Open Thread - Friday, July 6, 2018
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
- Jack Kerouac -
I am exhausted. All of my give a funks are listless or dormant. The constructed reality is agitating and inane. My time to drop out has arrived. My summer motorcycle ride has morphed into a grand tour. I managed to book free rooms, using loyalty club points, from NC to Los Angeles.
The plan is to visit Sue's brother, then meander through Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP and Yosemite NP. Cross the Sierra Nevada and loop through Utah, topped off with a few days of Colorado rehabilitation.
Paradoxically, I plan to wander a little over three weeks. I hope I hold up physically. I am worried about crossing the Mojave, crossing Nevada and the Utah meander. The heat can be debilitating.
I scheduled the Friday Open Threads and will try to check in.
Have a great weekend! The thread is OPEN.
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Sounds like a great tour...
I hope you have good weather and find some healing in your travels. The road (Rt. 198) up the hill into Sequoia N.P. from Visalia going through Three Rivers is really nice.
Good to hear
After your comment about Mariposa Grove, I looked into Tenaya Lodge. A night there would blow my beer and reefer budget.
I am looking forward to 198 and I am spending a night at Wuksachi Lodge. I thought about riding out to Mineral King and spending the night, until I saw this. YNP launch is from Oakhurst, with room in Mammoth Lakes the following night. Yosemite will probably be Glacier Point area and Tioga Road. Swing through the valley depends on traffic and I will probably skip Mariposa Grove and Tuolumne Grove, since I would have seen General Sherman, The President and General Grant the previous couple of days.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
You will enjoy a stay at Wuksachi....
I've stayed there many times in winter for cross country skiing. I used to really love the old Giant Forest Lodge. You could rent cabins right at the base of Giant Sequoia Trees. I stayed there as often as I could and was there for the final weekend before it closed. It's hard to tell it was ever there now. The museum that is still there used to be a general store. That was where you checked in to stay at the old lodge.
Thanks
The alone time, adventure, sense of overcoming/accomplishment, communing with nature and communing with fellow travelers all help the psyche. I have thoroughly scoured Butler Maps for the preferred motorcycle routes.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Happy travels Tim
Coming by near Chattanooga? PM me and stay with us if you would like...or just drop by and we'll feed you and send you on your way.
I've been designing a new camper for the truck to do a road trip in the next few years. Another item for the bucket list. On we go.
Did you ever read "Travels with Charlie"?
In 1960, Steinbeck completed his last novel, The Winter of Our Discontent. A fair portion of the past decade had been spent abroad, in France and England, and it felt to him as though he had somehow lost touch with America and Americans. In a letter to his close friend Frank Loesser, he wrote:
Live and learn jubilee...
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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thank You
Long fast days through the familiar country side. I booked rooms 10-11 hours apart and on the cheap points end of free, until I get out near Mesa Verde and The Grand Canyon. The plan/goal is 2.5 days into southern CO, Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon then Los Angeles. It looks like I am going to have to circumnavigate the Spring Creek Fire.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
wow, those kids are great!
thanks, lookout!
They're playing our dance weekend this fall
I look forward to meeting them and playing some. Hope you're doing well!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Sample of high-quality writing my TAZ co-op membership supports:
https://blogs.taz.de/riotmama/2018/07/03/values/
Anything goes among the young allochthonic intersectional Left nowadays, as long as it expresses enough contempt and hatred for white people and Germany.
Oh, well.
Heh
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Good morning, Tim ~~~
We are here and welcome the use of your loyalty club points at our establishment. As Lookout states, stop in for any combination of rest, nourishment, and entertainment at the RA Inn. I'll PM you with my contact info.
We've been to Sequoia in July and got there on highway 50 - the "loneliest road in America" through Utah and Nevada. It was an adventure. It was also HOT! I'll be thinking about you!
Hope to see you in the coming weeks!
Have a beautiful day and weekend, folks!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Thanks
The trip out was predicated on when I could get free rooms. Leaving Saturday, tomorrow, and arriving in LA Friday was the only way I could finagle free rooms all along the route. US50 looked interesting, but I will be south of there. The heat is a concern. I am taking two sets of riding gear. Mesh and Gortex, for hot and cold/wet respectively.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
We are off I-40 on your way to LA.
Give me a call. Would love to meet you!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
What's your route from the Canyon to L.A. ?
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
I think US40
Trying to arrive Friday evening and spend the weekend with my brother-in-law. That is one of the worrisome segments, long and hot.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
US40 ? Doncha ' mean ...
Route 66 ?
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Yup, hottern' Hell that way, especially down by the river.
Oatman is a cool little tourist stop, take Oatman Rd. from Kingman,
then Old 66 down to Lake Havasu.
Good luck, have fun.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Heh
I considered swinging through Twentynine Palms. I think that will be a play by feel day. Mesa Verde and The Grand Canyon will be short riding days, so I could have the stamina for a long day. Unless the heat is overbearing.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
29 Palms is ugly, but it's better than I-10,
unless you like truck traffic. Everybody raves about Joshua Tree but I think the Joshua Trees at the Monument are inferior to the ones in the Antelope Valley. Still, the Monument might be worth checking out. Gram Parsons was cremated out there somewhere.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
GP
I knew the Graham Parsons story but did not have the dots connected. I suspected Joshua Tree was meh. My brother-in-law lives about a mile from the ocean, so I'll probably try to be there by late afternoon, catch a buzz and wear shorts for a couple of days (plus sleep, eat and drink on the cheap).
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
US 40 is closed in Utah right now because
of the massive wildfire. You're right that it's a loooong stretch of hot. I'm envious that you're going to Mammoth Lakes. The town itself is nothing to look at, but 20 minutes up the road and you're in gawd's county. Crystal Crag is a huge peak that dominates every scene. Then there's Red's Valley with more beautiful scenes.
Tioga Pass is also a fun road to travel on, but it dumps you in sage brush desert. June Lake, Owen's Valley, ........ oh yeah. Very envious. Have fun and stay safe.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Had a good workout last night.
I still have a nasty tendency to go for strength instead of leverage, which has the advantage of causing my workouts to be MUCH better every day. The joke about it getting easier every day is really true in Judo, because if you're doing it right, you still get a workout, but nowhere NEAR the intensity of a beginner.
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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
afternoon tim...
safe travels!