I’ve had a couple days to get unwound from the trip, got the camping gear cleaned, dried, and stored, and pulled some videos from the dash cams and got them added to the blogs.
I learned a few things about the dash cams. For one, it doesn’t start recording when it is turned on. I am not sure how long the ag is but it might be a minute or so. I think there’s an indicator on the screen and I’ll have to get that figured out. I only missed one video clip and that was where the girl almost hot me in Missoula. Another thing I learned was how much video can be saved on the one 256 GB card: about 3 long days or riding before it starts overwriting earlier files. When I got back and pulled the card I only had the 3 last days. If I want more, I think I’ll have to pick up some extra cards and change them every couple days.
Also, to pull the videos and get them on the blog is a bit of a pain. If I only want a very short clip, it’s doable on the road since I can access the files wirelessly. But if I want a longer sequence made up of several video segments, it WAY easier to do it on my Mac. Here’s what I have to do on the Mac.
- Remove the card from the head unit. (Very tiny screws on the bottom…)
- Place the card in a card reader and insert that into a USB adapter that goes to the computer.
- Look through the files, front and rear views, and select the ones I want for a sequence.
- Copy the files to the computer.
- Use the Hanbrake app to convert them from .ts to .MP4 files.
- Load the files into iMovie and do the editing.
- Export from iMovie to the computer.
- Log in to my YouTube channel and upload the files.
- Edit the information (age level, copyright, etc.) for each file as they are uploaded.
- Log into the blog and place the cursor where I want to video to appear.
- Select the Insert Video from YouTube option
That pretty much it. If I try to do this on the road using my iPad, I thunk I have to use VLC to handle the conversion from .ts to .MP4, something I haven’t tried yet. I have iMovie on the iPad and have used it and I think the rest of the steps would be the same.
All in all, it’s some heavy lifting.
Enough of the video issue. Some summary information:
Days gone: 9
Days riding: 6
Days staying in Sequim: 3
Night camping:4
Total cost to camp: $29
Longest day: 421 miles
Shortest day: 233 miles
Miles traveled: 2,208
Number of gas stops: 11
Gas used: 38.63 gallons
Miles per gallon: 57.15
Total cost of gas: $151.54
Least expensive gas: $3.07/gallon in Townsend, MT
Most expensive gas: $4.90/gallon in Port Orchard, WA
Average cost of gas overall: $3.84/gallon
The bike ran fine, as to be expected. Never an issue. The camping gear worked great and I utilized all of it. I think I used all the clothes I brought except for one short sleeve t-shirt, one long sleeved t-shirt, and one part of shorts. My food supply worked out fine with the oatmeal mixture for breakfast and a backpacker meal for dinner. Fig bars filled in for lunch. Both campgrounds are dry so I had to watch my water supply. I stopped along the way on day 3 and bought a bottle. On the way back I topped up at the city park in Pomeroy, WA. While I did drink along the way, if the weather was warmer, I’d have to stop for more. City parks are good but in some the water was unavailable.
That wraps up this one, the last long ride/camping trip of the season. The weather is shifting and I see that the Beartooth Highway is closing today. I’ll still get in some day rides during October but November usually means that the bike gets put away for the winter.
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