Vacating

[Kaiser Kirk]

I expect to be departing tomorrow for a two week vacation.
I may pop in from time to time, but Bavaria will not be exactly active.

[maddox]

Curious what kind of vakation you planned...

[Sachmle]

I expect to be departing tomorrow for a two week vacation.
I may pop in from time to time, but Bavaria will not be exactly active.

MINE!!! IT'S ALL MINE!!..OH, what's that little clicking noise? Hmm...there seems to be something under my foot. Hmm, says 'landmijn'. Where is that Dutch-German dictionary. Ah, here it is. Oh..Verdomme!!

BOOM!!!!!!!!!^tm

BOOM!!!!!!!^tmis a registered trademark of Rumania

[Kaiser Kirk]

heh

Well I did say "not exactly active"...landmines being more of a passive defense.

Just car camping this time. Back in May I had a trip up to Washington state planned, to visit Olympic Natl park. But it was still snowing up there and trails and roads were closed, so I ducked out. I expect to do that part now. After that..I have a little more time available, so may make side trips to Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Hood, etc. 


I'll work another week of vacation in somewhere in Sept I hope- maybe Lassen or go back to Yosemite.  Florida in Nov, NYC in December.

[snip]

You should do Mt. Hood, it is quite nice. Timberline lodge has some great food and even better views.

[TexanCowboy]

Yay, someone finally remembered the Boom and Blam trademarks!  :)

[maddox]

Hmmmm good food....  argh, drool

[Kaiser Kirk]

If I get to Hood will depend on a number of things- how much time I take further North being the biggest :) Last Sept, I simply took distant pictures but I did manage to stop at Crater Lake again... and learned I don't like days with 13hrs of driving. 

Food...darn forgot to order a pizza tonight. Silly me.

[snip]

The views are even better, a great reward after riding up the mountain on a bike  ;D

[Kaiser Kirk]

I really haven't biked much in years.
Old one had severe issues, so bought one just ~3weeks ago, taken it out 5-6 times, with an inadvertant* 20mile ride Sunday.  However biking up a mountain doesn't sound like it would be to my liking.  Mountains are for skiing down :)

*as in gee, I'll go 5 miles and turn around..whoops went 7... oh heck may as well go to the end...

[snip]

I know how that goes

[TexanCowboy]

Hike up the mountain! Hike! With a 50 pound backpacking backpack on your back!!!

;)

_{It's fun!}

[Phoenix]

Mountains are for admiring from afar. And for engineers to drill tunnels under.

[Carthaginian]

Hike up the mountain! Hike! With a 50 pound backpacking backpack on your back!!!

;)

_{It's fun!}

Hiking UP the mountain isn't the problem...
It's getting back DOWN the damn things that can kill ya!

[TexanCowboy]

I'd agree.....When I got back from the two-week backpacking vacation I took, I couldn't run a lap around a track, just because my knees would be needing replacement if I did....