RR's: AMB-ID 07 -Recap- Camping, Riding, Swimming

"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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Paladin wrote:
snip snip

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Alex's Pics are he he took more, and rode faster, too. But I'm a
better cook!

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.tat...AMB2007Stanley

Paladin


Nice stuff. Idaho is fun!

Now....

http://tinyurl.com/2vdxdb

Holy crap, Gary! Did you join the Marines?

stupid I'm not

just my summer hair cut....come to think of it, regular hair cut.

Sam, a friend of Chris's family asked me if I was a highway patrol
officer???

"G.T." wrote in message
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Paladin wrote:
Howdy fans, trolls and friends.

Here are a few shots from our 7th annual AMB-ID weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7728613...7601113321815/

Geedub flies into town Thursday, and rather than pack for our riding/
camping/swimming/eating weekend, we go riding, of course. A quick
barney loop in the heat, a few brews, and hit the rack late.

Up and attem, packing Alex's pickup w/gear, bikes, food, refreshments,
and head for the high country. My favorite place on earth, camping
near Stanley, Idaho. A roaring little town of less than a hundred
high in the Sawtooth mountains.

We ride Elk Meadows first, and you can read more about this hombre
from my first time,
http://tinyurl.com/2x5yxu only this time, we rode it a lot faster. I
took the lead on the descents, but it was all I could do to hang on
the climbs with ole Geedub, (what's that Penny & Gab named him, "Legs
of Iron" or "Buns of Steel"?) and Alex.

We do this beautiful loop pretty quick. You'll see how nice the
scenery was by the couple of pictures I took.

Back at the temporary hacienda, I treat the bros to chicken fajitas
and other home-made treats. My years as an undercover chef on a
cruise ship pays off some times.

Morning, we pack the cooler and beach stuff, and head to Fisher/
Williams, a famous loop that's pretty well known as the must-do Idaho
classic.

After that truly dandy ride, we head for Redfish Lake, empty brown
bottles and watch the wild life. I'm swimming a lot, while the brugly
others are mostly kicking back and trying to get to know the locals on
the white sand beach.

Good stuff. Stay tuned for more pictures posted and maybe some video
by Geedub.

A great time, but hey, you shoulda been there. Smallest turnout ever,
but we focused on quality, not quantity, heheh. And Penny would have
been proud how early we woke up, and how easy it was to get everybody
at the trailhead ready to ride.

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin


Nice! But where's the coffee report?

Greg


I brought the 70 watt power converter, ......Chris brought the 90 watt
coffee grinder.... oops, no workie. Chris also brought a 3 lb sledge and we
confiscated a baggy holding clean rags to hold the beans while we "ground"
them.

Nothing like 3 day old Konazillian coffee in a percolator in the woods when
it's chilly out.

I left Chris a half pound of pure big island Kona to enjoy. Hmmm, I wonder
if he'll add cream while I'm not looking?

:-)

On Jul 31, 12:33 pm, "GeeDubb" wrote:
"G.T." wrote in message

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Paladin wrote:
Howdy fans, trolls and friends.

Here are a few shots from our 7th annual AMB-ID weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7728613...7601113321815/

Geedub flies into town Thursday, and rather than pack for our riding/
camping/swimming/eating weekend, we go riding, of course. A quick
barney loop in the heat, a few brews, and hit the rack late.

Up and attem, packing Alex's pickup w/gear, bikes, food, refreshments,
and head for the high country. My favorite place on earth, camping
near Stanley, Idaho. A roaring little town of less than a hundred
high in the Sawtooth mountains.

We ride Elk Meadows first, and you can read more about this hombre
from my first time,
http://tinyurl.com/2x5yxu only this time, we rode it a lot faster. I
took the lead on the descents, but it was all I could do to hang on
the climbs with ole Geedub, (what's that Penny & Gab named him, "Legs
of Iron" or "Buns of Steel"?) and Alex.

We do this beautiful loop pretty quick. You'll see how nice the
scenery was by the couple of pictures I took.

Back at the temporary hacienda, I treat the bros to chicken fajitas
and other home-made treats. My years as an undercover chef on a
cruise ship pays off some times.

Morning, we pack the cooler and beach stuff, and head to Fisher/
Williams, a famous loop that's pretty well known as the must-do Idaho
classic.

After that truly dandy ride, we head for Redfish Lake, empty brown
bottles and watch the wild life. I'm swimming a lot, while the brugly
others are mostly kicking back and trying to get to know the locals on
the white sand beach.

Good stuff. Stay tuned for more pictures posted and maybe some video
by Geedub.

A great time, but hey, you shoulda been there. Smallest turnout ever,
but we focused on quality, not quantity, heheh. And Penny would have
been proud how early we woke up, and how easy it was to get everybody
at the trailhead ready to ride.

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Nice! But where's the coffee report?

Greg

I brought the 70 watt power converter, ......Chris brought the 90 watt
coffee grinder.... oops, no workie. Chris also brought a 3 lb sledge and we
confiscated a baggy holding clean rags to hold the beans while we "ground"
them.

Nothing like 3 day old Konazillian coffee in a percolator in the woods when
it's chilly out.

I left Chris a half pound of pure big island Kona to enjoy. Hmmm, I wonder
if he'll add cream while I'm not looking?

:-)

"Add cream?" What do you think I am, a total neanderthal?? You
trained me better. But I do like the 3lb armstrong grind better than
the grs machine.. heheh.

CDB
We feel safer with you patrolling the AZ Highways. Me? I'm stuck up
Bitch Creek

On Jul 31, 6:36 am, " wrote:
On Jul 31, 3:50 am, Ride-A-Lot wrote:



Paladin wrote:

snip snip

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Alex's Pics are he he took more, and rode faster, too. But I'm a
better cook!

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.tat...AMB2007Stanley

Paladin

Nice stuff. Idaho is fun!

Now....

http://tinyurl.com/2vdxdb

Holy crap, Gary! Did you join the Marines?

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws

Looks like an awesome time! Good for you guys! Everyone should have
a getaway like this every once in a while. I'm truly happy for you
all.

Reading some of the RR's and such from out west, combined with the
ever-growing MTB bug, has my good buddy Bret & I planning a similar
getaway either next year or the year after. So far there's only two
of us, but that's a start, right? We both already started the fund,
and whenever we get a chance to ride together we look for climbs and
the like that we can consider prep-work for the real mountains you've
got out there. It's a start, right?

Hardest part of these weekends is being able to ride hard stuff at
elevation, where it feels like you can't take in enough oxygen to save
your life. Our second ride had a fire road climb of about 7 milesl,
with a gain of about 2,200ft, but most of it was in the last 2 miles,
and that sucked! Our Marine, Highway Patrol Coffee Man did it
without stopping, but he's plain nuckin futz.

Jim and Carla were brave & bold enough to just come out one year and
ride with a bunch of us, (04?) and they came from NY, so it can be
done.

CDB

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On Jul 31, 12:33 pm, "GeeDubb" wrote:
"G.T." wrote in message

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Paladin wrote:
Howdy fans, trolls and friends.

Here are a few shots from our 7th annual AMB-ID weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7728613...7601113321815/

Geedub flies into town Thursday, and rather than pack for our riding/
camping/swimming/eating weekend, we go riding, of course. A quick
barney loop in the heat, a few brews, and hit the rack late.

Up and attem, packing Alex's pickup w/gear, bikes, food, refreshments,
and head for the high country. My favorite place on earth, camping
near Stanley, Idaho. A roaring little town of less than a hundred
high in the Sawtooth mountains.

We ride Elk Meadows first, and you can read more about this hombre
from my first time,
http://tinyurl.com/2x5yxu only this time, we rode it a lot faster. I
took the lead on the descents, but it was all I could do to hang on
the climbs with ole Geedub, (what's that Penny & Gab named him, "Legs
of Iron" or "Buns of Steel"?) and Alex.

We do this beautiful loop pretty quick. You'll see how nice the
scenery was by the couple of pictures I took.

Back at the temporary hacienda, I treat the bros to chicken fajitas
and other home-made treats. My years as an undercover chef on a
cruise ship pays off some times.

Morning, we pack the cooler and beach stuff, and head to Fisher/
Williams, a famous loop that's pretty well known as the must-do Idaho
classic.

After that truly dandy ride, we head for Redfish Lake, empty brown
bottles and watch the wild life. I'm swimming a lot, while the brugly
others are mostly kicking back and trying to get to know the locals on
the white sand beach.

Good stuff. Stay tuned for more pictures posted and maybe some video
by Geedub.

A great time, but hey, you shoulda been there. Smallest turnout ever,
but we focused on quality, not quantity, heheh. And Penny would have
been proud how early we woke up, and how easy it was to get everybody
at the trailhead ready to ride.

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Nice! But where's the coffee report?

Greg

I brought the 70 watt power converter, ......Chris brought the 90 watt
coffee grinder.... oops, no workie. Chris also brought a 3 lb sledge and
we
confiscated a baggy holding clean rags to hold the beans while we
"ground"
them.

Nothing like 3 day old Konazillian coffee in a percolator in the woods
when
it's chilly out.

I left Chris a half pound of pure big island Kona to enjoy. Hmmm, I
wonder
if he'll add cream while I'm not looking?

:-)

"Add cream?" What do you think I am, a total neanderthal?? You
trained me better. But I do like the 3lb armstrong grind better than
the grs machine.. heheh.

CDB
We feel safer with you patrolling the AZ Highways. Me? I'm stuck up
Bitch Creek

geesh, me as a cop? hehehehehe....."book 'em Dano, he looks like he did
something wrong"

only one left so you shouldn't be stuck long

and what's up with the new handle?

Gary (fatboomer fits me better)

On Jul 31, 3:21 pm, "GeeDubb" wrote:
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On Jul 31, 12:33 pm, "GeeDubb" wrote:
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Paladin wrote:
Howdy fans, trolls and friends.

Here are a few shots from our 7th annual AMB-ID weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7728613...7601113321815/

Geedub flies into town Thursday, and rather than pack for our riding/
camping/swimming/eating weekend, we go riding, of course. A quick
barney loop in the heat, a few brews, and hit the rack late.

Up and attem, packing Alex's pickup w/gear, bikes, food, refreshments,
and head for the high country. My favorite place on earth, camping
near Stanley, Idaho. A roaring little town of less than a hundred
high in the Sawtooth mountains.

We ride Elk Meadows first, and you can read more about this hombre
from my first time,
http://tinyurl.com/2x5yxuonly this time, we rode it a lot faster. I
took the lead on the descents, but it was all I could do to hang on
the climbs with ole Geedub, (what's that Penny & Gab named him, "Legs
of Iron" or "Buns of Steel"?) and Alex.

We do this beautiful loop pretty quick. You'll see how nice the
scenery was by the couple of pictures I took.

Back at the temporary hacienda, I treat the bros to chicken fajitas
and other home-made treats. My years as an undercover chef on a
cruise ship pays off some times.

Morning, we pack the cooler and beach stuff, and head to Fisher/
Williams, a famous loop that's pretty well known as the must-do Idaho
classic.

After that truly dandy ride, we head for Redfish Lake, empty brown
bottles and watch the wild life. I'm swimming a lot, while the brugly
others are mostly kicking back and trying to get to know the locals on
the white sand beach.

Good stuff. Stay tuned for more pictures posted and maybe some video
by Geedub.

A great time, but hey, you shoulda been there. Smallest turnout ever,
but we focused on quality, not quantity, heheh. And Penny would have
been proud how early we woke up, and how easy it was to get everybody
at the trailhead ready to ride.

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Nice! But where's the coffee report?

Greg

I brought the 70 watt power converter, ......Chris brought the 90 watt
coffee grinder.... oops, no workie. Chris also brought a 3 lb sledge and
we
confiscated a baggy holding clean rags to hold the beans while we
"ground"
them.

Nothing like 3 day old Konazillian coffee in a percolator in the woods
when
it's chilly out.

I left Chris a half pound of pure big island Kona to enjoy. Hmmm, I
wonder
if he'll add cream while I'm not looking?

:-)

"Add cream?" What do you think I am, a total neanderthal?? You
trained me better. But I do like the 3lb armstrong grind better than
the grs machine.. heheh.

CDB
We feel safer with you patrolling the AZ Highways. Me? I'm stuck up
Bitch Creek

geesh, me as a cop? hehehehehe....."book 'em Dano, he looks like he did
something wrong"

only one left so you shouldn't be stuck long

and what's up with the new handle?

Gary (fatboomer fits me better)

Remember that moose Sam? He sorta lives here until the Govt takes him
and makes a sailor out of him, and was logged in before me, so I got
his handle, fatboomer. Oh well.

Hi to your family.

CDB

On Jul 31, 2:11 pm, Paladin wrote:
On Jul 31, 6:36 am, " wrote:





On Jul 31, 3:50 am, Ride-A-Lot wrote:

Paladin wrote:

snip snip

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Alex's Pics are he he took more, and rode faster, too. But I'm a
better cook!

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.tat...AMB2007Stanley

Paladin

Nice stuff. Idaho is fun!

Now....

http://tinyurl.com/2vdxdb

Holy crap, Gary! Did you join the Marines?

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-owww.schnauzers.ws

Looks like an awesome time! Good for you guys! Everyone should have
a getaway like this every once in a while. I'm truly happy for you
all.

Reading some of the RR's and such from out west, combined with the
ever-growing MTB bug, has my good buddy Bret & I planning a similar
getaway either next year or the year after. So far there's only two
of us, but that's a start, right? We both already started the fund,
and whenever we get a chance to ride together we look for climbs and
the like that we can consider prep-work for the real mountains you've
got out there. It's a start, right?

Hardest part of these weekends is being able to ride hard stuff at
elevation, where it feels like you can't take in enough oxygen to save
your life. Our second ride had a fire road climb of about 7 milesl,
with a gain of about 2,200ft, but most of it was in the last 2 miles,
and that sucked! Our Marine, Highway Patrol Coffee Man did it
without stopping, but he's plain nuckin futz.


C'mon CDB, it's not like it's 13,000 feet. Don't be getting all
flatlander on us. One of the better local rides here hits 10,000 and
it's not too bad for the sea level dwelling freak crew.

Maybe next year when the truck is paid for and cash flow better.

JD

Paladin wrote:
Howdy fans, trolls and friends.

Here are a few shots from our 7th annual AMB-ID weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7728613...7601113321815/

Geedub flies into town Thursday, and rather than pack for our riding/
camping/swimming/eating weekend, we go riding, of course. A quick
barney loop in the heat, a few brews, and hit the rack late.

snip good stuff

Excellent. Thanks!

Matt

On Jul 30, 10:24 pm, Paladin wrote:
On Jul 30, 11:16 pm, Paladin wrote:



Howdy fans, trolls and friends.

Here are a few shots from our 7th annual AMB-ID weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7728613...7601113321815/

Geedub flies into town Thursday, and rather than pack for our riding/
camping/swimming/eating weekend, we go riding, of course. A quick
barney loop in the heat, a few brews, and hit the rack late.

Up and attem, packing Alex's pickup w/gear, bikes, food, refreshments,
and head for the high country. My favorite place on earth, camping
near Stanley, Idaho. A roaring little town of less than a hundred
high in the Sawtooth mountains.

We ride Elk Meadows first, and you can read more about this hombre
from my first time,http://tinyurl.com/2x5yxuonly this time, we rode it a lot faster. I
took the lead on the descents, but it was all I could do to hang on
the climbs with ole Geedub, (what's that Penny & Gab named him, "Legs
of Iron" or "Buns of Steel"?) and Alex.

We do this beautiful loop pretty quick. You'll see how nice the
scenery was by the couple of pictures I took.

Back at the temporary hacienda, I treat the bros to chicken fajitas
and other home-made treats. My years as an undercover chef on a
cruise ship pays off some times.

Morning, we pack the cooler and beach stuff, and head to Fisher/
Williams, a famous loop that's pretty well known as the must-do Idaho
classic.

After that truly dandy ride, we head for Redfish Lake, empty brown
bottles and watch the wild life. I'm swimming a lot, while the brugly
others are mostly kicking back and trying to get to know the locals on
the white sand beach.

Good stuff. Stay tuned for more pictures posted and maybe some video
by Geedub.

A great time, but hey, you shoulda been there. Smallest turnout ever,
but we focused on quality, not quantity, heheh. And Penny would have
been proud how early we woke up, and how easy it was to get everybody
at the trailhead ready to ride.

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Alex's Pics are he he took more, and rode faster, too. But I'm a
better cook!

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.tat...AMB2007Stanley

Paladin

Good lord! Who cooked that plate full of crap!

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.tat...74854031961490

It's really difficult for me to see the burn (forest) at the gate at
the top of Fisher Creek near the Aztec mine. Last time I was there it
was all green trees.

On Jul 31, 8:40 pm, HikerDave wrote:
On Jul 30, 10:24 pm, Paladin wrote:



On Jul 30, 11:16 pm, Paladin wrote:

Howdy fans, trolls and friends.

Here are a few shots from our 7th annual AMB-ID weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7728613...7601113321815/

Geedub flies into town Thursday, and rather than pack for our riding/
camping/swimming/eating weekend, we go riding, of course. A quick
barney loop in the heat, a few brews, and hit the rack late.

Up and attem, packing Alex's pickup w/gear, bikes, food, refreshments,
and head for the high country. My favorite place on earth, camping
near Stanley, Idaho. A roaring little town of less than a hundred
high in the Sawtooth mountains.

We ride Elk Meadows first, and you can read more about this hombre
from my first time,http://tinyurl.com/2x5yxuonlythis time, we rode it a lot faster. I
took the lead on the descents, but it was all I could do to hang on
the climbs with ole Geedub, (what's that Penny & Gab named him, "Legs
of Iron" or "Buns of Steel"?) and Alex.

We do this beautiful loop pretty quick. You'll see how nice the
scenery was by the couple of pictures I took.

Back at the temporary hacienda, I treat the bros to chicken fajitas
and other home-made treats. My years as an undercover chef on a
cruise ship pays off some times.

Morning, we pack the cooler and beach stuff, and head to Fisher/
Williams, a famous loop that's pretty well known as the must-do Idaho
classic.

After that truly dandy ride, we head for Redfish Lake, empty brown
bottles and watch the wild life. I'm swimming a lot, while the brugly
others are mostly kicking back and trying to get to know the locals on
the white sand beach.

Good stuff. Stay tuned for more pictures posted and maybe some video
by Geedub.

A great time, but hey, you shoulda been there. Smallest turnout ever,
but we focused on quality, not quantity, heheh. And Penny would have
been proud how early we woke up, and how easy it was to get everybody
at the trailhead ready to ride.

So, may your trails be narrow, crooked, lonesome and dangerous,
leading to the most outrageous adventures. ~Paladin

Alex's Pics are he he took more, and rode faster, too. But I'm a
better cook!

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.tat...AMB2007Stanley

Paladin

Good lord! Who cooked that plate full of crap!

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.tat...nley/photo#509...

It's really difficult for me to see the burn (forest) at the gate at
the top of Fisher Creek near the Aztec mine. Last time I was there it
was all green trees.

Gary said he'd met you. Best fried potatoes, sausage and eggs on
God's green earth. Washed down with Gary's coffee, man, that's the
life.

Yeah, the ride up to the mine, and the next 6 miles or so were pretty
wierd. Stark, spooky, open, instead of tight, close and cozy. The
exposure in parts was really highlighted without the trees and
underbrush hiding the view of how far you could fall off.

But that trail is just like me as I age gracefully, no matter what,
it still ROCKS.

CDB