Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
places i've been
I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.
I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there.
I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work.
I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.
I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.
I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.
Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.
One of my favourite places to be is in Suspense!
It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!
And, sometimes I think I am in Vincible but life shows me I am not.
People keep telling me I'm in Denial but I'm positive I've never been there before!
I have been in Deepshit many times; the older I get, the easier it is to get there.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
stats as of 110928
sauk campground was closed for the season
turning out to be a long day
columbia river to lake chelan
new best friends wishing to join me for lunch
what a day (monday 110926)
after i started to descend washington pass, the misery continued in the form of hail and the speed of the wind as i descended at 35 mph. luckily there was very little traffic as i hogged the lane in spite of a healthy shoulder which was covered in snow and slush. other than the elements abusing me, the sad part was i could not enjoy the beauty i knew the backside of this pass held -- that usually made paid me back for all the climbing i'd done in colorado.
as i descended the temperature started to climb. at 37 degrees F, i could start feeling my knees again. it wasn't until 40 deg F that i got back all my feeling except that my feet actually felt cold now. i'll take it! cold was a feeling and i was glad to get it.
as i approached winthrop the temperature climbed to 47 deg F. to be honest, i was worried i was going to make it before i put on all the plastic. funny how when you get to a low point like that that what would've seemed like bad weather before now felt like the best weather ever.
when i arrived in winthrop i was thoroughly spent so i got a hotel and cranked up the heater to dry everything off while i went off to an excellent dinner.
the whole town had this old west look and feel:
Monday, September 26, 2011
washington pass
it sort of worked out as the camp was not very occupied (and no fee -- yay). in the early hours, a bear was knocking stuff around in the campgrounds 50 yards on either side of me. i'd put everything but the bike in the metal bear box except the jerky. so when i heard the bear i put my stinky clothes over the bag of jerky. gross i know, but it worked i suppose.
i slept extremely well as there was no noise except the bear and it was pitch dark. seriously, there was absolutely no light. not true the night before. here is a blurb i wrote about that experience:
i've seen the zombie apocolypse
it turns out to be a campground full of meth addicts. they stay up until midnight, sleep for two hours, then suddenly find themselve helpless unless they are chopping wood and burning an amazing amount of it, preparing their fishing boats, talking about the stupidest things -- the list goes on.
there are warning signs. for instance, if you arrive at a campground and there's a dude sitting way off to the side staring who knows where while a fire blazes with too many logs, then there's going to be some meth zombies that night. plus they have way more gear than a "normal" camper would ever dream or be able to pack modestly in their vehicles.
maybe zombie isn't the correct word. they're more like a cross between harmless vampires and zombies who need something (constructive?) to do in the wee hours. i'll give them this: they don't seem to be thieves or otherwise very harmful. just noisy and busy.
warning: bigfoot/sasquatch crossing
lopez island
eastsound, orcas island
