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Title: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: shovelon on July 14, 2010, 04:09:57 pm: Thought I would show this pic. My Offroad climbed it like a champ. Above the trees is Mount Wilson where the the telescopes and antenna towers for L.A. are.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3189.jpg?t=1279148729)

Terry
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: orange on July 14, 2010, 11:48:01 pm: nice - summer is over here already - a few short weeks of sunshine and it's back to rain :(
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: shovelon on July 15, 2010, 12:39:54 pm: Quote from: orange on July 14, 2010, 11:48:01 pm
nice - summer is over here already - a few short weeks of sunshine and it's back to rain :(
Whaaaaaaattt???????

It's a scorching 105 degrees F. here. The boy's in the shop are moaning, and my high school girl broke down in tears a couple of hours ago. :( :(
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: Spokes on July 19, 2010, 09:10:01 am: hmm... I feel like beaking down in tears every time I think of British summer time! Total pants. :'(

Chris
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: shovelon on July 19, 2010, 01:31:51 pm: Quote from: Spokes on July 19, 2010, 09:10:01 am
hmm... I feel like beaking down in tears every time I think of British summer time! Total pants. :'(

Chris
Ok, here is another from 2 weeks ago on the Reseda to The Sea route towards Sunset Blvd. In the background to the left is the San Fernando Valley where I live.

(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3230.jpg)

To the south over the pass is the City of Angels. Center-left are the Hollywood Hills, just above the high rises.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3219.jpg)
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: orange on July 19, 2010, 11:48:56 pm: *sigh*
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: Old Proflexer on July 20, 2010, 05:58:39 am: nice pictures - always enjoy great day out on the bike

i'm a little further south in So. O.C.

Summer's here -
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: mootsguy on July 20, 2010, 01:40:09 pm: How's your star thistle down there this year? Up in norcal it is awful, a bumper crop of pain and agony. >:(
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: shovelon on July 21, 2010, 08:09:17 am: Quote from: mootsguy on July 20, 2010, 01:40:09 pm
How's your star thistle down there this year? Up in norcal it is awful, a bumper crop of pain and agony. >:(
If this is what you are referring to I hate them. It was worse a couple of months ago. Good thing they only sting for a few minutes.
(http://www.glaucus.org.uk/RedStarThistle054.jpg)
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: orange on July 21, 2010, 10:06:11 am: you have them, we have these (stinging nettles). Hurt like 30% of a bee sting, (I then get hallucinations at night - but that's just me!!), then itch like mad for a couple of days. Right now they are verywhere overhanging the paths at leg height.

(http://ankeandmiasnaturejournal.com/StingingNettles.JPG)
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: mootsguy on July 21, 2010, 12:04:09 pm: In NorCal we are blessed with having both thistles and stinging nettles along the river and lake trails, make for some interesting post ride celebrations.
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: w2zero on July 21, 2010, 12:19:41 pm: Keep an eye out near the sting nettles for jewelweed or curly dock weed. They can help if you mash up the leaves and wipe on the nettle burn. Dock has long spear like leaves with ruffled edges. I just grab anything that ain't nettles or poison ivy and start crushing and wiping.
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: shovelon on July 25, 2010, 01:55:23 pm: Quote from: w2zero on July 21, 2010, 12:19:41 pm
I just grab anything that ain't nettles or poison ivy and start crushing and wiping.

Boy Scout were Ya???? ;) ;) ;) ;)

Boy Scout motto - "Get the Girl Scouts". :D
Title: Re: Nice time at Henniger
Post by: w2zero on July 25, 2010, 03:43:52 pm: My scout troop was more of a black ops group. We learned first aid because we intended to cause injury.