Some pics that didn’t have enough for their own post, but worth posting .
Black Betty has been treated badly – but it all started with bloody Charlie Moore. Charlie is a good influence, in a bad way.
So when I went 4WD’ing for the first time in Colorado, with Charlie – closed signs meant nothing, “I don’t think we can make it” resulting in applying the accelerator. It was awesome.
And Charlie has a good crew too….
We got lost, we got wet, we got dirty and there was an ongoing snowball fight all day!!!!
And Tina gave me tips on picking up chicks….. don’t wash the truck was her advice. But I still have to wash and I’m not allowed to get them confused.
I have been playing a stack of golf and I’m crushing it. I just got my US handicap (9.0) and if this keeps up I won’t buy another beer all summer.
My neighbor Jeff hits his 5 iron as far as I can hit my 3 wood…. but Jeff doesn’t use his 5 iron as much as he should so I like playing with Jeff – he buys me beer.
Al on the other hand…. is very very sneaky….. Cheeky bastard has never had to buy me a drink. I was 2 under after 9 once, I had to buy Al some Ice Tea after 18.
Al knows all the old ducks at the golf club though….. today he left me with 5 old ducks with a combined age of 750yrs – Al got me right in the mix. I thickened up the Aussie accent and we started talking about the Napoleanic Wars..
I have been using my new found 4WD courage to access some beautiful places. I’ve tried to get up to Lake Chiuahua 4 times, once with Luke and Jade, once in the winter with snowshoes and twice mountain biking.
A few years ago Cole, Gabriella and I got the sled (Poly) stuck up this valley. After a few hours of digging we had to leave her and Cole and I hiked back in the next morning with snowshoes and shovels.
This is the hut in which G enjoyed a glass or 3 of bubbles watching 2 beach boys trying and dig a snowmobile out.
I was planning on going for a swim at Lake Chiuahua…. maybe not.
The Pickles Crew have been up from Denver a bit as well, they are kinda neighbors and between Jeff, Cody and Marika it is like a hurricane of craziness!!! So I love it when they are up.
One weekend we went out to Leadville to play golf and check out waterfalls. I’m not commenting any further – I was the one feeling crook after a night out with these guys and they are all cracking breakfast beers…..
I still have to work and study amongst all this so I’m trying to combine these things.
Last Sunday I 4WD’d up Mount Baldy to learn all about radio stuff that I’ve offered to help out with. Some overlaps with my day job but a stack to learn and some good folks who run this whole thing.
The Forestry Department banned snowmobiling on Mt. Baldy last winter.
BUT:….. I’m allowed to snowmobile on Mt, Baldy as part of my volunteer position carte blanche. That, is how Charlie Moore would do it.
On Monday I took 10 steps from the hottub and spent a couple of hrs studying by the river.
Tuesday I thought I’d combine 4WD’ing, study, golf and work. So I drove up above the lifts and setup camp for a few hours. I would have had a whiskey but I was too worried about the drive back down.
I think that is it for now.
I’ve got a few ideas up my sleeve so we’ll see what other shenanigans I get up to this summer.