random pics that YOU have taken.......

[Skip Newsom]

My first new motorbike- 1979 Honda CX500, water cooled, shaft drive:



My 1st new tent- 1981 REI Half dome, my buddy Steve shaking out the forest droppings



Life was a bit simpler then... now I have to choose between 4 tents, and it's time for another motorbike, choices are many!

Oh, and short shorts were all you could buy, everything else were long pants.

[Jerome74911S]

Originally Posted by Skip Newsom

My first new motorbike- 1979 Honda CX500, water cooled, shaft drive:

I enjoyed my CX650E, until it and I got flattened by a geriatric priest who turned left into me. His car was filled with blue-haired ladies, which must have been a distraction. I flew right over his car. It was a nice bike.

[id911T]

Picking up a project for a friend

[wswartzwel]

This old mill was used in the opening scenes of the 1939 movie Gone With The Wind. It is in North Little Rock Arkansas.

[Tervuren]

I've been enjoying the aura when it rains even if it means there is one car I won't be driving today.

[jhc]

Originally Posted by tcar

Why don't you start a 'Flower' or 'Plant' thread, like the Dog and Cat threads????

Keukenhof, Netherlands this time last year:

[daepp]

Originally Posted by wswartzwel

This old mill was used in the opening scenes of the 1939 movie Gone With The Wind. It is in North Little Rock Arkansas.

That's stunning. Just added to my list of things to do next time I'm in Little Rock...

[Skip Newsom]

Kayak trip to a mountain lake that has had one of the largest draw downs in many years... my favorite playground!

Over 100' of water MIA, likely out in the Salish Sea


Paddling through the tree tops


Appears to be the hind paw of a Cougar... probably 3-5 days before we showed up


Image taken just after 9:30 pm, half moon lighting and a 20 second exposure


We had to cover a little over a mile and about 700' elevation change on foot, my buddy Karl decided to try carrying his pack AND Kayak at the same time.
That's about 80 lbs total, not bad for a 66 year old mountain goat!
Check out the giant bumble bee just above the bow, probably thinking mmmm, something that big and yellow must be loaded with pollen.

[Skip Newsom]

Does this kayak hat make my butt look small?
(God I hope so... don't feel like you have to answer)



Threading 15' of beautiful mahogany through a few of the switchbacks was interesting. Bouncing off trees and rocks is not recommended.

Boat dock high and dry, so different that the full pool in summer... not surprising that we did not see another soul out on the lake or any of the campsites me paddled by, it's a huge effort to get in and out this time of year.
Trees poking out of the lake are under 100' of water 9 months of the year.

[VincentVega]

great shots!

CLC boat?

[chapstic2001]

My daughter [2.5 years old at the time] had my camera and took this picture. I had no idea until I downloaded the picts. This was about 9-years ago.

[Tobra]

Got a new jacket

[Skip Newsom]

Thanks Joel!!
We do live in an amazing place, I'm still working on low light shots and time lapse is great, seeing wind, weather and lighting patterns change quickly amuses me greatly. (Helps to be easy to amuse)

Vincent, nope... shes a Pygmy kit boat, "Goldeneye" (replaced by newer designs).
Wire it together, seal, fiberglass and apply spendy varnish.
I did not build this one, got it for about half normal costs and it needed a refinish, I thought hey! I can do that and I'd always wanted to try kayaking. Turns out I like it.
15' long and 39 lbs... plus it slips easily through the water. Build process is referred to as "stitch and glue".

Lake Diablo


Baker Lake


Fits well on my BAT (Big As* Truck)

[CurtEgerer]

[john70t]

Originally Posted by Skip Newsom

We had to cover a little over a mile and about 700' elevation change on foot, my buddy Karl decided to try carrying his pack AND Kayak at the same time.

I always wondered why there wasn't some sort of wheel mechanism on canoes as well. Portaging them can get heavy with gear and supplies.
This is a simple pic drawn by billy but here is one idea:

[john70t]

Great grandmother's bed fixed the John70t way.

[john70t]

A slightly different camera setting and the tone changes.

[CurtEgerer]

[Baz]

I think the wheels need to go more in the middle, John so the weight of the boat is on them, instead of the person in front.

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I have a young Osprey who has been using an old dead palm tree trunk in my front yard as a perch. He is there different times of the day quite a bit and usually spends the night too. I have also seen him with a fish in his talons and once found a dead fish with lots of tear marks at the base of the trunk. I'm only using an inexpensive point and shoot but you can still get the visual.

My house sits up high on a natural dune ridge so I took the pics a few feet from my front door.

[Skip Newsom]

Bicycling on broken Great Lake chunks is, well, silly.
Although, not quite as silly as carrying kayaks up and down mountain sides.

15 years and many beers ago: