Posted in adventure on Jan 18th, 2012 2 Comments »
One of the difficult aspects of any remote trip is planning to have enough fuel. It doesn’t help that everyone going is running petrol vehicles, which generally average lower MPG than their diesel counterparts. And they make such a nice Turbo-Diesel JK, available anywhere but here. The truth is I am not confident about what [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 18th, 2012 No Comments »
So I’ve been pouring over the Canadian topo maps, 2M SPOT satellite imagery, and scouring the Internet for GPS track information. I’ve managed to assemble what I think is a fairly accurate (recent to a year or two anyways) track of the main alignment for the trail. This was, I’ll observe, a huge pain in [...]
Posted in adventure on Dec 26th, 2011 3 Comments »
May 25 – May 28 2012. Taking advantage of the three-day weekend, I figure one day down and one day return, so two days in the BRD area to explore the region. The playa should still be lake-like but travel around the edges, or in the numerous tracks in the area should be possible. Chilly [...]
Posted in adventure on Dec 21st, 2011 3 Comments »
The first announced trip for 2012: the Alexander Mackenzie Trail. Located about 550 miles north of the Canadian border in the British Columbia interior, the Mackenzie trail a remote bit of North America. Besides being faraway, with few services or help available, the trail is noted for being particularly long; between 120 and 140 miles [...]
Posted in adventure on Jul 12th, 2010 No Comments »
I added a new Arai helmet (“Profile”, if you’re the helmetista) to my collection of fuh today. I tried each of the head shape types and all of them fit. I don’t know what this says about my head, but I appreciated the assistance from Heather at The Cycle Barn in Lynnwood in selecting the [...]
Posted in adventure on May 31st, 2010 3 Comments »
It was raining and crappy this morning, so I did what any normal person would do and put on some GoreTex and headed for the other side of the mountains in pursuit of sunlight. The weather through the pass was cold and miserable but it was all worth it if only to stop off at [...]
Posted in adventure on Mar 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Apparently forgetting that the paradise I live in doesn’t extend past the mountains (which trap the warm air), I headed out this morning with a half-assed idea to ride 90 out to 97, then up to Leavenworth and back over 2. This quickly proved a stupid (but spectacularly pretty) idea when I got up to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Woke up at 0700h despite having gone to bed at 0030h. Toured the MS labs and played with a Microsoft Surface which was loaded up with some interesting demos and games. It was nice to see Sun equipment represented in the labs, although that partnership seems rocky due to the Oracle merger. No BBQ tonight [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 7th, 2009 No Comments »