Due to a flood on the Carbon River in the mid 2000s, the road now ends at the Mount Rainier National Park ranger station. The flock of PC800s and friends pulled up for a quick bathroom break and a chance to look at the river.
The glacial till flowing downriver reminded me of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum in Iceland.
By the looks of the trees, a forest fire ran up the hillside of the opposing bank a few years ago.
The plant life was lush along the river. It reminded me of some of the jungles of plants I saw in Alaska.
This nifty addition to Mick-O-Pegs was brought to us from Canada by one of our PC800 friends from the north. He machined a new end cap insert and slipped on a roller bearing. The bearing takes the brunt of the impact and marring when the pegs are dragged on the pavement. This is a brilliant idea. I will be looking into doing this for my Mick-O-Pegs in the future. Perhaps the folks at http://www.ridingiswonderful.com/ can see about making this an option on new pegs.
On the way down the road back to the main highway, I took some video using my GoPro mounted to the front crash bar plastic on my PC800. After several minutes of successful riding, my GoPro decided to unmount itself and meet the pavement. The camera was fine but it did make me have to stop, retrieve it from the road, and play catch-up to get back with the rest of the RAMROD riders.
