Monday, August 08, 2011
The Art of FLIGHT - The Metal Trailer
Saw this teaser on Poor Mans Heli site.
Man, winter is just around the bend! Gotta start getting ramped up...
Sunday, July 24, 2011
US - Tour de France 2011 - Best of n°1
Congrats to Cadel Evans, I met him back in 1994 when he was a mountain bike racer.
My best memory of Cadel was when he and my son Jeff finished 8th and 9th at a USA National Mountain Bike Race in Traverse City, Michigan in 1996, 3 weeks before the 96 Olympics. They worked together and moved through the pack.
Later in the summer Jeff raced at the World Championships in Australia and Jeff raced against Cadel...he is a great competitor.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
STAGE 20 - Image of the day / L'image du jour
Congrats to Cadel Evans!!
I first met Cadel Evans in 1994 at Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe. It was in a mountain bike race that was called "The North American Championships". My son Jeff Hall and Cadel were both Junior Mountain Bike Racers and 6 weeks later they would both be racing in the World Mountain Bike Championships at Vail, Colorado. We crossed paths with Cadel several times over the years.
Cadel is a class act.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Avalanche Pit Bridger Mountains.wmv
We dug a pit each day in the mountains and found the same basic snowpack. Fairly stable.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Stormin' Snowboard Patrol.wmv
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This was out at Afton the night of the storm on Sunday. The storm dropped about 16-18 inches of new snow with strong winds. Great conditions!!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sled Deck, Load Em Up Partner
First time loading the M8 on my truck deck...yeah! No more trailer on the trip out to Montana next month.
Getting ready to go out to the hill for Ski Patrol tonight. It's gonna be a good night, it's dumping and we are supposed to get about 12 - 15 inches of new snow...GOOD TIMES!!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Snowboard Patrol
Great to be out on the snowboard on a Sunday night without the crowds. GOOD TIMES!!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Road Iowa
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It was a frosty morning departing at 4:00AM, -11 degrees, 740 miles today.
I've been seeing these wind turbine propellers on semis the past few weeks. Traveled past a wind farm in Iowa on Thursday and the props were really spinning with the winds.
It was a solid 740 miles of driving on Thursday, along with 800 miles on Tuesday. I saw of farmland and assortment of semis this week, roads were the driest of the winter.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Monday, February 07, 2011
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Nebraska Road Storm
These were some of the smaller drifts. Hit some 3 - 5 foot high drifts that engulfed the truck. The F350 4x4 I'm driving just pounded through, just kept on the gas and the wheel straight.
Nebraska / Colder Than a... -11 @ -35 Windchill
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Sunrise in flat farming country at -11 degrees and a north wind with fresh snow. Gotta keep alert.
Truck had just slid off in front of me. If you hit the ditch it's best to keep the steering wheel straight and don't hit the brakes. He will just need to be towed right out. If a driver turns the wheel and hits the brakes, there is a good chance of flipping the rig or jackknifing, that would be much worse.
It is slick and icy in the right lane, but as you know the left lane is waiting to suck a careless car or truck into the ditch. This car must have just gone in because I could see the driver on his cell phone, probably calling for a tow.
Small town Nebraska after a winter storm, it had warmed up to -1 degrees by 9:30AM.
Leaving the Nebraska town and crossing back over the Missouri River. 360 miles to home, 720 miles today, this was a full day starting at 1:00AM and back home enjoying a cold drink by 7:30PM the same day.
I arrived home and Weez had spent all day getting our new place in shape and our apartment looked great. The apartment is really getting comfortable and it feels like Home.
GOOD TIMES!!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge in the Dark of the Night
Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge, 5 miles long & 199 feet above Lake Michigan and Lake Huron under a full moon...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
A Trip Around Upper Michigan / Mackinaw Bridge
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This is about 3:30AM heading home, the first 100 miles were powder snow on a 2 lane highway. I have 640 miles to drive this day. Crossed the Mackinaw Bridge on this trip in the dark on the way home with a full moon in the western sky...Good Times!!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A Bit of Snow on the Road
Stopped to help a guy crawl out of his SUV that had flipped and rolled. He was OK.
400 miles of snow, locked into 4-wheel drive all the way.
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