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Spudman
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 02:14 pm: | 
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With spring time also comes cleanup. We get a TON of pine needles and dead sticks from the towering trees that surround our house. I also trimmed up some trees and brush and had some slash to burn up. While I was at home for lunch yesterday the wife decided to burn some of it off. Here is a shot of the wife firing up the burn pit to get rid of some debris.
Dry pine needles tend to burn fast and hot. Look at the flame licking off this little burn pile. I bet FMJ would get a big stiffy looking at this.
After lunch on my return trip to work I came across another sure sign of spring for the area. With the vast wheat fields in the area crop dusting is common place. This time of year you can hear them buzzing the local fields doing their jobs. This one just happened to be right off of I95. He made his own runway and has diesel and pesticides brought in by the truck load to his local strip.
So that's spring time around my house. Now I need to find some free time for spring ridding, that's the kind of home work I really need! |
Mutt2jeff
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 05:09 pm: |
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Hey, I know that airstrip! I could have sworn that he retired after a crash about 7 years back, but I could be wrong (or he could have sold the strip and moved on). I got to take a ride in a crop duster when I was 13, and needless to say, it was a blast! Quite a roller coaster ride! |
Spudman
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 09:03 pm: |
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Hey, it's been a while since I posted anything about my hometown. Been busy with work and not doing enough ridding, shame on me! But Trixie and I took a little ride yesterday, Veterans Memorial Day, and I snapped a few pics along the way. Trixie is just getting back into the saddle after an accident two years ago. She must really love me to get over her fears and come join me on two wheels again.
We took a short trip about 50ish miles to the east of Moscow to a little town called Elk River. Stopped for lunch at the Elk River Cafe, sorry forgot to take a pic. Then visited one of their tourist attractions, Elk River Falls. The falls are located off of Highway 8 down a 2 mile stretch of gravel road. I am so proud of Trixie who was not only brave enough to go on a ride with me but she was also willing to ride down the gravel road. We parked our bikes at the picnic area and took the the trails to go see the falls. It was a bit deceptive how far away the falls were. We saw three signs about ¼ mile apart that all said the parking lot was 5/8 mile back, example below
I think they did that so Trixie would keep going. These Idaho trails are fairly steep up and downs and she would have never stated down the trail if she knew how far it really was. But we made our way to the upper falls and were disappointed by the lack of, well falls. Here's a pic for ya,
So I talked her into checking out the middle falls, which was a bit more fallish.
There was no chance in helll that Trixie would hike down to the lower falls, so no pics of that one. In fact she was pretty pooped hiking out. Here is a pic of her telling me to screw the trail rules and go get her bike.
It was a much slower hike out than it was going in, but we made it. It felt good to get back in the wind and head for home. On the way through town we stopped by the cemetery where the VFW had put out some flags to honor the fallen veterans. I snapped a quick picture of the Buells then we headed for home.
We only put on 120 or so miles but it was great to have Trixie ridding along side me again. We'll do this again but I promise better pictures next time.
(Message edited by spudman on June 01, 2005) |
Shotgun
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 10:06 pm: |
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Spud you suck. It was Memorial Day, not Veterinarians Day! Tracie you Rock! You go Girl! Wish you were both here closer to us. Glad to see your photo's. Peace and love. |
Spudman
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 11:38 am: |
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OK Shotgun,
I fixed my post, Memorial not Veterans, never could read the calendar. But you have to fix your post, its TRIXIE you dolt! Dang I miss you idiots in Portland. You should start a Portland home town thread. |
Lonitaylor
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 02:46 pm: |
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Trixie and Spudman, We sure do miss you here in the Portland, Vancouver area. Great Pics! Saw the pic of the house, and you are right about the gravel. I guess I would just have to ride that 1/4 mile really slow. Take care. Will we be seeing you for SPLASH?
Loni |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 04:51 pm: |
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cool pix Spud, very cool that Tracie Trixie is back in the wind.  |
Spudman
| | Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 01:07 pm: |
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Nice to hear everyones enjoying the pics. I know they're not up to the quality of Pdxs3t or the quantity of FB, but I'm trying. It is VERY nice to have Trixie and her Blast thumping along with me again. She's still a bit hesitant, I thought we were going to be passed by a minivan leaving Elk River after lunch, oh the indignity. She has never been a speed demon, but she is getting back into the groove now. I know it probably scares the poop out of her, but she's doing it because she loves me, ya she's a keeper. We talked about SPLASH and are trying to work things out so we can attend, still a big maybe. It's raining today, but suppose to clear for the weekend. I'll post some pics of our buellin expeditions as they happen. |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 06:12 pm: |
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Spud, your pix put mine to shame. btw, as a favor to me, if TracieTrixie DOES make to SPLASH on her bike, wait 'til she's had a few tequilas and cigars on Friday afternoon at the park there in Woodland, then, in the most serious, frantic manner you can conjure up, come running up and tell her that someone just backed their car over her bike in the parking lot.
i'm *reasonably* certain she'll see the humor in this. |
Pdxs3t
| | Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 09:26 pm: |
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Spudman, your pixs's ROCK!
Hope you can make it back this way come July!
Jim |
Spudman
| | Posted on Friday, June 03, 2005 - 06:42 pm: |
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Jim and Ferris,
Your being way too kind, but it is good to know my photographic efforts are enjoyed. Jim, I really dig your work and your eye for just the right shot. And Ferris dude, you are so prolific with the camera I'm surprised you get any ride time in. But this is my favorite Ferris pic for a lot of different reasons, including the thumb.
Thanks for the encouragement guys, I'll keep them coming. |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Friday, June 03, 2005 - 08:39 pm: |
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Spud, as i recall i took that shot mere moments after TracieTrixie told you someone had juct backed their car over the top of your Cyclone.
love. it's a wonderful thing. |
Spudman
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 07:05 pm: |
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Haven't had to many riding adventures lately, but still felt the need to post some stuff that's been keeping me busy. The first part of this month was spent cleaning out some overgrowth from the yard before the fire season gets here and getting the house in shape for some guests. Guests like Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, Sisters ... because my youngest, Troy, managed to pull his F's up to D's and graduated high school on June 10th, yahoo.
He plans on attending the U of I this fall, until then he's just unemployed, crap! Although he did collect some applications and filled them out, he just hasn't turned them in, kind of like his homework. But after this summer he will be in the dorms and responsible for his own success in school, no more phone calls or letters from his teachers for us anymore.
The following weekend was Father's day. The family got me some nice things and treated me like a king all day. But the highlight was a visit from a Moose and her family.
They stayed at the salt lick for a while. The babies kept trying to nurse, but mama moose would let out a groan and shake them away. Eventually they moved on to some of the wild roses we left after clearing out the overgrowth for a snack.
So I have been doing some ridding, even if it's only to and from work. I did manage to hit a milestone on the bike yesterday, 35,000 miles.
I know it doesn't seem like much, but for all the issues I've had, and the abuse I've given this bike, it amazes me that it's still running strong. Here is a pic of the old Buell, work horse, fun machine, stress relief, next to the peonies that just started blooming.
Now that summer has arrived I need to get out and get some quality pics of the local roads for everyone to enjoy. Hope to post more of those real soon. |
Jerry_haughton
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:19 pm: |
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Congrats Spud! my youngest (daughter Brynn) also just graduated, sure made me proud when they handed her diploma to her.
cool pix of Ma Moose and Family!
FB |
Lonitaylor
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 02:41 pm: |
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Congrates Spud and Trixie! 1 down 1 to go right? I'm going home and telling Chris I want some Moose in my back yard! |
Dino
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 12:02 am: |
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Spud - Congrats on the grad! Moose in the yard...how cool is that?! |
Prez
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 12:32 am: |
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just remember spud..you're paying for school now..and f's dont cut it when u have to pay for it..lol..
but on his defense..it's alot easier to do homework when u dont have a teacher breathing down your neck if you dont have it..professors dont care either way..they look at it like "hey.it's his parents money"...
tell him good luck and give him a scare of paying for it himself if he fails.lol..prez |
Spudman
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 02:05 pm: |
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Thanks for the congrats everyone. And Loni, yes it was our baby who graduated, we are done! The oldest is living in Coeur d'Alene working for QWest by day and mixing sound for a local club on the weekends. The nest is almost empty.
Ferris - congrats to Brynn! yea I was a proud papa too.
Prez - Here's the deal I struck with the boy. Your grades (and attitude) suck! If you want to go to college you pay for the first year. If you can keep a 3.0 GPA I'll pay for the rest. His first year will be cheapish. Moscow graduates have their first year tuition for the U of I paid by a grant. He will however need to cover his dorm fees because he ain't living at my house after this summer. |
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