Trona Gem-O-Rama Trip

[dedmiston]

This weekend was our kick-off trip for the desert season. It was still a little hot to ride, but it was perfect for camping and going to the Gem-O-Rama event.

I didn't take very many pictures, but I'm sure eDUBz can post some. He takes better pictures than I do anyway.

It was great to finally meet eDUBz in person. What a heck of a nice guy. His family is wonderful and his kids were perfectly behaved. It was fun to see them explore and play in the mud out there.

Here are my shots of camp and the drive out to Trona. I put my phone away once we got to the mud field.

Camp:





Fish Rocks:





Campfire Therapy:







Three out of four of our dogs soaking up eDUBz's shade:



Two of our exhausted dogs resting at home:

[mrw8i]

What is the Gem-O-Rama event? I have a degree in geology, from many decades ago, that I never used. That is something my wife and I would really be interested in. Wife and I were in Cal City this weekend - first ride since March. Weather was perfect, not hot, not cold, not crowded on the trail. Stopped by Randsburg for a short visit on Saturday around 2PM, got a T-Shirt and headed on back to camp.

Mike

[nayther]

the local lore goes that if you're a young dating age kid that's where you take your girl to "kiss her where it stinks"

[eDUBz]

All the burgers Trails was cooking up masked the smell.

[dedmiston]

nayther wrote:
How did the newbies do with the Trona stench?

It was surprisingly mild this weekend. I took the bullet and pretended it was me.

[nayther]

How did the newbies do with the Trona stench?

[dedmiston]

nayther wrote:
I was going to ask if you saw any of the Invaders race, guess so.

Did you get the names of any of the equipment operators at the Trona mine? One of our members Mike is a heavy equipment operator there.

I didn't recognize the pump operators. They were good guys though. They did a great job with the pump and with crowd control.

There used to be a guy who ran the crowd control (we called him Grandpa Buzzkill), but he wasn't there this year. It seemed to run more smoothly with your buddy's crew taking care of crowd control.

[nayther]

eDUBz wrote:
Teagle wash down below, quiet a bit of campers down there for a race.

I was going to ask if you saw any of the Invaders race, guess so.

Did you get the names of any of the equipment operators at the Trona mine? One of our members Mike is a heavy equipment operator there.

[dedmiston]

Great pictures. I knew yours would be better than mine. :B

[eDUBz]

Teagle wash down below, quiet a bit of campers down there for a race.

[eDUBz]

weird how when you say ok you can take your
Seat belt off on this dirt road, it turns into a This burst of excitement and mini celebration



Kids went to town like they have done this before 🙂

Blow hole time!



My daughter and her friend got a nice
Lil haul.

[eDUBz]

Early morning Camp shots






Headed to the blow hole


Searles dry lake

[Dirtclods]

Looks like a fun trip.

[dedmiston]

eDUBz wrote:
We had a great time, the kids really enjoyed it and looking forward to next year. They are still meticulously cleaning those gems up. I got some pics, should I post them here?

You bet. Mine kinda suck.

[eDUBz]

We had a great time, the kids really enjoyed it and looking forward to next year. They are still meticulously cleaning those gems up. I got some pics, should I post them here?