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SgtMarty wandering around Earth
Well, my ride from Colorado to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska is done. I detoured to Moab, Utah, for the Canyonlands Motor Classic gathering at the end of May, and that part of the story is included here as well. At the end of September, my buddy Don and I will head for Ushuaia, Argentina, at the southern tip of South America.
Part 1. Home to Moab, Utah.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
I finally got the bike done early this morning. I was pretty fuzzy at that point, having been up and active for close to 40 hours straight by the time I zonked out. I expected to get a few hours of sleep before the alarm went off, but as it turned out, Laurie had reset my alarm and called Don that morning and arranged for him to come to my place a couple hours later than we had agreed on. So, after having slept through the newly set alarm, my body clock woke me at 10:30 in a mild panic. I then saw the note that Laurie had left advising me of the new time. So, after a quick shower and some yogurt, I went down to the garage. Just after I opened the door at 11:00, Don rode up.
We spent a couple hours finalizing my packing and Don's repacking, then we were off. We had put some stuff in the truck for Laurie to bring to Moab on Thursday. Still, we were over-loaded--especially me--and the bikes were heavy. Since I had never managed to do a test ride, I wanted to try the bike out on something other than paved roads right away. So, we did the typical thing and rode to Monument and took Mount Herman Road over the Rampart Range, The dirt road was in pretty good shape, but it took some time getting used to the bike being so heavy and sluggish.
I have had ridden the old KLR loaded for camping before, and was used to it being top-heavy, but with the aluminum boxes and big Givi tailbox, this was the heaviest it had ever been. Making quick leans and fast track adjustments were out of the question. This led to a few "Oh, shit!" moments, but I managed okay. Then the first semi-drama occurred.
I was riding in the lead, coming up to a sharp right blind curve. As I neared the apex of the turn, a big pickup truck came around in my side of the road. There was nowhere for me to go, so I rode into the drainage ditch, off to the right. I dabbed with my right foot, which was a bad thing to do with side boxes. My right foot got caught between the box and the right berm, and it turned my foot outward. As the bike fell off to the right, my foot was trapped under the aluminum box and the ground, pointed backward. This was a very ugly position, and I couldn't move at all. I couldn't lift the bike off me, I couldn't turn to my right to relieve the stress to my leg since I was still astride the bike and couldn't swing my left leg over it, and I couldn't pull my foot out. I just stayed there until Don rode up and stopped to lift the bike off my leg. As I stood and assessed any damage, I saw the pickup had stopped just up the road and the driver was watching me hop around on one leg. I wanted to hurt him bad, but I just waved him away. Off he went. I hope Karma bites him soon.
Turns out that aside from a sore ankle and knee, I was okay. We rode on. After gas in Woodland Park and a late lunch at Amanda's Fonda in Manitou Springs, we headed south and west on Old Stage Road/Gold Camp Road to Victor (more dirt roads). I like this route; it's easy, varied, and scenic. Because I'm a doofus sometimes, I again got off into the right ditch on a gradual climb. The bike stayed upright, but was tippy and I had to strain to keep it from going over. I head Don behind me grumbling about something, and I looked back to see him trying to find someplace to park his bike where it would not fall off the sidestand. I kept trying to keep my own bike from flopping over, so I missed Don's fall. Turns out that he got too far into a lean while parking, and his bike flopped over in the road. I let my bike go and it fell over onto the right side box, and I went to help Don. As we lifted his bike up, one of the mirrors caught the new tall windshield, and the big plastic sheet just snapped in half. What a waste. Oh, well.
A couple guys in a truck came and saw our comedy act, but they took pity on us and got out to help us get situated. After getting Don settled, they helped right my bike and push me out of the ditch. I rode to the opposite side of the road (better angle for parking) and promptly dropped the bike over again while parking it. Duh.
We continued through Victor and on into Cripple Creek with further misfortune. Don hadn't done Shelf Road before, so we took that south to U.S. 50. No cattle on Shelf Road this time, but we did scare up some mountain goats or female Bighorn sheep or whatever they were that scrambled up the mountain in a hurry.
We went West past Canon City, then followed a map to a friend's property between Canon City and Westcliffe. It was late when we got set up and ready to camp, and the wonderful views were made hazy and faint by low clouds with a blustery disposition. Don hung his hammock in a canvas shed and I pitched my tent in the dirt. After a bit of fireside chat, we were ready to call it a day.
Did Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia in 2008-2009!
SgtMarty screwed with this post 07-29-2008 at 08:24 PM
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The views were only slightly better in the cold, drizzly morning, and it was still very cloudy. We were on the road by 07:30, headed for Cotopaxi for breakfast. We made a short detour through Salida to see if a couple friends were at their businesses, but both were goofing off elsewhere.
After running up to Buena Vista and finding out that both Independence Pass and Cottonwood Pass were still closed due to the unusually high snowfall this Spring, we backtracked to U.S. 50 and over Monarch Pass.
I hit reserve on the bit IMS gas tank at 246 miles, about what I expected. What I didn't expect was that I only got 13 miles on reserve before the tank went dry right next to the gift shop at the top of the pass. After hot chocolate, Don rode back down a ways to a service station and fetched a siphon pump and hose, returning just after I finally found my own extra fuel hose. More silliness.
I took some of Don's gas and we got down from Monarch Pass to the town of Sargents, where I topped off. Don had been keeping his gas tank full, but I had deliberately let mine run down to see how its capacity played out. I guess that I learned what I needed to know. The IMS tank, due to its thick plastic shell, has very little fuel left when you switch to reserve. Plus, the bike was too heavy to lay on its side to get to the few "secret" reserve ounces of fuel in the right lobe of the tank.
The water level in Blue Mesa Reservoir was lower than I had ever seen it. Maybe they let it flush out?
We had lunch in Montrose at a nice Chinese buffet.
A couple locals advised us that the Uncompagre Plateau was not yet passable to anything other than 4-wheel drives, so that plan was also scrapped. We went south to Ridgeway, then west toward Naturita, intending to find a camp site somewhere along the way. The San Juans were gorgeous, snow-speckled and stark.
Don was having trouble shifting, and almost got hit by a red convertable when he pulled out in front of them and then missed a shift and almost stalled out. They flipped him off and sped past. Turns out that they got in front of me for the next 20 miles or so.
Locals in Naturita had no recommendation for camping, so we decided to find a wilderness camp somewhere. We rode on until we found a dirt road that turned off the pavement and headed into the hills and we went exploring. I wanted to get far away from the main road so our fire would not be seen, so I blasted up some rough rocky sections before finding a nice spot. When I stopped, Don radioed up to me that he had fallen and needed help. I walked down to help him pick up his bike. I forgot to take a photo of his tired bike, but remembered the camera as he headed back down.
He had fallen on a steep slope, on baseball sized rocks. We agreed that a lower camp site would be good enough, so I brought my bike down and we settled into a nice spot. After we got set, a truck started to come up the dirt road toward us, but saw us and turned around and left. Don't know what that was about. The fire chased the gnats away, the weather was cool but clear, and all was well. Don camped in the open, on a plastic sheet, me in my tent.
I stayed up later than Don did. Took a rare self-portrait.
We were here:
Did Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia in 2008-2009!
SgtMarty screwed with this post 07-29-2008 at 08:26 PM
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
We got up at 07:00, broke camp and road up the San Miguel/Dolores river canyon to Gateway for breakfast. A cool, beautiful ride in sharp morning shadows.
We then took John Brown Canyon over the shoulder of the La Salle mountains as we had done last year. A nice ride, but colder than last time.
We got into Moab at about noon, too soon to check into the campground, so we rode down to Fred's shop (Arrowhead Motorsports) to putter around a while. The bike rudely tipped over in Fred's gravel driveway when the sidestand dug into the ground. It's a good thing that Don and I didn't make the common "drop fee" agreement before we started out. The score so far was three for me, two for Don.
After getting our cabin and getting cleaned up, I called Laurie to add a few things to the list of stuff that she would be trucking and trailering in later that night. I found that one of the Rox straps had melted on the muffler, so I would need a new strategy for that strap next time. On the two-night ride here, I had also learned that some of my attachment points for the side bags needed to be altered, and the tank panniers would need to be mounted higher and further forward to clear my knees. It was all manageable, given time. Some of the cheap aluminum caribiners that I had used to attach the bags had bent, and I would need to replace them with real caribiners or other clips.
Both of the aluminum boxes were bent from the tip-overs. I was surprised at how vulnerable they were. I had to bend them back out to get the lids to fit right. Surely some of the boxes out there are sturdier than these. The aluminum alloy in these boxes is pretty soft.
We met several other arriving riders, stopped back by Fred's shop briefly for a chat with folks, then headed for the Moab Brewery for dinner. Laurie arrived after midnight, but she got settled in for bed quickly. We would unpack and unload her bike in the morning.
We were here:
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SgtMarty screwed with this post 07-29-2008 at 08:28 PM
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Breakfast Friday morning was at the Moab Diner. There was a group ride plan for Friday, and the White Rim Trail awaited us. Don was very leery of his shifting problems, but Laurie volunteered her XT225 for Don to ride. She spent the day relaxing, reading, napping, sight-seeing. Almost like a real vacation. We, on the other hand, spent the day beating the hell out of ourselves.
The group got organized for the White Rim Trail (WRT) and headed out at about 08:30, with 21 riders. Going by memory, I tried to get us to the counter-clockwise start of the trail, on the plateau near the Deadhorse Overlook, but my memory on this issue sucks. After I was corrected a couple times, we finally got started by descending the zig-zags down to the Green River. The weather was good for the ride. Not too hot. There were a couple more orientation challenges early on, but we managed okay.
I had my first tip over on a steep, rising turn when the rider in front of me seemed to chicken out and stopped. I was just leaning and accelerating into the turn, and I couldn't keep the KLR from tipping over. I had to pivot the bike a bit before getting it back upright. The KLR still had a couple sets of soft side bags, but the other luggage had been removed. Still, it was heavy.
Some riders had great trouble in the deep sand areas, and Don seems to have no knack for it. Even on the XT225, he goes into a wobble and fights for control when he's in sand. I managed to do a bit better, but I was really babying it since this bike had to get me to Alaska after this weekend. I had forgotten to remove the tall windshield (as I had planned), so I considered that to be the most vulnerable item to protect.
I helped one rider get her bike out of some sand, first by helping push and then by riding it out. She was pretty tired at that point. She was too short to get her legs down to paddle-foot her KLR250 through the sand, so every time she had trouble in sand, down she went. I even got one photo of her in a sandy mid-crash.
This sand area was very deep, and caught several riders. One guy dumped his bike on his leg and the footpeg tore a hole in his calf. Some first aid on the trail and a few stitches later in the day and he was all fixed.
I had coached everyone at the start of the ride to not bunch up, yet I made that mistake myself while riding through some sand behind Don. He had his usual fall and I wasn't able to stop in time and ran my front tire into his back. I will always feel bad about that, but I'm glad he wasn't injured from my error.
We made several stops as a group, including one long group lunch/photo stop. The faster riders were taking off early, and Don and I soon followed. We caught up with some of them and rode as a small group for a while. Murphy's Hogback was easier this time, going downhill, as was Hardscrabble Hill.
The climbs up the other sides were still challenging. I decided that either way you go on the WRT, it will be a different experience and equally adventurous.
Last year, we had done the WRT in the opposite direction, but I had apparently blocked out huge sections of the trail from my memory. In the last third of the WRT, almost none of it seemed familiar to me. We were on the right route, but coming from the other direction had been a completely different experience. I had forgotten about the seemingly endless miles of rough, pot-holed rocky road that battered and shook us to pieces (literally). Straps on the side bags had torn loose and clips had broken and bent. I used a length of nylon rope (from my stash in one of those side bags) to tie the bags to the bike and keep them from flopping around.
Don somehow managed a fairly high-speed crash on the XT225. I came up behind his debris field, saw the tire skid marks and the gouges in the rocky trail. The evidence led right up to where he was still laying next to the bike. He was okay, despite the battering, and the bike had only minor damage. He got back up and we rode on.
It took us almost ten hours to complete the WRT, same as last year. With a much smaller group, and fewer and shorter stops, it could easily be manged in 6-7 hours (assuming no catastrophe). We had expected to siphon gas from my big IMS tank for the XT225, but the smaller bike did the whole WRT, over 150 miles, on one tank... without hitting reserve! That was over 75 miles per gallon! Goodness! We headed for camp to collect Laurie and learn about her lazy day.
Later, we learned that one of the riders had suffered a severe ankle injury on a fall, and a couple bikes had broken their footpegs off. Been there, done all that.
At Fred's shop, we hung around for the drawings, and we each won something.
We headed back to camp for a group meeting of the WRT riders (and more gift drawings). I had my "Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia" t-shirt for people to sign, and I promised to wear it into the Arctic Ocean and again at the southern tip of South America. We hurried into town for dinner at McStiff's, then back to the cabin to spend some time in a coma.
Did Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia in 2008-2009!
SgtMarty screwed with this post 07-29-2008 at 08:30 PM
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
We changed our initial plans for the day after deciding we needed an easier day. I was done with challenging riding, Don agreed, and Laurie needed some easy riding for her part of the adventure. We had breakfast at the Jailhouse (as good as it gets) and later set out for Hurrah Pass on the Kane Creek Road.
It was a bit challenging for Laurie, but she did great. One big sand pit bit her, but she motored on. She did great with the rocky bits, and developed enough confidence to get over some stuff that I thought would intimidate her too much to try. I took photos and some video while Don coached Laurie through some spots. The helmet radios were good for this.
At Hurrah Pass, I'm sure Laurie felt victorious. The scenery was good, too.
Don was still having some shifting problems, and it suggests a transmission problem (since we later ruled out just about everything else). We'll try a clutch rebuild later in the summer before sending it to the shop for work.
From Hurrah Pass, we turned around and returned the way we had come. I had told a couple other riders that we met on the trail that I would be late to the planned tech session at Fred's shop, so I didn't hurry back. After we had made most of our return trip, I left Laurie and Don to manage the rest on their own and I buzzed ahead to the shop. It turned out that a few riders who had planned on my help (doing valve checks and other work) weren't there, so I puttered around helping other people with various projects. Don arrived a bit later, and Laurie followed in the truck with my tool bags. When we were done tinkering, we returned to camp for showers and comfortable clothes. Another trip back to Fred's shop for another round of gift drawings (we each won something again). Don and I met one of our former co-workers at the shop, and we chatted with him for a while. Later, we chose a Thai restaurant in Moab for dinner.
Back in the camp, several riders were watching helmet-camera footage of the WRT and other rides that they had done that day. Don and Laurie zonked out, and I soon followed.
Did Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia in 2008-2009!
SgtMarty screwed with this post 07-29-2008 at 08:32 PM
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
We slept in late, since there were no group plans. Most of the riders were headed home that morning, and we said our good-byes to those we saw. We had breakfast at a hotel restaurant that had old photos of Moab, including behind-the-scenes shots of John Wayne during the filming of "Rio Grand" in the Moab area. We did some shopping in town, finding some useful things in Gearheads, an outdoor sports shop.
We then decided to ride Onion Creek, which Laurie had head a lot about. The many (shallow) water crossings had made her apprehensive, but her ride the previous day had improved her confidence.
Laurie made the ride up Onion Creek with no problems, and even had a few celebrations along the way. We posed for a photo at the top, and I took some more photos and a few videos of Laurie and Don on the way down. Unfortunately, I had the camera set to a low resolution when recording video. Fellow riders will find all this a bit tame, perhaps, but family members will get a kick out of it.
I caught her one biff on video; coming down a sloping road into the creek crossing where she hit a rock or something under the water and came out of the water on a bad line. She ran into the hill alongside the road, and made a cloud of dust. Nothing worse than that. After I got the bike off her foot, she rode on.
Back near Moab, we took a side route to see some petroglyphs in the rock face along the Colorado River. Don and I had seen them, but Laurie had not. It was hot, and we needed ice cream after that. To the Moab Brewery for an early dinner, then back to camp where Don and Laurie got packed up.
I sorted through the things I had brought and the things that Laurie had brought for me, and made my final choices for things to take with me to Alaska. The semi-mesh jacket was the worst choice I made. Once I was out of Utah, it was never again warm enough to wear by itself, and I pretty much always had the heated liner under it and the rain jacket over it as a wind barrier. The Aerostich Darien jacket would have been a better choice.
I had two digital-card based video cameras to choose from, and I chose the better of the two to take with me. Unfortunately, I should have tested it first, because when I tried to use it a few days later, it was dead. The other one probably worked. Bah!
I carried another video camera kit, still in its box, but I had never used it before so it was a total gamble. It was a good camera (if it worked), so I was prepared to experiment with it along the way. I sorted through the clothes I had packed, and sent some home with Laurie, but I still ended up taking too much stuff with me.
We said and hugged our good-byes, and after Don and Laurie had left I did some maintenance work on a few things, then I walked down to the movie theater for the new Indiana Jones movie. I was reminded yet again that more digital special effects does not make for better movies.
Did Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia in 2008-2009!
SgtMarty screwed with this post 07-29-2008 at 08:33 PM
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Monday, June 2, 2008
I registered for another night in the cabin after deciding that I needed to spend an uninterruped day working on the bike. I spent about ten hours fixing the panniers and side bags on the bike. I made several walking trips to Gearheads for nylon straps, buckles, caribiners, more heavy sewing twine, and other bits to make the necessary repairs and upgrades. The stitching on the bags was vulnerable at every seam and strap attachment point, so I re-attached the torn straps and reinforced each of these areas with the sewing awl and waxed twine.
I then re-did some of the strapping, adding buckles and clasps to several places so that I had more flexibility with securing the bags and removing them. I worked from a plastic lawn chair that I kept moving around the bike every half hour or so. Without company or distraction, I got everything done by 19:00, and then did some pre-packing.
I showered and dragged myself over to the Brewery for dinner, several beers, and the 2nd and 3rd overtime periods of the Stanley Cup game. Back at the cabin, I spent a couple hours online, but the wi-fi connection at the campground was slow, so I only managed to get a little done.
Did Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia in 2008-2009!
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Part 2. Moab, Utah to Prudhoe Bay, Deadhorse, Alaska
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Up early to do laundry and take a shower. I got packed up and again lamented having kept too much stuff with me. I checked out of the campground, had breakfast at the Diner, and finally hit the road. I didn't get far right away, though. There was roadway construction just north of Moab, and lots of cars were backed up for a long ways.
After we got through that, I took a photo of me and the bike, feeling as if the trip had truly started now.
I was here:
The historic Dewey Bridge had been burned down by a kid earlier this Spring. Too bad.
I chose a destination in northern Utah and let the GPS pick the route.
After a short stretch on I-70, I took the exit that had been selected and all seemed well for a while. Nice country roads, not well maintained, very little evidence of recent traffic.
The Utah-Colorado border, which I crossed a few times on back roads.
After an hour or so, the road got pretty challenging in spots. As the road wended its way through free-range cattle country, it also climbed into some mountains.
The dirt road was wet in many places from the still-melting snow, and muddy in a few spots. At higher elevations, there was still snow on the road, and I had a hard time punching through some of it. No cars or trucks had been this way in some time. Great. Gotta be careful up here alone.
Of course, it started raining.
I finally bogged down in a muddy trench next to a big patch of ice and snow. The Mefo tire wasn't knobby enough to pull through, but it was knobby enough to dig a hole. The bike was too heavy to pull itself out. I had to unload the bike, setting all the boxes and bags aside, and finally work the bike out and up the road a ways. I made a few trips back on foot to get all the gear and reload the bike. That was tiring. It was drizzly, cold, and windy, too, so that didn't help.
The road soon crested the mountain range, and after some more mud and sand areas, it got much better.
What the GPS hadn't indicated was that the road became a private road at some point. There was no alternative, no fork in the road, just a big steel cable locked across the road with a "No Trespassing" sign. There was no way I was going to backtrack several hours through all that crud, so I managed to slip the cable over the post and proceed. I replaced the cable behind me and hoped that the local residents (if any) would understand. As it turned out, the road was nice, although I did have to ride over a fallen small aspen tree across the road. I never saw another person or a house, just more cattle, one elk, and a few deer.
After several miles, I came to the other end of the private section of road. The iron gate here was much more formidable, and there was no way I could pass it. The fences and ditches on either side had me concerned, too. Eventually, I figured out a way to backtrack a short distance, get past one barbed-wire fence, ride back near the gate and bypass it. Near the gate was a section of strung steel cable instead of barbed wire. Also nearby was a big piece of cast iron pipe. I lugged the 8-foot section of pipe to the cable and laid it across to pull the cable to the ground. This allowed me to ride over the cable very carefully. Freedom! I put everything back the way I had found it and motored on.
The roads now were obviously well-traveled and well-maintained. It eventually came to a recreational area with off-road trails and camping areas. Lots of signs pointed out the various (as yet unseen) activity areas in the scrubby wilderness, but I just wanted to keep heading north. I hadn't seen a soul for four or five hours. The mountain crossing would have been a disaster if I had been stuck or injured, but this area was probably pretty active, at least on the weekends.
Then it was more hills again.
Eventually, the GPS led me to the Rainbow mine area and a ghost town named Dragon. I figured any ghost town named Dragon was worth seeing, but it turns out that I was wrong. Dry, dusty roads led me to a few evident remains of old fences.
There was a chain-linked fence around the Dragon cemetery. Maybe a dozen or more grave markers.
The road was very rutty and hard to ride with the heavy bike. The surface of the road was like brown flour, very fine powder, and it was surprisingly slippery stuff. Trying to stay up on the hump in the middle of the road was proving impossible, and I kept sliding down into the deep tire ruts.
Eventually this bit me, and I had a slow-speed crash into the dirt embankment on the side of the road. Fortunately, the ground rose a bit there, and the bike didn't go over very far. I was able to right it and move on.
That tip-over, and several more to follow as the ride continued, again proved the vulnerability of the aluminum boxes. The back side of each box (where it was mounted to the rack) was getting misshapen with each minor impact. I had to bend the boxes out again by pulling on them several times over the next few days. Still, the boxes remained serviceable, so the un-bending repairs became a matter of routine.
By the way, this was my view from the cockpit.
After learning my lesson about blindly following the GPS to ghost towns, I headed for Vernal, Utah on better roads.
Just as I neared an intersection with another dirt road, I decided to turn around and get a photo of something. The u-turn on the off-camber dirt road was poorly done and I flopped the bike over again. It was fully on its side, with the tires pointed uphill. I was unable to lift it, so I decided to unload it as it lay there. Just then, not two minutes after I tipped over, the first person I had seen in six hours came driving along on the other roadway and saw me trying to pick up the bike. He was a trucker, but he stopped his big rig and jogged over to help me pick the bike up. His timing could not have been better. I thanked him profusely, but he thought nothing of it. He also thought that my plan to ride that bike to Alaska and South America was the coolest thing he had ever heard. He left with a wave and I forgot what I was going back to take a picture of, so I ended up following his rig for a while on the dirt and then on pavement toward Vernal. We waited with a few other cars at another road construction blockage. We later gave each other a wave when he turned off.
Some of the scenery was nice, but it was always cool and very chilly at times. I didn't take as many photos as I now wish I had taken. It drizzled most of the day, on and off, and I really didn't want to stop or dawdle much. Just ride, baby. I got into Vernal at 18:30, then headed toward the Flaming Gorge area to look for a campsite.
What I found was a big day-use picnic area with some RV trails. Good enough for me, especially since I was wet and tired after the 250-mile day. If a Ranger had a problem with me camping in a picnic area, he would have to find me first, and then he would have to stand in the rain to chew me out. Hah!
I found a nice site next to a swift river. I got the tent set up in the drizzle, and then the sky dried up for me while I scrounged fire wood. The reluctant fire finally took hold in the damp wood and things got better. I heated some water in the fire and enjoyed a freeze-dried meal in the cool breeze. Everything was just wonderful for a while and although I was tired, I didn't want to go to sleep and miss the wonderfulness. I finally ran out of firewood, doused the embers with water from the river, and got to bed just as the rain started again. It rained all night. Lightning in the distance, too.
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I was up at 08:30 and packed up the wet tent as quickly as my stiffness and soreness allowed. I had slept well, and was fully rested, but my butt and back were sore from the riding and lifting. An increasing arthritic condition in my lower back is getting my attention more and more as life goes on. Such is mortality.
Once loaded up, I started out of the RV area, but the roads were all muddy and much worse than they had been the night before. The roads were big mud puddles in places, and I almost went down several times. It was even hard to power-walk the bike, paddle-foot style, when the hills were slick or the ruts were deep. I did make it out in one piece, but I was already tired when I got back to pavement. I made an early stop in some town for breakfast and decided to pass up on the rest of the Flaming Gorge area, heading north-west instead.
A couple hundred cold, dreary miles later, in Kemmerer, Wyoming, I gassed up and figured that I was getting about 38 mpg loaded and riding the way I was. That was less than I had hoped for and expected, but it proved to be a consistent rate from then onward. At times I noticed that I was getting over 40 mpg, and speed of travel was the greatest variable.
There was lots of nice scenery, if only in the distance at times, but the Zen-like ride was worth it. Having music to listen to, through the helmet speakers, was also very helpful. My MP3 player has about 800 songs on it, and I have lots more on the laptop that have yet to be loaded into the player, so it's about a week's worth of riding before the songs repeat.
At a mountain pass called "The Rim," the road was twistier and much more enjoyable. There were few opportunities to relax, with sharp turns and steep climbs. The road was good, but tourist traffic was heavier.
I got in to Jackson Hole, Wyoming at about 16:30, about 160 miles from Kemmerer, Wy. Only as I neared the town did the sun fully break out and the light rain stop. I suspect that the Chamber of Commerce and the celebrity population had something to do with bribing the weather gods in the area. I stopped in the center of town just to walk around the small park and absorb some sunlight.
Absolutely nothing about the town was attractive to me. I've seen tourist traps before, and this was just another one. I could believe that there might be an actual city with a real community behind the gaudy facades, but I saw no evidence of it. I took one photo of the town center and got the hell out of there.
I loved the views of the Tetons north of Jackson Hole; they were very rugged and very wintery-looking.
The ride up to Teton National Park was cold again, and some light drizzle reappeared. When I asked about camping in the park, the ranger at the entry station told me that there was a forecast for 2" of snow that night. Hmmm...
Passing through Teton N. P. got colder and colder, and the slow tourist traffic was making me hotter and hotter. Farking idiots. I swear some of these coots were actually dead while driving their huge rented RVs. I exited Teton and entered Yellowstone with gritted teeth (partially from the cold and partially from aggravation).
I decided to take the western route through the park, and reluctantly stopped at the Old Faithful lodge to seek shelter from the rain. I was surprised to hear myself ask for a room in the expensive hotel, but relieved to hear that they were full. I started to leave, but just looking out at the bitter weather turned me around again. Back at the reception desk, I asked the young lady there to see if there were any lodgings available anywhere in the park. She found a few vacancies in other parts of the park, but all were far more expensive than I was willing to pay. Finally, seeing that I was not falling for her sales pitch, she found me a room in the Mammoth resort area, at the far north end of the park, for just under a hundred bucks. I booked it with her and set out for the two-hour ride up to Mammoth.
After about thirty minutes, the weather broke and the riding was easier. What ruined the ride was that since the weather broke, the tourist traffic picked up again. What should have been a two hour ride turned into almost three hours. I can easily understand that the deer, elk, and bison are nice photo ops, but not every single animal is worth stopping in the road for. I actually contemplated violence a couple times. I recognized that my frozen discomfort was contributing heavily to my desire to skin a few people alive, but that recognition did little to lessen the desire. At one point, I waited for at least a hundred cars and RVs to slowly inch past a few bison standing along the side of the road. It's hard to slow-crawl a motorcycle for a mile at less than a walking pace. I actually memorized a couple license plates, just in case I ever saw those vehicles again.
I had to force myself to relax. When I had the chance at one point, I passed a line of cars by riding past them on the right shoulder of the road. That seemed to miff a couple of drivers, but at that point I didn't care. The reward for passing them was immediate. I had mostly clear roads for the next hour in the clearing but still cold evening.
I got to the Mammoth Resort area at 21:00, while it was still very light out. Checking in to the old hotel was quick, but I was disappointed to learn that they had no internet access in the hotel. This proved to be a very common disappointment as my journey continued. I had expected more placed to have internet access, but that was not the case. My room was on the 4th floor. No elevator in the old building. Oof.
I barely made it to the restaurant before they closed. The food was okay, but it was pricey. The beer was the best part.
I worked on the laptop, sorting and resizing photos for a couple hours before zonking out.
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great Job Marty,
we missed you at FMF but knew your adventure was underway, ride safe, and Laurie rode well i thought at Ned's class. RIDE ON!!!!! great pics and RR , keep it coming when you can!
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Into the wild.
Keep on trucking!
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A report that has been a long, long time coming. Enjoy, my friend.
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Just when I was looking for a moving ride report to keep me occuppied the next long while when I need a break...
...Great report Marty, keep on having a good ride!
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Good stuff, Marty!! Nice to read you again.
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Royal Bancshares, Inc., a Bank Holding Co. was founded October 12, 1990, with the idea of establishing a regional financial institution in Southwest Wisconsin. The newly founded company immediately purchased The Bank of Elroy and the State Bank of Lone Rock. Four banking offices were located in Elroy, Lone Rock, Spring Green and Avoca. The combined assets of the Banks totaled $31,530,676. On June 15, 1991, Royal Bancshares, Inc. purchased the Liberty Bank & Trust of Gays Mills, bringing the total banking offices under the Royal Bancshares' ownership to five.
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Your sine wave probably has a too high frequency and when you sample at discrete points at too long intervals you get an aliasing effect. Your contant k_constant is probably way too high.
From what I understand from your code, m_points[i].[0] is the X-coordinate of the pixel you want the point to appear at. If that's the case, then the first thing to do is to normalize this parameter. If you divide it by WIDTH, which I assume is the width in pixels of your window, you'll get a parameter then spans from 0 to 1 along the full length of the window. If you then multiply by 2*pi, the parameter then spans from 0 to 2*pi over the full length of the window which corresponds to a full period.
Now that you have a parameter that spans one full period, you can easily tweak the frequency by multiplying again by the number of periods you want.
m_points[i].p[1] = amplitude * std::sinf(m_points[i].p[0]/WIDTH * 2*pi * periods);
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I told this girl I want to take things slow. Was that a good choice?
I'm 6 weeks out of a relationship. It ended with her completely dropping me. Out of nowhere. Anyways, 2 weeks ago, a girl messaged me on Facebook... Show More
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"It ended with her completely dropping me"
Don't let that happen again.
"but we ended up having sex... "
That's my boy.
" I think we should take things a little slower, because I don't wanna ruin things between us."
Not the best approach... Anyway.
" to get her wrapped around my finger?"
Pay close attention to my words:
- Do not be afraid to let her go
- Do not be afraid to let her go
- Do not be afraid to let her go
- Do not be afraid to let her go
Am I crazy? No, what I mean is that you need to have enough maturity to assume your natural role in any relationship that you will have in your entire life: You are the Man.
Be the Man in the relationship. Your previous experiences haven't turned out well, you've been dumped before and that has undoubtedly lowered your self esteem:
"I want to make sure she really likes me first."
See what I mean? Even though you've already had sex with this girl you're not sure whether she likes you or not. This is your broken ego talking, this is why you're afraid of losing this girl, and this is why you need to learn what Being the Man in a Relationship really is.
You're a nice guy and you want to take things slowly. OK, being a nice guy is good, but being a nice guy without being a Man first is not. Women don't see the nice guy, they don't fall in love with the nice guy, they fall in love with the Man. The nice guy thing is just a mere bonus. Are you with me?
Being a Man is more than just have the XY chromosomes. It's more than that. There are literally thousands of web sites dedicated to define, analyse, and discuss about Masculinity. Google them, read them, study them, learn on your own what our fathers didn't teach us. link
Do not be afraid to let her go, and she will want to stay.
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Ask her on dates and get to know each other. Create memories and such is such. You really want her to want you, then you must show her that you are interested in her and "keeping it slow" doesn't mean slowly fading away which can happen in many cases. Don't let this happen. Even ring her and say you were thinking of her or something, something to let her know you like her, and that she isn't a fling.
Yes its a good move. Girls like when guys are in touch with their emotions enough to make responsible choices like this.
If you genuinely like her, don't stop with the physical contact, or the flirting, or the fun stuff. But do take your time on the serious side of things.
Most of all, share your thoughts with her; and if things seem like they're moving too fast, let her know and ask for her advice.
Ummm, NEVER tell a girl you want to take things slow AFTER sex, dummy. Now, because you said that, don't have sex with her. She will just be confused and then probably post questions on GAG asking does he like me? blah blah blah...
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lets go slow doesn't mean anything is just filler. people use it from anything rom rejection to I love you but don't want you to know. its a bull sh*t phrase. I e platitude. overused to the point it loses meaning.
I agree with toulous. If I was a guy I would never say, "let's go slow." To me it means, this person doesn't want a real relationship with me and he just wants to have his cake and eat it too. The thing is, he can eat his cake, but don't eat mine.
I think you did the right thing by telling her how you feel. A lot of times its just important that people communicate so that there aren't misunderstandings. She may be worried too that you will drop her. As long as you guys establish a trust between each other, everything should go well.
Dont talk to her for a whole day after having sex the day before?! Wow, I'd be pissed but I guess that is just me. Second, you wanna take things slow? All I'm saying, is if she has had bad experiences with "Taking things slow" she certainly didn't like that. I know I've had bad experiences where a guy will say that and then BAM nothing its like we were strangers the whole time.
YES YES YES that was a good idea. Now just pretend like that night didn't happen you can all laugh and acknowledge it later. You should continue courting her, taking her on dates. After a while you can make things official. You probably should hold off till you are committed to one another, no question. I am speaking from experience by the way. Good Luck!
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According to EW.com, stage and screen star Alec Baldwin has signed on for Woody Allen's next film, BLUE JASMINE.
Alec Baldwin last appeared on stage in the 2010 Guild Hall (East Hampton) production of Peter Shaffer's Equus, directed by Tony Walton. Other stage credits include the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane, directed by Scott Ellis. Loot (Broadway-1986; Theatre World Award), Caryl Churchill's Serious Money (Broadway-1988), Prelude to a Kiss (Circle Rep.- 1990; Obie Award), A Streetcar Named Desire (Broadway-1992; Tony nomination), Macbeth (The Public-1998), Twentieth Century (Roundabout-2004). (Also The Hartman in Stamford, Williamstown, Bay Street).
Baldwin has appeared in over 40 films, including Beetlejuice, Working Girl, Miami Blues, The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice, The Juror, The Edge, Ghosts of Mississippi, State and Main, The Cat in the Hat, The Cooler (National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, Oscar nomination), The Aviator, The Departed, and It's Complicated, among many others.
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Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Edward Walson, Blue Jasmine has another all-star cast which includes Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg. Blue Jasmine is the story of the final stages of an acute crisis and a life of a fashionable New York housewife.
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not like any girl you've ever met. talk to me and ill show you.
im not your average girl. ive done stupid things and gotten hurt from every single boyfriend ive had and its not easy. but ive learned from every experience ive had. that's why im trying this. i go to school in Mississippi where ive also had some rough times. i started as a sorority girl but found out drama does not end in high school. a lie was spread about me and i was terminated because of it. im adjusting to it thought and moving on to bigger and better things. im Florida raised and a country girl at heart, born in Nashville, TN. i get a country accent when im angry. i know how to have a great time weather its a night in or out. im super social and outgoing. ask and ill tell, im very open. i type smiles way to much and i smile a lot in person. im a HUGE football fan and am a die hard rebels fan. i love playing volleyball and dancing. i also dabble in the fine arts. ive danced for 17 years and an now moving on to choreographing for my school. i sing, write songs, plan the piano, and am currently teaching myself how to play the guitar. there's a lot more to tell but just hit me up and ill tell you my entire life story.
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Chef Penny Luce, Natural Chef, gradated from Bauman College of Holistic Cooking and brings her craft to ITK in our latest series of Healthy Cooking Classes. Her experience as a personal chef and caterer shines through in her class recipes which highlights our lower continental neighbors.
South American
Blood Orange Sangria
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Smokey Roasted Red Bell Pepper Quinoa Salad with slivered almonds and avocado
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PowerMizer (level 2) GT 240m
Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can provide any information on why performance level 2 (highest) is unavailable for my GeForce GT 240m.
This mode is listed within the nvidia-settings utility, but the driver never achieves switching to it. Instead, it uses performance level 1 as the maximum mode, which uses clock speeds considerably lower than level 2.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 x64 with the Nvidia 280.13 driver. This has been an issue since I purchased this machine and is not reproducible on Windows, which quickly switched to performance level 2 when entering games in the short time I had Windows 7 installed on the machine.
This is a very well designed laptop and can certainly handle any heat this GPU could produce with the highest of efficiency.
If anyone has suggestions on what I could do to reach performance level 2, it would be greatly appreciated. I've tried using Coolbits, but it only allows me to overclock the perfomance level 2 that I'm unable to use.
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Am I the only person with a similar issue?
Re: PowerMizer (level 2) GT 240m
I'm experiencing the same problem on my HP8740w laptop with nvidia quadro 5000M.
It looks like it's a problem with Ubuntu 11.10 x64. Everything works as expected on ubuntu 11.04 but I could not manage to get the gpu to reach power level 2 in 11.10.
I have tried various drivers from nvidia's site as well as the ones in the repositories to no avail.
I seriously hope this issue gets resolved soon...
EDIT: Solved by upgrading the BIOS of my HP8740w to version F.20
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ATV / UTV 1-point Lift System
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Impact Implements ATV / UTV 1-point Lift System. Turn your ATV or UTV into a do-all workhorse!
Grade driveways. Clear brush from woodland trails. Level dirt. Knock down gopher mounds. Cut through hard-packed soil and more! Here's everything you need to let your ATV be all it can be.
Simply mount the 1-point Lift System to your ATV or UTV's 2" receiver, and you'll have the right platform to quickly and easily switch. If you've been shopping around, you know that similar systems can go for much, much more. But thanks to our special arrangement with the manufacturer, you can save hundreds!1-point Lift System:
- Rock-solid 14 gauge tube steel construction
- Lots of height adjustment options: mount your chosen Accessory at the height you want, then use the manual crank for an additional 10" of fine adjustments
- 1-pin implement attachment for quick and easy accessory change-outs
- Fits 2" hitch receiver.
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ATV / UTV 1-point Lift System is rated out of 5 by 11.Rated 4 out of 5 by Tomthum from You may have to do a little work It didn't have enough adjustment for all my inplaments,so I made a couple of new longer pivot arms now it works just fine.It will lower more and raise a lot higher.Its a great product just needs to be reengineered a little.I really fell this product was not field researched enuff! Lengthen the pivot arms 4in. And you will be ok.Date published: 2015-06-04Rated 5 out of 5 by Luckymut from 1pt lift system It works as it says it does. I am sure we will get a lot of use from this.Date published: 2015-05-12Rated 5 out of 5 by marsh1 from overall read all the negative reviews on it and still purchased,,had no problems at all, theres no way for the price you could purchase materials and time in fabricating could you do any better,,a little fabricating on my end i mounted a 2000 pound winch on the top of it and did away with the hand crank and a 60" polaris blade i had with a bolt on reese 2" receiver on the blade 1 pin hookup and not only have used the blade on my driveway gravel with no problem but had a furrowing plow i added with another bolt on reese added to the plow 1 pin blade off and 1 pin plow on dug my neighbors potatoes for him with no problems at all....Date published: 2014-10-23Rated 1 out of 5 by divcord from Needs Some work Its will not adjust enough to were it will hold your attachments to the ground to let them work going to take a look at it and see with I can do to fix this Not a bad price for what you get just needs some County boy tweks to make it work wrightDate published: 2014-10-13Rated 4 out of 5 by STEVE from I haven t had a chance yet to try it out. I had to have a 3 quarter inch hole drilled where the system fastens to my ATV. Hole was made to fasten system where ball that my trailer is connected to. JMDate published: 2014-07-26Rated 1 out of 5 by WILLIAML from It is a terrible piece of junk. No way for it to work and give the support needed for an implement and can't get enough height adjustment either.Date published: 2014-06-01Rated 1 out of 5 by DAVID from Unfortunately I had to return this item, it was flimsy, came with NO directions and overall was a disappointment .Date published: 2014-05-13Rated 5 out of 5 by GEORGE from It's a good item, works great. Saves me a lot of timeDate published: 2014-03-03
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Birthday Bash Banner
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Yar! If ye are celebratin' a pirate birthday, you must include this Birthday Bash Banner from Craftwell! This cute pirate themed DIY paper bunted banner is great for a little boys' pirate party...and you can even customize it to say whatever you'd like! There are even some 3D elements to the banner to really make it stand out. This is one party decoration that you'll find yourself using again and again!
- eBosser Automatic Embosser & Die Cutter
- White Cardstock
- Patterned Paper
- Sizzix Layered Banner Die
- Sizzix/Tim Holtz Styled Labels Die
- 4" QuicKutz Pinwheel Die
- Sizzix Nested Hanging Stars Die
- Cuttlebug Beware Die
- Circles and Clouds Cardstock Punch-Outs
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- Twine
- 1" Hole Puncher
Use the Sizzix Layered Banner Die with white American Crafts paper for the larger piece.Then cut the next size down using the Echo Park and Crate patterned paper. The white will be the back layer and the patterned paper will be the top layer. Create as many times as desired.
Use the Sizzix/Tim Holtz 'Styled Labels' die to create the pieces behind "Happy Birthday."
Cut the pinwheels from the 4" QuicKutz 'Pinwheel' die. Glue them down and finish them off with stars cut from Sizzix's 'Nested Hanging Stars' die.
Punch 1" holes from a cardstock of your choice using the hole puncher. These will affix on top of your stars. Then apply Letters on top of the 1" circles to spell the childs name.
Embellish the banner with some skulls cut from Cuttlebug's 'Beware' die. Also, cut a few big stars from Sizzix's 'Nested Hanging Stars' die and place the outline it in the middle (here it is behind the 4) and use the smaller stars to decorate the rest of the banner.
Apply the circles and clouds from the 'Cirlces and Clouds' Cardstock punch-out where you would like.
- Apply the words "Happy Birthday" including the age and assemble banner together with twine.
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Before I go on to list some sobering childhood obesity facts, here's the one that hits me hardest: Yale University found that overweight children are routinely teased and bullied by peers and even teachers and parents. That's now 35 percent of all kids, half of whom qualify as obese. The Yale study […]3 Comments • Continue Reading →