Ride Till I Can't: Bike Mods and Mesa Verde National Park

I'm back in the states and have some changes to make on Yennefer. I happen to be in Cortez, CO and Mesa Verde National Park is right across the street.

Mesa Verde: Starting c. 7500 BC Mesa Verde was seasonally inhabited by a group of nomadic Paleo-Indians known as the Foothills Mountain Complex. Later, Archaic people established semi-permanent rock shelters in and around the mesa. By 1000 BC, the Basketmaker culture emerged from the local Archaic population, and by 750 AD the Ancestral Puebloans had developed from the Basketmaker culture.

The Pueblo people survived using a combination of hunting, gathering, and subsistence farming of crops such as corn, beans, and squash (the "Three Sisters"). They built the mesa's first pueblos sometime after 650, and by the end of the 12th century, they began to construct the massive cliff dwellings for which the park is best known. By 1285, following a period of social and environmental instability driven by a series of severe and prolonged droughts, they migrated south to locations in Arizona and New Mexico, including the Rio Chama, the Albuquerque Basin, the Pajarito Plateau, and the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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Hello!

I'm Brady, AKA Mountainman, I've been a soldier, ski bum, police officer, government worker, photographer, and all around nomad. Now I travel on my motorcycle, make videos, and share them with the world. Along the way I do dumb stuff off road, camp, fly drones, take pictures, learn about culture and history and do my best to take you with me.

In early 2022 I set off on my motorcycle Yennefer (2021 Tenere 700) for an adventure with no set destination or timeline. Come along with me and let’s see what will happen as I try to ride until I can't.

Bike: Yamaha Tenere 700
Luggage: Mosko Moto Alpine Panniers, Scout Duffle, and Hood tankbag, Kriega OS-12 engine bar bags.
Navigation: Carpe Iter Tablet and Drive Mode Dashboard 2
Cameras: Osmo Action 4, Insta 360 X4, DJI Pocket 2, DJI Mavic Mini 4 Pro
Gear: Alpinestars Techduro Jacket, Mosko Moto Woodsman Pants, Alpinestars Toucan boots, Alpinestars Tech-Air Offroad Airbag, Arai XD4.

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