2014_05_15

bigun level  Frame grab from the Go Pro video. IMG 3867  You wish you didn't have to use it, but it's good to have it when you need it. IMG 3868  Coffee is good. Now it's art, too. IMG 3869  Plan B. IMG 3873  Little reptile dude doesn't take his front yard for granted. IMG 3874  Memorial or warning? Keith refuses to be intimidated.
IMG 3875  Water water everywhere, and nowhere to soak your tired dogs. IMG 3876  Collect the whole set of wildflowers. IMG 3877  A beer and an appetizer. Such a civilized way to spend a moment in town before heading back to camp for dinner. IMG 3879  A fire, last week. IMG 5129  Caption contest. IMG 5130  A working bike appears.
IMG 5131  Our favorite kind of sign. IMG 5133  The intrepid. IMG 5134  The low road. IMG 5135  Just riding down to the 7-11 for some cigarettes. IMG 5137  We took this sign up on its offer later. IMG 5138
IMG 5139  I could go for a yard of nothing but these. IMG 5140  Nick indicates how many dollars he would pay for a foot long sandwich. IMG 5141  I wondered what they were doing. Later, I found out. Funny story, actually. IMG 5142 IMG 5143 IMG 5146  I should wear a hat in the sun.
IMG 5147  Cheesy all right. IMG 5148  The movie's line "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." was voted as the #34 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100). IMG 5149  Earplugs behind ears. IMG 5150  That man. He let the dogs out. IMG 5151  Behold the majesty of my supermarket lunch. When a business doesn't depend on repeat customers, products don't have to do more than appear to be what you want, like, you know, taste good or something. IMG 5152
IMG 5153 IMG 5154 IMG 5156 IMG 5158  These ones surprised me the most. IMG 5159 IMG 5161
IMG 5162 IMG 5163  Nick stands in the right spot, because he gets it. IMG 5165  A challenger appears. IMG 5169  I forget to move to the right spot, possibly because I saw something shiny. IMG 5170  Unauthorized selfie #2. IMG 5171  You could totally ride a dirtbike across that arch,. Starting from that end would be easier.
IMG 5172 IMG 5173  Best macro shot yet. IMG 5174 IMG 5175 IMG 5176  We note this pass for future reference. IMG 5181  A wash. A road. Old hoodoos and new ones forming. All good.
IMG 5182 IMG 5183  Nice combo. IMG 5184 IMG 5185  The bottom of Lathrop Canyon has some very unexpected picnic tables and a restroom. IMG 5186  The DR came out in 1990 and the DRZ in 2000. You'd think they were due for a new generation by now. IMG 5187  Atmospheric perspective gives it away. That thing is distant and quite large.
IMG 5188 IMG 5189 IMG 5190  The top of Lathrop. Spotted this on the way in and made sure to capture it on the way back. IMG 5191 IMG 5192  M, C and A were nowhere to be found. IMG 5193
IMG 5194 IMG 5197  Looking more like a Mario brother than a Baldwin brother here. IMG 5198  A good time was had by all. IMG 5200  Nick's expression makes sense if you saw the guy taking the picture. IMG 5201  Keith and Nick were fairly pleased with how this turned out. That is an understatement. IMG 5203  One for the geologists.
IMG 5209  Just like we planned it. IMG 5210  That would make a half decent desktop. IMG 5216  Less snow in the mountains every day. IMG 5220  That wash looks like a road. IMG 5221  Two out of three photographers thought this was a good place for a selfie. IMG 5222  I liked the bushy flowers myself.
IMG 5227  Ride the wash. Next time it rains, the Etch-a-Sketch gets shaken. IMG 5228 IMG 5229 IMG 5230  Love this stuff. IMG 5231  The feet on the antelope are a personal favorite. IMG 5232
IMG 5233  Too bad there's no translation of what these pictograms meant. IMG 5234 IMG 5235 IMG 5236  That's the long form version of "don't be a jerk." IMG 5237  Jerks. IMG 5238  Bikes for scale.
nick kmak riverbend  Panoramic version. nick kmak vidgrab  GoPro version allowed frame by frame selection of the moment of maximum wheelie. spot kmak  Keith is in this shot for scale. Trust me. spot nick  Nick is in this picture. Trust me.