sunhuntin
4th December 2007, 17:55
mods, feel free to merge if you want. figured the attendees could put their accounts of the day where they can be easily read.
dragged my ass out of bed at 7 this morning... was tempted to stay there, but had to get on the road. was on the road by 7.30, headin up the paraparas.
sky was overcast till i got to national park, but then it was blue skies and no clouds. ive learned that 7 am is too early for fingerless gloves! :sunny:
the paraparas arent too bad at the moment... the usual mess of crappy wash outs, leeching reseals, loose unmarked gravel etc etc. think todays take was the fastest ive managed them. was at national park at 9.10.
there are 3 stretches of cutter. the first two are .3k long, with the third being .2k long [can someone work that into meters please!] the first one, the bank has collapsed, leaving some of the concrete post surrounds hanging in midair.
arrived at mickey ds to be greeted by holy roller [great to meet you, and love the trailer!] dmntd, midnight mike, jas and pile of others arrived. we headed out to join the rest. was awesome to see mstrs and yt again, same goes for grub, tri boy, dmntd and mcduck. was also great to see relatives of loosebruce there to support us. skunk... cheers for the stickers! mine stayed on all the way home again.
ride was good, i had mcduck in front of me and mrs wasp behind... perfect set up. donna... you did great! im impressed. you can ride with me any day. speeds were between 20 and 55k, which was perfect for the situation.
i thought that resealed road was meant to be swept!
janet... you impress me more every time you talk. no one could have done it better. keep up the good work.
we had two transit guys come out and talk at us, said they are in constant talks with overseas road engineers and spoke with bronz reps last week and that placements of wire is being reviewed. bollocks. if they are being reviewed, why are they continuing to install? aside from not mucking up the scenery, what excuse do they have not using armco at the very least instead?
ride back was ok. got a better look at the roads. saw a hawk dead on the side of the road, so went back and removed a feather. poor beauty. it had been alive when i went past earlier, feeding on roadkill. whenever i see hawks flying, the ride is always more fun and i consider them good luck. i was bloody nervous after seeing the dead one. :confused:
stopped at the look out above turangi for a few photos. nice to see the taggers have been out in force.
i took a couple of photos, which will be uploaded and the link provided asap.
LINKY: http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=sunhuntin&P=sturgis&AID=4991233&T=1
all in all, great job everyone, and keep it up.
dragged my ass out of bed at 7 this morning... was tempted to stay there, but had to get on the road. was on the road by 7.30, headin up the paraparas.
sky was overcast till i got to national park, but then it was blue skies and no clouds. ive learned that 7 am is too early for fingerless gloves! :sunny:
the paraparas arent too bad at the moment... the usual mess of crappy wash outs, leeching reseals, loose unmarked gravel etc etc. think todays take was the fastest ive managed them. was at national park at 9.10.
there are 3 stretches of cutter. the first two are .3k long, with the third being .2k long [can someone work that into meters please!] the first one, the bank has collapsed, leaving some of the concrete post surrounds hanging in midair.
arrived at mickey ds to be greeted by holy roller [great to meet you, and love the trailer!] dmntd, midnight mike, jas and pile of others arrived. we headed out to join the rest. was awesome to see mstrs and yt again, same goes for grub, tri boy, dmntd and mcduck. was also great to see relatives of loosebruce there to support us. skunk... cheers for the stickers! mine stayed on all the way home again.
ride was good, i had mcduck in front of me and mrs wasp behind... perfect set up. donna... you did great! im impressed. you can ride with me any day. speeds were between 20 and 55k, which was perfect for the situation.
i thought that resealed road was meant to be swept!
janet... you impress me more every time you talk. no one could have done it better. keep up the good work.
we had two transit guys come out and talk at us, said they are in constant talks with overseas road engineers and spoke with bronz reps last week and that placements of wire is being reviewed. bollocks. if they are being reviewed, why are they continuing to install? aside from not mucking up the scenery, what excuse do they have not using armco at the very least instead?
ride back was ok. got a better look at the roads. saw a hawk dead on the side of the road, so went back and removed a feather. poor beauty. it had been alive when i went past earlier, feeding on roadkill. whenever i see hawks flying, the ride is always more fun and i consider them good luck. i was bloody nervous after seeing the dead one. :confused:
stopped at the look out above turangi for a few photos. nice to see the taggers have been out in force.
i took a couple of photos, which will be uploaded and the link provided asap.
LINKY: http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=sunhuntin&P=sturgis&AID=4991233&T=1
all in all, great job everyone, and keep it up.