In Search Of Dry Land In The Desert

Your reports suck!

Only in the sense that my computer must be a piece of and it takes so long for the page to load that I have to go do laundry or vacuum a room while I'm waiting to see all the fun stuff.

I learned how to fly in a 1946 Cessna 140 that I painstakingly restored with my Dad in British Columbia over the course of about five or 6 summers from age 9 to 14. This picture brings back a lot of memories for me. Thanks, For posting it!

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Sorry, kiddo I noticed the photos were larger than usual. I got a new higher megapixel camera and that might be contributing to the size issue, too. On the other hand, your house is probably really clean now

Thanks, ghte I'm sure some folks are getting tired of my usual desert scenery, but I really love it out there. It's just wide open and beautiful to me.

That's the beauty of the desert, ray_ray! It looks barren from a distance, but once you get down into it you can smell the sage and feel the remoteness and the quiet...my goodness, the quiet...no sound of wind whistling through trees or anything...just the sound of your own heartbeat. Sometimes the coyotes or the wild burros make some noise, and there are always birds near water (which is where I usually end up being, too, for some odd reason ) but for the most part the striking desert silence is a refreshing and cleansing experience. It's kinda nice to know you're probably the only human beings withing a 50-100 mile radius...or more.

Thanks, WHITEROCKET5.9 I appreciate the kind words!

I wish.

Wow...that's totally cool, Tim! I bet that was a really neat time for you and your father Here's another image or two to help invoke those awesome memories...

Thanks, Walt I dunno...we're tired. Been working like dogs and riding constantly (it seems like it, anyway) since December and the next planned ride we've got going is Kennedy Meadows over 4th of July weekend (Hey, DirtDame! Quit scrubbing your house and pay attention!) and so I think we're just going to chill out through June. I spent the entire day Sunday in my jammies and never left the house That is quite a rarity for me. Even more rare is Eric washed one bike all weekend and that was it! No wrenchin' or fussin' or fixin' or tweakin'...nothin'! Crap...I hope we're not getting old or anything...

Thanks, branchyboy! That's the effect I'm going for..thanks for coming along

BrandonR! Were your ears burning last weekend? We were talking about you..."the guy with the real Husky"

You know, back in the day of usenet groups (no photos) I used to write up rambling reports of my adventures. My writing was much more fun and descriptive. The photos have made me lazy, in that they tell the story better than I ever could. I used to print them out (Eric's dad really enjoyed reading them) and I have them all in a binder somewhere. I wonder if it's possible to do the same thing with all these reports with photos? I wrote a story (and a poem) once about an enduro gone bad. Bikes were floating down the river, some bikes were lost, I was in the water up to my helmet, Eric's brand new bike spent the night on the banks of a swollen creek with a bent rod, snow was so heavy you couldn't see 5' in front of you. Anyway, we had to go back out and rescue Eric's bike the next day and tow it out of the canyon. I wrote about returning to the van after another hard day in the snow and rain and eating an ash-covered hotdog on a frozen bun that was rolling down the nasty floor of our cargo van. This was years ago and twice in the ensuing years other riders have exclaimed after meeting me "Hey! You're the gal that wrote that report! The hot dog rolling out of your reach! I remember that story!" It made me feel pretty damned good about myself, if you don't mind my sayin' so

The pleasure was all mine, 7point62 I, too, love NG magazines. I could never be a NG photographer in a zillion years. Those guys just have "it," don't they?
I was bummed about the flags, too...I really wanted to put those flags on the spot where those 11 servicemen lost their lives. My mom was a big supporter of veterans and I wanted to do it for her, too. The flags that are up there are really worn and tattered...

Well, get your house in order so we can ride this July!

Um...ok...

thanks...I think?

Don't worry, it was all good!

Yep, 106...pretty nice, eh?