Forum: Trip Planning
05-07-2013, 09:54 AM
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bed
Rheumatoid Arthritis in the hands and wrists caused me to give up bedroll camping. So I made Spud.
http://youtu.be/1z7QnNkMgF0
Bed and Breakfast where ever I park.
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-08-2013, 02:50 PM
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-08-2013, 02:00 PM
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-08-2013, 01:53 PM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
04-08-2013, 09:19 AM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
04-05-2013, 07:51 AM
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And the winner is?
So whom had the stuff down the stretch to beat Tito?
Meet Kandy.
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/527755_505354722857229_616067125_n.jpg
Well done.
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Forum: Day Trippin'
03-29-2013, 10:42 AM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
03-20-2013, 12:14 PM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
01-30-2013, 08:06 AM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
01-30-2013, 07:35 AM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
01-29-2013, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 74
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The Melt
As it goes here in the valley, this winter's been harsh: three weeks of mostly single digit. But the sun's riding higher across the south sky and everything is dripping outside. I run in to get gas...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
01-10-2013, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 74
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Seems a pic of me was posted on Birds of Prey...
Seems a pic of me was posted on Birds of Prey Motorsport's face book page. Note the high-tech cold weather gear.
Pajama bottoms under jeans under winter dungarees. Lead Zep tee under three...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
01-09-2013, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 74
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Forum: Day Trippin'
01-08-2013, 10:11 AM
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Ten days out of the saddle. Last year the...
Ten days out of the saddle. Last year the longest stretch was eight. Doesn't look like I'll pull off a planed ride to Boise this morning. Weatherman says I'll be able to shake off these housebound...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-28-2012, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 74
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This time of year I covet your tires.
Habibi Rocks-- Not many of the old wooden shepard wagons left. Yep, Gypsy wagon roots. When grandpa farmed here most shepards were Basque, now...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-27-2012, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 74
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Today
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Today
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
12-26-2012, 03:21 PM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-26-2012, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 74
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-20-2012, 06:27 PM
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sugar beets
Hard freeze with the wind...
sugar beets
Hard freeze with the wind rattling the upstairs last night. The grand-baby twins awoke with pink noses. Furnace needs parts. My morning ride up valley was atilt, shoulder to the...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-18-2012, 03:23 PM
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Down to Jackass Flats today.
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Down to Jackass Flats today.
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-17-2012, 10:09 PM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-17-2012, 02:59 PM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-16-2012, 08:03 PM
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Put new triple A batterys into the AM/FM strapped to my handlebar. County trucks sanded hills and stops in the wee hours. But the snow line settled up on the shoulders of the valley and the bottom's...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-16-2012, 08:48 AM
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Sunday
Peppering of wet snow melting on the fields, cloudy, no wind. Riding south, up the Snake, Chicken Dinner Rd. to Map Rock Rd., after breakfast.
That men have wintered here in this valley, at...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-14-2012, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 74
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Cubs
My computer's been down. Using Babe's tiny HP is hard on my old eye's, can't see the keys to hunt and peck properly. Also, the images are washed, so I get my unit back on line and see that most the...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-13-2012, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 74
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-10-2012, 09:24 AM
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Cove
This morning it's about 29 out, but the wind's down a lot. No excuse needed to ride today. It's Sunday and B Brown gave the law, back in '72, "...Ride) On Any Sunday." It's getting light. I like...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-07-2012, 01:51 PM
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Poison Creek Stage Station
Little frost on the pumpkin. Off south this morning, to the end of Poison Creek Rd near Jump Creek.
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-05-2012, 08:29 PM
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Today,s Ride
Nice day for speeding down the back-roads and catching the view.
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-05-2012, 08:35 AM
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The Rex
My Grandpa Tony, thick Czech accent and wide Slavic smile, set bouncing beside me on the way to Vale. Forbidden Planet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet) was Playing at the REX. My...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-04-2012, 05:41 PM
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Vale
Off to get gas in Nyssa. Wind and rain leavin the house..
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My wife runs the budget. She...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-03-2012, 10:44 AM
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POW Camp
Again it's the trees that show the layout at the WWII POW Camp. (http://taisiedesign.com/blog/2011/04/the-forgotten-german-pow-camp-of-nyssa-oregon/)
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-03-2012, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 74
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Cow Hollow
This is cow hollow. The Oregon Trail fords the Snake at a crossing where islands formed from the influx of The Owyhee and Boise rivers; then here at the hollow, along a creek, joins the alternate...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-02-2012, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 74
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-01-2012, 08:19 PM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
12-01-2012, 10:16 AM
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the bend
Took a ride around the "Bend". The Snake runs east across Idaho until it runs up against the Owyhee uplands. It then swings north and is the state line between Idaho and Oregon until it's...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
11-28-2012, 03:11 PM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
11-26-2012, 09:04 AM
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When I run to town, like I did yesterday to pick up 8 gal of distilled water for coffee, I'm riding on the route of the Oregon Trail. The trail drops down a shallow canyon wall to ford the Boise...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
11-23-2012, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 74
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Crap. All I knew of Tito was gleaned from the...
Crap. All I knew of Tito was gleaned from the picture on the contest flyer: happy guy astride a Vstrom with a well traveled looking set of panniers, and that bike-shop-guy said he commutes to work...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
11-22-2012, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 74
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