tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105654392024-03-20T01:26:48.184-06:00Thirsty BobBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-87012867369836593652014-04-08T16:51:00.000-06:002014-04-08T16:51:05.052-06:00Bike Week 1920<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Found on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/358/8334208270/">Flickr</a> by <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/flickr-finds-no-27/">Collossal</a>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-47753445908967346372012-04-26T07:00:00.000-06:002012-04-26T07:00:14.981-06:00Will It Blend?I love this.
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As <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4513929.stm">this report from the BBC</a> shows, bikes are still popular in the UK. In an online poll of BBC Radio 4 listeners, bikes beat out the computer, the internal combustion engine, the germ theory of infection and other big name inventions for the title of the most significant innovation since 1800.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-82004993196644727282012-04-21T07:00:00.000-06:002012-04-21T07:00:03.119-06:00The Fall and Rise of Dutch CyclingA brief look at how cycling became a way of life in the Netherlands<br />
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I don't know if this guy just had this bike around in case of flood or put it together when the need, and the water, arose, but either way. . . awesome.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-14434972547498467062011-11-07T06:00:00.000-07:002011-11-07T06:00:19.861-07:00A Midlife Crisis Success StoryAfter training and racing on his Peugeot PX-10 for over 30,000 miles in the 1980s...<br />
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...Michael Gill upgraded to a Colnago, sold the Peugeot and moved on.<br />
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26 years later, he caught the old bike bug and went looking for a vintage ride to rekindle the joy he'd felt with his old Peugot. Well, it turns out that while looking at a couple of vintage bike frames listed on Craig's List, he found not just a similar bike, but the remains of his old bike which he recognized by the "black helvetica letters spelling out CLEVELAND" that he had added to the fork.<br />
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There are some great details in <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/13/141322335/">this NPR story</a>.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-88455469510148332312011-11-02T18:30:00.000-06:002011-11-02T18:51:55.649-06:00Hard Hitting HerbivoreJust because an animal only eats grass doesn't mean it can't be tough. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S2oymHHyV1M" width="560"></iframe>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-31290994580942725122011-10-28T07:30:00.000-06:002011-10-28T07:30:00.749-06:00Single Speed Jumps the Shark?I took this picture in a Walmart the other day:<br />
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Someone who rode it said it was a comfortable ride and got more comfortable as you went faster. <br />
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If you have airfair to London and £350 a night, you can ride if free at the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3464">W Hotel</a>. If go, I'd be curious to know how it corners.</div>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-35333357785094960152011-10-20T06:00:00.039-06:002011-10-20T06:00:14.342-06:00A Treasure Trove of Old Movie FootageI came across the <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/">British Pathe site</a> which hosts some truly remarkable old movie clips on an amazing range of subjects. For example, he's some footage of the 1969 Wimbledon Finals:<br />
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Here's a French guy doing tricks on his skis with no snow:<br />
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You'll also find film of <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=50718">Hitler ranting</a>, of <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=20660">70-year-old Bernarr MacFaddern</a> heading off to a transcontinental airplane race, of <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=251">beard research</a> and a many more that are much cooler than those.<br />
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But since this blog is now almost completely dedicated to bikes, here's a clip about a 6 day team bicycle race held in Madison Square Garden in 1928:<br />
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The caption for this photo from <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html"><i>The Atlantic</i>'s In Focus series of photos from World War II</a> says, "Canadian soldiers from 9th Brigade land with their bicycles at Juno Beach in Bernieres-sur-Mer during D-Day, while Allied forces were storming the Normandy beaches."Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-63176054730002089492011-10-10T06:00:00.006-06:002011-10-10T06:00:04.977-06:00The Ultimate Utility BikeOregon Manifest hosted a design and build competition that pitted some top custom bike makers and student teams against each other with a <a href="http://oregonmanifest.com/challenge/">challenge to create the ultimate modern utility bike</a>.<br />
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You can see the contestants and their creations <a href="http://oregonmanifest.com/constructors/">here</a>. Oregon Manifest chose some <a href="http://oregonmanifest.com/2011/09/26/the-constructors-design-challenge-winners/">winners</a> which is all well and good, but if I could choose one it would be this:<br />
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</div><div>He did say, "<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/142/10.html">See, in my poems, cities, solid, vast, inland, with paved streets, with iron and stone edifices, ceaseless vehicles, and commerce...</a>"</div><div><br />
</div><div>Here's one I think he would like:<br />
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An 1869 city directory, listing Whitman, then working as a clerk in the Attorney General's office, among the butchers, tailors, painters and other masses of people in Washington DC, the capital of democracy. Whitman and America, "<a href="http://www.bartleby.com/142/91.html">Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs</a>."</div>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-48235788217173990482011-05-01T09:36:00.001-06:002011-05-01T09:37:38.167-06:00Kicking Off National Bike MonthIn honor of national bike month, I've decided to post a few cycling related items in May.<br />
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Let's kick things off right with this picture from the Library of Congress of the "bicycle rider of the world"<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-62518040523671405062010-09-12T18:42:00.006-06:002010-09-12T19:16:13.427-06:00Whole AgainI put it off as long as I could, but with <a href="http://thirstybob.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-went-for-ride-today-at-lunch.html">parts falling off</a> mid-ride, it was finally time to replace the fork on my bike.<br /><br />Without further ado may I introduce, the new guy, Magura Durin R 80...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AtR8nxdnrONrOERwvfRT2Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TImc-FfXWDI/AAAAAAAAC2w/e_bdWIujpeI/s400/IMG_3990.JPG" /></a></div><br />Here's a close up:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SvbrRARhKGGx4bCdZKBFWg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TImc-oOmu9I/AAAAAAAAC20/xJH7xPsEveE/s400/IMG_3996.JPG" /></a></div><br />After I'd taken him out for a ride and decided that he was really the one for me, I toned him down a little by removing the stickers:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QUVXDH_FzNRctyLJQlbXxQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TIruqIGqYsI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/DSjOuBZrD-k/s400/IMG_4057.JPG" /></a></div><br />And here's the whole bike with the new look:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/af-HzzLX6NCIGuv9IT9lCw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TIrurl_IU8I/AAAAAAAAC38/VjnlDztwCio/s500/IMG_4060.JPG" /></a></div><br />For several years I've been telling myself that my fork was good enough and that I wouldn't even notice the difference if I got a new one. The first part was true, the 12 year old Judy XC was good enough. But it turns out the second part was false, I can tell the difference and Durin R 80 is a dreamy ride.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-44646274259266916532010-09-02T16:45:00.004-06:002010-09-03T06:34:06.850-06:00LeprosyI went for a ride today at lunch. A little past the half way point of the ride, I looked down and noticed something strange:<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g1VI06t4S9w2Ytg2Lcc1bg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TIAQ_BEZ8xI/AAAAAAAAC18/ZBCWSR2dqZI/s500/IMG_5576.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>If you find the top cap for a 1998 Judy on the front side of Timp, it's mine. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the mean time, I'm in the market for a new fork.</div>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-8404911305445607962010-08-25T11:44:00.024-06:002010-08-26T12:58:10.695-06:003 Days in the Uintas, Kings Peak and No RainThose of you who have spent time in Utah's Uinta mountains may not believe this, but on July 15, 2010, I drove to Wyoming, hiked into the Henry's Fork basin, camped over and didn't see a single cloud all day or all night long. Impossible, and yet, it happened.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That was day one of a trip to Kings Peak that I took with some friends from work. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kings Peak is a big rock pile and the highest point in Utah at 13,528 feet (4,123 meters). The most common route to the summit (which we took) begins at the Henry's Fork trailhead, proceeds into the Henry's Fork basin, up over Gunsight Pass, across to Anderson Pass and up the ridge line to Kings Peak.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="550" height="400" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&ei=QNp1TNn6KIvWtQP2jeWgDQ&ved=0CBYQ_AU&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=115343661326614367197.00048eb1721601782ed78&ll=40.856409,-110.34874&spn=0.207738,0.377655&z=11&output=embed"></iframe></div><small><div style="text-align: center;">View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&ei=QNp1TNn6KIvWtQP2jeWgDQ&ved=0CBYQ_AU&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=115343661326614367197.00048eb1721601782ed78&ll=40.856409,-110.34874&spn=0.207738,0.377655&z=11&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">King's Peak</a> in a larger map</div></small><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are a few pictures from the trip:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mSZ7Q-5zgD8eKxDJHl44iQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHb7LPqINI/AAAAAAAACxs/YEQW2Oxs7yk/s500/IMG_2817.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Thursday morning Russell and I drove through the high plains of Wyoming to the trailhead. You can just see the Uintas popping up in the distance here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1avPvJiOCu99ffOhbeO8Bg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHb79_7k6I/AAAAAAAACxw/ySXFBDG5qcg/s500/IMG_2826.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Russell heading up the trail. We saw a lot of dead pine trees thanks to the bark beetles, especially at the lower elevations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wjMpE5YkF91T3AVFTNhcvA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHb8vJr7SI/AAAAAAAACx0/oI8vILoMoMQ/s400/IMG_2851.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As we approached Henry's Fork basin, we came across a nice selection of wild flowers. Only a few types stuck with us as we climbed higher.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c-S9uS99mOUxkagxaRJ1Iw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHb9IM4oKI/AAAAAAAACx4/IfUUbEQwO6o/s500/IMG_2856.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Russell enters the basin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zRJlscFLdtEKrmNMAf33XQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHb9-jh_kI/AAAAAAAACx8/XOzMwfXoRg8/s400/IMG_2869.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At about Dollar Lake we met up with the other members of our group who got a head start by spending Wednesday night in the Henry's Fork campground. Here we find Shad, Anne, Hondo and Brent at Ye Olde Water Filtering Spot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9lVQwodI1q2OL0ZIdnBvDA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHb-nYiKRI/AAAAAAAACyA/G_S4eLPoQsk/s400/IMG_2883.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After setting up camp, pumping some water and scouting around, it was time for a dip in the lake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3xrVX2GMKnkTkuIUzCZM9g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcTP5PC5I/AAAAAAAACy0/Y8M8zaVu588/s400/IMG_3053.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kings Peak is a very popular destination for boy scouts and we saw our share. Perhaps the only wildlife that could compete with the scouts in terms of numbers and annoyance were the mosquitoes. Actually most of the scouts were very well behaved.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ct7ti1wzqSPrIBG7rMe-XQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHb-7w5R1I/AAAAAAAACyE/0mg1FLXKpwU/s400/IMG_2889.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As the evening progressed, the mosquitoes came out in force and Hondo decided that he could do any necessary socializing through the screen door of his tent. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8mdBtlaSkpQAu1v_8Fe_3Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcVUruLGI/AAAAAAAACzE/pYv6fKa6AQE/s500/IMG_2908.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">After a day without a single visible wisp of clouds, the sky stayed perfectly clear all night and the stars were amazing. I don't remember the last time I saw the night sky so bright. The morning dawned just as clear, as the first light hit Kings Peak.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qDIN20KfeH5gvstTVjXTCA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcLldnFTI/AAAAAAAACyI/hgOeMEkJ58E/s500/IMG_2920.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We ate some breakfast and headed off to hike to the summit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uN052TRJ86dbP2q_WjASkw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcMa85MuI/AAAAAAAACyM/TRnie383PzY/s500/IMG_2939.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The last push to Gunsight Pass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dNqhhdMGRpa5AuTC-3M_gA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcM639hTI/AAAAAAAACyQ/KVcISk_OkX8/s500/IMG_2947.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From Gunsight pass, the main trail dips down into a valley and back up toward Anderson Pass. We decided to take a shortcut that cut straight across for the pass, under this snow patch and up over the ridge.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/--eFXTjdxNZobuq3Sjs-6Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcNuKRReI/AAAAAAAACyU/pl2zkLk8cO8/s500/IMG_2954.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A view of the valley we didn't drop down into.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6i8LkCV7OR7pWf3y-gezxQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcPXsjcYI/AAAAAAAACyc/vZKQxDroqq0/s500/IMG_2968.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Once we got over the ridge we made our way across the rock pile toward Anderson Pass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sIXIczuEgSuiBd2XHZWhsw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcPwNqMXI/AAAAAAAACyg/-sKa9jPx3jc/s500/IMG_2976.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The group just below Anderson Pass with Henry's Fork basin in the background.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LI0dVJk3NNN5DfjigIDNHw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcQRIHrVI/AAAAAAAACyk/Ma46TvPniBo/s400/IMG_3008.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">From Anderson Pass it's just a rock scramble to the top of Kings Peak. Here's Hondo atop the highest point in Utah. I'm not sure, but I think he is trying to summon some clouds.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g2KPWmHv6npDbo2Us_Rjwg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcRDOxfeI/AAAAAAAACyo/3Pva1Ogp4BE/s500/IMG_3020.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We took the same route back. Here we are approaching Gunsight Pass along our shortcut.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cn0TAp4_w78gf7ESlYwAtw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcRgIq7aI/AAAAAAAACys/6XEvlkafzgo/s400/IMG_3032.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just below Gunsight Pass we came across this marmot whistling for a mate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UmL64d_v-681ii61OzMfPw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcSdS2W-I/AAAAAAAACyw/7sULnZlfoHE/s500/IMG_3034.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Heading past a little lake on the way back into the basin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mkcHV99gBhM?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mkcHV99gBhM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Once we were back at Dollar Lake, it was time for another swim. I took this movie for Mary who couldn't come, but would have loved it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F9EWsm0LU1iQOjls5M88gw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcTg4LXLI/AAAAAAAACy4/S8I-1dk17WQ/s500/IMG_3054.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The clouds that Hondo summoned, built over night, but were still very friendly the next morning as we took a last look at the lake before heading out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ww0iyjTv8u4yoNgT2SuYTQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcUT9f8pI/AAAAAAAACy8/aCteitSVBmw/s400/IMG_3064.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Russell and I took a little detour on the way back to check out this very noisy waterfall with a great pool below it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0Z3LfgP1DGkDzX7THceDEA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/THHcU4OjtOI/AAAAAAAACzA/XbIpLfS2DU8/s400/IMG_3071.JPG" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As we got back to the trailhead we caught a glimpse of a bark beetle pheromone packet. I'd read about them in connection with </span><a href="http://www.treefight.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">this site</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, but hadn't seen one in the wild.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beautiful location, good friends and great weather. What more could you ask for in a quick trip to the top of Utah?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10565439.post-68937375146372200632010-08-20T11:57:00.006-06:002010-08-20T13:33:36.161-06:00A Timpanogos Anniversary<div>Since I organized <a href="http://thirstybob.blogspot.com/2009/08/trip-to-granddaddy-lake-basin.html">last year's anniversary celebration</a>, Mary was in charge this year. She thought that a nice hike up Mt Timpanogos might be just the thing and, as is generally the case, she was right.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/G2BnxKjDLZ-SQvFaUxm6XlfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gI0BEaCI/AAAAAAAACwA/cs026AE7jQ4/s400/IMG_3722.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are getting ready to set out from </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Timpanooke trailhead. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/u_Vi1Pr6l4VsZCRAOiJGKlfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gJbFzPfI/AAAAAAAACsc/mI6gpl_EkMk/s400/IMG_3725.JPG" /></a><br />Lone Peak Wilderness and the back of Snowbird </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Alta from the trail.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cpb8EBXlqpnggvB4twhVxFfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gJ_DpOKI/AAAAAAAACsg/bVqf8q5GQA0/s400/IMG_3730.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Crossing the last shale section before coming into </div><div style="text-align: center;">the upper meadows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fmmEDALpLcEbOsQ0cLX04FfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gLDAB27I/AAAAAAAACv4/pTFpHteTge4/s400/IMG_3732.JPG" /></a><br />Mary contemplates the wildflowers that were in </div><div style="text-align: center;">full bloom at the higher elevations.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/s5N1SXVoaQI3rLQIy-79F1fK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gMVnhzaI/AAAAAAAACvo/XMJ434dJJ2E/s400/IMG_3737.JPG" /></a><br />For example.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rSgX8RorDk0eIsZObFvSvFfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gM5ShxBI/AAAAAAAACvk/yEk9CgVQT04/s400/IMG_3746.JPG" /></a><br />A view toward the summit and the Emerald Lake basin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Kpwt3a5wq6zHiHIZTF7s6FfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gNxfCFDI/AAAAAAAACxM/iGw10geucg0/s400/IMG_3760.JPG" /></a><br />Mary follows the trail through the flowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wLgqEWcV61m320rDUkVSylfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gOVKDqEI/AAAAAAAACvQ/2tTwLjw1gbA/s400/IMG_3769.JPG" /></a><br />A look back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_pFekZvgDh03E73zn33w21fK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gOwyFNMI/AAAAAAAACvI/s1fmk8SaDdE/s400/IMG_3773.JPG" /></a><br />The shale field on the way to Emerald Lake.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i0vX1hdceSqmI48WVwKp-FfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gPQ9_pdI/AAAAAAAACvA/KE8xRWs-3QE/s400/IMG_3779.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As we came over the hill and looked down toward the </div><div style="text-align: center;">Quonset hut we noticed 5 members of Timpanogos' </div><div style="text-align: center;">mountain goat community milling around. As we </div><div style="text-align: center;">walked down to the hut 3 more came up the trail from </div><div style="text-align: center;">the lake to join their fellows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/o-A_CRerpxmUJkuVjgP5cFfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gQOpJ4NI/AAAAAAAACtM/DZXBWyUbYMM/s400/IMG_3798.JPG" /></a><br />They didn't seem too bothered by us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wFM9Tj7TZ4bDqtPChHzZHlfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gQgwLVPI/AAAAAAAACtQ/9XF2P4H5lo4/s400/IMG_3790.JPG" /></a><br />We went into the hut to see if we could get </div><div style="text-align: center;">closer to them from there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PKdbK0tIp5TaSqG33PM9i1fK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gRNcuMfI/AAAAAAAACtU/qwd10VdBY1Y/s400/IMG_3791.JPG" /></a><br />Turns out we could.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-MES0ExwNfyFR6KRcJIQ1VfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gR9e4ANI/AAAAAAAACu0/h_IbGY11h3s/s400/IMG_3805.JPG" /></a><br />After spending a little time with the goats, we ate </div><div style="text-align: center;">lunch at the lake and headed for the summit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FfkbB3WvgggL7FHWJDYQLlfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gSCR9H1I/AAAAAAAACuw/ZTlL7PFgqcM/s400/IMG_3808.JPG" /></a><br />Approaching the summit and its shack, the west side </div><div style="text-align: center;">of which has fairly recent coating of pink spray paint.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kbEm5fQKAA7VhS030hegtFfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gSZHWVeI/AAAAAAAACtg/4qvJibs_Kj0/s400/IMG_3810.JPG" /></a><br />Mary looks east from inside the shack.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FZ5WIcbiYC_V_CSQ8duA-VfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gTMhM-vI/AAAAAAAACwI/xWwyE_SYGd4/s400/IMG_3817.JPG" /></a><br />As we got ready to head back storm clouds were </div><div style="text-align: center;">gathering, this one went north of us...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OV86EkqeV8Jr1ydVy0OKWlfK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gTiR-i-I/AAAAAAAACwM/NcAZU6D9eA4/s400/IMG_3825.JPG" /></a><br />while others drenched Payson and parts south.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XkS_nZw8Zg3pWD9PSNvrZ1fK9KzFZNEOVQiojaOAz0k?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_0QbqlMy8HU8/TG1gUi28kTI/AAAAAAAACuo/60oC5Fggmhk/s400/IMG_3832.JPG" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; ">Things stayed pretty nice for us as we headed </div><div style="text-align: center; ">down through more flowers.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Of course it wouldn't be a proper trip for the two of us without some weather to report (see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siw4FCGnDv8">this</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ulhOBduUcw">this</a>). As we worked our way down, it sprinkled a little, just enough to cool things off. Then the sky got a little darker, the thunder got a little closer and the sprinkling got a bit more insistent. I stopped to put on my jacket and got out the camera just as things got interesting. It's hard to separate the rain from the hail in the YouTube video and don't blink or you'll miss a lightning flash at about 1:25, but hopefully this gives you a sense:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/69DdkvII-Z0?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/69DdkvII-Z0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Soon we were back at the trailhead, ready to head home and extend our 12 year streak of marital bliss. </div>Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12984940444309211178noreply@blogger.com0