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« Reply #1300 on: August 12, 2024, 02:31:35 PM »
I think the temp is around 28c. The ferry is from Sydney NS to Port au Basques nl. 7 hours.
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« Reply #1301 on: August 12, 2024, 03:05:08 PM »
Lash, hope you enjoy your time there and hope you have good weather and great food
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« Reply #1302 on: August 12, 2024, 06:33:28 PM »
Are those two garden chairs in your backyard? Looks great! J.

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« Reply #1303 on: August 13, 2024, 12:56:20 PM »
Not my back yard. That's the little restaurant in Fleur de Lys we ride to. Wish it was my backyard!
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« Reply #1304 on: August 14, 2024, 12:07:36 PM »
Ride #83 today was 147 km. to LaScie for a chicken dinner. Beautiful fishing town, the scallops we buy there are huge! Tomorrow’s ride will be to Kings Point, another great spot for seafood!
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« Reply #1305 on: August 14, 2024, 03:25:10 PM »
Ride #22    90 miles    Home - Chelsea - Home

A lunch run out to Mikes Deli in Chelsea.
Westbound on Seven Mile, Strawberry Lake, Dexter-Chelsea to Mikes.
Eastbound on Dexter-Chelsea, Huron River Drive, Pontiac Trail, North Territorial.
Mikes has 20+ sandwiches on the menu, I have sampled two.
Today’s choice was #3 Sydney’s sub, ham, salami, pepperoni, provolone, yum.
Later on I stopped at the glassed out big bend on the Huron River for photos.

Lash, Newfoundland looks very nice. I have never been in Canada beyond Ontario save for a couple nights at Waterton/Glacier. Keep the photos coming!…..and keep an eye on Ernesto.
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« Reply #1306 on: August 14, 2024, 07:36:01 PM »
Kevin and Lash gorgeous photos guys!   Lash, glad you have access to such good seafood and beautiful towns and folks there... Kevin, really nice area you are riding and living in, won't be too long before cold weather is the norm, so enjoy the rides and get your fill...
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« Reply #1307 on: August 15, 2024, 01:24:54 PM »
220 km for #84 today to Kings Point, NL. Seafood chowder right on the water, beautiful day! Tomorrow we are going back to Fleur de Lys and maybe Tuesday will be the start of our trip around the north coast.
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« Reply #1308 on: August 15, 2024, 05:32:45 PM »
A good chowder is so tasty! Corn chowder is really good too.  Not a low calorie food, but you aren't making it your regular diet. A good meal that as they say, sticks to your ribs, so you aren't hungry and hour or two later.

I enjoy good seafood, haven't had any in a while...
Been wanting to go spend some time on the beach in California to see if it could do a reset on a mental funk I have been fighting...  Maybe I will renew my passport and go find a good beach in Mexico instead, would be far cheaper.  California changed laws such that you cannot even take a nap in your car now without risking getting a ticket from police. Even if you pull off road and find a place out of the way because you are sleepy and are a hazard driving. Stupidity is deep there...
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« Reply #1309 on: August 15, 2024, 05:39:04 PM »
220 km for #84 today to Kings Point, NL. Seafood chowder right on the water, beautiful day! Tomorrow we are going back to Fleur de Lys and maybe Tuesday will be the start of our trip around the north coast.

That’s “living”. Enjoy! J.

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« Reply #1310 on: August 15, 2024, 11:02:01 PM »
Delicious rides guys!
The weather seems to be perfect too ;D
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« Reply #1311 on: August 16, 2024, 05:37:51 AM »
Delicious rides guys!
The weather seems to be perfect too ;D

Yes, it’s been favorable weather here for a stretch, but turning today, I think no #23 for a few days. I have to watch my lunch rides or I will have to crank the preload up a notch.

Bud, here is something for you. I found the nicest photo of your Scout that I could and also your badges.
If it was me I would take it to the printer and make an enlargement for the wall in the shop. I don’t know if these 150kb photos will take too much enlargement. I hope you like it.
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« Reply #1312 on: August 16, 2024, 05:00:10 PM »
Turkey soup in Fleur de Lys today. Only 90 km for #85. Had a contractor over to look at doing some work on the house so couldn’t go any farther.
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« Reply #1313 on: August 16, 2024, 06:01:10 PM »
Turkey soup in Fleur de Lys today. Only 90 km for #85. Had a contractor over to look at doing some work on the house so couldn’t go any farther.

Ordered “Heart Attach in a Bowl” yet? From memory, a large order of fries, covered in turkey stuffing and smothered in gravy!

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« Reply #1314 on: August 16, 2024, 06:26:02 PM »


Bud, here is something for you. I found the nicest photo of your Scout that I could and also your badges.
If it was me I would take it to the printer and make an enlargement for the wall in the shop. I don’t know if these 150kb photos will take too much enlargement. I hope you like it.

Oh, cool!  Thanks, Kevin!  Just seeing this.  Trying to decide if it's going to be hot tomorrow to ride.  This thread is a great motivator.  I've got some work to do, so I may have to sit out this weekend.
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« Reply #1315 on: August 17, 2024, 12:32:42 AM »
 ;2nd to the last event at Speedway was Wed, so I had to go, and that netted # 32. Just a quick out to the track and back for 76 miles. It is still hot, like 100° f when I left at 5:45, but cooled off nice. I got to try out my mesh jacket, but the jury is still out on that, I'm not real excited about black.

Anyhoo I had a good sammich there, you will have to take my word for that because the picture seems to be missing something. The races were great, again. I really like that they do the national anthem before the races with all the riders and crews in the infield, it's a classy way to start the night. I didn't do alot of pics because it is hard to do justice because the bikes are so fast. Another week and a half and they are having (I think) the state finals, then it's done until next year, unless I go to Aburn for the Nationals. It's only about 500 miles away, so maybe.

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« Reply #1316 on: August 17, 2024, 12:58:28 AM »
Ride #33, but it wasn't  a happy one. I went out for about a 60 mile ride to shake off the pissed off after the wife's handy work on my truck. We have friends visiting from out of state so she lent her car to them for 2 weeks. This puts me on the bike for my main transportation and her in my truck, what could go wrong????? About 4 days into this arrangement and she rubs the right side against the neighbors fence post, the fence is ok, but......... both doors, the step bar, part of the bed AND sliced the rear tire.

This was on Thursday so me still being less than happy about it needed some wind therapy.  We'll happy to say that straightened out my attitude, my truck is still f'd up, but I'm not likely to go off on her with a verbal tirade now. So I guess it was a good ride up Ortega Hwy after all.
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« Reply #1317 on: August 17, 2024, 04:05:51 AM »
Turkey soup in Fleur de Lys today. Only 90 km for #85. Had a contractor over to look at doing some work on the house so couldn’t go any farther.

Ordered “Heart Attach in a Bowl” yet? From memory, a large order of fries, covered in turkey stuffing and smothered in gravy!

That’s Newfie Poutine John. Haven’t had any yet but I still have a month and a half to go..
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« Reply #1318 on: August 17, 2024, 01:38:19 PM »
Jim, I am guessing that wasn't a rub done at low speed for her to scrape/dent that much of the truck...
Sorry about the truck...
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« Reply #1319 on: August 17, 2024, 01:43:39 PM »
She was pulling out of the driveway from a dead stop. I didn't hear a burn out, but she did say she heard scraping as she pulled out. Kinda funny, in a perverted sort of way.
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« Reply #1320 on: August 17, 2024, 05:14:02 PM »
I had my sunroof on my Mini Cooper open yesterday and it was completely open while parked for an appointment yesterday morning. I put it in vent mode after pulling away leaving and while traveling down an access road adjacent to the freeway between exits I reached up and toggled the switch to close it and ai was traveling about 45 mph. The roof made the most awful sound and it literally Sounded like it jammed and then shattered a panel as it continues the close cycle rather than hitting a fault trigger and reopening. The noise was scary.  I don't have a garage at the place I rent and thought , great, this is going to be expensive and a royal pita to get fixed...
I rolled down my window to be able to reach up and feel if the roof had any gaps or dangling pieces above the seam at the rear. There wasn't anywhere to safely stop and if damaged nothing I could do about it.  I just touched things, no rubbing, etc. The rain storm and then blowing dust and sand left the surface less than clean to the touch...I feared the worst.
Once I stopped a couple miles later I got out expecting carnage and was surprised it didn't look abnormal and nothing broken in the glass panoramic roof panels or the little bit of plastic and felt and rubber seals. I am afraid now to open it for fear it will have an issue that cannot be addressed without a dealer service.
Externally it looks fine but something definitely was not right when it closed previously.
I hate car problems...
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« Reply #1321 on: August 17, 2024, 05:36:05 PM »
That sucks David.

A little while ago I cot a call that the lent out car had a flat from a nail, it is about 30 miles from here. Then I remembered that I had free flat fixes from America's Tire, woo hoo. But the tire was past the wear limit to be fixed and they refused to fix it. So I told them to put the spare on and I will deal with the flat...........no can do, the spare is over 10 years old.  So I  ought 4 new Fricken tires o er the phone for a tad over $800! Yup I hate car trouble too, maybe I should go hang out in the pisses off thread for a while.
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« Reply #1322 on: August 17, 2024, 06:06:06 PM »
That sucks David.

A little while ago I cot a call that the lent out car had a flat from a nail, it is about 30 miles from here. Then I remembered that I had free flat fixes from America's Tire, woo hoo. But the tire was past the wear limit to be fixed and they refused to fix it. So I told them to put the spare on and I will deal with the flat...........no can do, the spare is over 10 years old.  So I  ought 4 new Fricken tires o er the phone for a tad over $800! Yup I hate car trouble too, maybe I should go hang out in the pisses off thread for a while.

A friend has a car hauler trailer he bought second (third/fourth) hand from someone late last year, he lives a couple hours away. He has been running in a spare wheel for about 4 months because one of his trailer tires developed a puncture from a nail and because the tires are too old no one would repair the puncture. He found a guy who was selling used trailer tires with 2022 date codes as he was updating the load capacity of his trailer and replaced his tires. Randy spent $200 for a set of trailer tires instead of $400+ for the used 10 ply trailer tires.
 
Sorry to read of the tire misfortune Jim, another thing that has increased greatly in price since the start of the pandemic...

Front for my VStrom in Dunlop Mission tire went from around $150 on sale to $200...
Fortunately the Mission tires have long wear life and do not require replacement very often with 25-30k miles possible out of a front...
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« Reply #1323 on: August 18, 2024, 09:05:25 AM »
It has been smoky around here for the last month, not conducive to scenic photos so I haven't bothered.  But the smoke cleared out Friday, still hazy, but much improved.  So I went out for what I'll call #11.




A herd of rosebuds feeding -


An old railroad bridge over the Snake River converted to a footbridge.  A little overbuilt for the current purpose -


It's a big country -


Miscellaneous old stuff -




The Snake River and its canyons are always reliable places for purty pix -




What to do with a farmer who has given his all to feed us? Make a monument for a job well done out of him and his faithful tractor and pals -



And of course on the way home, I have to stop by and check on the camels -

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« Reply #1324 on: August 18, 2024, 09:31:14 AM »
Awsome pics, Greg! Looks like it was a great ride through some beautiful country. 13 more before the white stuff flies, hurry!
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