Cooks flew the nest.

[JC w KC redux]

Not crud but possibly one of the best climbs at Rushmore - 2nd Hand Rose Arete

[mungeclimber]

Lobe them Rushmore climbs!

[JC w KC redux]

Lobe them Rushmore climbs!

Crazy big quartz and feldspar crystals in the rock - golfball size and bigger - knobby goodness but even more unique than that "Other" place with knob-size crystals - inappropriate talk for a Pinnacles thread but hey - I didn't start it 

[F4?]

Where are the unincycle pictures?

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Where are the unincycle pictures?

Here is one from a ride I took on a challenging gravelly road on the edge of Lake Bonneville.
It was almost 100 degrees but we were desperate to get some exercise and stretch out after the drive.
We did yoga later in the shade of the truck and then stayed there waiting for the sun to go over the ridge.
The air became incredibly still after the sun went down and then the wind started whipping all night (just about the time we were getting to sleep). At least it cooled off a little. We definitely had some hotter nights back east.

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So what you are saying is that being a sweaty male riding half a bike is a turn on?

[F4?]

Oh, I thought this trek was done in the RAV4...hence the confusion on how the Uni-C was being carried.
Nice rig.

Klink, note the air vent is open.....wise move.

That will work nice at the Pinns, but not Brad's driveway.

[JC w KC redux]

Here's a couple more from the towpath in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
The towpath is the old path adjacent to the Ohio Canal.
Handlers led beasts of burden as they pulled barges along the canal.
Super fun ride and definitely one of the highlights of the trip.
Kat ran ahead of me checking for obstacles and took pics as well as a few short videos.
Both of these pics are screen shots from the videos. Arms are out just for show.

[F4?]

Where are fur Woodstock pictures? Clink keeps asking..

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Where are fur Woodstock pictures? Clink keeps asking..

He only needs to go as far as Santa Cruz to get furry.

[F4?]

Lousy IPhone!

I think there is some showing off....

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Lousy IPhone!

I think there is some showing off....

At the end of the ride I had to make a series of really tight turns over smaller bridges with bump-ups over concrete edges and then over one last large bridge. I looked ahead at the whole things and said out loud "I can't do that!" I still have no idea how I pulled it off but I made it - squealing the whole time - now THAT video would have been priceless. It all happened too fast  

[JC w KC redux]

New record set (2 months on the road) and not a peep.

Soledad now has a roundabout where you turn at the park onto/off Metz road.
Made for a rude awakening in heavy fog while looking for the stop sign on the way out.
Metz road is a bit wild coming in to the west side from King City.

They are building a Tesla charging station at the end of Main Street.
Ay yi yi yi.

[BAP]

They are building a Tesla charging station at the end of Main Street.

They should hook up the charging station with the state prison/ aka Correctional Training Facility.  So they can have inmates riding stationary bikes 24/7 to generate power for the charging station.

[JC w KC redux]

^^^
I was thinking kiddie pools by each station where people can stand to plug in.

[Brad Young]

Soledad now has a roundabout where you turn at the park onto/off Metz road.
Made for a rude awakening in heavy fog while looking for the stop sign on the way out.

Thanks to your warning, Vicki managed the roundabout in the van.

Since you'd warned us, we weren't surprised. We were, however surprised at the fire damage near the park boundary. In fact, I'd completely forgotten about the fire itself. I suppose we should feel lucky that it didn't burn a larger area, but what it got to it burned pretty bad.

The normal drive in to the West Side (this taken about 1/2 mile from the entrance cattle guard:




And in sequence on the way in, all the way to the barbed wire fence that is the park boundary:

[JC w KC redux]

The pics don't do it justice. We drove in yesterday, ran away today.

[Brad Young]

The pics don't do it justice. We drove in yesterday, ran away today.

Very true.

[JC w KC redux]

Took a quick trip to La La Land to see our friend Dave (and his wife Lynette).

We took a hike up Beacon Hill with Dave and encountered these fine specimens doing some sort of mating ritual.

Dave was already way too close (he got the picture) and the slithering serpents seemed oblivious as they swirled and moved closer to him.
We were both going - "dude!" and his response was - "they're not predators" (maybe he was a snake charmer in a previous life)

 

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We took a hike up Beacon Hill with Dave and encountered these fine specimens doing some sort of mating ritual.

Dave was already way too close (he got the picture) and the slithering serpents seemed oblivious as they swirled and moved closer to him.
We were both going - "dude!" and his response was - "they're not predators" (maybe he was a snake charmer in a previous life)

Makes you wonder what those snakes were in a former life.