple small ones and Greg had some fun riding fire roads and trying out camera angles with the GoPro.

The next day we visited an eerily quiet downtown Natchez, MS, and then we were met with more rain on the way back to NOLA.

Hope you enjoy the video!

And Then It Will Most Likely Turn to Shit

New Orleans, LA
to Durant, MS and Back

How did Greg and Keith spend this past Mardi Gras? We left our ladies (with their consent, of course) to enjoy the parades and we tackled the Mississippi Hill Country Loop for a few days of back country roads, gravel, dirt, and - yes, of course - plenty, plenty of mud.

We started out with clear skies, intact fork seals, and pristine riding gear. But we were soon reminded that it was still winter. What came next was the result of rain, mud, and past-time-to-replace dual sport tires... It was certainly enough that the moto gods cracked an eyelid or two during their winter slumber and had themselves a proper giggle!

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Yard Sale with My Gear

Bonnet Carre Spillway
Norco, Louisiana

Greg and Keith spend the afternoon at Bonnet Carre Spillway on dirt roads. It was mud, light puddles, and powdery stuff but all quite manageable. So, all is going well (and mostly clean) until we (actually it was Keith's idea) decide to tackle a short stretch of muddy bogs on the ATV/motocross trails. Tough stuff on heavier bikes but all in good fun.

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I Totally Underestimated This One

Kisatchie National Forest

Pineville, Louisiana

Greg and Keith ride out to Kisatchie National Forest near Alexandria, Louisiana to tackle some dirt trails and a night of camping. It is an overcast, freezing cold 300km to get there. Once we arrive, it’s immediately into muddy trails, water traps, and motorcycle camping – everything we need for perfect fun!

Again, this is all filmed with iPhones but I received word from GoPro that they will replace my Hero 3 under warrantee so we should have more action shots in the next episode. Thanks, GoPro!

The Mud Pit that Got Us

Bonnet Carre Spillway
Norco, Louisiana

Greg makes a GS-rider friend, Keith. Here's a few of the less-pretty moments of us off-roading after a day of rains. Filmed just with our iPhones so stick around for when we get our GoPros up and running...