Whatcha doin????

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by TrustGzus, Aug 16, 2018.

  1. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    went for a walk in the woods with my wife this afternoon. It was a gentler trail than I usually hike when I'm on my own - about six miles with a successon of rolling hills. The trail I usually hike when I'm on my own is essentially three miles uphill, a short walk along the ridge, then three miles downhill. When time and conditions permit I usually add an extra loop that involves about two extra miles and another 650 feet of climbing. It goes down the other side of the mountain and takes in a nice vista.
     
  2. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    I've got to start working off the Chriatmas season so I'll be cross country skiing as much as I can.
     
  3. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    Do you know why Floridians don't get downhill skiing?.......They don't understand how you can keep water on a slant.
     
  4. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    Isn't Florida the flattest state anyway?
     
  5. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    Went for another walk, this time by myself. I had hoped to get out to the vista but when I got to the top of the mountain there was still snow as far as I could see heading down the hill, so I decided to cut that loop out. I still managed a little over 7 miles with 1500 feet of climbing. Today felt like a battle, like my legs just weren't really into it.
     
  6. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    The closest we come to a mountain is My Dora. (For you non-Floridians Mt Dora is a city in central Florida.)
     
  7. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    Is it as flat as Iowa? I heard it said that if you stacked a couple of phone books on the ground in Iowa and stood on them, you could see across the state in all directions.
     
  8. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    Only if you are taller than corn.
     
  9. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    That's pretty easy for the first few weeks :)
     
  10. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    Ah, truth... timing is everything even in corn...
     
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  11. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    ... and if you get the timing wrong, that's what the phone books are for pi-in-face
     
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  12. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

  13. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    In Florida you only need 1 phone book.
     
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  14. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Hawkwind in the am followed by rain then dust-devils then tumbleweeds then rain then thick fog then rain then freezing hawkwind then..
    Have 3 different jackets in rotation.
    Might just crack.
    Snow gone lower levels, thick in the heights.
     
  15. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    8 to 10 inches on us yesterday.
     
  16. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    Just wait until it rains mud.
     
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  17. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    No, thank you!
     
  18. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    Don't blame you. I experienced a number of mud storms while I was in Texas. No fun.
     
  19. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    When I see "Raining Mud" I can't help but think of silly rewordings of Slayer's song Raining Blood pi-in-face
     
  20. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    I enjoy hiking up high and looking down on storms. Well, when I was younger.
     

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