In Search Of Dry Land In The Desert

[Dirtdame]

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.

 

[ray_ray]

Sounds like an ISP issue ...You're really from Escondido, California? Ever meet Fred Sanford? ...

I'm on the other side of the globe in a 3rd world country and I'm getting pretty good download speed here...


http://www.cafehusky.com/misc/location-info?location=Escondido,+California

 

[ghte]

Sensational Woodsie. Thank you for such a great ride report. I almost felt I was there. What interesting and varied geography.
Ciao

 

[ray_ray]

Myself, I had no idea the desert had so much going on on any given 24hr time period...

 

[WHITEROCKET5.9]

awesome pics and storys of adventure!! love it!

 

[HuskyT]

Our last day to ride started pretty lazy. We hung out with the pilots (they were stone sober) and crew around their campfire. The pilots always party hard but when it's time to fly they're all business. We watched them go and we got buzzed pretty good by the both of them...

WoodsChick

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!

T

 

[wallybean]

Amazing report as always. What's next?!

 

[branchyboy]

wow thank you i felt like i was on the trip with you , that's gold!

 

[BrandonR]

Thanks for Another great RR.

 

[wallybean]

You need to do a coffee table book of all your ride reports. Include a couple of DVD's with some video and sell them by the hundreds. I will take two.

 

[7point62]

Thanks for taking the time to post up those pictures and fine words - it kind of reminds me of the National Geographic magazines I scrounged (and treasured) as a kid! It's a little sad that you couldn't make it back to the crash site yet, but maaaan - it looks pretty tough out there...

 

[WoodsChick]

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.

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

Sensational Woodsie. Thank you for such a great ride report. I almost felt I was there. What interesting and varied geography.
Ciao

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.

Myself, I had no idea the desert had so much going on on any given 24hr time period...

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.

awesome pics and storys of adventure!! love it!

Thanks, WHITEROCKET5.9

I appreciate the kind words!

 

[Dirtdame]

On the other hand, your house is probably really clean now

I wish.

 

[WoodsChick]

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!

T

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...

Amazing report as always. What's next?!

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...

wow thank you i felt like i was on the trip with you , that's gold!

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

Thanks for Another great RR.

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

You need to do a coffee table book of all your ride reports. Include a couple of DVD's with some video and sell them by the hundreds. I will take two.

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

 

[WoodsChick]

Thanks for taking the time to post up those pictures and fine words - it kind of reminds me of the National Geographic magazines I scrounged (and treasured) as a kid! It's a little sad that you couldn't make it back to the crash site yet, but maaaan - it looks pretty tough out there...

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...

 

[WoodsChick]

I wish.

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

 

[Stroker Ace]

LAWDY LAWDY MISS CLAWDY****************************************!!

 

[WoodsChick]

LAWDY LAWDY MISS CLAWDY****************************************!!

Um...ok...

thanks...I think?

 

[Xcuvator]

Thanks, Xcuvator! We were talking about you when we saw the excavators out there taking down the rock walls.

I was maybe a little afraid of that. Actually the only rock walls I've taken down were those that needed to be rebuilt. Honest
106 huh?

 

[WoodsChick]

I was maybe a little afraid of that. Actually the only rock walls I've taken down were those that needed to be rebuilt. Honest
106 huh?

Don't worry, it was all good!

Yep, 106...pretty nice, eh?