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.
Date Posted
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 30 2008 Art's Fab CO Ride!
July 29 2008 GG and PP and Louie: SoCal Summer Vacation
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" :-)
July 2 2008 Al's Marathon Pad :-)
June 30 2008 Al's Dominican Republic Beachfront Home :-)
June 27 2008 Dominican Republic: The Amazing Punta Cana
June 26 2008 Dominican Republic Day-3; Constanza and Santiago
June 25 2008 Dominican Republic Day-2; El Portillo
June 24 2008 Adventures in the Dominican Republic (Part-1)
June 20 2008 Air-Tour of Marathon Island (FL Keys)
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 18 2008 Six Day Ride in the Mojave Desert
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
Nov 7 2007 China Lake 300
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 19 2007 Amazing Americana! Driggs ID, Park City UT, 'Vegas! (Part 2)
Sept 19 2007 Amazing Americana! (Eugene/Bozeman; Part-1)
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