Slightspeed

Here's the B of A, ATM this morning.

flangehead

You sir are ready for St. Valentine’s Day.

Next?

I-Like-To-Bike

Want to know what is even more insane? Buy a beauty product like perfume or makeup as a special gift for your sweetie that is widely advertised as costing only 59¢/quart or 79¢/pound or perhaps on special at Walmart for $2.99 for a six pack of 12 oz bottles. It won't matter what the perfume smells like or what the makeup might conceal or enhance!

3S1M

Don't make me get my Sgt Carter pic out. Who am I kidding, makes me laugh (you can post your new mission when you complete a mission) New Mission MOVE IT MOVE IT MOVE IT:

Slightspeed

'Tis the season for political silliness, so to give equal time, how about a pic of your bike with a Donkey AND an Elephant, can be two separate photos, no stuffiies, almost anything else allowed, statue, live on the hoof, billboards, whatever. Good luck!

wipekitty

I thought for SURE I'd beat you Left Coasters to the ATM, but no such luck! I looked all over the place this morning - maybe East Coast people don't do outdoor ATMs? (I haven't touched one for ~15 years, so perhaps they're a thing of the past...)

Slightspeed

Wow, there must be 10 of them in a 2 mile circle of my house, and I'm not even in the city, but out in the 'burbs.

DrIsotope

Yeah, I could ride for an hour and submit at least a dozen outdoor ATMs. We've even got those where it's a little drive up hut all on it's own, with just an ATM in it.

subgrade

At last a couple of daytime pictures from me


The elephant


Town musicians of Bremen, from bottom to top: a donkey, a dog, a cat, a rooster (based on a tale by brothers Grimm)

While I was getting ready to take the shot of the musicians of Bremen, a women came up and asked if I could move my bike, because it's in the way for her to reach the statue. I was perplexed, but did as asked. Then she proceeded to rub the snouts of the donkey and the dog while muttering something to herself (I'm sure the cat and rooster would have gotten a good rub too if she could reach them), then left. I didn't know there were locals who had such good fortune rituals (or whatever it was).

Next mission: keeping with the animalistic theme, let's see a marine mammal - dolphin, whale, seal, sea otter etc. Rules the same as before - live, a billboard, a statue, etc. all acccepted, but no stuffed or other kind of toys.

mr_bill

Town Musicians of Bremen in Bremen:



There is also a sculpture by Bernhard Hoetger, Jugend (Youth) who has been polished by molestation for “luck”.

Got to hear Angela Merkel in the town square though.

-mr. bill

Fredo_Adagio

I would like to play ...

Fredo_Adagio

... but I need to reach ten posts ...

Fredo_Adagio

... before this forum will allow me to post photos.

Slightspeed

Nice job on the critters. I could probably find a burro or two around here, but the elephant would be hard. All i could think of was the giant mastodon at the La Brea tar pits. Too far for a morning ride, nice find!

Fredo_Adagio

Dr. Isotope,

I spent last weekend in the San Bernardino area.

My brother and I road the Santa Ana River Trail from Waterman Avenue in San Bernardino to Arlington Avenue in Riverside. It's a lovely trail despite the homeless encampments and the ATVers who use the trail as a shortcut. Some of those ATVs are the size of cars.

My brother, his wife, and I also rode the Pacific Electric Trail from Cactus Avenue in Rialto (or is it Fontana?) to Starbucks in Etiwanda (or is it Rancho Cucamonga?). Our ride was cut short by a flat tire. The trail is wonderful - no homeless encampments and no ATVs - if a bit flat.

- Too Old & Slow

subgrade

Yes, this statue in Riga is a version of the Bremen original, presented as a gift from Bremen city in 1990 (Riga and Bremen are sister cities). The thing around the musicians is supposed to be the Iron Curtain which they are peaking through, instead of a window, as they do in the tale.

Slightspeed

Not seeing any dolphins yet, so here's mine. The giant sun dial is a memorial tribute to the Alaska Airlines crash off the coast of Ventura. Hard to see, but the dolphins are at the base of the pointer, and my gold Raleigh is the bike on the right. Hard to get it all in one shot. When I got home, I realized that our club jerseys have dolphins all over them, plus I found a real one from 2011. I was on the bike, but it's not in the picture. I just liked the picture and wanted to share it.


Base detail with dolphins.


Incorrectly identified as porpoise, I think its a bottle nose dolphin. We see them a lot, just past the surf line.

wipekitty

Aww man, those pictures are making me miss So Cal!

Slightspeed

Next mission: How about your bike in front of City Hall, not Fed or State, but local city government house?

Joe Bikerider

Walnut Creek, California

Joe Bikerider

The actual city hall building was in deep shade but one side of the sign was fine. This was a kind of breakthrough to me. Last time I rode over there I crashed doing a U-turn on the path. See picture.


To get on the path to downtown I needed to come up the path on the right (toward you). And then turn and get on the path on the left and head away. Note that little hill and grass in there. While I was making that turn my wheel got caught in the grass and down I went. Skinned knee and jammed finger.

Now I’ll hopefully be better having done this time successfully

target for next person: electrical substation with lots of wires and transformers and stuff.

thanks

Joe Bikerider

Or if you don’t like that mission the how about local campaign headquarters, presidential only. Like this one that just popped up in Pleasant Hill

flangehead

Centerpoint Energy substation.

I've had Loudon Wainwright III's "Dead Skunk" running in my head.

Target: Your bike and some roadkill. Bonus point if it's a skunk.

_ForceD_

A flat opossum.


Next mission: sewage/waste water treatment facility.

flangehead

I do hope the blood and the guts did not make you swoon...