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#8401
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Zion and Bryce are must-sees for sure. Zion is more verdant, and overtly more beautiful, but Bryce just blew me away. It's otherworldly. Hiking through those hoodoos you will see a solid palette of sandstone color (say, beige), then you round the corner and all you can see is a different color, red or something. The odd solo pine tree peppered within the hoodoos for some green contrast. It just blew my mind.
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Zion is monumental. The hike up to Angel's landing is epic and not for those fearful of heights as there are chains one holds on to along the way with multi 100 straight drops down both sides.
Bryce is strange, with nearly Gaudi-esque features.
Both worth going to.
Many decades ago as a born and raised midwesterner made the mistake in a back area hike of Zion of deciding that the best way to get to point was a straight line. Several canyons, reroutes and 30 miles later finally finished a 12 mile hike. Went to restaurant, order brook trout meal. Asked for another- they asked what I want another of - replied everything the whole thing. Ate it all too.
Bryce is strange, with nearly Gaudi-esque features.
Both worth going to.
Many decades ago as a born and raised midwesterner made the mistake in a back area hike of Zion of deciding that the best way to get to point was a straight line. Several canyons, reroutes and 30 miles later finally finished a 12 mile hike. Went to restaurant, order brook trout meal. Asked for another- they asked what I want another of - replied everything the whole thing. Ate it all too.
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Zion and Bryce are must-sees for sure. Zion is more verdant, and overtly more beautiful, but Bryce just blew me away. It's otherworldly. Hiking through those hoodoos you will see a solid pallet of sandstone color (say, beige), then you round the corner and all you can see is a different color, red or something. The odd solo pine tree pepped within the hoodoos for some green contrast. It just blew my mind.
Not long after I arrived, the park caught on fire and we had to evacuate to town. With nothing to do, we took a road trip to Vegas. The second night we camp at Bryce. I had heard of the place but knew nothing about it. When we arrived, we first went to the welcome center to use the restrooms. There was a gift shop selling all sorts of posters of the place. I asked my GF “Is this what we are going to see?”
I was blown away. We got up the next morning to see the sunrise and then walked amongst the hoodoos.
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#8404
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I've had great luck finding good deals on DT Competition spokes on eBay, usually between ~$.50-$1.00 per spoke.
Latest build was with some old Araya rims and late '70s Shimano high flange hubs and 15/16g spokes. Rims are pretty soft and have a noticeable bulge at the seam so I'll probably relace them with some Sun M13 soon-ish.
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Latest build was with some old Araya rims and late '70s Shimano high flange hubs and 15/16g spokes. Rims are pretty soft and have a noticeable bulge at the seam so I'll probably relace them with some Sun M13 soon-ish.
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RE: Utah. I want to check Moab too for sure. Mostly for MTB
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I just decided to go corded for my next hammer drill. Somewhat less convenient, but it will outlast me. I can buy one here in Tixkokob, from my favorite hardware store, and keep the money in the local community.
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On her end, she certainly realizes she needs to make hay while the sun shines, just in case it doesn’t shine as long as it did for Madonna, for example.
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#8412
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Started out trying to true up my 46mm Reynolds wheels yesterday. Today I'm ordering all new spokes for the rear wheel. I had to order what I think are unbranded spokes. Good reviews. Wheelsmith and DTSwiss have lost thier minds. Fugetaboutit! 4 bux a spoke? Nope. And trying to buy them from Amazon ?...Thats a shiz show.
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Grindavik is getting serious on the volcanism tip now.
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My android has a check or two.
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Watching highlights of the Bills/Cowboys game, in Mexico, and all the ads are in French.
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