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Old 04-23-20, 01:38 PM
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Fantastic, but where?!
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Old 04-24-20, 12:28 AM
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Hello, sorry its on Commercial St in east London. Its by the artist Zabou and is of course of Salvador Dali. It replaces another Dali in exactly the same location done by the same artist, that featured a melting clock that Dali was famous for. Seen here in a photograph I took 3 years ago.

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Old 04-25-20, 10:32 AM
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Me and my new cycling boots.
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Old 04-25-20, 10:03 PM
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East Fork was beatuful and warm today ...

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Old 04-26-20, 04:35 AM
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The beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains never ceases to amaze. Heading west towards Shenandoah National Park, trying to beat the inbound rain!
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Old 04-26-20, 10:59 AM
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Zabou the artist who did the two Salvador Dali pics above also did this portrait of Becca, a young person who went from being homeless to representing England in the Homeless World Cup. Photographed today in Gaskin Street, Islington, London.
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Old 04-26-20, 02:02 PM
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Cathedral Hill in St. Paul, Minnesota

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Winter trailside mudslide, washed clean with Spring rains.

Usual yard art.
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Old 04-26-20, 07:39 PM
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Point Reyes National Seashore.

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Old 04-26-20, 10:34 PM
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Sunday Saddle Time - 60°, dry on the Puget Sound Eastside; actually the first of the Cascade foothills. With May Valley nestled quietly. Used to be a small farming area to support the Coalfield miners, local loggers and others.

Big Iron

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Meadows & small fields

Backroads. Some busier than others.

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Old 04-27-20, 11:10 AM
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Old 04-30-20, 06:36 AM
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TBT. Second day. Ironside to John Day. Camped on a cattle ranch the night before. Woke up with ice on my tent fly, but it turned out to be a beautiful day. IIRC, it was 88 miles with 5.200+' of climbing. Nearly all of that came in the first 2/3 of the route.

Overall, it was a brutal route that has yet to be repeated. The next day I opted for the 117 mile route. Someone died of a heart attack during the 30 mile hot, uphill slog of the shorter route. The day after that it was a century for everyone in 90+ degree heat. In the end, I think I averaged around 92 miles/day over six days with one rest day.
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Old 04-30-20, 08:40 AM
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The view from Burns Avenue The DNR's webcam is visible.

Eagle's nest outside downtown St. Paul, MN
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Old 05-02-20, 07:50 PM
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Bethpage Black 16th hole
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Old 05-03-20, 07:57 AM
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This is where I was going to post some awesome panorama shots I took with my phone, of my trip up the Confluence Trail and Sam Vadalabene Trail up to Elsah IL and back... except none of the pictures I took, actually "took".

It seems there's an issue with gcam and Android version 10, where the latest Android's battery-optimizing feature interferes with the gcam app. Sigh. My longest mileage to date, and I have no visual record.
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Old 05-03-20, 08:52 AM
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Jupiter Inlet, Loxahatchee River from A1A Bridge









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Old 05-03-20, 10:52 AM
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I wish we had one of these at every corner. We have adequate bike lanes , but am often forced to ride into traffic lanes by people afraid to ride with traffic.This is the first one I have seen.
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Old 05-03-20, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Biker395
Finally got out for a "normal" weekend ride, albeit all by myself. I have photographed this spot many times, but I don't know that is has ever looked so beautiful to me.


Is that area normally that green? The grape vines look like those we saw last November on the sides of hills along the Rhine River.
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Old 05-03-20, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
TBT. Second day. Ironside to John Day. Camped on a cattle ranch the night before. Woke up with ice on my tent fly, but it turned out to be a beautiful day. IIRC, it was 88 miles with 5.200+' of climbing. Nearly all of that came in the first 2/3 of the route.

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My goodness! That was quite the week. Great photo!

I’m thinking we might have done a shorter version through the forest and into John Day on Cycle Oregon several years ago. It looks and sounds very familiar. We stayed on a cattle farm for two nights that year. CO paid the rancher to install a well so there would be sufficient water. We did an out and back the first day we camped there as I think the route was interrupted by a cattle drive. Of course there wasn’t any shade but even with temperatures in the 80s it was really hot. I spent 6 hours under an umbrella in the beer garden and was super hydrated afterwards!!!
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Originally Posted by GlennR
Bethpage Black 16th hole
You got my attention! How’d you get the photo?
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Old 05-03-20, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jppe
You got my attention! How’d you get the photo?
Round Swamp Road passes through Bethpage State Park. There's a open gateway for golfers to cross from one side to the other and there's a bench at the Tee on the 15th green. There used to be a water fountain but they removed it 2 years ago. It's about 7 miles from my home and i'll take a break before the last push home on a ride.

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Old 05-03-20, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jppe
Is that area normally that green? The grape vines look like those we saw last November on the sides of hills along the Rhine River.
It's always a beautiful view, but no ... not always that green at all. We had just had some rain the night before, and it was partly cloudy, making the colors look just that much brighter in the sun. OMG ... so beautiful.

We were there this weekend too ... crazy again.
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