Just Ride.

Should this ride thread be just a.... well, thread? Or should there be a dedicated Forum topic?

  • Yes, it's own topic in the Forums

    Votes: 19 90.5%
  • Nah... threads good enough.

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • Total voters
    21
  • Poll closed .
Go ahead give me the Jones's!

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:laugh2:Thanks for the pics ole buddy.

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Riding to an Arizona volcano,

When most people think of American volcanos, they think of Hawaii or maybe the Cascade mountains of Washington state or Oregon, but did you know Arizona has literally thousands of old volcanos? Including three volcanic fields that are considered still active! Like this young cinder cone volcano in Northern Arizona , Sunset Crater volcano is only 900 years old and considered still active.
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My bike warming up in the morning sun,

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Today I will be riding to the closest volcano to my home, about 45 miles South of me , the Arlington volcano. It last erupted approximately three million years ago. It’s what is known as a shield volcano, characterized by a low flat appearance, due to the fact that they were formed by very fluid lava flows that tended to spread over large areas. They were not explosive, shooting rocks and cinders for miles.
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Here it is, dead ahead. It rises less than 600 feet above the surrounding landscape, but spreads for miles. The funny thing is, I’ve ridden over this thing 50 times and never realized it was an old volcano….until recently.
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I am now riding on a road that goes right over the top of the old lava field. This satellite photo shows where I’m at ( the blue dot ) and I’m looking toward the peak and down the road.
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Here is an aerial shot of the volcanos vent, looking out toward farmland in the distance,

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Now , here I’m riding along the edge of the lava field, you can see the thickness of it, and there is a house built right on the edge of it.

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This volcano is part of the Sentinal Plain volcanic field , this is just one volcano out of hundreds in a 600 square kilometer field. This 3D photo shows you how these lava flows look as they spread over the surrounding landscape,
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Right across the road from the edge of the lava flow are large fields of alfalfa being grown for the many cattle farms in this area. Also spotted a herd of goats that escaped their pen and were making a run for an alfalfa field. 😄
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And finally, I’m on another road that is climbing back on top of the volcanic field, you can see how steep it is and how much above ground level it is,
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And you can see how the road is cut through that black basalt lava rock.
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And with that, I turned and headed for home, but not without stopping for lunch first! 😄 About 90 miles today and a very nice ride!
Later, Bob
 
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Riding to an Arizona volcano,

When most people think of American volcanos, they think of Hawaii or maybe the Cascade mountains of Washington state or Oregon, but did you know Arizona has literally thousands of old volcanos? Including three volcanic fields that are considered still active! Like this young cinder cone volcano in Northern Arizona , Sunset Crater volcano is only 900 years old and considered still active.
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My bike warming up in the morning sun,

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Today I will be riding to the closest volcano to my home, about 45 miles South of me , the Arlington volcano. It’s what is known as a shield volcano, characterized by a low flat appearance, due to the fact that they were formed by very fluid lava flows that tended to spread over large areas. They were not explosive, shooting rocks and cinders for miles.
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Here it is, dead ahead. It rises less than 600 feet above the surrounding landscape, but spreads for miles. The funny thing is, I’ve ridden over this thing 50 times and never realized it was an old volcano….until recently.
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I am now riding on a road that goes right over the top of the old lava field. This satellite photo shows where I’m at ( the blue dot ) and I’m looking toward the peak and down the road.
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Here is an aerial shot of the volcanos vent, looking out toward farmland in the distance,

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Now , here I’m riding along the edge of the lava field, you can see the thickness of it, and there is a house built right on the edge of it.

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This volcano is part of the Sentinal Plain volcanic field , this is just one volcano out of hundreds in a 600 square kilometer field. This 3D photo shows you how these lava flows look as they spread over the surrounding landscape,
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Right across the road from the edge of the lava flow are large fields of alfalfa being grown for the many cattle farms in this area. Also spotted a herd of goats that escaped their pen and were making a run for an alfalfa field. 😄
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And finally, I’m on another road that is climbing back on top of the volcanic field, you can see how steep it is and how much above ground level it is,
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And you can see how the road is cut through that black basalt lava rock.
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And with that, I turned and headed for home, but not without stopping for lunch first! 😄 About 90 miles today and a very nice ride!
Later, Bob
Great pics and story. I’m envious of your ability to be riding in January. Thanks for sharing.
 
Love your Arizona volcanoes! The top picture reminds me of the volcanoes of Lanzarote - they are quite young, some emerged in the eighteenth century.

Our village is built next to an ancient volcanic feature - the Eildon Hills have the classic cone shape but apparently they were created by volcanic extrusion. But that was 350 million years ago.


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Great pics and story. I’m envious of your ability to be riding in January. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! We have been having lovely weather here lately. A little crisp early in the morning but warming up to the mid 60’s Fahrenheit by mid day.

Love your Arizona volcanoes! The top picture reminds me of the volcanoes of Lanzarote - they are quite young, some emerged in the eighteenth century.

Thanks Raymond, I enjoyed your photo too!
I was surprised by how many volcanoes are present in Arizona, once I began researching them ,they seem to be everywhere. I would not be surprised if many of the hills and mountains we all know had volcanic activity millions of years ago.

We live on a volcano, but unfortunately we caught the version without that beautiful blue sky in January :thumbsup:

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I clicked on your link, that seems to be a very pretty area with lots of outdoors hiking and activities. 👍🏻
 
Riding to an Arizona volcano,

When most people think of American volcanos, they think of Hawaii or maybe the Cascade mountains of Washington state or Oregon, but did you know Arizona has literally thousands of old volcanos? Including three volcanic fields that are considered still active! Like this young cinder cone volcano in Northern Arizona , Sunset Crater volcano is only 900 years old and considered still active.
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My bike warming up in the morning sun,

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Today I will be riding to the closest volcano to my home, about 45 miles South of me , the Arlington volcano. It last erupted approximately three million years ago. It’s what is known as a shield volcano, characterized by a low flat appearance, due to the fact that they were formed by very fluid lava flows that tended to spread over large areas. They were not explosive, shooting rocks and cinders for miles.
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Here it is, dead ahead. It rises less than 600 feet above the surrounding landscape, but spreads for miles. The funny thing is, I’ve ridden over this thing 50 times and never realized it was an old volcano….until recently.
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I am now riding on a road that goes right over the top of the old lava field. This satellite photo shows where I’m at ( the blue dot ) and I’m looking toward the peak and down the road.
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Here is an aerial shot of the volcanos vent, looking out toward farmland in the distance,

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Now , here I’m riding along the edge of the lava field, you can see the thickness of it, and there is a house built right on the edge of it.

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This volcano is part of the Sentinal Plain volcanic field , this is just one volcano out of hundreds in a 600 square kilometer field. This 3D photo shows you how these lava flows look as they spread over the surrounding landscape,
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Right across the road from the edge of the lava flow are large fields of alfalfa being grown for the many cattle farms in this area. Also spotted a herd of goats that escaped their pen and were making a run for an alfalfa field. 😄
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And finally, I’m on another road that is climbing back on top of the volcanic field, you can see how steep it is and how much above ground level it is,
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And you can see how the road is cut through that black basalt lava rock.
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And with that, I turned and headed for home, but not without stopping for lunch first! 😄 About 90 miles today and a very nice ride!
Later, Bob
Great ride out Bob. Volcano stuff fascinates me; and I have been to Pompeii which was awesome. I also rode over the French volcanic area of Auvergne and the Massif Central on my CB750 K6 (Tony on his Z900); This volcanic area covers over 15% of France.

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Second image is me flying off the top of the Puy De Dome; much younger of course, and in the days when I had no fear!
Sorry for the :hijack:
 
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Well there’s a first time for everything. I’ve never bought or had to add engine coolant to a motorcycle. 🤔
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It was 35 degrees at sunrise this morning, it had warmed up to 42 by the time I left my house . Today I rode about 25 miles North of home to visit a community park in the desert foothills near Lake Pleasant. It has hiking trails and baseball fields , shaded ramadas and a small fishing lake. It was a bit windy this morning but no worse than riding a motorcycle. 😄
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January in Wisconsin.
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About 80 miles, it was really quite comfortable, could have rode 200 with no problem.
Had to test the pannier repairs, honest honey.
Looked over the other side it needs hot Polypropylene love too.

What’s the location there? Kinda looks like a power plant?
 
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