Cross Country Skiing - Page 5

elSicomoro · 02-16-2003, 10:56 AM

I had to resurrect my snow thread.

Griff · 02-16-2003, 05:31 PM

Thats the spirit!

We took the girls sledding today at an old hippy homestead. The guy and his wife built a house (actually two) and raised a buncha well-adjusted kids without electric, running water, or indoor toilets. Every winter he builds a fantastic tobogon run with banked curves for high speed fun. The kids had a blast on the saucers and plastic tobogons, it turns out my kids are totally without fear. Cool. peace Griff

elSicomoro · 02-16-2003, 05:43 PM

Shit...I'm up there next weekend, man!

Griff · 03-09-2003, 03:59 PM

Skied yesterday, biked today, no it wasn't warm enough to cycle here. I took my mtn bike out on the dirt/mud roads. My front derailler froze in place and my rear d froze me out of all but the three lowest on the cluster. I was chased by a dog I know on this really long patch of ice, maybe 40 feet. I would like to thank gyroscopic effect for not kicking my butt. I scared the crap out of a little dog I don't know, using my patented anti-bite technique. What you do is angle your bike directly at the dog until veering off at the last second. This dog gave me a nervous little yipe and ran his butt back down his driveway.

99 44/100% pure · 04-06-2003, 11:35 PM

Last Tuesday it was an unexpected 70 deg. F here (Baltimore), with requisite sunbathing by many grateful, nearly naked undergrads. The next day, although sunny, was a bit brisk. For about 10 minutes in the early afternoon, it suddenly began to snow; those huge, wet flakes that don't stick. Outside, the world felt like a giant snow-globe, with the flakes swirling and blowing about. For a few minutes, it was breathtakingly beautiful! What a great planet we live on.

03-09-2003, 03:59 PM	#64
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Skied yesterday, biked today, no it wasn't warm enough to cycle here. I took my mtn bike out on the dirt/mud roads. My front derailler froze in place and my rear d froze me out of all but the three lowest on the cluster. I was chased by a dog I know on this really long patch of ice, maybe 40 feet. I would like to thank gyroscopic effect for not kicking my butt. I scared the crap out of a little dog I don't know, using my patented anti-bite technique. What you do is angle your bike directly at the dog until veering off at the last second. This dog gave me a nervous little yipe and ran his butt back down his driveway. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-06-2003, 11:35 PM	#65
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	Last Tuesday it was an unexpected 70 deg. F here (Baltimore), with requisite sunbathing by many grateful, nearly naked undergrads. The next day, although sunny, was a bit brisk. For about 10 minutes in the early afternoon, it suddenly began to snow; those huge, wet flakes that don't stick. Outside, the world felt like a giant snow-globe, with the flakes swirling and blowing about. For a few minutes, it was breathtakingly beautiful! What a great planet we live on. __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

02-16-2003, 10:56 AM	#61
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I had to resurrect my snow thread.

02-16-2003, 05:31 PM	#62
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thats the spirit! We took the girls sledding today at an old hippy homestead. The guy and his wife built a house (actually two) and raised a buncha well-adjusted kids without electric, running water, or indoor toilets. Every winter he builds a fantastic tobogon run with banked curves for high speed fun. The kids had a blast on the saucers and plastic tobogons, it turns out my kids are totally without fear. Cool. peace Griff

02-16-2003, 05:43 PM	#63
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Shit...I'm up there next weekend, man!

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