tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60203855573386082282024-02-20T07:15:44.430-08:00bikes, fish, and freedomExploring the world with bikes, fly rods, bird dogs, and friends.Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-56097061659611072692012-12-12T19:14:00.000-08:002012-12-12T19:24:52.218-08:00A Sampling..I wanted to complete my first published poetry book before my 29th birthday next week. I don't think it's going to be ready for a bit longer. But I thought I'd sample a few pieces in it.<br />
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The Riffle<br />
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He runs far and stays away on school nights</div>
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Grass stained knees and orange blood on a sleeve</div>
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The fields stare back at him from class</div>
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Teacher stuffing letters into the pockets of the good kids</div>
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Whose parents dote</div>
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He runs far and listens to the old timers</div>
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Spinning yarns on benches built by their fathers</div>
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Making light of the broken systems</div>
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That allowed the fishing to get so bad</div>
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He punches the boy from lunch that pokes his ribs</div>
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And scratches his eyes in a bloody fight</div>
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Banging skulls against the gymnasium door frame. </div>
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Teeth in knuckles and hair between teeth.</div>
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He ran to the riffle in old Jensens creek </div>
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To burn and drown the note home</div>
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That he wasn’t afraid to die.</div>
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In the meadow a cow has broken its leg. </div>
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She howls in the night like the moon is about to break.</div>
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The farmer cannot hear her. </div>
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He's drunk at the bar and my dogs begin to whine with the sound.</div>
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A cruel cacophony of the canine and bovine. </div>
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Dogs recanting urges buried since they joined us at the hunters fire.</div>
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The prickly hackles stand up as the coyotes circle and we can almost see them through their yelps and blithe laughter.</div>
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The dogs seem torn for a moment </div>
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Lost in the foray of their ancestors.</div>
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The silence takes hold and I'm alone by the fire.</div>
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I watched a siege of sandhill cranes </div>
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Saunter upon a reborn patch of the earth. </div>
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The deep tilling furrows cut back like black corduroy </div>
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The symmetry of modern man is an abomination.</div>
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Where sage once stood around the indians </div>
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Returning from the grinding mills high on the bluffs</div>
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Their paths were much more crooked than the cranes.</div>
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Left overs from the dinosaurs and the land before humans knew</div>
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Still stalking the meadows</div>
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Made in our image.</div>
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<br />Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-63851354129400756112012-11-26T21:18:00.005-08:002012-11-26T21:18:39.899-08:00Red Legged DevilsI'm starting a new scratching post, focused on birds and pups. Don't worry it's just as unreadable as this bullshit.<br />
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<a href="http://redleggeddevils.blogspot.com/">http://redleggeddevils.blogspot.com/</a>Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-47191920153645170332012-11-11T18:12:00.000-08:002012-11-11T18:18:38.561-08:00Ramblings 1 I've been in love with the same three things for most of my adult life: a tall blue eyed blonde who stole my heart, a cold beer at the end of any activity, and solitude.<br />
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You soft, soft beasts. Male grooming salons, tanning beds, hand sanitizer, sneaker hoarders, a fear of the dirty. You poor bastards.</div>
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I wish I could only eat meat I've harvested myself.<br />
Have you ever hunted, killed, and eaten a creature? Have you ever fed people you love with sore feet and a dirty shotgun? I love the feeling. It never gets old.<br />
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Hasenpfeffer, anyone? (thanks Jay)<br />
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Being 6'5" is a mixed blessing. I know all the short people reading this will guffaw at the audacity of such a statement, but it's true. </div>
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Sure I can reach for things on the top shelf at the store without asking for help, but then I become everyones personal ladder (I'm looking at you old ladies in the motorized carts, drive a scissor lift already). I have to buy any bike frame I come across that fits me, because they come up about as often as<a href="http://www.sweetslyrics.com/images/img_gal/27214_Criss-Angel11146.jpg"> Criss Angel has a non-douche moment</a>. I'm sure I'd be an awesome point guard but I'm only talented from the waist down - which is a stretch to say the least (no pun intended) and I think basketball is the least manly sport in the universe. </div>
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I relish the feeling of being small. Insignificant. Scanty. Paltry. Perhaps this stems from my stature, perhaps it stems from constant ego checking. Probably a little bit of both. I love it when someone taller than myself walks into the room. I feel exempt from the freak perch. I love it when a small man pulls up next to me in his lifted truck while I sit on my bicycle seat, because we all get to laugh at him together.</div>
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I can't say why I've always been drawn to the mountains. I can't leave them and I have tried. When I was 19 I became deeply depressed while living in Texas and ended up driving 100 miles an hour to Reno while blasting At The Drive In, smoking joints and pounding Red Bulls. Partly because of a girl, mostly because I was sick of feeling like a lightning rod in the lowlands.</div>
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Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state. It's why I live here. It's like being coddled by the most jealous and evil bitches you can imagine. </div>
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Here is an account of a multi-day mountain bike trip my dear friend Jesse and I had in one of these mountain ranges. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found my new hood ornament.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The summit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the 4 miles of rideable singletrack in the first 17 miles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wishing I wore shin guards, waiting for my father to tell me to suck it up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Escape! We made it out of Hell Canyon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">.. Then it turned into 6 mph slog fest up the next pass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let the lasers be blue.</td></tr>
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By the time we hit the first corner on the downhill, it was too late. Curse words and nervous laughter were the fodder of the moment.<br />
We both ended up skeleton luging down the road, at the same time.<br />
Laughter ensues. The hard earned head-wind battered climb to the summit would be rewarded by nerve fraying survival mode bobsledable downhills that more often than not would have to be walked out.<br />
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<b><i>Sing me the old songs.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Tell me the stories of times gone by.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to spend an evening or so with you to </i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to see your guns.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to read your favorite books.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to warm my hands in front of your </i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to see the old brown pictures you've </i></b></div>
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<b><i>The pictures of the stern-faced men wearing</i></b></div>
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<b><i>hip boots and brown overalls with rusty</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The pictures of men who wore neckties and</i></b></div>
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<b><i>soft flannel shirts and breeches and leggings</i></b></div>
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<b><i>standing by braces of stiff-necked,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>rib-sprung pointers with the quail wagons</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to see yourself in a blue work shirt</i></b></div>
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<b><i>haircut and your .22 and that big-eyed pup.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Do you remember all the names?</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Talk to me about the horses.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Talk to me about the dogs.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>And the L.C. Smith, the Parker, the Baker,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Tell me about the cold and the wind and the</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Fill my mind with pictures of your prairies,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>your swamps, your sedge fields, your</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Tell me too, about the times you didn't shoot</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I want to hear the stories about Charley and</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Jimmy and Ed.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Make me laugh with the stories about the day</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Talk to me about the bee tree cutting.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Show me how you call ducks.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Who was the best shot you ever saw?</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Take me with you to the places with the names </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Take me to the Superstition Mountains</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Take me along the gentle curvings of the</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Tombigbee.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Show me the big horn sheep that feed above the</i></b></div>
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<b><i>And the elk along the bank of the Yellowstone.</i></b></div>
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Your most trusted chukar buddy mumbled about it over a few pints of Icky. Saw a good grip of birds on his failed muley trip this fall. His reminiscent mind still fixated on blowing a prime shot on a wall hanger. More pints consumed. Plans hatched. Leave work early on Friday. Truck loaded. Dogs spazzed - they always know, sometimes before you do. </div>
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Glassing the hills in October will not prepare you for climbing them in January. Lots of vertical. Lots of dog carrying. Should have brought climbing shoes. We're both young men in great shape, but this country has a way of humbling anyone. </div>
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<br />Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-85256018270847803762012-01-01T17:04:00.000-08:002012-01-19T10:42:24.075-08:00Home means Nevada.The Great Basin has a hold on me. I'm proud to enjoy its desolate bounty.<br />
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<br />Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-88833937724345506212011-12-05T20:00:00.001-08:002011-12-06T18:29:34.404-08:00Stage 3: The Thrill Of It All I've been home for a week, feeling naked starting over again from scratch. The basic ingredients of this minimalist cake being a few pieces of baggage packed a few months ago in an irreverent daze; comprising of all my worldly material values and which are now stacked haphazardly in an otherwise empty bedroom. We all sacrifice, we all accept the things we deem worthy of such acts in our own way.<br />
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I had an absolutely wonderful time doing this. 3,000 miles of things I won't forget, things I'll dwell upon, and none of it wasted on an empty heart. I gave it my all and then some, and gave it hell till the end.<br />
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No, I didn't make it to Argentina. Am I upset? Am I nauseous? Am I going to disappear for a few months in isolated depression over this again?<br />
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No.<br />
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I worked out my demons, for lack of a better term, and they are kept in their places: Always in the corners of my eyes till they can't be ignored any longer. They're tired, but far from dead, my eyes far from shifting.<br />
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I believe the paradigm has shifted for me. I'd hope that in my relentless evaluations and self-discoveries and growth rings and wrinkles over the past 5 years that the values I'd hold today would be far different than what was apparent when I hatched this scheme at 23. <br />
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A lot of travel and minimalistic living is self-discovery. I discovered, recovered, and buried more things in 2 months than I have in years. Deprive yourself of nothing but what you need and you will find everything that you don't.<br />
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One of the things I noticed is this:<br />
Touring on the road has become a bore to me. The dangers faced on a rural highway are much in the same vein as those faced in a suburban white girls lonely bedroom. I am not a fan of the populous, of civilization, order, contact. These things prove themselves time and again as reliable undercurrents. I felt gently pulled away from the things I find comfort in, like solitude, self-reliance, and uncertainty. Undoubtedly you will find these things on the highway, just in a much more mild dose. <br />
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Any further adventures will be on a much different scale and flavor, and I hope you will join along.<br />
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I guess you can call it the roots of a progression. In any case, I am glad for it.<br />
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Here are some more pictures from the journey, enjoy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ran over this poor bastard. Only creepy crawly I got a good shot of on the mainland, all the rest of them run too fast. He was about tea-cup size, his Olympic sprinter buddies were salad plate size.</td></tr>
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<br />Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-84505986860825537322011-11-16T08:11:00.001-08:002011-11-16T10:37:46.371-08:00Stage 2: Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;">DISCLAIMER: This post is mainly photos for now, more verbiage later.. Mexican Internet Çafe´s have unusable keyboards. I could be here all day.<br />
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You´ll climb and descend some of the scariest roads you can imagine, with trucks whizzing by and shoulders that drop off into certain messy ends.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">It´s really not that bad. People in Mexico are extremely friendly - offering you encouragement and honks, food and water, and always a place to stay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Sur</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Sur.</td></tr>
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I'm sitting in my cousins apartment in San Diego, attempting to reflect on the past two weeks, but I'm distracted. The landscapers go about the edges between concrete and non-native grasses, the man across the way has the television on Fox news and it's so loud I can hear the words on the ticker at the bottom of the screen, the neighbors eye me and my appearance is a bit too disheveled for their tastes. The perception of reality is a funny thing, at best.<br />
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I have resumed my life's ambition (thus far) to cycle to the End of the Earth in Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina. I left from my parents house in Sattley, California where I plunged over the Sierras on a long, rain soaked October 10th. To be back on the road is a relief I still don't have words for, so a satisfied smile will need to suffice. I have been agonizing and driving myself mad since July 3, 2010, when I had a freak fall from my bike and was forced to face reality and come home after only a few days. That wound is slowly closing, yet still nagging as to not forget how easy it can all disappear. <br />
It feels more comfortable living this way again with every pedal stroke south.<br />
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I am not 23 anymore. I always used to laugh when the doctors told me skateboarding and snowboarding would catch up to me later in life. I have discovered ibuprofen is your friend and that I need to move a little slower with a loaded bike. Not that it's a bad thing, it's good to be forced to slow down and enjoy what's around you a bit more thoroughly. <br />
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To tell you the truth, the past two weeks through California have felt more like a vacation than an adventure so far. The adventure highlights include a three legged half tailed raccoon who was trying to pull a candy bar from my pillow, having to ride about 10 miles down the I-5 because it's safer than not wearing a helmet on a military base, riding through South Central LA and Compton in a full spandex roadie kit, and bombing down the Yuba pass in a sleet storm. <br />
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I have had the pleasure of visiting with so many old friends, and making a lot of new ones along the way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My old buddy Joe just moved home from Hawaii, and he was nice enough to ride with me from Yuba Pass to Downieville on the first day. Yes, it was very wet. Joe is the most stoked human on Earth at any given time. Thankfully, he has put this energy into positive things.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sean and Nick were rad enough to let me hang out in San Francisco at their pad. An insane DIY warehouse that is eye opening to say the least. Used to live/Pal around with these crazies in Southern California. Good dudes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ben and Elissa took me in in Santa Cruz. Their back porch has the best ocean view ever. They are by far, the best WarmShowers people I've ever encountered. They are my kind of people, through and through. Someday I will aspire to their outdoor coupleness. Yeah, I just made that word up. Ben's bluegrass band is awesome, check them out at <a href="http://thebluetailflies.com/?section=home">http://thebluetailflies.com/?section=home</a> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt is one of my bestfriends of all time. It was awesome seeing him and his fiance Molly in Monterey. They have two cat children, and somebodies face got ripped soon after this shot.</td></tr>
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I some how didn't get any pictures of Mike and Erica, probably because they film EVERY THING YOU DO, but I had a great time with them, I got to watch<a href="http://ftomfilm.com/"> For Thousands Of Miles</a> for the first time, and we also got to go shoot the final shot of the film near Point Magu. Thanks for the glucosamine.<br />
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Things are about to become very real. 22.3 miles to the south of where I sit is the border of the United States and Mexico. I'm spending a few days in San Diego just to make sure I have everything that I need before I plunge over the border. <br />
I am excited, to say the least, that this imaginary line that has been looming in the back of my mind is about to manifest itself in forms I have no control over, in foreign tongues and customs familiar and distant all the same time. <br />
Vacation's over. Put your head down, grind it out, and smile.Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-77958253281637868152011-10-09T20:29:00.000-07:002011-10-09T21:08:03.728-07:00Welp, Here We Go.Round 2. I've dreamed about redemption for my most epic life fail since it happened in Alaska 15 months ago. My bike is packed, my head is spinning, my body is about to get worked into Greek status once again.<br />
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Let's get out of Dodge. You're more than welcome to follow along with me, right here on this blog.<br />
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I'm gonna try to keep the rubber side down this time.<br />
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Some good words to fit my mood.<br />
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<i>"And this ain't no place for the weary kind</i><br />
<i>This ain't no place to lose your mind</i><br />
<i>This ain't no place to fall behind</i><br />
<i>Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try."</i><br />
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Stay tuned..Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-81781594148520346272011-10-09T19:39:00.000-07:002012-02-05T10:03:28.674-08:00Yeah, I'm Gonna Miss A Good One..Possibly the best one in my short career. It looked like a Hitchcock film out there. Nevada is in for it this year. Go to the spots you recognize on the photos at the hunting conglomerates Glory Walls. Tomorrow it's rubber to the road. See you next year, you tasty bitches.<br />
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<br />Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-78459667686590243602011-10-05T16:42:00.000-07:002011-10-05T16:47:51.400-07:00Spoiled! Or, Why Dogs are Djods: Reason #233<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Because I'm not swimming through brush so thick even the dog has to exhale to get through it to find the bird that I stupidly dropped there.<br />
Thanks Rosie. I owe you another one.<br />
The grouse are on to you, noisy breather.<br />
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I am spoiled as hell to be able to walk out the back door of my folks house and run into 3 different kinds of wild upland birds in less than an hour, as well as all the waterfowl, deer, and all of it is centered on a fantastic brown trout stream.<br />
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<br />Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-91050029461454555482011-10-05T12:35:00.000-07:002011-10-05T12:43:10.663-07:00Goodbye, Truckee.<br />
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I love the Truckee.<br />
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I learned to fly fish here, and mastered the art of avoiding people on its sometimes crowded banks. I met one of my best friends in the world fishing it, the dude above. I had no wading boots at the time, just trodding along on a snowy New Years Eve in some Vans skate shoes I had in the back of my truck when I ran into this dude. We hit it off and he sold me some cheap ass boots at the shop a few days later. I also stuck my first fish on a dry fly I had tied myself that day, a fly that I just realized is still stuck in the visor of my truck - which I sold two days ago.<br />
It was a good last day on the water with the Gil. We didn't bring down the house, but we did have a great time and came up with another series of inside jokes that only get more hilarious as we get balder, fat, and increasingly ugly.<br />
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See you in April, ye ole beast. Keep the runoff away for at least a day so I can get tugs.<br />
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I've kept it under wraps for months and months. I didn't tell a god damn soul until 2 months ago. I don't think I could deal with another failure like Alaska last year. That still stings more than you can know.<br />
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I'm jumping on my bike and pedaling south, either to the end of the world in Tierra Del Fuego or until I run out of money, whichever suits me.<br />
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Last day of work today.<br />
First day of homelessness.<br />
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I am sticking around till the 10th - The 8th is the first day of chukar in Nevada, and the first Sharks game of the regular season is that night. Birds and hockey.<br />
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I need to be humbled. I need to get away from this town. I need to get out of the first world. <br />
Too many complainers, too many complacent people dragging me down.<br />
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It's hard for most people to understand why you would want to get rid of nearly all of your possessions and ride a bicycle alone for months at a time.<br />
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That's fine. Hopefully I can explain a bit of the why the next few months. <br />
<br />First leg - Reno to San Diego.<br />
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Keep your ears open.<br />
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<br />Crazy Uncle Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268647910396467228noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020385557338608228.post-70862696004596119132011-09-11T13:29:00.000-07:002011-09-11T13:29:34.409-07:00Rocking for Mounties.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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For both Joe and Coach falling in the river at the exact same time on opposite banks. (Snipers are always the excuse.)</div>
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A pull towards fishing, singletrack, birds, breasts. The moon always sipping these thoughts from you on the back porch. Fishing with your brothers when as far as you're concerned nobody else is on the same earth. Rolling against fast packed berms in high country wildflower fields while this years first coveys burst clear for the brush below. Your dog gaining your trust in matters of scent and location of things desirous to the both of you. Nibbling at ears that have been pierced since she would call boys "gross" and feeling her face squirm against your stubble.<br />
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A good sit is required to silently discuss any memory of catching them while they matter most.<br />
They always matter most to me when I'm with them. If you could have all of them at once, your heart and head would split clean in four and you would never be able to use them properly again. Don't dote in the past. Don't proselytize to the uninitiated for the sake of their future and yours. Don't ask questions. Don't look up to that moon or mumble aloud, there are no answers in those places. That giant raccoon that just ran across the top of the back fence has as many answers as you do.<br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/252500_10150206994237944_676087943_7235960_7877933_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/252500_10150206994237944_676087943_7235960_7877933_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Team Jorts post-winning the Lake Tahoe 8 Hour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/217729_10150161734982944_676087943_6808294_1777051_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/217729_10150161734982944_676087943_6808294_1777051_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jesse D Reeves Losing, almost severely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEggP5bQjha_4ItGy5-KTK-MKx1VNi-LKr_vrZnPXV_pWLGNKFwYU9Wb2eFHoxCUTmRB3ajxVSwFdgqWLwUe_-CTDPLvtq5P3YoTd1bhYfMrcoVes3Cjqs08yf4It9R14JKAP8wgcj7bA/s1600/IMG_1383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEggP5bQjha_4ItGy5-KTK-MKx1VNi-LKr_vrZnPXV_pWLGNKFwYU9Wb2eFHoxCUTmRB3ajxVSwFdgqWLwUe_-CTDPLvtq5P3YoTd1bhYfMrcoVes3Cjqs08yf4It9R14JKAP8wgcj7bA/s640/IMG_1383.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fuck you winter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSlhYneg7AGvsvUOf3g1CE2IlpAOf4EEaQeqNYzDK0TtZB667UbUD5boB8Z7gURpmd26Nn5Z34OYmgL2HHOFJfh7NSvzUX0t_kDjpGe6PEFJToWxkkRn-bgwqHdQHcM6xKgBokf0Ex5g/s1600/IMG_1694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSlhYneg7AGvsvUOf3g1CE2IlpAOf4EEaQeqNYzDK0TtZB667UbUD5boB8Z7gURpmd26Nn5Z34OYmgL2HHOFJfh7NSvzUX0t_kDjpGe6PEFJToWxkkRn-bgwqHdQHcM6xKgBokf0Ex5g/s640/IMG_1694.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Fuck you Crank Brothers. Winner, World's Shittiest Pedal! After just two rides!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5J200Do3j3wZPcRhNeT7vZe2w3RfogqPK1AZ7ubhr1NJ0QOYopsu1nyUvRU_8MPoQqvw47IubNfjH6XLzoYp92wdqP2u4cn7t1yJ5N2GPjpMEZKtq4wcb-dwFkaE2uS8VKjToiGOui0/s1600/IMG_1696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5J200Do3j3wZPcRhNeT7vZe2w3RfogqPK1AZ7ubhr1NJ0QOYopsu1nyUvRU_8MPoQqvw47IubNfjH6XLzoYp92wdqP2u4cn7t1yJ5N2GPjpMEZKtq4wcb-dwFkaE2uS8VKjToiGOui0/s640/IMG_1696.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Back Side of the Sierra Buttes, which happen to be my power source, from the top of Halls Ranch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2JUrPhyXZaIQGH6Es9hQtrapc_yJn1QqyhLtq-F-bNmHOtq0n7hDNDYJDqZ6Be_sfvxwGuIQc7YJjZtilQT3KZCwUQHEI671MPZ_CeYpXnq5s2wrXUvJDTK_hP2ZtI-7J3smK58_YRM/s1600/IMG_1705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2JUrPhyXZaIQGH6Es9hQtrapc_yJn1QqyhLtq-F-bNmHOtq0n7hDNDYJDqZ6Be_sfvxwGuIQc7YJjZtilQT3KZCwUQHEI671MPZ_CeYpXnq5s2wrXUvJDTK_hP2ZtI-7J3smK58_YRM/s640/IMG_1705.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mid-ride Crisis</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXPnNHEoW853noQOLZ_3kRwy0VzPgJruBQrlZLp8DjdGYhYmCa75MkU06E2CQbHZVKWJJdzFEli96cYV5qqZtJxv6eKXC2IbfEOxU3HerNe3XaCGnw3SK_4eCbLgtXLFB8xW-e1eH1YQ/s1600/IMG_1595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXPnNHEoW853noQOLZ_3kRwy0VzPgJruBQrlZLp8DjdGYhYmCa75MkU06E2CQbHZVKWJJdzFEli96cYV5qqZtJxv6eKXC2IbfEOxU3HerNe3XaCGnw3SK_4eCbLgtXLFB8xW-e1eH1YQ/s640/IMG_1595.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Too many cooks in the kitchen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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