Weekend Excursions
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Weekend Excursions
Every weekend I do something I consider interesting. Some weekends I make several trips around the Los Angeles basin. I like cars, bikes, model and real airplanes, skiing, and ... eating. In particular, I like the history of all these things, and finding a good deal in any of these categories is a special goal of mine.
In my travels, I make diaries which I originally just emailed to a small cadre of friends, but was encouraged to broaden my distribution. With the advent of weblogs (BLOGs), I can also now garner feedback on these weekend excusions; and we all benefit from the feedback of others who have done similar treks, or have visited similar or even better places.
Jan 23 2012 Cindy's Durango Loft
Jan 5 2012 Poppin' Caps w/Loye
Jan 2 2012 Tank Speaks!
Nov 30 2011 LAB2V 2011
Nov 24 2011 Ruger Mini-14 Target Rifle
Nov 22 2011 First CA Ride: KX250F
Nov 2 2011 Civil Disobedience @ 10kft :-)
Oct 30 2011 First Ride: KX-250F
Oct 21 2011 Purgatory & Silverton Tour
Oct 18 2011 Soar Truckee!
Oct 14 2011 Truckee CA to Durango CO
Oct 12 2011 Walkin' Durango!
Oct 1 2011 PW-5 @ Durango
Sept 26 2011 Arrive Durango!
Sept 23 2011 Kayak Tahoe!
Sept 7 2011 Tehachapi Fire: Epilog
Sept 6 2011 Tehachapi Wildfire: The Front Line
Sept 5 2011 Glider FIRE :-(
Aug 21 2011 Walkin' Park City
Aug 21 2011 Durango Gliders
Aug 21 2011 Heber City Gliders
Aug 21 2011 Solo to Mt. Kendall
Aug 5 2011 Ride To Glory!
Aug 4 2011 Blanik L-13AC Take Off @ Mountain Valley Airport
Aug 1 2011 Flying w/Pat :-)
July 25 2011 Long Days' Journey Into FLIGHT :-)
July 18 2011 Sunday Ride + Fly :-)
July 04 2011 Canebrake Loop
July 02 2011 100-mile-Saturday :-)
June 26 2011 Ammo Shoot-Out :-)
June 25 2011 Up & Away @ MVA :-)
June 24 2011 Perfect Patti!
June 04 2011 Hornet @ IYK
May 30 2011 Terrific Day @ MVA :-)
May 26 2011 Ride Glide!
May 24 2011 Bachelor Nutrition!
May 22 2011 Memphis!
May 16 2011 Bird Dog Redux
May 13 2011 Chilhowee: Last Launch
May 12 2011 Shoot Tennessee!
May 11 2011 Chilhowee Glider Nationals Day-5
May 08 2011 Glider Nationals Day-3
May 07 2011 Bird Dog!
May 06 2011 Chilhowee Glider Nationals Day-2
May 04 2011 Glider Competition Day-1
May 03 2011 Sports Class Nationals (Practice Day)
Apr 30 2011 Chilhowee Gliderport
Apr 20 2011 Rays' Red Rocket
Apr 15 2011 NASA Dryden & EAFB
Apr 8 2011 Porterville Adventure :-)
Mar 31 2011 Cousin Bruce Bites-the-Dust
Mar 30 2011 Bruce @ Summit
Mar 28 2011 Cousin Bruce Ride #2
Mar 26 2011 Amazing Ride of Cousin Bruce
Mar 23 2011 Blue Bike @ Snowline
Feb 20 2011 Green Machines: Oh Beautiful Day!
Feb 12 2011 Big Green Machine
Feb 10 2011 Fly Chilhowee!
Dec 14 2010 Ballarat: Last Event of 2010
Dec 9 2010 Truckee Trip :-)
Nov 29 2010 LAB2V (on Picasa)
Nov 23 2010 LAB2V Track
Nov 22 2010 First Snow!
Oct 21 2010 Amazing Ride! My KTM-300 Desert Racer :-)
Oct 17 2010 LAB2V Prep #1
Oct 14 2010 Sicily! (indoor, on Picasa)
Oct 14 2010 Sicily! (outdoor scenes, on Picasa)
Oct 12 2010 Kawasaki Tough!
Oct 11 2010 Sicily! (people, on Picasa)
Oct 6 2010 Back Home Again!
Sept 20 2010 TW-200 & Randsburg (Part-2)
Sept 19 2010 TW-200 & Randsburg (Part-1)
Sept 18 2010 Back in the Saddle Again
Sept 12 2010 Dust Devil Dash on Picasa
Aug 28 2010 Gliders! August!
Aug 25 2010 Dare-Devilitry @ Soar Truckee!
Aug 22 2010 Truckee: A Very Fun "No-Fly" Day :-)
Aug 17 2010 Mt. Whitney via Mountaineers Route
Aug 14 2010 Terror @ Trona Pinnacles!
Aug 8 2010 Truckee/Home
Aug 7 2010 48-hrs of Party-Time!
Aug 4 2010 Roaring Reno!
July 31 2010 Cruzin' Sanny Franny :-)
July 27 2010 Glider Tough!
July 25 2010 Air Sailing + Blanik :-)
July 24 2010 Navy Jets!
July 15 2010 Elements of a Wonderful Day
July 14 2010 Tahoe Taco Taste-Off!
July 13 2010 Lake Tahoe Ride!
July 11 2010 Soar Truckee Sunday!
July 10 2010 Cloud Streets, Casino's & Fly! Fly! Fly!
July 8 2010 .22 Funday :-)
July 5 2010 Fireworks on the 4th!
July 4 2010 Bodie!
July 3 2010 Summer Skiing!
June 24 2010 Fly-Day w/Sigma DP-1 Camera
June 22 2010 Paco's Glider Ride!
June 17 2010 Truckee Wed Glider Prep :-)
June 14 2010 Blanik 336 Bravo Alpha is Rigged!
June 12 2010 Casino Living!
June 3 2010 North Loop!
May 30 2010 Memorial Weekend Ride
May 19 2010 Redemption!
May 18 2010 200-Mile Sunday!
May 16 2010 North to Reno, Yreka, and Truckee!
May 10 2010 80-mile Ride!
May 3 2010 Funday Ride :-)
May 2 2010 South to Yreka!
May 1 2010 North to Vancouver!
Apr 19 2010 Sighting-In!
Mar 29 2010 Russia vs USA: Ammo Compared!
Mar 27 2010 QuikRide!
Mar 21 2010 Poker Run!
Mar 19 2010 22-Storm!
Mar 5 2010 Savage .22's!
Feb 24 2010 Pasadena!
Feb 13 2010 FunDay Neighborhood Ride :-)
Feb 8 2010 Superbowl! Super-Ride! Super-Duck!
Jan 11 2010 Mission Planning: Assault on Red Mountain
Jan 10 2010 Boxer Rescue Los Angeles!
Dec 31 2009 Tarantula: CIA Operations in the Mojave
Dec 30 2009 Welcome Back, Ray!
Dec 24 2009 Test: Warp-9 Racing 19" Front Wheel on 450R
Dec 22 2009 Sunday Fixit
Dec 21 2009 Stupid-101: Out of Gas (Again) in the Mojave
Dec 19 2009 Experiment in Polarized Sepia
Dec 9 2009 Oh Beautiful Day!
Dec 5 2009 Long Beach Motorcycle Show
Dec 1 2009 LAB2V!
Oct 23 2009 Arriving Ephrata!
Oct 19 2009 Night Ride!
Oct 14 2009 Storm Rider!
Oct 12 2009 Isabella Loop!
Oct 11 2009 New Route to Randsburg (Pizza!)
Sept 28 2009 Soar Truckee!
Sept 27 2009 Dinner in an Old Mining Town
Sept 27 2009 Inyokern Parade!
Sept 26 2009 Dirt-bike Pizza!
Sept 7 2009 Team Red Line: Colorado Hi-Ride (Chap.4)
Sept 7 2009 Team Red Line: Colorado Hi-Ride (Chap.3)
Sept 7 2009 Team Red Line: Colorado Hi-Ride (Chap.2)
Sept 7 2009 Team Red Line: Colorado Hi-Ride (Chap.1)
Aug 30 2009 Team Red Line: Arrival at Breckenridge
Aug 29 2009 Team Red Line: Colorado Prep-Ride #3
Aug 27 2009 Team Red Line: Colorado Prep-Ride #2
Aug 26 2009 Team Red Line: Colorado Prep-Ride #1
Aug 8 2009 Saved (Again!) by CBR :-)
July 30 2009 Typical "Retired" Day :-)
July 28 2009 Journey to the Center of the Earth
July 24 2009 TW-200!
July 21 2009 Camera Test!
July 20 2009 Pinnacles Loop
July 12 2009 K&N Factory Tour
July 10 2009 Sand-Testing Preachers' XT
July 8 2009 Searching for Chimney Peak...
July 3 2009 Breakfast! (Not at Tiffany's...)
June 29 2009 No hero today...
June 25 2009 Riding the Blast Furnace: 100 Miles in 100 Degree Heat
June 23 2009 CoTTS: Do I "Have What It Takes?"
June 17 2009 Rescue Me!
June 15 2009 Exploring!
June 12 2009 Volcano via Dirt Bike!
June 8 2009 High Adventure! Dirt Bike Testing @ 10,000'!
June 6 2009 KTM-300XCW Top-end Overhaul
June 2 2009 Team Red Line on the Moab White Rim Trail
June 1 2009 Team Red Line Moab; Rebuffed on the White Rim Trail
June 1 2009 Moab White Rim Trail; Preparation & Planning
May 17 2009 Sunday Fun Ride: Owens Peak
Mar 11 2009 Inyokern Home & a Great Ride (and a Very Lucky Boy)...
Mar 8 2009 Riding Little Suzi :-)
Mar 6 2009 Laguna Beach w/Buddies :-)
Mar 2 2009 2/3rds of Team Red Line at Smugglers Notch!
Feb 8 2009 Ridgecrest: The Promised Land :-)
Feb 8 2009 Manly-Man Big Bear Home; Thank the Ladies!!
Feb 6 2009 Big Bear! Paul & Thads Excellent Adventure! (Part2!)
Feb 1 2009 CNF on SuperBowl Sunday!
Jan 26 2009 Ridgecrest 250!
Jan 19 2009 BUSTED in the Cleveland National Forest! :-)
Jan 16 2009 Gliders! Dirt-bikes! Paul & Thads' Excellent Adventure! (Part1!)
Jan 12 2009 Renazco-4-KTM :-)
Jan 4 2009 2009 First Ride: Hello Silverado!
Dec 11 2008 Team Red Line @ Bishop 3-day
Dec 8 2008 Team Red Line @ Sierra Safari 2008
Dec 3 2008 Los Angeles - Barstow - 'Vegas!
Nov 24 2008 Trona Pinnacles
Nov 9 2008 NAWC, RGRA, Red Mountain, and a Great Nights Sleep
Nov 1 2008 Randsburg Ramble!
Sept 25 2008 Adventure at Whiskey Pete's!
Sept 12 2008 Truckee Friday: Great Riding and a Bad A** Bee :-)
Sept 10 2008 Truckee Tuesday; Dirt-bikes and Gliders
Sept 9 2008 Truckee: A Very Adventurous Monday!
Sept 8 2008 Irvine to Bridgeport CA
July 25 2008 Adventure Haircut!
July 17 2008 Louie the Sea Dog! (a nautical adventure)
July 12 2008 Blasting-Away Part-II (the final chapter?) and EMF Tour :-)
July 6 2008 Blasting Away on Shoot-'em-up Day!
July 3 2008 Old Saybrook CT; Deja Vu "All over again" :-)
May 19 2008 Laughlin NV, and Memories Past...
May 17 2008 New Bike: KTM-300XC-W(e)... Riding the Spanish Peaks
Apr 12 2008 3rd. St., Food, and a Really Bad Apple
Apr 07 2008 Paul's New Apartment
Mar 21 2008 Bikes, Mud, Lotsa Quarters, and Louie
Mar 03 2008 Paul's new car!
Feb 22 2008 Death Valley Rally; 3-days, 600-miles, 83-pictures!
Feb 25 2008 Death Valley Rally: Preparation Ride and Equipment Test
Feb 8 2008 Death Valley Rally bike test: KLX-450R and KDX-200
Feb 2 2008 KDX-200 Trip Computer
Jan 31 2008 DR-650 Delivery Day!
Jan 17 2008 Anza Borrego and Ocotillo Wells SVRA
Dec 27 2007 Proposal to Kawasaki
Dec 10 2007 Dash to the Inscriptions (Not!)
Dec 10 2007 Long Beach Motorcycle Show
Nov 30 2007 FMF Gnarly Pipe for KDX-200
Nov 26 2007 Jawbone Sayonara
Nov 25 2007 Jawbone Scenic Ride
Nov 24 2007 Jawbone Thanksgiving
Nov 23 2007 Riding Jawbone
Nov 20 2007 Trabuco Canyon
Oct 31 2007 24 Hours of Birthday!
Oct 25 2007 Sierra Safari 2007
Oct 14 2007 Near-disaster! Bike-trailer failure...
Oct 12 2007 Sierra Safari: The Final Countdown
Oct 9 2007 450R Prep for the Sierra Safari
Sept 27 2007 Riding the Cleveland National Forest; Heaven in my own back yard!
Sept 18 2007 24 hours in Socal (not exactly "ho-hum")...
Sept 15 2007 The Uinta National Forest (and desert-to-Las Vegas)
Sept 7 2007 Delivery day! KLX-450R
Aug 27 2007 What sells? Web-ramblings analyzed...
Aug 26 2007 Dirt-Bike-Prep! (Part-1) Ride-From-Hell! (Part-2)
Aug 23 2007 Sonora Loop!
Aug 20 2007 Riding the Wasatch! (and other minor adventures...)
Aug 10 2007 Hiking Laguna Beach!
Aug 2 2007 Dave Tsui gets promoted!
July 30 2007 Truckee, Shirley, and Points-South!
July 29 2007 Mr. Jaguar visits Del Amo Motorsports!
July 26 2007 Truckee: Ride/Glide "Just another day in paradise"
July 24 2007 Truckee: Dirt-bike heaven!
July 24 2007 Truckee! WooHoo!
July 22 2007 Truckee: 3-story-Friday!
July 19 2007 L.A. to Mammoth to Truckee!
July 16 2007 Bachelor Food (or how to spend $160 for dinner at Costco)
July 16 2007 World Grand Buffet; L.A.'s best/cheap Asian food!
July 16 2007 Rowlands Garden on Grand Cayman Island
June 26 2007 Hiking Mammoth!
June 25 2007 Perseverance pays off! The Lesson of Bald Mountain...
June 25 2007 Motocross Sunday!
June 23 2007 KTM 990 Adventure Test (fiction!)
June 21 2007 Dirt Bike Deja Vu; Riding the Inyo National Forest
June 14 2007 Hawaii Glider Club '07
June 14 2007 South Point
June 9 2007 My neighborhood! Venice Beach 2007!
June 9 2007 Mauna Loa via Jeep; Defeated by a volcano!
June 9 2007 Hawaii: Mauna Kea observatories via Jeep
June 3 2007 Hawaii by V-Rod
Aug 13 2006 Malibu Beachside via Jaguar
Aug 12 2006 Soap Monster - Revenge of My Dishwasher
Aug 12 2006 Restaurant Review: Cafe Marguerite (Beach French)
May 22 2006 KTM Adventure ("pin-up" of a great motorcycle)
May 22 2006 My Dream Plane (Maule M-4 180V story by Jeff Moody)
May 21 2006 Local skiing, Gliders, Silent Movie, Santa Monica (42 pages!)
May 19 2006 Venice Beach Friday Night Walkabout
May 19 2006 My 1964 Jaguar; Mammoth Ski Trip; Local Neighborhood
May 19 2006 History of Superbikes
May 19 2006 Friday Gliders ("blown out") and gliderport aerial shots
May 17 2006 Cheeto: The Little Blind Boxer With A Big Heart
May 17 2006 Burger Warz! History of the Hamburger (Los Angeles version!)
May 17 2006 Mitsua Market (Japanese food) and Pinks (hot dogs!)
May 17 2006 Shopping for Dirt Bikes
May 17 2006 Friday Gliders!
May 17 2006 Fountain Valley (home sale) and 2005/6 Summary