tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45746889359179703882024-03-21T04:44:37.236-07:00Walking Fort BraggRon Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.comBlogger978125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-54606872796177914672023-11-17T16:43:00.000-08:002023-11-17T16:43:06.493-08:00<p> Hi Kids!</p><p>Anyone still out there?</p><p>I have not posted on this site since August 2015!!</p><p>I recently got a notice that his webpage/blog was going to time out and go away if I didn't do something.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXSVHSC_VylJ6akcrzyo7G-DcrlamHNMjXWZnKKh-DrhJ7Nka18CHuHFmb9krjsWa9W-WT4Pu7NewyTzeFz40abp-Nbc7x-aizDhOMhY6eZEhmXp0oPhHkfWMDJ8uYY1Wegi8hXNSt28ziX_T_hQ7ZfokP5ezn-li04I8LIv6jZFZADxJE6_LbcpNU0U/s500/Screenshot%202023-10-27%208.49.52%20AM~2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="500" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXSVHSC_VylJ6akcrzyo7G-DcrlamHNMjXWZnKKh-DrhJ7Nka18CHuHFmb9krjsWa9W-WT4Pu7NewyTzeFz40abp-Nbc7x-aizDhOMhY6eZEhmXp0oPhHkfWMDJ8uYY1Wegi8hXNSt28ziX_T_hQ7ZfokP5ezn-li04I8LIv6jZFZADxJE6_LbcpNU0U/s320/Screenshot%202023-10-27%208.49.52%20AM~2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here is a photo of the group I have currently been spending my time with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The SOB's of Fort Bragg.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seniors on Bikes!</div><br /><p></p>Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-69842174649179192822015-08-07T19:20:00.002-07:002015-08-07T19:20:47.647-07:00Living large in Fort Bragg.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-52477870537822240662015-05-14T09:12:00.003-07:002015-05-14T09:12:51.556-07:00Home of the brave and homeless.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-21958399644914807762015-04-02T13:55:00.001-07:002015-04-02T14:02:06.816-07:00Noyo Headlands Update.<a href="http://ca-fortbragg.civicplus.com/163/Coastal-Trail"><span style="color: red;"><b>Click here for the city's webpage </b></span></a>about what is happening on the new coastal trail with an interesting slideshow as you scroll "further down" the page.<br />
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April 1st we SOBs rode the new trail again and this time I took a series of photos during our ride and turned them into a slideshow.<br />
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<br />Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-78459485533272775542015-02-09T13:49:00.000-08:002015-02-09T13:49:08.184-08:00Power outage.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Took this photo at 6:30 this morning during my walk. Corner of Main and Laurel looking south down Main. The power went out last evening around 7:00 due to high winds along the coast. PG&E says they will have us plugged back in by 2:00 PM this afternoon. And, they were right!Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-4039829902860540362014-11-24T08:34:00.001-08:002014-11-24T08:34:26.555-08:00The Art of Bones'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-81468660352650567812014-11-21T08:32:00.000-08:002014-11-21T08:32:06.874-08:00Gittin' Chris Messy!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-81745444261708128272014-10-24T16:12:00.001-07:002014-10-24T16:12:43.304-07:00Walking/Hiking/Bicycling Trail progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Read about it and check out more photos<a href="http://ca-fortbragg.civicplus.com/163/Coastal-Trail"> here.</a></div>
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This morning's walk I decided to take every corner. My Garmin GPS tracked it.</div>
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The migrating birds are back in town.</div>
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The new High School facade is looking good.</div>
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I guess this would be a neighborhood of spiders. Each one has it own territory.</div>
<br />Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-59816025042814980732014-10-06T12:59:00.001-07:002014-10-06T13:00:29.032-07:00A One Horse TownI've been doing my morning walk starting at 6:00 AM and it is dark and getting darker!! So this morning I decided to "Sleep-in" and start at 7:00 AM instead.<br />
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Yippee Skippy! It has been several years since we have been able to do a "Spring Break". Finally, we are on our way with, not one but THREE Vanagons. Yep, we be a convoy of Three Vanagons heading to the <strike>Vast Wilderness </strike> scratch that, I mean..., in search of Birds. Yep, for the first time the leader, that would be me, has had to take a back seat to "Birders" or, as I call 'em, the "Fowl People". Yep, Ed and Suzanne and Pete and Mary have been studying and reading and mapping birding hot-spots for months and even years and by god, that is where we are going. We have approximately just over three weeks to find..., birds!</div>
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But first we find windmills on the east side of Tehachapi. More than the last time we did Spring Break.</div>
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And then, there it is, our good ol' desert dog Sarah's grave site and water dish with a doggie ball still in place.</div>
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Morning of the second day at Sarah's grave site.</div>
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Two evenings of camping, gawking, Petanquing, bicycle riding and hiking and we are ready to roll.</div>
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Our Spring Break timing is great! The desert is starting to bloom!</div>
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Nearing, but avoiding Tucson, we finally find a place to circle the wagons. Red Rock Mine!</div>
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In the morning the weather is perfect to test my homemade rocket!! I had built this one for Spring Break 2013 but my Vanagon had trouble and by the time the mechanic figured out what was wrong with it, Spring Break 2013 was over!</div>
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So, this rocket had been waiting in my garage for a year. I wasn't sure if it would go or not; maybe the solid propellant motors got damp. Maybe all three wouldn't fire at once. Well, only one way to find out.</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Shadows of Ed and I turning on the video camera and taping the nose cone together.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Quick views of the campsite and Vanagons.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Landing in the sticker bushes.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Ed retrieves the nose cone and is seen in shadow with the parachute trailing behind!!</li>
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The aftermath! It worked!!</div>
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We stayed two nights, walked and gawked two days. Above is part of the former <a href="http://www.ghosttownaz.info/sasco-smelting-ghost-town-ruins.php">Sasco</a> mine.</div>
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Wait! Stop!! A bird!!!</div>
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When they return Suzanne has bought a hummingbird feeder and hangs it up nearby. Boom! The little guys are on it! The Fowl People have also discovered two campsites have become availble so we toss stuff into the Vanagons and move up to real picnic tables, running water and pit toilets.</div>
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Medera Canyon is a great spot and we stay two more nights. Campsites are $5.00 each!!</div>
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We even have an evening fire (Free firewood!) while Ed goes off for his first "Night GeoCache"</div>
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Here is the Gealey and McKinley Vanagons in the camp site just below ours.</div>
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The Fowl People have talked to other birders in the campground and have decided to move to the next recommended hotspot, Patagonia!! Patagonia, Arizona..., that is! I elect to ride my bike from Medera Canyon down the highway to Green Valley, AZ.</div>
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To end up under Mexican Blue Oaks off Harshaw Road just five miles from <a href="http://www.patagoniaaz.com/">Patagonia</a>.</div>
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Great birding right outside the sliding doors and also within driving distance doing day trips.</div>
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While the Fowl People are out walking and gawking I ride up to the Ghost Town of Harshaw</div>
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And back down to camp carefully coasting around this guy!</div>
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Cool evenings, more and more moon.</div>
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More birding and more bike riding. This time up to Harshaw and down to Patagonia.</div>
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Okay, onward and this time in search of the Elegant Trogan. Sposed to be on on Fort Huachuca property. We drove out there and the Fowl People did their best but no joy. </div>
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The Fowl People elected to spend a night in civilization at the Copper Queen Hotel. A bit rich for my taste and by golly, Lolli said she would be happy camping in the Vanagon. Now all I had to do was find a place to park for the night. So, we are driving away from Bisbee and heading towards the next birding hot spot when we happen upon the Geronimo Surrender Monument in a roadside rest area. Good enough!</div>
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Into some amazing country!!</div>
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Spring Break 2014 is winding down.</div>
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I make fun of Fowl People but I must say, they definitely know where to camp. You just go where the birds are!! And the birds are up in beautiful canyons where there is shade and running water and quiet people who quietly walk around looking through binoculars!!</div>
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So Pete and Mary took off for Utah and Ed and Suzanne took off for Nevada and Lolli and I headed towards home.</div>
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We stopped for lunch in one town and I spotted these signs on the entry door. I guess you can't have your gun in an exposed holster; you need to keep it out of sight in your purse or pocket. Cornhole Tourney? I'm not even going to speculate how that game got that name!</div>
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We had picked out Tonto State Park as a destination for the night and when we got there, it was closed. So, we rattled on a bit farther until we spotted a old road heading off into the trees. Sure enough. There's our spot for the night!! In the morning we got up and drove on just a bit further to Pine, Arizona where we had Eggs Bennie and coffee! Perfect!</div>
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Prescott to Wikieup on old HWY 94 was a real treat. It reminded me of the highways we use to vacation on when I was a kid.</div>
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And the smog capital of Nevada, Las Vegas!</div>
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Presto! We found our spot for the night near the Boundary Mountain!</div>
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Down into Sacramento and on towards home. I can see we have a lot of mail to catch up on!!</div>
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All in all, an excellent Spring Break 2014.</div>
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My plan entailed six laps around our daily, twelve mile SOB "Basic Haul Road Ride. <br />
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Twelve miles times six laps, plus some change, should equal 73 miles.<br />
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Our average daily ride takes about an hour and fifteen minutes. It I leave the starting point every two hours I will have a forty-five minute break between rides to rest and recoup. Perfect!<br />
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8:00 AM. It begins. Note: It says "Trip" not RIP!!</div>
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Here are photos from each lap and some stuff seen along the way.</div>
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Some horseyback riders out for a stroll.</div>
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6:00 departure over the Pudding Creek Trestle.</div>
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A toast to the birthday boy!</div>
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Ending mileage. 73 miles and change!</div>
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Bob bought me a Hot Fudge Sunday and I received many birthday cards and well wishes from the SOBs.</div>
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Without their support it would not have been as easy or as much fun.</div>
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I ended up with a sore butt but slept really good!</div>
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Only 27 years until my century ride!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">She was interested in the feeding platform but was not quick enough, actually not able, to fly up from the fence to the platform. So, I made her her own special feeding platform down on the fence nearer the garage. A platform easier for her to get to and more difficult for “able” birds. It was apparent her only mode for getting around was walking the phone lines, power lines and coax cables strung from the power poles along the alley to the various homes in our block of town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">She was a mess. It was obvious her primary feathers were damaged. They were just quills with a bit of feather towards the tip. She had about half of her secondary feathers. She could run and flap and maybe fly up about three feet but that was about it. The times we happened to see her on the ground she had a whole routine of where to go to be able to hop up onto a fence, then up on a porch eve, up on a roof and then on up onto the safety of the wires.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last June I noticed Ms. Scruffy would sit on the fence by our garage after eating. She would kind of hunker down and just sit there staring off into space for an hour or two. Not doing her “eternal vigilance” head moves like she usually did. I decided she must be brooding. It seemed reasonable to me that an adult female Raven would have a natural imperative to nest and raise young every spring even if she couldn’t build a nest or was even “pregnant?”. I decided to build her a nest!</span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She ran back up to the peak of the garage but then stopped, thought about it “how hungry am I?” (I’m anthropomorphizing, of course) turned around and walked back down to the gutter. Opps! Still there!! Run-away!!!</span></div>
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Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-19095205345018051182014-01-04T14:04:00.001-08:002014-01-04T14:04:35.447-08:00January 4th, 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ron Bloomquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574688935917970388.post-1228670075534606842013-12-29T16:32:00.000-08:002014-01-01T15:37:34.759-08:00Winter Break 2013Our first chance to have a "Winter Break" Vanagon Vacation together in over six years! Lolli was busy taking care of her mom and that put winter vacations on the back burner for a while but now, once again, we are heading for the Vast Wilderness. The "plan" is to go to Death Valley and if the weather doesn't cooperate we will head on down to Joshua Tree or even Anza Borrego. Whatever it takes. We'll see.<br />
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December 16th, a Monday and we are out of Fort Bragg by 10:20 and in no time are stopping for a pee break at a park looking out over Clearlake. Perfect weather!</div>
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We are happy. You can see the Vanagon has a load of firewood in the overhead rack.</div>
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We have our secret camping spot near Firebaugh Road and check to see if it is still accessible.</div>
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Morning and the setting moon. Our secret spot is far enough from the Interstate that we have a peaceful, quite night.</div>
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Breakfast at a Subway and then back at it.</div>
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Hours and hours driving south on Interstate 5 to the Arvin turn-off just south of Bakersfield. I prefer to take the Arvin exit so I can avoid the stop and go through Bakersfield.<br />
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Oh Man! This is how real Oranges are supposed to taste!!</div>
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Followed by a wild sunset!!</div>
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Morning sunrise. Our camp setup; table, chairs, solar panel and Shady Boy awning.</div>
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I wander off a ways to see how we look. Perfect!!</div>
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Out with the Petanque bouls for a game of what I call "Kandahar" Petanque. Amongst the rocks, sand and sagebrush!!</div>
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Truth be told, all together, during this trip, we played ten games and tied!! 5-5</div>
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Unbelievable but..., a mosquito!! Neither of us ever actually got bit but we could hear them buzzing near our ears when we were trying to sleep. We slept with the slider door open to the wonderful night air. Turned out to be 40 degrees at night and 70 during the day. Day after day after day!!!</div>
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Petanque, reading, and hiking around. That be us!!</div>
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The refrigerator is to store stuff you don't want pack rats hauling away!</div>
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The inside of the front door! This cabin has been here since the early 1900's.</div>
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We prefer camping in our Vanagon.</div>
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Out for another walk-about. This is a hand dug well I first happened upon in 2005. It is still there, of course!</div>
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And this one with no zoom. The Vanagon is about one and a half miles away!<br />
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Desert wanderers!</div>
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We did see cacti.</div>
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Some kind of flower blooming in the dead of winter!!</div>
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More Petanque.</div>
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Christmas Eve. Evening fire in the fire pit up by the cabin.</div>
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It is amazing how the desert seems to hold its breath just before first light.</div>
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Christmas Day! Awesome weather.</div>
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It is time to do my ride from McGirk's turn-off to Badwater, the lowest point in the United States!</div>
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Lolli drives the "Sag Wagon" ahead in five mile increments and reads a book or writes postcards waiting for me to show up and take a break.</div>
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Another awesome sunset and soon we found a stealth camp off the highway just a couple of miles beyond Strawberry Lodge.</div>
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A most excellent trip! Our next event? Spring Break in late April!</div>
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28 degrees when I woke up this morning. The first thought, should I stay in my warm bed or should I do my morning walk. Once again, like always, by the time I returned home I was refreshed and happy I had decided to walk. Plus, I saw some things to photograph.</div>
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First off, the sunrise!</div>
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Now, six hours later, it is raining!!</div>
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I took my camera with me this morning to see what's going on.</div>
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"Red Sky in morning, Sailor's warning"!</div>
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It may be the second of December but we still got flowers!</div>
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And Ginkgo leaves.</div>
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And Maple leaves.</div>
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Thanks!</div>
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My friend Bob and I took the Mendocino Coast Transit bus from Fort Bragg to Willits, unloaded our bikes, rode to the Country Skillet for breakfast. We let the cool morning fog burn off a bit and then headed east on Commerce Street, on to Hurst/Willits road and then up and over Canyon Road to Tomki Road. Then the fun began. Tomki road has 9 "fords" where the county road crosses Tomki Creek.</div>
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#8 (a dry one!)</div>
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#9 (This one has a submersible culvert which gets over run during winter storms.)</div>
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Tomki Road is closed during rainy season.</div>
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Two thumbs up at the pass when Redwood Valley came into view.</div>
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The turn-off to the Buddhist Monastery.</div>
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A stop at the Frey Winery where we visited with my friend Allison, got a tour of the facility and I "did my thing". If you have watched HBO's "Deadwood", you will understand!!</div>
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I almost lost Bob in the grapes!</div>
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Ukiah and Fall Color!</div>
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Back on the bus at the Pear Tree Shopping center and return to Fort Bragg.</div>
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A twelve hour day. Thirty miles of peddling. Somewhat tired but satisfied!</div>
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Whoot!</div>
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