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Hell yeah.
This is the 10th year, it's been pretty epic. There is at least one I HAVE to get each year, some more than others. The point is you also sometimes find a cool new joint.
Rebuilt my Mastodon, installed a new high-flow midvalve piston, some air seals and the main seals. What a bitch, not super hard, but in my current condition everything just takes crazy long, so it was damn near an all-day affair. Trying to get it more compliant and avoiding the winter stick-down that occasionally happens when it's cold, as the "winter fork" was only tested/speced to -15C. Hooked up the ice-water circulation machine...seems like it's actually working now. Post-surgery it didn't do crap because I couldn't get close to the wound/skin and now I can finally put it within one layer of the skin. Feels good.
Moved 3 cubic yards of mulch and 2 cubic yards of soil by shovel today. Sore is an understatement. Front yard garden beds are prepped for next week's planting. Backyard still needs three large stumps removed and the rock fill pulled out, but Wifey's already done half the rock removal.
Shower and then sleep.
Shower and then sleep.
Fighting off the trail cougars?
100+ at his house, chilly several thousand ft higher in the mountains.
My fishing buddy has always been a horrible fly caster. Hey has gotten better with me coaching him. I took a good look at his set up today. It's an entry level fly set up. The line was crap. I'm betting it's level not even tapered. I pulled out one of my back up reels with a Rio weight forward floating line in a 5 wt to match his rod. Within minutes he was making nice casts and catching trout on a dry fly. You should have seen the grin on his face. Win!!!!
Sounds like it is time to move then?
Nice to hear that our local trailheads aren't the only hell holes. It is a balancing act of not going when is too crowded to find a spot and not so empty that your car will get broken into.
I have to admit though, that the gang members I encountered were polite. Possibly MS-13 but not sure if there’s another rival gang. Unlike a lot of obnoxious and rude, American flag clothing wearing, open mouth breathers that have invaded my Art District.
Yeah, that’s an understatement.
good to know. will put it on my watch list
We just have tweakers tweaking or looking for shit to steal so they can get some cash for more tweaking.