Sunday, July 27, 2008

its been hot and smokey


FOXY IS LOSING IT
I think the smoke is getting to Foxy. She looks to be going a little crazy.

UDO IS JUST CHILLING
Udo is the same as always, he just wants to hang out and sit on mine or Hollies feet. He has this thing where he has to be touching one of us...so I thought i would give him a big old bear hug

AND SHE IS SPENT
After Foxy's little freak out session, she went to sleep.

EDWARDS CROSSING
So I went out for some exploration yesterday. It was too hot and there was too much smoke. I suffered like a dog. Anyway, I rode out to edwards crossing (over the Yuba river) and headed up the dirt rode to the town of North Bloomfield. This is part of the big ride I am going to do to truckee. I got dusted by about 100 enduro moto bikes yesterday, no love for mcgov


I went by this sign.

Checked out mans scars on the earth here

Ah, Mans scars...I started to ride a horse trail back in here and all of a sudden I realized I was not alone. I could hear a symphony of rattle snakes. I hate snakes...I hauled ass out of there back to the dirt road

Wreckage. There are decrepit buildings all over the place up here. I guess when the gold ran out so did the people. I went into the cemetery up in North Bloomfield and I was shocked by the number of children that died up there in the 1850's. I wonder if it had to do with all the mercury the miners used to pull the gold out of all the debris after blasting the hillsides with hydraulic cannons??
I rode back home after getting to N.Bloomfield. I was fried and I couldnt breathe very well because of the smoke. I was smoked!

3 comments:

Cara said...

hey, when did you get the tatts? i don't remember those!

jrad said...

Me neither. Been a while tho. Think back to Valley of the Sun with Joel Kath, Dirkles and me when you were in SLC. Drop me an email when you have a sec. jwnelson97 at yahoo

Heather said...

Funny, I had the same thought too...but then I was thinking I may have just forgotten, now I realize others were thinking this same thing. Hmmm, must ponder this one. By the way, how was that hoppy beer you had for me at the brewfest?