UTBDR, Day 2 Needles Campground, Lockhart, and MOAB, Utah Back Country Discovery Route

Please hit the thumbs up, and follow for new videos. Instagram @   / kj03adventure   Left Needles Campground, just a couple of miles down the road to the Lockhart turn off. We started with about 8 liters of water that we thought would be more than enough. After a couple of drops in the sand at the first, we busted one of our water jugs. It is a rough few miles to get to Lockhart from the pavement. Be ready for multiple drop-offs around 2-3'. We filmed most of what we could but once we got in to the worst of Lockhart, my cameras were low. Between the high temperatures and the strong winds, that actually blew my bike over a time or two while resting, some sections even more difficult. There was a couple of small overhangs where you could grab a little shade but nowhere to get out of the wind and heat. Don't let the videos fool you, I thought there was just a few rough sections, it is one after another. My father had just started having some back issues which made the last half of this section unbearable. Between fighting the wind and the relentless tough/fun sections, his legs started getting weak and numb. I ended up riding one bike though, parking, walking back and then riding the other bike through on the tougher sections. The bikes are both KLR 650's but they are set up different and sure makes it difficult to ride something like this on a more or less unfamiliar bike. When we finally got to the drop in to the canyon I was so exhausted and my dad’s legs and back were in such sad shape we just walked the bikes down. There was a couple that gave us a bottle of COLD water when we were walking the bikes down into the canyon. I didn't even think to offer him anything more than a huge thank you, we were just so tired and thirsty at that point. We went another 1/2 mile and decided to set up camp, hoping we would be better rested in the morning. This is where we found out that the 2L of water we thought we had left was 1/4L. The wind was nice after it finally cooled off but was little uncomfortable being sandblasted through the tent screen. I woke about 9:30pm by the sound of bikes or SXS. Sure was hoping it was an ice cream or water truck! Sadly, it was 2 bikes that came by in the dark. We were packed up and leaving camp at 7:30am. We split the little water we had left and headed out. Finished out a couple slightly difficult drop offs and went on to finish Hurrah Pass. Very cool pass! It had a lot of flat rock and some pretty sandy parts. We made it to Moab around 8:30am, which we made us question the decision of camping in Lockhart. However, there was no way for us to know how bad the last would be and I have no question we made the right decision for us in that situation. I'm glad we were able to do Hurrah Pass in the daylight. Views were beautiful and the road was neat. That is what this is all about, testing yourself as a rider and seeing stuff very few are able to see. There is a couple of smaller sections that I was unable to film, but I feel like there was a few parts that I was able to capture that I have not seen on YouTube. Just a reminder that film does not even get close to capturing the terrain and slops of a trail. At timestamp 16:45 is a great visual of that. We took the rest of the day to rest in Moab. We met a very nice lady that told us her husband had rode Lockhart the night before and had seen someone camping along the trail. After further talking we found out that her husband was Bret Tkacs. I wish we had been able to meet him, as I have been watching him for a long time and is a great wealth of knowledge. On his video ‘how to set up lights for trail riding’ you are able to see our camp as he passes by. It was a total of 109 miles from Needles to Moab.