ALL the Epic Views: Dual Sport Adventure Ride on my Honda CRF250L

Hello everyone, welcome back to the dork side. It is I, your friendly neighborhood, dork in my truck, driving up to the woods because we're going to go ride some logging roads and find some beautiful views today up Canyon Creek on the dual sport motorcycle. That's right everyone, I am the dork in the road and I want to be your internet riding buddy and I'm better than your regular riding buddies because I'm available whenever you want and I come with a mute button so please don't forget to hit that subscribe button and click that notification bell so you know when I post new content just like this. It's a beautiful mild July day and we are headed out. We're driving up the highway, this is highway 20. We gotta go up a few miles here, 10-20 miles until we get to the place where we'll stop and unload the bike and hit the forest roads like a boss. Same place I brought little dork if you saw the kids first forest adventure video but I've been doing a little google map investigating and marked a couple spots I want to check out to see if there's some good high bluffs we can get up and see some decent stuff. So that's we're going to check out today and either way we get a fun day of forest riding so it's fantastic. So I just want to say thank you very much for coming along. I hope you enjoy the video. All right here we are coming up on the spot Canyon Creek, see the sign that's it we're crossing we're turning here. Conveniently there's a great place to park right here at the bottom. Hopefully they're not logging up here today. Really relish the idea of dodging logging trucks all day but whatever I've done worse. I'm agile, nimble and narrow on the CRF. So there is a kind of cool thing back here right at the entrance that we go we look at almost every time we come out here but I've never actually put it in the video A little bit hard to get to because it's kind of overgrown back here right now but there's an old fireplace and chimney back here which I assume dates back to Sanam wagon road days. This is right here on the creek and it's right on the old wagon road that went from Sweet Home to Sisters in Bend so my guess is it was either a house or some sort of stopping point way station w-a-y not w-e-i-g-h along the route somebody's home I don't know it's pretty cool though stumbled across this wall come back here to take a pee one day pretty awesome it's right by the highway highways over there but I think it's bomb don't see that every day really really don't all right let's get this bike unloaded get some riding done all right well back in the woods I'm gonna go a little faster this time because Lil Dork isn't here she's doing good but I do wish she was a little less timid on the throttle we're gonna go find our spot it's a ways up though so thanks for coming along hope the mic sounds okay I did it was okay on my test ride but I'm going a little faster right now so I don't know for sure there's that cool tree again sketchy glad I wasn't here when that thing fell it's pretty it's very pretty I see dust oh there's a rig coming that's not a log truck it's a dump truck howdy it's a water truck hope there's no fire up here that's the second rig I've seen on this road I never see rigs on this road if you're curious about the crf if you saw the moto camping video where I talked about having electrical problems you're wondering why I'm riding it now in the woods I figured out the issue it was something that I thought I had eliminated but after going around not being able to figure out what it was I checked it again and it was my usb charger which you'll notice is no longer attached to the bike that got shorted out because it got wet in the rain when I was riding up at McCoy and I plugged it in or I hooked it back up to the battery and the battery went down a significant amount in a very short time and I touched the thing and it was too hot to even touch so there's definitely some sort of short in there it was draining the battery so I pulled it off and it's been fine since I've ordered a new one and I'm going to put that on I might even do a video of it but the new one has a switch so I can turn it off when I'm not using it so it won't drain the battery which is a good thing there's our waterfall it's not even a waterfall it's trickle right now look at that nothing that's that raging waterfall that duck fan hit under that time in the other video up here no snow running off right now it's all melted summertime well it's not too hot which is good it's been a very mild July which I like I don't like it when it's super hot I haven't had many days over 90 but it's mostly been high 70s low 80s which is real good I have a feeling August is gonna suck not looking forward to that but at least it's cooler up here always I hope the stabilization doesn't look too funky so if you didn't see the other video where I talked about it I upgraded to a GoPro Hero 7 and it has image stabilization which I think looks awesome most of the time except I move my head a lot when I talk so sometimes you get a weird sideways pan but it should help overall hopefully pretty cool pretty cool going this way got one left pretty sure they made this so you can't get down there which is too bad because it's a cool spot yeah the road used to go this way they've probably seen it in a couple videos from oh there's another lizard from last year and the year before but it started to get eroded by the stream bed here so they rerouted the road over there and now you can't get in there at all but now the stream is free to erode the road to nothing it's already so overgrown it's crazy this gravel is still super loose and sketchy you gotta love it we're going left again that's a big branch I don't want to hit that I don't know where that goes I wonder though can't go up far like it probably goes up to a bluff it's just it can't go up very far let's check it let's check it let's just go look I've always wondered I bet it's a short little up a lot of roads up here that aren't on the map now it's going down does it go down to the water I wonder water's right down there narrow bridge oh ---- dude there's so many of these cool bridges all right let's see where this goes cool bridge back there never been up here before it either connects to the other road or it just ends up here at a landing there's a bunch of rocks that's a big tree holy crap that's a landslide right there that they just moved the road around it looks like cool more rocks yeah there's a lot of land sliding up here recently huh we're going up I don't know where we're going up to we're definitely going up one of the best things about dual sport riding is I wonder where this road goes and then you just go and find out we're going up we are going up this hill doesn't get much higher whoa okay lots of rocks holy ---- I couldn't get my truck up here well I could but I have to move a bunch of rocks this is sketchy should I be watching out for fallen rocks interesting question oh look at this but here's what's awesome I think if there's no big trench behind it we can get around it oh yeah we totally can we totally can getting back might be interesting okay I want to see what's up here you got it baby you got it all right tentative but successful they definitely closed this road at one point there's another mound the problem isn't the mounds it's the trenches they dig behind them usually yeah like this ---- okay do it for youtube this would be faster if I wasn't waddling I'm guessing dude am I gonna be able to get out of here gonna have to am I gonna regret this probably oh that's two can't have been many more than that right we're entering non-maintained road territory so keep an eye on the edge because it could be sketch so a good moto camping spot because nobody's gonna find you dual sport camping I should say not getting the verses up here this is interesting there's another one what's with all the trenches I don't know if I can get through that one guys up here by myself I am a little tentative on things like this it's like a twisted ankle would be enough to make it so I couldn't get out of here let me take a look at it I'm certain I've done way worse stuff than this on trails many times but they're just gonna keep happening what the hell's the point yeah I don't know guys I think I'm gonna call it again by myself I probably could do it I'm 90 sure it would be fine but it's the 10 that is a problem pretty cool up here though it's gonna be tough enough to get back over the other two so oh back down is fun pretty cool up here though old abandoned road no one's been up here in years I'm sure I'm certain there's the first one on this hill too it should make getting up on the side easy that's what we're gonna do oh okay could have made it didn't need to put my foot down these rocks right here sketch the downhill really helps yeah okay we got it one down I know more experienced rider less tentative really that's the problem it's not experience it's a hesitation could take that no problem see how deep it is on that side if you just go up the side like that oh yeah easy peasy lemon squeezy well the one up there wasn't that simple I promise back to our original destination back down the mountain holy ---- look at that what is that a red-tailed hawk he's like right in front of me damn spooked him out of the tree that's gorgeous this is the ---- I'm telling you you run into in the woods look at this landslide I don't want to come around these corners too fast man it was up there too lots of this downhill it's funny they built that bridge just for this road and that road is closed now here's that big landslide landslide bring you down that's pretty cool right there I think why is there a big cave up there that looks like a mine it's not I don't think it is I don't think I can get up there anyway but this tree obviously came down from up there that really looks like a mine fun little detour but we are being distracted from our primary destination which is hopefully a very high very awesome viewpoint there's a radio tower up there so it's got to be an awesome viewpoint but I don't know if there'll be a gate let's go find out all right back to the intersection back to the main road there's the big pretty gorgeous up here look at all the mountains they're just the foothills lots of timber country going right let's put in the navigates to our spot so we're going to try to find the road that leads up to that bluff where the radio tower is so I marked it as close as I can get on the map I was stupid and I didn't mark the the entrance road I didn't mark it when I was online so I don't know where it is because it doesn't show up on the map you need the satellite view and I can't get it with no internet which I'm gonna left this is pretty sketchy right here too especially that right side I haven't done any maintenance on this part of the road since the winter washed half of it away there not impassable by any means just could become problematic if it continues here's the marsh hello Mr. Marsh oh yeah that's graded scared me I was not expecting to hear a human voice now we're gonna go right left goes to Gordon Lakes which is a cool little hike and a decent spot to backpack camp if you want it's a rock off the skid plate look at that look at that you guys not terrible right here not terrible right here beautiful up here oh butterfly just hit my helmet hopefully he didn't fly in that would be sketchbook I bet you that is a waterfall in the winter I bet you thanks you're welcome sign every time not a bad view over there yeah not terrible not terrible all right off to the left is the hill that you climb that we climbed in the kids first time in the forest video up to that really cool view is over here I'm gonna keep going and see if there's a better one this way wow look at that that's amazing that is amazing wow that's that rock face that you can see from the other one wonder where this goes I bet there's some good ---- up there that's so cool over there we're going down though I don't want to go down we're gonna take a big sharp left uh down here gotta go around this valley off to the left that is a hell of a valley stupid as all this is just up here and nobody ever sees it that's why I love riding around up here because every time I find something cool like that overlook I have to wonder how many equally cool things are up here that I've never seen that lots of people never see like this ---- right here wow amazing amazing look at this this is what we're doing take a look at this marked intersection big party spot right yeah I don't know where that one goes I know it doesn't go where we're going it's just so pretty I just it's so clear and nice and not too hot what a day what a day is that rock right underneath it now well the marker on the map is right up here around the corner hopefully there's a road nearby that's obvious if not we have to try some of these side roads well now we're nine miles up I think from the highway and the other holy ---- dude three sisters what have we here this is not the radio tower but it's not nothing wow wow okay oh it's still around the corner a little bit maybe the road is right down there I wonder if this is coming out on the gopro but there's a really cool rock face over there that's just even you can see for miles I can't see the mountains as well from here there's got to be a good oh look at this right where the map says it should be this might be our spot it's the first tire tracks people go up here all right well I don't need you anymore done let's see what's up here very sandy I mean if there is a radio tower they have to be able to maintain it right which means you need a road to get up to it this is sandy now this doesn't go anywhere except I bet there's an awesome ass view up there oh ---- it totally is it looks awesome we're going to go over this pile and see what it looks like dude all right I'm gonna get you a good view of this and I'm gonna take this helmet off and have some lunch it's amazing seriously amazing trail down to there I bet it's awesome down there there's the radio tower unbelievable just unbelievably beautiful damn nature you pretty these pants have a secret surprise and I think I'm gonna take advantage of them while I'm up here they do this which I'm pretty excited about right now when it's 85 degrees up here here's the magic you ready what shorts bro gonna be a lot more comfortable I sit here and have lunch for a few minutes yeah those are probably not going back on put the trip back down all right I gotta get moving it's hot I didn't put the legs back on my shorts we're rocking shorts the rest of the way down I may check out that side road let's see what it looks like oh that's a lot better airflow that makes a big difference yeah my legs are downright cold so I'm guessing this road goes out to that actual radio tower there was that one side road that looked like it headed towards that cool looking ridge so let's check it out not a bad little view right there either this is it let's see what it looks like looks like there was a gate here at one time so that's interesting that's what that pole is well it's not well traveled I'll tell you that much seems obvious it's going up though oh ---- oh okay well I wasn't ready for that that was a pothole and a half like a big rock must have come out of there I'm gonna go a little slower how to get on the other side just so much foliage on this side sketch me out just a bit it's a steep shitty road which almost always means at least somewhere cool like see all this foliage in the middle means it doesn't get driven or ridden very often so it could go nowhere or it could come out to a really really cool spot I don't know we're definitely going up that's the joy of exploring you know it's funny I saw that big pothole when I was exactly too late to do anything about it I was just like well I guess I'm riding through what can you do give it gas hope for the best this is it huh damn well it's not a bad camping spot somebody's definitely camped up here not good shade but better than some but no good view so that's firewood it's a decent moto camping spot anyway not what we were after I was really hoping it would go up on this ridge there's not a bunch of beer bottles or garbage up here so it's not something that's super well known I don't know though if I was in the camp in a spot like this I'd do that one up on the other bluff mark it in your memory it's in the video so I'll be able to find it in the future right next to that other cool place where I had lunch this descent might be semi-interesting it's pretty steep right here this side road totally is okay we're gonna check out this side road real fast if it's at all sketchy though I'm not gonna risk it today I just want to see what it looks like huh well not insurmountable it's not unlike the McCoy trail it just goes right here it's just the landing this is a better camping spot oh yeah lots of rocks for a fire pit there's a fire pit right there so it's been a camping spot I guess there is no way to get up to that rock face that bluff without climbing it there's one more side road down here I want to check out maybe we'll check it on our way it seemed like it had a pretty good view from what I could see this part's a little rocky okay dr scott anyone brad rocky dr scott how's that pothole dude okay it's not as bad as it looked when I came across it suddenly but it's not nothing rocky all right that's stuck in my head for the rest of the day rocky we're going this way beautiful view coming up you see this this is gorgeous that's the bluff yeah I don't think a road goes up there I was hoping there might be something that wound around the other side but that's where we just were over there we were right under that one I think well there's a road right here that might get us a better view let's look at it this is that road let's check it out see where it goes too much downshifting too much downshifting bro I'm gonna go slow just because look at this view and I want to turn my head slightly and I don't want to crash just a landing right here not a bad camping spot either obviously someone's camped here well that's three real decent semi-secluded camping spots I think I'd rather camp up on top if I'm gonna have no shade anyway good explorers good explorers we found things probably a good spot for an epic third to the truck I'll see about heading home so I had a great time exploring in the woods with you today I appreciate you coming along I hope you enjoyed it found a really really cool overlook spot got some awesome scenic views and had a bunch of fun riding in the woods which is one of my favorite things so if you like the video please hit the like button don't forget to subscribe if you want to see more dual sport or other motorcycling content shenanigans of this nature again I appreciate you watching 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