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Offline John Noonan

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July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« on: July 09, 2014, 02:34:43 PM »
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Just got the call...Damn


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Offline John Noonan

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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2014, 02:39:14 PM »
Let me fix that Auto correct..

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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2014, 03:32:52 PM »
Major suckage.  :cry:
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2014, 04:52:47 PM »
Nathan, wouldn't it be said better to call it "major suckitude"?
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2014, 04:57:18 PM »
Wow it rained .2" a week ago, it has been over 100 and windy every day since and it's not dry?
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2014, 04:59:08 PM »
Lucky for Noonan, I had my bike tuned to spank his record.
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2014, 06:44:13 PM »
Wow! A rain-out in July. Has this ever happened before?
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2014, 07:14:33 PM »
Quote from: SGVridgerunner on July 09, 2014, 06:44:13 PM
Wow! A rain-out in July. Has this ever happened before?

Yep 2008 & 2011 in recent years.......
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2014, 07:38:28 PM »
Lets hope it stays dry at Bonneville....
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2014, 03:24:04 PM »
Quote from: jdincau on July 09, 2014, 04:57:18 PM
Wow it rained .2" a week ago, it has been over 100 and windy every day since and it's not dry?

I heard it's dry-ish and the lakebed is likely to be open this weekend but having a couple hundred cars drive across it would likely cause those really crappy ruts that stick around for decades.  Better safe than sorry I guess.
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2014, 11:10:58 AM »
Saw an interesting picture last night.  The lake bed was visited yesterday and from what I could tell from the pic everything looked high and dry.  Did we get bamboozled by the BLM?  Grrrrr.... 
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2014, 11:51:59 AM »
I spoke with someone that was on the lake bed on Monday and was driving a truck, he said the surface was a little chippy however left a normal dust trail as he was driving.  Only saw water on the North end if I recall correctly.  He said it was very little.  Everyday out there since the little bit of rain has had daytime temps of 100F.

Seems like a bad call however perhaps it was the right one to make.

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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2014, 02:22:36 PM »
Quote from: John Noonan on July 11, 2014, 11:51:59 AM
Seems like a bad call however perhaps it was the right one to make.

Yeah, what's right and what's more fun are always two different things.  Only good news was that I was scheduled for AM patrol.  :-D
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Re: July El Mirage Cancelled...Per the BLM
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2014, 10:30:40 PM »
Well, that will teach me.  I was busy finishing an issue of the Bonneville Racing News so I could bring it to the July meet.  I picked it up on Friday afternoon.  Saturday morning I had two dog classes to teach.  King Kong and I were packed early so we could jump in the SUV and head for El Mirage as soon as possible on Saturday.  I never thought of checking the website first. 

I didn't see a single vehicle towing a LSR bike or car on the way.  I should have pulled off the freeway to check the Internet but I was intent on getting there as early as possible.  I got to the lake bed and found a locked gate.  I thought I had the wrong date!!  It hasn't rained for months in Hemet which is not that far from El Mirage.  The BLM building was locked and I was the only one around except for an occasional dirt bike camp outside of the lake. 

King Kong thoroughly enjoyed the ride but wants to know why we didn't stay.  We are all packed for Bonneville.

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