Brock. Estimated 240,000 miles of stone walls in , New England. New England was near barren of trees by the mid 1800s. All pasture land. The stones were usually collected when clearing the pastures and used to make boundary walls. If you're on a road that has a wall bordering it on one or both sides, then you're on an old cart path, usually built anywhere from the very late 1600s to the mid-1800s. Where I live, in Norheast CT, we have 100,000 miles of walls alone. Some are works of art. ❤❤ The stick dam was a beaver dam.
I miss those old stone walls up in the Northeast. I am originally from New Haven but have migrated south over the years. Watching his video makes me miss New England 😢
Good content. New to the adventure bike scene. Just turned 70 after a bout with cancer. bought a `22 Africa Twin two years ago. Your videos of the NEBDR have me ready to try the less technical areas. Thanks!
I was dealing with cancer (head and neck) and during treatment I did some of this type of riding in way upstate NY ON A v-Strom 650 looking back I should have waited it wore me out so bad I was not sure I had enough strength to make the 4 hour ride back home the next day. But it was pretty cool.
@@rogerparliman1892 I rode a couple of times on chemo but it wiped me out. Could ride more during radiation. Ready to ride come spring and hope to be stronger.
I will be having brain surgery to remove (hopefully) a brain tumor very soon. I plan to spend everyday watching all your videos recovering, rehabbing, and eventually getting back on the bike. It’s gonna get me through this. Keep it up, big fan!
I’m terribly sorry to hear this news. I am honored that you would watch my videos. Gonna be thinking about you and praying for you my friend. Send me an email
Does your partner drive a different route in her own vehicle and y'all meet up at designated spots? My partner doesn't ride dirt bikes but I'd like to not disappear on her for days on end... so love the idea of her doing her own route and meeting up at day's end, etcc..
When we met at the youth camp magic show, I remember telling you and Auny that she needed to start filming her adventures! Great to see you include her on your rides!
@MotoMission. you are riding some great routes across the U.S. With your talents, I would start performing some of your illusions with the folks that you interact with. Watching the amazement on their faces would be priceless!
Good to see you in New England. The stone walls are over N.E. There are thousands of miles through out the region. They are left over from the colonial farm days. Most of the area was cleared farm land. That’s what they did with the stones. It was tough being a farmer here . I’m old New England enduro rider I wouldn’t doubt being on some of the same trails.
I did it in fall too a couple years back. I had a solid off on that road with the baby heads covered in leaves that almost made me turn back. There’s a pretty solid rock step in that section too which is not big bike friendly. That super muddy technical section after that, the one you called Red 3, was a blast. Although the mud was real deep. I want to go back and ride it all again one day.
Great channel, new subscriber. First saw you on Bikes and Beards, another really good one. Hopefully you’ll be able to ride that old Honda Baja bike that Sean imported from Japan! You are living the dream with your life partner tagging along following in that chase van!
So stone walls back in the day were used for property boundaries. There were a lot more farming fields as well and every year the frost would push up more rocks that would have to be cleared and added to the boundary walls. Such beautiful country. You have a good life you and Anna. ❤
If I'm not mistaken, I believe in areas that were once someone's little homestead or farm, they would pull the rocks out of the ground and place them on the edge of the property before tilling the soil and planting crops. It served two purposes, to mark the property lines and made the soil better for growing food. A lot of these old farms are overgrown now and abandoned, but the rock walls remain all over new england. If I am wrong, someone please correct me in the comments, but I've lived in new england all my life, and this is what I have surmised.
Some of these random rock walls in the woods were sometimes built by soldiers during the civil war. Especially facing downhill. They are all over the US.
Bro they had sandwiches in grafton and youre getting more sweets! LOL.. I was screaming THE REUBEN!!!! lol. We go skiing yearly in Vermont but man what a treat it would be to be on the Dr650 through all the backroads., Im gonna do this one day!
When I backpacked the Appalachian Trail, we affectionately called Vermot- VerMUD 😆 Looks like the riding is much the same. Bottomless mud pits, swamps disguised with tall grasses ect ect. -hey, at least it's fall and not late winter or early spring. That's a blessing- Much love from western North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest-Grandfather Ranger District
The entire New England area is covered with stone walls from farms back in the late 1700s early 1800s. They cleared the land using the burn method and moved all the rocks to the property lines. There is a mountain in southern New Hampshire called Mount Monadnock that looks like it has a tree line because the top of the mountain is all rock with no soil. This was done when they burned off all the forest to turn the side of the mountain into grazing land, the topsoil on the top of the mountain quickly, washed off the mountain from the burn. It’s a prime example of how destructive the practice was. there is very little old growth forest in New England because of this finding a tree in the wild that is over 250 years old it’s very rare
In the NE the rock walls would have define farm areas. The farmers would plow and have the kids run behing to take the rock and put them at the boundaries . Would also work for the cattle..
dude that was a puddle. twist the throttle pull the front up and go. omg .. to bad u didnt come up when smogglers notch was just turning leaves. omg its off the chain.. yeah i live in VT..
Ok Mr BROCK a 25 min and 40 sec great video. Thank you! But now what the heck am I supposed to do the rest of the day?? This is not good. Plus there is 7 more days until the next advenature. Do you think that is acceptable? No! Please advise how you plan to correct this problem. Although one of those great cookies would help with the stress and may help with the depression of waiting 7 more days. Just saying! Have a great day. Don’t worry about me I will be ok. 🤩
Did you do this ride in September? Trying to plan a trip one year but wanting to figure out the best time of year. We usually camp so don't want to be out in freezing temps
Ahoy fellow seeker. Welcome to Vermont. Eat to Ride, Ride to Eat. Have you tried a fresh doughnut on Pikes Peak yet? Supposedly the best doughnuts in the world. I'm not much of a doughnut connoisseur, tasty to me. I would value your opinion on this matter.
@MotoMission. The buzz is the worlds best doughnuts are made on top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. There are paramedics that await the train arrival on top equipped with oxygen because of the rush for doughnuts. A few in the surge usually collapse from altitude before reaching thier doughnut. I rode up on my motorcycle, ate a doughnut, and watched the spectacle of the trains arrival. That was 11 years ago, I haven't eaten a doughnut since.
Hi Brock. I clicked your Events link on motomission, but it is asking for a password. Do you publish a schedule? How much have you modified your bike for these routes? Would a stock Tenere handle them? I am about your size. Thanks.
The Tenere in stock form can make this no problem. If you wanna ride more aggressive style on any BdR I recommend doing suspension immediately. Then a few other mods.
Did I miss what happened to your dash. It's been showing Err and no speed for a few videos now. What's up? "It's supposed to be New England, but it looks more like the UK" = lol, isn't New England a reflection of Old England... your humor is dry, but enjoyable.
After watching all the episodes of the NEBDR and listening to all of your cold weather/chilly morning comments, I realized... you're riding in 30 degree temps - with NO HEATED GEAR??????? Are you a masochist?
Brock. Estimated 240,000 miles of stone walls in , New England.
New England was near barren of trees by the mid 1800s. All pasture land. The stones were usually collected when clearing the pastures and used to make boundary walls. If you're on a road that has a wall bordering it on one or both sides, then you're on an old cart path, usually built anywhere from the very late 1600s to the mid-1800s.
Where I live, in Norheast CT, we have 100,000 miles of walls alone. Some are works of art. ❤❤
The stick dam was a beaver dam.
That's amazing. So much work just to survive back then.
That is really crazy.
Was for the new breed of sheep. Crossbreed for whool.
I miss those old stone walls up in the Northeast. I am originally from New Haven but have migrated south over the years. Watching his video makes me miss New England 😢
Good content. New to the adventure bike scene. Just turned 70 after a bout with cancer. bought a `22 Africa Twin two years ago. Your videos of the NEBDR have me ready to try the less technical areas. Thanks!
You inspire others . Living life. Having fun ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I was dealing with cancer (head and neck) and during treatment I did some of this type of riding in way upstate NY ON A v-Strom 650 looking back I should have waited it wore me out so bad I was not sure I had enough strength to make the 4 hour ride back home the next day. But it was pretty cool.
@@rogerparliman1892 I rode a couple of times on chemo but it wiped me out. Could ride more during radiation. Ready to ride come spring and hope to be stronger.
@@SLSLSL-u8v Thanks!
Hey. I am happy to hear it.
I see you are already inspiring others. Lemme know how your ride goes. I think you are gonna love the nebdr
I will be having brain surgery to remove (hopefully) a brain tumor very soon. I plan to spend everyday watching all your videos recovering, rehabbing, and eventually getting back on the bike. It’s gonna get me through this. Keep it up, big fan!
I’m terribly sorry to hear this news. I am honored that you would watch my videos. Gonna be thinking about you and praying for you my friend. Send me an email
@ thanks brother. It’s definitely one adventure I’m not ready to experience. Sent a short email msg.
Another epic ride with beautiful scenery and crisp cool air🥶. Great episode Brockster!
Glad you enjoyed it! I saw Bradley today.
Does your partner drive a different route in her own vehicle and y'all meet up at designated spots? My partner doesn't ride dirt bikes but I'd like to not disappear on her for days on end... so love the idea of her doing her own route and meeting up at day's end, etcc..
Yeah. She has her own adventure.
When we met at the youth camp magic show, I remember telling you and Auny that she needed to start filming her adventures! Great to see you include her on your rides!
Yep. Gonna have more of her coming soon. Thanks for the advice
What else should I be doing for the channel ?
@MotoMission. you are riding some great routes across the U.S. With your talents, I would start performing some of your illusions with the folks that you interact with. Watching the amazement on their faces would be priceless!
Good to see you in New England. The stone walls are over N.E. There are thousands of miles through out the region. They are left over from the colonial farm days. Most of the area was cleared farm land. That’s what they did with the stones. It was tough being a farmer here . I’m old New England enduro rider I wouldn’t doubt being on some of the same trails.
I did it in fall too a couple years back. I had a solid off on that road with the baby heads covered in leaves that almost made me turn back. There’s a pretty solid rock step in that section too which is not big bike friendly.
That super muddy technical section after that, the one you called Red 3, was a blast. Although the mud was real deep.
I want to go back and ride it all again one day.
Yes. I had a blast on that spot
My gosh Brock those fall colors are amazing. I am officially jealous.
Great video buddy.
Glad you like them! Truly unbelievable
Happy to see you here in New England, safe travels!
It is a great place to ride
Great channel, new subscriber.
First saw you on Bikes and Beards, another really good one. Hopefully you’ll be able to ride that old Honda Baja bike that Sean imported from Japan!
You are living the dream with your life partner tagging along following in that chase van!
Hey. Yeah it’s a dream for sure.
I’m gonna steal that bike from Sean’s collection.
Love watching your videos brother. Look forward to ridding with you someday. Until then. Be safe out there.
I appreciate that! More comin !
Beautiful video from both of you great riding always enjoy thanks for sharing and looking forward to seeing the next video
Huge thanks. Awesome to hear it
Beautiful scenery. Fun vid as always!
Glad you enjoyed it
Damm fella that’s just what I’m looking for Awesome videos
Glad you found it !!! Haha.
I have passed and worked in Readsborough, VT.
I love this trek through the Natioal Forrest.
Beautiful place. Not a bad place to go to work
So stone walls back in the day were used for property boundaries. There were a lot more farming fields as well and every year the frost would push up more rocks that would have to be cleared and added to the boundary walls.
Such beautiful country. You have a good life you and Anna. ❤
Big thanks. We have a great time for sure. Thanks for your comment
If I'm not mistaken, I believe in areas that were once someone's little homestead or farm, they would pull the rocks out of the ground and place them on the edge of the property before tilling the soil and planting crops. It served two purposes, to mark the property lines and made the soil better for growing food. A lot of these old farms are overgrown now and abandoned, but the rock walls remain all over new england. If I am wrong, someone please correct me in the comments, but I've lived in new england all my life, and this is what I have surmised.
I don't know much about the North East. In Middle Tennessee, lots of the rock wall fences were built by traveling Irish Masons.
I think you may be right.
Some of these random rock walls in the woods were sometimes built by soldiers during the civil war. Especially facing downhill. They are all over the US.
Civil war ?
Like watching the Geico spokesman on motorcycles!
Thanks.
Good stuff ! 👍
Thanks for the visit
Bro they had sandwiches in grafton and youre getting more sweets! LOL.. I was screaming THE REUBEN!!!! lol. We go skiing yearly in Vermont but man what a treat it would be to be on the Dr650 through all the backroads., Im gonna do this one day!
Haha I had my ear plugs in. My bad
When I backpacked the Appalachian Trail, we affectionately called Vermot- VerMUD 😆
Looks like the riding is much the same. Bottomless mud pits, swamps disguised with tall grasses ect ect.
-hey, at least it's fall and not late winter or early spring. That's a blessing-
Much love from western North Carolina, Pisgah National Forest-Grandfather Ranger District
Hey hey. Thank you. Yeah the mud got really nasty. Glad it wasn’t spring
The entire New England area is covered with stone walls from farms back in the late 1700s early 1800s. They cleared the land using the burn method and moved all the rocks to the property lines. There is a mountain in southern New Hampshire called Mount Monadnock that looks like it has a tree line because the top of the mountain is all rock with no soil. This was done when they burned off all the forest to turn the side of the mountain into grazing land, the topsoil on the top of the mountain quickly, washed off the mountain from the burn. It’s a prime example of how destructive the practice was. there is very little old growth forest in New England because of this finding a tree in the wild that is over 250 years old it’s very rare
Very interesting. Thank you. I loved visiting this
Brock. Manatee hunt this winter hit me up.# Dangerous game 😂❤😂❤😮
Stay away from the water.
@ happy thanksgiving 🦃
Is that a pit bull lol! Thanks for taking me along
I love this so beautiful
Be careful. They are everywhere
Good video.
Glad you enjoyed it
In the NE the rock walls would have define farm areas. The farmers would plow and have the kids run behing to take the rock and put them at the boundaries . Would also work for the cattle..
Pretty cool to see that. So much history
Hey Brock, lookup New England Rock Walls... They are property boarders that would circle the Earth 10 times
That’s incredible
Those stone walls are very old. Hundreds of years ago that was probably a pasture a lot of New England was farmland with a lot of stone walls
So cool to see ot
dude that was a puddle. twist the throttle pull the front up and go. omg .. to bad u didnt come up when smogglers notch was just turning leaves. omg its off the chain.. yeah i live in VT..
Haha. Yeah. Some of those mud spots didn’t have a bottom.
Ok Mr BROCK a 25 min and 40 sec great video. Thank you! But now what the heck am I supposed to do the rest of the day?? This is not good. Plus there is 7 more days until the next advenature. Do you think that is acceptable? No! Please advise how you plan to correct this problem. Although one of those great cookies would help with the stress and may help with the depression of waiting 7 more days. Just saying! Have a great day. Don’t worry about me I will be ok. 🤩
More cookies coming up :)
Did you do this ride in September? Trying to plan a trip one year but wanting to figure out the best time of year. We usually camp so don't want to be out in freezing temps
I rode this in mid October. And the cold got cold.
September would be better in a tent
But you may miss the leaves color change
Ahoy fellow seeker. Welcome to Vermont. Eat to Ride, Ride to Eat. Have you tried a fresh doughnut on Pikes Peak yet? Supposedly the best doughnuts in the world. I'm not much of a doughnut connoisseur, tasty to me. I would value your opinion on this matter.
I’m gonna be looking for donuts.
Just found a dunkin. Is that the same ?
@MotoMission. The buzz is the worlds best doughnuts are made on top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. There are paramedics that await the train arrival on top equipped with oxygen because of the rush for doughnuts. A few in the surge usually collapse from altitude before reaching thier doughnut. I rode up on my motorcycle, ate a doughnut, and watched the spectacle of the trains arrival. That was 11 years ago, I haven't eaten a doughnut since.
That’s funny.
You never rode the Delaware Enduro on the last day of October!
Maybe I should try.
Hi Brock. I clicked your Events link on motomission, but it is asking for a password. Do you publish a schedule? How much have you modified your bike for these routes? Would a stock Tenere handle them? I am about your size. Thanks.
We are allowing the alumni to register first and then in a week or so the public can look. But if you will email me I will give you a password.
The Tenere in stock form can make this no problem.
If you wanna ride more aggressive style on any BdR I recommend doing suspension immediately. Then a few other mods.
What bike do you ride !
On this ride I have a Yamaha t7
When he was talking to that lady did yall notice the guy in the tacoma he knows in the background
Yes !!!
Did I miss what happened to your dash. It's been showing Err and no speed for a few videos now. What's up?
"It's supposed to be New England, but it looks more like the UK" = lol, isn't New England a reflection of Old England... your humor is dry, but enjoyable.
Not sure what happened. Trying to diagnose.
for those that don't know, they don't milk oats - they squeeze water through them and sell it as 'oat milk' - gross huh....
Lotta milk in those little oats. :)
After watching all the episodes of the NEBDR and listening to all of your cold weather/chilly morning comments, I realized... you're riding in 30 degree temps - with NO HEATED GEAR??????? Are you a masochist?
Haha. Apparently so
I must have been sleeping where you buried your bike. Clickbait
Did you miss it?
Hey Brock, really enjoy your videos. What drone do you use? Thanks.
Thank you. I use dji air 3 mostly