First "long distance" ride.

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:01 am

My wife and I are taking a trip on our scooters this weekend. We are riding from the Oklahoma City area to the Wichita Mountains in SW Oklahoma. I know it's not really all that far at about 130 miles one way. We've ridden more miles in a day than that before, but we've never ridden to anywhere that far away from home. I'm hoping this will be the first of many trips.

ScootLady · Post by **ScootLady** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:52 am

Oh the Wichita mountains are beautiful. Are you going up mt. Scott? Medicine park is a fun place to swim. Wish I was back in Oklahoma!

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:09 pm

jrstone wrote:I'm hoping this will be the first of many trips.

I suspect it will be.

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:19 pm

130 miles isn't so bad. That seat starts to wear on you after @ 50-60 at times. I would schedule a break at the midway point, get a snack, then onward!

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:24 pm

Sounds like fun. I've enjoyed my visits to the Wichita Mountains, but stay away from the baby buffalo - it is difficult to outrun their mothers. Don't ask me how I know.

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:18 pm

ScootLady wrote:Oh the Wichita mountains are beautiful. Are you going up mt. Scott? Medicine park is a fun place to swim. Wish I was back in Oklahoma!

We are staying overnight in Medicine Park and yes, we are planning on going up Mt. Scott. I figure if a Stella can make it to Pikes Peak, we'll be fine!

EvilNerdLord · Post by **EvilNerdLord** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:29 pm

I did a l00mi loop last weekend, if your seat is like mine, a break is needed...also, my SOM (scooter owners manual) recommends a break every hour anyway...check your, use it 'as a reason' to stop, break and chill....

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:07 pm

We will probably stop halfway there and grab something to eat. I'm sure we will need a break before the scooters do. Luckily this weekend is supposed to be unseasonably cool for Oklahoma.

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:55 pm

jrstone wrote:
ScootLady wrote:Oh the Wichita mountains are beautiful. Are you going up mt. Scott? Medicine park is a fun place to swim. Wish I was back in Oklahoma!
We are staying overnight in Medicine Park and yes, we are planning on going up Mt. Scott. I figure if a Stella can make it to Pikes Peak, we'll be fine!

It can make it, just not at the speed limit

. 14k feet is a bugger! Mt Evans too. Still really fun

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:52 pm

The road to the top of Mt. Scott is about 3 miles with a 25mph speed limit. The climb is less than 900ft from the base to the top.

Whimscootie · Post by **Whimscootie** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:40 am

Dooglas wrote:Sounds like fun. I've enjoyed my visits to the Wichita Mountains, but stay away from the baby buffalo - it is difficult to outrun their mothers. Don't ask me how I know.

DANG!

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:29 pm

Here's a few of the photos I took with my phone.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:22 pm

Nice! I like the bungee-backpack on your wife's scooter. Is that just a daypack? It doesn't look very big.

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:22 pm

That's actually my camera bag. We had 2 very small backpacks that we packed our clothes and toiletries in. It was just an overnight stay.

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:36 pm

I definitely recommend the Wichita Mountains for a weekend getaway (for anyone who lives close enough). Great roads and great views. I hadn't been there since I was about 10 years old.

The ride up Mt. Scott was well worth it. Scooters handled it easily at half throttle most the way. Coming back down with a CVT was a bit harder. Just coasted down the whole way and tried not to burn the brakes up.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:52 pm

Oklahoma has mountains??

My sum knowledge of its topography is based on Rodgers & Hammerstein...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbrnXl2gO_k

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:23 am

They certainly aren't very tall mountains, but we do have a few.

Whimscootie · Post by **Whimscootie** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:17 pm

snoozy wrote:Oklahoma has mountains?? My sum knowledge of its topography is based on Rodgers & Hammerstein...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbrnXl2gO_k

Hilarious!

Me too! I DID live in Oklahoma, but remember nothing about it. I was 2 years old and my dad was stationed there in the Army at Ft. Sill (sp?)

Anyway, it looks to be a beautiful state! Just gorgeous!

What an awesome trip!

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:47 pm

Ft. Sill is actually right there in the Wichita Mountains area.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:33 pm

snoozy wrote:Oklahoma has mountains??

No one has heard of the Tulsa Mountains?

Back in the 70s the "Ski the Tulsa Mountains" was a running joke on KRMG, a local talk radio station. It got even funnier when they began receiving calls from very angry people stating they had come to Tulsa on vacation to ski and there were no mountains here! Believe it or not, it happened quite a few times.

ScootLady · Post by **ScootLady** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:17 pm

Trip looks wonderful. I see that you made it it Meers!
There is no place like home!
Beautiful

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:38 pm

I posted more pics over at Modern Vespa, but for those who haven's seen them, here ya go.

MrCelloBoy · Post by **MrCelloBoy** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:29 am

Looks like a Lowepro Flipside Sport!
I happen to work for them.

Maury

MrCelloBoy · Post by **MrCelloBoy** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:33 am

Looks like a Lowepro Flipside Sport!
I happen to work for them.

Maury

jrstone · Post by **jrstone** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:33 am

MrCelloBoy wrote:Looks like a Lowepro Flipside Sport!
I happen to work for them.

Maury

It is, indeed. I also have a Lowepro Slingshot 100 for when I don't feel like carrying a lot of gear. Great bags. Probably going to buy the smaller Flipside Sport 10l bag as well. They are amazingly comfortable, even when fully loaded.

misterbrackets · Post by **misterbrackets** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:12 am

Wow! Impressive photography! Thanks for posting those.

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