tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273011942011-12-19T11:07:38.311-07:00Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.comBlogger2051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-44937931342795923742011-12-19T10:58:00.002-07:002011-12-19T11:07:38.333-07:00

I decided to just check my blog to be sure it was still there and to my my surprise it was and it had been almost a year to the day that anything had been entered. Still taking those rides out to Bartlett to clear my head, one week on the KLR the other on the Nomad. Wow! How little has changed.Today is our Aunt Betty's funeral. Four weeks ago she was told that she had 6 months to live. Guess she

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-17722415228838907442010-12-19T13:17:00.001-07:002010-12-19T13:17:41.900-07:00

I took the KLR out today to get in a little saddle time. Bartlett is one of those rides that is brainless and mostly trafficless, perfect for just thinking. All went well until leaving the rest stop at the lake. I had just walked in to the restroom when a small striped motor home roared into the parking lot and pulled up next to my bike. The muffler was loud and the woman driving was shouting

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-12435010015550995362010-09-05T11:16:00.001-07:002010-09-05T11:16:12.236-07:00

“So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” Barack Obama At first I was a little insulted by our Professor in Chief referring to some of us in fly-over country as bitter clingers, but on further consideration came to the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-50842673158471324422010-07-18T17:29:00.001-07:002010-07-18T17:49:32.891-07:00

Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people, authorities said.The assailants arrived at the gathering in the city of Torreon in several cars and opened fire without saying a word, the Coahuila state Attorney General's Office said in statement. At least 18 people were wounded. In the worst such massacre this year, gunmen raided a drug-rehab center in the northern

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-91265265730643543202010-07-14T06:20:00.001-07:002010-07-14T07:26:00.728-07:00

Same ol same ol. If you can’t win an argument on its merits call names. The NAACP has been using the same line for anyone who disagrees with its politics “racists” for so long that I can’t imagine why anyone would even listen. If the person is white he is a “racist” if black he is an “Uncle Tom”. Can’t we all just agree to disagree?

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-2585067979294634322010-07-09T08:23:00.001-07:002010-07-10T08:39:02.078-07:00

It lasted 23 days and covered over 6,000 miles in 9 states. The Nomad ran flawlessly and stayed at about 40 mpg (but much better if I kept the speeds down …. not often). The bike is comfortable but even at a 60 mph average that is still 100 hours of saddle time in those 3 weeks. Several of those days were 600 – 700 mile days that required 12 hours of seat time. Vicki wouldn’t use the word “

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-45388805890569747482010-06-10T08:10:00.001-07:002010-06-10T08:10:08.644-07:00

I’m not talking about BP, although there may be some, I’m talking about our President. He and the liberals in Congress have done more damage since the 2006 elections than I have seen since Vietnam.  We need some knowledgeable adults in there not, supposedly well-spoken, pretenders. You know, people who have run something besides campaigns.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-24119346884899014412010-06-07T08:39:00.001-07:002010-06-08T09:59:33.428-07:00

We found a swarm of bees in the parking lot this morning. With all the news stories about attacks by Africanized bees and kids as well as adults on the property, what should be done? I called 3 companies. The first 2 told me that they could get rid of them for from $120 - $155. The third said, “Wait 48 hours. They are probably just passing through and will leave soon.” I hadn’t thought of that

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-11000193987372179572010-06-05T09:40:00.001-07:002010-06-05T11:40:39.531-07:00

On Friday Barry Young and Michelle Larson from KFYI did a special “Buycott” night at the Diamondbacks game against the Rockies, from the home of one of the great American public school systems (Denver) that said they were going to boycott us. To make it even better the D-backs won the game in the bottom of the 9th. Following the game there was a fireworks show outside the stadium. Then

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-12626121069312437842010-05-28T11:06:00.001-07:002010-05-28T13:22:22.144-07:00

My second day of actual retirement I decided to take a nice relaxing hike up Shaw Butte. It was clear, cool (well not hot), and beautiful up there. A thought kept running through my mind, “snake on the trail”. I don’t know why, but sure as summer temperatures go over 100, as the trail curved around the mountain a buzz startled me. At first that snake was invisible but when it finally moved a

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-65698753876952246032010-05-24T17:25:00.001-07:002010-05-24T17:58:06.478-07:00

Tomorrow is my last day with students. Nineteen years! It doesn’t seem that long but in some ways seems much longer. One of my first blog entries was about The Shawshank Redemption, digging through the prison walls, and grappling with being “institutionalized”. My retirement party was Saturday but the feeling isn’t like Shawshank. There is no open white beach or endless blue sky. It is more

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-44111111194180434512010-05-16T07:35:00.001-07:002010-05-16T07:41:13.085-07:00

Why couldn’t this have happened before the election of 2008? The “Joe the Plumber” moment would have destroyed our “spread the wealth” presidential candidate’s chances for election. Instead we are facing a huge growth in government entitlements that everyone deep down knows can’t be paid for and two more years of a guy who won’t sign bills that shut it down. I hope we make it through those years.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-54700621466604927062010-05-08T22:57:00.001-07:002010-05-08T22:57:44.838-07:00

According to a PEW survey in March only one in five registered voters trust the government to “do the right thing”. It isn’t just here but in the EU there is pressure to bail out the Greeks. But does anyone doubt that they will renege on the deal? Watch the riots. The government says one thing but the people and history tell a different story. I read an article on the Huffington Post about 10

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-56205627476458820472010-05-02T06:51:00.001-07:002010-05-02T06:51:48.233-07:00

I was talking to a teacher friend the other day who happens to be the president of the local teacher’s union in our district. She is a staunch Democrat and we go round and round often. The other day she was complaining about how little teachers make. I pointed out that she made nearly $4000 dollars a month. That stopped her. Then I asked where it all went. Why were her checks not enough? Then I

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-39921107153322402102010-05-01T18:25:00.001-07:002010-05-01T18:25:41.780-07:00

What will happen when I retire in a few days as a public school teacher and don’t have to listen to the constant stream of nonsense about how bad things are? There is a vote coming up in Arizona on a one cent sales tax two-thirds of which will go to schools. If it doesn’t pass teachers in my district will take a 2 1/2 percent cut in pay instead of a 1 1/2 percent cut. The truth is that most will

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-44251453197137353492010-04-23T13:53:00.001-07:002010-05-01T17:03:05.722-07:00

If only the federal government got it. Since when does it fall on a state to guard the integrity of our national borders? Well the next step will be Obama and the Democrat Congress ramming through an immigration bill that will make everyone now here legal. Just more of the same.  THERE SHOULD BE NO DEALS UNTIL THE BORDER IS  SHUT DOWN!! UPDATE: This just gets better and better. On Friday,

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-57164660497921159812010-04-16T09:43:00.001-07:002010-04-18T13:44:39.918-07:00

I got into a discussion with a teacher friend about why us conservatives are so mean. We allegedly don’t care about others and are shirking our civic responsibility to take care of those less fortunate. To which I responded that it isn’t my problem. I asked why it was my responsibility to raise someone else’s kids. She then asked if I would just let them starve. I said, “Sure”. OMG, that did it!

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-53061611587309508242010-04-02T22:46:00.001-07:002010-04-03T12:21:40.601-07:00

That rancher in southern Arizona was probably killed by a cartel sniper or hit man. Here we are how many years later with 10 – 20 million illegals and their kids living here drugs, poverty, and violence flowing across our borders and now some POS politician says we need to do something.  As if this hasn’t been a festering sore for many years. Enforce the damn laws even if it means stationing the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-43530866459202254082010-03-28T13:07:00.001-07:002010-03-28T13:07:13.441-07:00

John Phillips writing in Car and Driver April 2010: “Some look at things that are and ask, ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never were and ask, ‘Why this?’” Describing the body of the Pontiac Aztec: “A body that resembles Janis Joplin’s during her most devoted heroin years.” Or the Dodge Shadow: “Who would have thought that someone could create a car guaranteed to make your wife shout, ‘Wow, my

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-41203272900347455602010-03-26T13:01:00.001-07:002010-03-26T15:12:11.454-07:00

I remember the looks of disdain at the “fear mongering”. Ha Ha! Look it up. Wikipedia Dictionary.com Socialism - a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Socialism—defined as a centrally planned economy in

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-86792926240674266282010-03-21T06:11:00.001-07:002010-03-21T08:12:02.978-07:00

My eldest son J is always on the lookout for an idea for a script or short story so he has on occasion asked my wife or me for some ideas. Here is what I’ve been thinking. Imagine a mix of The DaVinci Code, Godzilla, War of the Worlds, and Independence Day. It would have intrigue, world-wide ramifications, true evil, a life and death struggle, science as our savior, and best of all a cause that

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-28268383755258002722010-03-18T20:10:00.001-07:002010-03-18T20:10:55.537-07:00

When you start getting short there are several ways to count the days. First of all, in total days from today, it is 69. On the other hand if just school days count then it’s only 47 but if it comes down to days with kids it is only 46 but four of them are half-days so it’s really only 44. But I also have 25 sick days that can be used, well at least some of them. On top of that I finished my last

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-57480142665830063682010-03-05T23:18:00.001-07:002010-03-05T23:18:11.735-07:00

It seems like too long since I’ve written about riding. Just too much happening. I retire from teaching in 53 days (but who’s counting?) Oh that doesn’t mean it’s time to sit back and relax, people aren’t allowed to do that these days so it means another start, but that’s ok. There will be about a month that I can take off and forget about the regular stuff. I’ve heard that the back roads

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-58647534652111142352010-02-24T15:39:00.001-07:002010-02-24T15:39:24.853-07:00

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-18476659785198860722010-02-15T11:13:00.001-07:002010-02-15T11:22:25.449-07:00

Now that the fall of the hoax of Global Warming has become common knowledge we can let out a sigh of relief, the world isn’t overheating. Beyond that, our way of life is still ok, not perfect, but fixable without destroying civilization. We can get on with growth by shutting down big brother. It is becoming apparent that Americans will not be sucked into the freedom robbing politics of the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-77113872693531758932010-02-07T08:01:00.001-07:002010-02-07T08:04:02.042-07:00

I think it may have been Limbaugh who said it but it’s one of those things that everyone who lives here understands. Whether from the left or the right we all just want to be able to live our lives without the government intruding. The good news is that our Constitution sets up a form of federal government that makes it possible. Our political impasse has occurred because we have allowed that

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-46033860129171967072010-02-06T06:53:00.001-07:002010-02-07T11:32:34.807-07:00

I read a lot,  usually economics and politics. What is bothering me is the consistent state of the argument. Maybe it’s just the way it is. In real life having a job and money flowing allows you to take on debt that doesn’t seem exceptional because “things are good”. But in real life if things stop being good you can just get rid of that extra car or cancel the subscription, no big deal. In

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-53705641555858902332010-01-19T19:47:00.001-07:002010-01-19T19:47:56.357-07:00

If this plays out like I think it might get ready for a stock market revival and a turn around in business attitude. It isn’t because of hope that Big O brings but hope that he and the dims can be shut down.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-33715332662574641952010-01-18T15:26:00.001-07:002010-01-18T15:26:53.316-07:00

Never in my wildest dreams did it occur to me that a Republican could be elected or even come close to winning the “Kennedy seat”. But it may happen. Regardless of the outcome but especially if the Democrats don’t back off, November will be the reddest election in history. Apparently it isn’t just those of us who are conservatives that are incensed by what is going on, the whole country is. Even

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-63238858063782025242010-01-16T00:06:00.001-07:002010-01-16T00:07:14.839-07:00

It’s tedious writing about this but I do it for myself, just to look back and see how well I call it. The dims have just taken the unions off the hook on the so-called heath care bill that they alone are ramming through. When they lose their jobs in November it will be left to those evil Republicans to try and take away all those great impossible benefits that the Democrats have provided by

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-48571834859222727562010-01-08T20:01:00.001-07:002010-01-08T20:12:45.306-07:00

It is fear and holding back that keeps a recovery from happening. The Democrats are totally to blame. They control all three branches of government; in fact, they have controlled the House and the Senate for three years now. Bush is gone. He has been for over a year. It is the policies of the Democrats and Big O. If we didn’t have to hear about some new job trashing scheme every day and live in

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-81321045768714343422010-01-07T16:51:00.001-07:002010-01-07T16:55:35.944-07:00

To keep from the indecency of “profiling” those relatively few who may be terrorist we opt for this?  What’s next, cavity searches? How they must be laughing at us!

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-2606360038000510372009-12-29T06:15:00.001-07:002009-12-29T06:18:28.813-07:00

The people are rioting in Iran, the largest instigator of terrorism in the world. Iran is within a year of developing nuclear weapons and threatening every civilized nation in the region (as well as the others). And President O is still wanting to make a deal with the lunatics in charge instead of making it clear that we support freedom for the Iranian people and will do whatever we can to help

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-25167675781254409602009-12-24T12:08:00.001-07:002009-12-29T06:59:22.397-07:00

We got a down payment on yet another unfunded mandate. It’s kind of like my mom who used to always give us gloves (it’s really cold in Phoenix, ya know) except this is more like getting one glove so it can be worn like Michael Jackson. I hate standing in those return lines but this gift is worse than useless. It’s a “free” months rent after signing a lifetime lease at the Biltmore. See yall in

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-35947246117967506562009-12-23T12:57:00.001-07:002009-12-23T13:07:15.536-07:00

As the smoke clears from the crash of AGW it is important to understand there are forces that will always attempt to harness the fears of people. We have all lived through several of these manipulations (swine flu, bird flu, mad cow, Y2K, 2012, global warming/cooling, gas shortages, peak oil, guilt, asteroids, hemorrhoids ...) so it is time to start paying attention or we will become slaves of

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-41021131725902322202009-12-23T06:32:00.001-07:002009-12-23T21:59:57.906-07:00

The other day my wife had a baby shower for a lady who had immigrated from Poland several years back. I asked her how she liked it here and she mentioned that her husband, who is an engineer, was disgusted with all of the laws and rules. How ironic that people from a former communist country notice our suppression but apparently many of us don’t. It seems that the left has found the perfect

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-45682189053471493542009-12-15T19:27:00.001-07:002009-12-15T19:28:05.380-07:00

high cliff or crag: a high, vertical, or very steep rock face - dangerous state: a very dangerous situation Does he have a way with words or not? I’m so glad we have an articulate President!

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-33888165580529109032009-12-08T20:12:00.001-07:002009-12-08T20:28:11.987-07:00

  1974 CIA Report on imminent ice age. We are reliving all of those Saturday morning science fiction movies.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-55803774137067557062009-12-08T10:15:00.001-07:002009-12-08T10:15:21.968-07:00

We used to joke about how sensitive our test equipment (inertial navigation system) was back in the Air Force.  “We measure it with a micrometer, mark it with a piece of chalk, and cut it with an axe.” In the world of “climate change” it is exactly the opposite. We chop it with an axe (tree rings), mark it with a piece of chalk (guess), then measure it with a micrometer and say, “Look we’ve

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-23650278495170446202009-12-03T17:33:00.001-07:002009-12-04T21:02:17.202-07:00

Most bias found in the alphabet news is not caused by a particular slant, it is often by the decision that it just isn’t news. “Climategate” is a perfect example. 12 Days, 3 Networks and No Mention of ClimateGate Scandal Even as Copenhagen looms, broadcast news ignores e-mails suggesting warming alarmists 'manipulated' data, conspired to destroy information and thwarted peer reviews. By

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-84017616368017799892009-11-25T07:19:00.001-07:002009-12-05T13:56:14.287-07:00

It has been fun to watch the “believers” not knowing how to take in the hacking (or was it an inside job?) story. Their precious consensus is now shown to be what it always was, not only a lie but a con job. And then there is the absolutely disastrous data upon which global warming is based. Last year a science teacher at our school decided to show his 8th grade classes Gore’s movie. I asked

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-77065011895289424762009-11-20T15:54:00.001-07:002009-11-23T19:27:05.139-07:00

CO2 never was a problem and all the machinations and deceptions exposed by these files prove that it was the greatest deception in history, but nobody is laughing. It is a very sad day for science and especially my chosen area of climate science. As I expected now it is all exposed I find there is no pleasure in “I told you so.”                 Dr. Tim Ball          Bio of Dr. Ball The global

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-62139783775084134852009-11-19T19:46:00.001-07:002009-11-19T19:52:42.538-07:00

For more go to www.wattsupwiththat.com

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-34959240398956016972009-11-14T21:43:00.001-07:002009-11-14T22:40:44.436-07:00

Can't we keep this idiot here instead of sending him out to embarrass himself and this country at every turn? It was a simple question, “And what is your understanding of the historical meaning of the A-bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Do you think that it was the right decision?” World War II casualty statistics vary greatly. Estimates of total dead range from 50 million to over 70 million.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-70748153887106063552009-11-08T20:12:00.001-07:002009-11-11T12:12:20.507-07:00

Today I did one of those things that is so easy to start and so hard to finish. A nice relaxing ride up to Crown King sounded like the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning and afternoon so off I went on an easy ride planning on not spilling the coffee in the tail box of the KLR so that it would last through breakfast. And it did too. The ride was leisurely and care was taken over the hundreds

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-31656822897122601932009-11-08T06:36:00.001-07:002009-11-08T06:43:53.613-07:00

The president said Democrats have a 70-year history of creating and defending programs like Social Security and Medicare, Andrews said afterward, adding Obama had said the day's vote "is going to define the difference between the Republican and Democratic parties for decades." Yes it will. Another bankrupt program. We’ve got the “stimulus”, socialized medicine, and now on to cap and tax.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-72669099598047292572009-11-06T16:49:00.001-07:002009-11-06T16:59:39.472-07:00

But to be fair, this wouldn’t have been possible without the congress we have. Is that a hint?

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-8601658777825298882009-11-04T16:55:00.001-07:002009-11-04T17:18:38.076-07:00

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-76203633689560227012009-11-02T05:33:00.001-07:002009-11-04T07:15:53.835-07:00

A true conservative today should stress construction, encouragement, moderation and understanding instead of destruction, prohibition, extremism and slogans. A conservative thinks in terms of countless minor corrections and improvements based on experience and experiment rather than in terms of a universal, uniform solution based on theory and enforced by inflexible law. A conservative, in the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-14319844379180236122009-10-31T15:34:00.001-07:002009-10-31T15:35:33.702-07:00

Well, let’s see. We’ve spent $160,000,000,000 of the stimulus so far to save or create 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 jobs for a year. So 160,000,000,000 divided by 1,000,000 or 1,500,000 works out to somewhere between $160,000 to $106,000 for each job while at the same time losing 7,000,000 jobs in the economy. Where are we going with this?

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-44873034553645872152009-10-23T00:34:00.001-07:002009-10-23T00:34:14.293-07:00

Another asinine survey. The headline shouldn’t be “slow recovery” it should be no recovery. That’s what has people worried. Especially when we watch these idiots push for tax increases, and huge new entitlements when we can’t pay for the boondoggles we have. It is a government out of control run by people elected out of the failed states of Illinois, California, and New York. They are bringing us

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-89469105479903886682009-10-13T16:27:00.001-07:002009-10-18T19:49:14.300-07:00

The scenery is just amazing. Utah in Arches National Park on the way home.  

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-23614932768131866292009-10-06T20:18:00.001-07:002009-10-06T20:19:20.240-07:00

“It is not the fault of the teachers – they work only too hard already. The combined folly of a civilization that has forgotten its own roots is forcing them to shore up the tottering weight of an educational structure that is built on sand. They are doing for their pupils the work which the pupils themselves ought to do. For the sole end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-25041357921182851012009-10-03T15:37:00.001-07:002009-10-03T15:46:31.694-07:00

One of Vicki’s high school classmates had his car in a show today over in Carefree so we stopped by to take a look. Apparently Jeff decided to upgrade his Ferrari to a Lamborghini. He opened it up for us ….. nice car. Says he takes it out once a week for 50 to 100 miles.   There were quite a few cars I have never seen before so here are some pics.   The orange one was a Cord and the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-17363820074668228412009-09-26T04:54:00.001-07:002009-09-27T09:44:21.051-07:00

I think we are in the process of losing all rational thought. We have elected a man who hates the country he represents. We are expanding a government that can’t support itself. We are about to raise taxes on un and underemployed people. We are trying to save the planet from a nonexistent peril. We are going to reduce costs by increasing liability. We are prepared to exchange freedom for security

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-7087622874430346602009-09-16T20:43:00.001-07:002009-09-16T20:49:32.451-07:00

I was reading the CBS article below about how cap and tax would cost families about $1800 a year in extra energy expense. Apparently the EDF shot back a rebuttal, copied below. Obama Admin: Cap And Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 A Year Update 9/16/2009: The Environmental Defense Fund has responded to the documents' release with a statement saying, in part: Even if a 100 percent auction

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-65747403532818253242009-09-11T21:00:00.001-07:002009-09-13T16:18:06.026-07:00

Joe Wilson said what many people were thinking. Oh, he probably voiced it at an inopportune time, or maybe not. He was just handing back what O was saying in his speech about anyone who disagrees with him. But was Joe right about this healthcare plan covering illegals? What do you think? They get healthcare now because federal law does not permit hospitals to turn away those in need. Who pays

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-78748973618488054302009-08-23T20:19:00.001-07:002009-08-23T20:19:27.858-07:00

“Personally, I’d like to see government so small that nobody would notice if it went on holiday for a month. You can’t do that while the entire career structure of journalists and politicians depends on them expanding the scope of politics more and more.” That sounds like change I could believe in.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-89690640195324262792009-08-16T21:38:00.001-07:002009-08-16T21:41:03.180-07:00

Right wing hate mob at a Texas healthcare town hall. I went to a Tea Party in Gilbert on July 4th and it was about like the hate mob in the video.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-85724539522941974592009-08-16T15:20:00.001-07:002009-08-16T15:47:17.032-07:00

I was watching some guy at one of the recent town halls ask President O how he was planning on paying for the healthcare plans. O talked about all the savings that could be found by cleaning up the way things are done and then the last third of the money came down to increasing the taxes of those deadbeat rich guys who make over $250,000 a year. He even volunteered his piece of the pie. It

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-28691113025849625362009-08-14T16:36:00.001-07:002009-08-14T16:36:34.694-07:00

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-28648484934675448472009-08-09T19:36:00.001-07:002009-08-09T19:40:34.905-07:00

“Let’s have an honest debate. We can agree on that.” (Barack Obama)

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-35200888209729032712009-08-07T17:59:00.001-07:002009-08-08T12:01:43.765-07:00

That was the headline in this AP story, followed by: “The Labor Department's report Friday showed that the unemployment rate dropped a notch to 9.4 percent in July, from 9.5 percent the previous month. Together with slight increases in the average workweek and wages, the new figures suggested the economy is in a transition from recession to recovery.“ Unfortunately if you read down a bit there

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-26781112929714908872009-07-25T22:07:00.001-07:002009-07-25T22:07:21.806-07:00

Which do you choose the truth or the fantasy?

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-83599869817958270302009-07-24T13:19:00.001-07:002009-08-10T19:16:00.031-07:00

What we are seeing is it. The stock market continues to rise, good for those who still have money in it and a job or are able to survive  on reduced hours, bad for those who don’t have a job and are cleaning out what money they have saved. But why does it happen? The economy is in a recession so sales are bad and companies lay off people. Because companies are cutting costs they are able to

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-22678125098686719172009-07-17T20:23:00.001-07:002009-07-17T20:56:28.319-07:00

When I’m dragging myself out of bed during the school year I almost always ask myself, “Where would you rather be and what would you rather be doing?” So today I did that. I would rather be visiting the Grand Canyon and having lunch on the ski slopes in Flagstaff. The scenery was surreal. Judge for yourself.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-64363969975570629482009-07-14T11:29:00.001-07:002009-07-14T14:45:44.130-07:00

I decided to approach the Mogollon Rim the back way by as much dirt road as possible so I took the Apache Trail through Fish Creek Canyon past Roosevelt Dam (and Lake) connected with Highway 188 then Highway 288 which has sections of blacktop and dirt through Young all the way to the top of the rim to Highway 260. I took the Rim Road all the way from Highway 260 to Highway 87,

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-36236359331869224042009-07-11T06:45:00.001-07:002009-07-11T07:17:49.111-07:00

The vacuum in international leadership could be the best thing that ever happened. With the US stuck in the mud with Big O the rest of the world (those who have a survival instinct) can accomplish what we can’t, bring down North Korea and Iran. Both regimes live on a tightrope, oppressed people surrounded by relative freedom. All it would take is a nudge. Caroline Glick writes: “

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-57519734803191309802009-07-02T21:02:00.001-07:002009-07-02T22:09:33.452-07:00

  These results reflect the “stimulus”, Government Motors, the House of Representatives passing “cap and trade”, and anticipation by business owners of what lies ahead. Wait till you see what happens when the Senate actually passes cap and trade and the destruction really begins. That and the healthcare debt “fix” should really make those lines jump!

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-31786912205672702872009-06-30T06:00:00.001-07:002009-06-30T06:07:37.705-07:00

One of the guys that Vicki went to high school with sent her an email the other day about a ride that Harley sponsors. She forwarded it to me because, as most people know, any excuse to ride is a good one. We met at the Shell station by highway 87 and Shea. There were a wide variety of bikes in our little group and, for me, a chance to make new friends. It was an interesting group to ride with;

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-8687555013028098612009-06-27T17:41:00.001-07:002009-06-28T13:20:56.475-07:00

Here’s the full article. But solar power has few downsides, except for one thing: the cost. The combination of soaring electric prices and state subsidies are giving solar a new jump. In the wake of the last energy crisis of the 1970s solar energy looked like the next big thing. So big that Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. But Dan Kammen, an energy expert at the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-87335848315754982102009-06-27T08:18:00.001-07:002009-06-27T12:41:53.303-07:00

There is something un-American about Obama. He seems to have no heritage and no history that I can recognize. Even the American blacks used the phrase that he was not “down for the struggle”. He is Marxist (socialist), autocratic, and European;  but at the same time shows no respect for Europe. Anything cultural he sees as a “false choice” and therefore, of no importance. He is out of place in

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-153788259002857872009-06-26T08:42:00.001-07:002009-06-28T08:36:10.578-07:00

According to the big O’s supporter, Warren Buffet, the economy is “in a shambles this year and probably well beyond”, foreclosures are at an all-time high, unemployment is getting there and our geniuses in Congress are poised to pass the largest tax increase in American history known as cap and trade. Buffett repeated his criticism of "cap and trade" as a method to control pollution, saying it

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-74804938156007923022009-06-23T09:20:00.001-07:002009-06-23T11:36:05.674-07:00

As we watch whatever unfolds in Iran, remember that here in America last year we came within one vote on a Supreme Court decision from erasing our right to own weapons. Consider why “the people” of these other countries put up with what they did and in some cases still do; and ask yourself why those in power always want to disarm “the people”.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-40203852300557563982009-06-20T12:30:00.001-07:002009-06-24T15:30:04.469-07:00

And where is our leadership? I do miss Bush 2 and Reagan. We have Obama standing ready to dialog with this Axis of Evil government in Tehran, moving antimissile ships to Hawaii in anticipation of a launch by North Korea, while simultaneously cancelling our antimissile programs and agreements with our allies in Eastern Europe. This is exactly why he shouldn’t be where he is. Now he will have

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-23584513841886718352009-06-13T15:33:00.001-07:002009-06-16T07:57:35.138-07:00

I don’t know how to evaluate the results. . Obama’s Cairo Speech: A. moved the Iranian people into Ahmadinejad’s corner after “robust  debate” B. made the election only a landslide instead of a blowout after “robust debate” C. proved that in a “democracy” of this type the people don’t matter after “robust debate” D. was just more talk So I guess we’ll have to wait until the next

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-62147071346764935042009-06-07T19:49:00.001-07:002009-06-07T19:49:38.802-07:00

There aren’t enough, but we’re working on it. Howard’s new Honda. Return from a Sunday morning ride. The next generation.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-84693332034023649172009-05-30T15:20:00.001-07:002009-06-12T14:48:55.441-07:00

Unfortunately it’s real life and each scene is worse than the one before. It’s like watching those old I Love Lucy shows where the madcap redhead makes things worse as she stumbles and lies through what should be fairly simple problems. Remember the one where she gets behind on the assembly line and the cakes keep falling off the conveyor belt? That’s what we have running this country. Obama

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-64251676726417958322009-05-10T03:49:00.001-07:002009-05-10T03:49:20.192-07:00

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-21711310533829550802009-04-23T16:50:00.001-07:002009-04-23T22:22:09.898-07:00

The week before Bob Goodwin (in the middle) up and died he had the forethought (well it wasn’t planned I’m sure) to invite us over to play with some of his toys. That WW1 vintage heavy machinegun was quite a collectors piece. Bob was one of those guys that loved the finer things in life … guns, motorcycles, and his family. Every time I saw him it was like going on a vacation.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-36869880720493986582009-04-18T09:45:00.001-07:002009-04-18T22:04:24.959-07:00

It doesn’t really jump but all one has to do is to barely touch it and it digs in. The barbs at the tip are such that they will work in more deeply with a little movement. I just touched one of the pieces on the ground and it attached to the tip of my boot. It is the method of this plant to reproduce, animals and wind carry away parts of the plant and they root where they stop. One of my dogs

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-30472403958523917772009-04-11T12:10:00.001-07:002009-04-11T12:10:07.200-07:00

Well it hasn’t even been the first 100 days and we’ve heard Bama trash the job of generations of American presidents, seen the trampling of property rights, heard plans for the huge expansion of government financed in large part by the demonization (and taxation) of a harmless gas, seen just how much help the Europeans (NATO) will be in Afghanistan (the only just front against terror), watched

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-73605421308418473432009-04-05T06:46:00.001-07:002009-04-05T07:42:52.206-07:00

President Obama should not be listened to, he should be watched. His words support free enterprise and self-reliance but his actions are socialist to the core. It can’t be viewed in any other way. He has consistently grabbed more government control in every business he has lain his eyes on. In every area, education, energy, finance, health and even automobiles, his words suggest just a little

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-58949065236479170402009-03-22T19:47:00.001-07:002009-03-22T19:47:38.249-07:00

  We took 19th Avenue to the Carefree Highway and then up 7th Street which turns into New River Road. After a short hop on I-17 the Bumble Bee turn off becomes a dirt road all the way to Mayer, nothing but dust and cows. From Mayer on  Highway 69 we finagled our way to 89A up to the ghost town of Jerome and then back to dirt roads most of the way into Williams for a burger and some fuel. The

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-2733273349864957142009-02-26T22:15:00.001-07:002009-02-27T02:16:54.518-07:00

Every now and then something happens that makes you wonder if some things are meant to be, or not. Today I decided to not stay in the computer lab after school so I left an hour early. It was an uneventful ride home until getting stuck behind a stalled bus on Peoria Avenue just past the I-17. The frustration lasted about 30 seconds but I was able to go around it when traffic cleared. I got to the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-35232048856958124582009-02-18T19:48:00.001-07:002009-02-18T19:48:24.368-07:00

$50 Billion in Cash Headed for Paid-Up Homeowners by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · 120 Comments (2009-02-17) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner this week will unveil a plan to address the nation’s housing crisis by making $50 billion in direct payments to the 91 percent of homeowners who currently pay their mortgages on time. The plan is an 11th-hour revision of the original scheme which

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-15645659870015962182009-02-11T18:05:00.001-07:002009-02-11T18:27:22.314-07:00

Since we’re talking huge amounts of money, enough to pay off 90% of the mortgages in America, why not just hand out checks to those of us who have a mortgage with the understanding (hell I’ll even sign something) that we will pay off our mortgages. No need to “bail out” those in foreclosure, prop up banks, keep track of thieves or spend money on a bunch of pork projects. Toxic assets covered,

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-79107731841712620022009-02-10T16:32:00.001-07:002009-02-17T20:58:03.826-07:00

There really isn’t much more to say, because they wouldn’t let us see it. It’s law, so enjoy the downward spiral. It took a less than a month to get a good picture of what “hope and change” is all about.  2009 may be a lost year but 2010 will be payback.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-83843351322076384292009-02-06T16:33:00.001-07:002009-02-07T16:10:33.439-07:00

Finally a slight feeling of euphoria. Global warming is a hoax, we aren’t going to die because of CO2 so all that wasteful spending is unnecessary. The economy is weak but fixable, no need for the the Spendulus. The Kool-Aid may be in the glass but we don’t have to drink it. People are beginning to get it! I think the stock market is reflecting the feeling that it all aint gunna happen. The

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-35932892715147725112009-02-01T13:19:00.001-07:002009-02-01T13:23:07.198-07:00

I don’t know how many times I have gone up Yarnell Hill but today I happened to look to the left and there it was, Frog Rock. Now how could I have missed it? About 100 yards down the road on the right is The Frog Rock Cafe, could that be related? After the big discovery it was time to kick back and have a cup of coffee in Peeple’s Valley. The trip back was just as interesting. I darn

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-34279188441066897972009-01-31T08:19:00.001-07:002009-01-31T08:19:31.395-07:00

Hundreds attend global warming protest ….. and they look pretty mad!

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-48544513674240750832009-01-26T21:29:00.001-07:002009-01-26T21:29:58.175-07:00

This is why Barry should have never been elected. We are being inundated by climate scare tactics designed to further destroy our economy and forever create a socialist state. People will buy into this because the media is the Democrat party. Oh we got our “historic” new president and a bunch of fools following him off a cliff. Just give him a chance, they say. I did. One week is all it has taken

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-86785475132792660492009-01-25T13:39:00.001-07:002009-01-26T00:45:42.364-07:00

When I woke her up this morning at 7:00 and asked her if she wanted to go out for breakfast or dinner she answered, “I want to go back to sleep.” She didn’t get the chance because Brad, Jackie, Alana, and Sammy stopped by with cinnamon rolls and presents. After opening presents and having rolls and coffee she did what makes sense on a beautiful day, go outside and read, which leads to falling

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-43247636331863997812009-01-24T09:36:00.016-07:002009-01-26T15:33:31.303-07:00

It's deja'vu all over again. If you can remember the periodical "Mother Earth News" you know what I'm talking about. Ben Franklin Stoves to heat the house, Volkswagens with batteries driving electric starter motors, passive solar collectors, wind generation, large home gardens, a woodlot, earthworks to modulate home temperatures, earthworm bins for fertilizer, mulching, picking pests off

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-17194561173586749722009-01-20T18:13:00.006-07:002009-01-21T05:16:13.640-07:00

I had the Inauguration on a live feed today for my computer classes so that the students could listen and watch it in it's entirety, oaths, prayers, and speeches without commentary. What I was left with was a sadness that seems out of place.The rambling poem and the sometime inspiring sometime insulting benediction created a feeling in me of foreboding. Obama's speech was not the type that a

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-88819653690645507332009-01-18T12:04:00.007-07:002009-01-18T12:52:47.247-07:00

I was talking to a friend who has been chipping ice off of his toothbrush up in the frozen wasteland of Illinois and wanted to cheer him up a little. So this one's for you TJ.It was a clear frigid 52 degrees this morning when I headed out the door at 7:30. On the way out to Cave Creek the roads were full of motorcycles and bicycles. The royal blue sky made the sun feel even warmer. After a brisk

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-34454833772639221922009-01-11T05:50:00.020-07:002009-01-11T08:25:20.079-07:00

In America we have an utopian "gene" that resurfaces occasionally. All it takes is some distance from pressing problems and a group of believers. The experiments fail for the "simple" reason that the desire for personal freedom will not die easily. It's "human nature". The second or third generation buys out. The problem has been attacked by the current group of believers by taking over the

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-70239231509683630682009-01-10T16:15:00.006-07:002009-01-10T19:03:59.057-07:00

The story is that Henry Wickenburg found gold when he shot a vulture out in the desert west of Phoenix in 1863. The Vulture mine produced over $200 million in gold and silver in its run until it was closed in 1942 by the government. They say that 2 to 3 times that amount still remains. Having been born in Phoenix, I had heard of the mine but had never gone to the trouble of checking it out. It

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-58602708594142443172009-01-01T16:28:00.014-07:002009-01-26T16:11:37.469-07:00

I spoke to one of my sons today about government's financial games that often lead to unintended consequences. In particular, for those or you old enough to remember, the tax breaks for interest paid. Remember when any interest on loans was non-taxable probably as an incentive to get the economy moving? It didn't take long for people to run up all kind of debt so the politicians decided to focus

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27301194.post-75556715506473055892008-12-31T17:09:00.007-07:002008-12-31T17:39:42.641-07:00

It has become almost a tradition to take a ride on the last day of the year and this is no exception. Last year I went to Canyon and Apache Lakes and up to the Reavis trailhead. This year it had snowed so a trip to see what was left of it at Crown King sounded like a good half-day excursion. It was a fairly cold morning so I bundled up with the new jacket Vicki bought me and headed off for Bumble

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573252608883668399noreply@blogger.com0