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Skriven 2008-01-31 10:38:36 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av BOB GEARHART
Ärende: Re: Bicycles
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Howdy Bobfer!
-> 
->  ->  I like X-Country because I have a lot of flat country to cross.
->  ->  It gets me in the woods silently, deer and other critters aren't
->  ->  scared off the way they are when someone sitting on a motor comes
->  ->  roaring through.  Great for photography, you can slide in, sit in a
->  ->  clump of brush for a few minutes and everything goes back to natural.
->  -> 
->  HN> Oh there's lots of appeal to crosscountry skiing, and I like it fine.
->  HN> One of my nicknames when I was a downhiller was "air bear"..
->  HN> because I spent as much time in the air as on the snow. I loved
->  HN> the turns, the speed, and the freedom..cross country has a lot
->  HN> going for it...but downhill it ain't (grin)
-> 
->  I dunno.   Next time you get away to Salt Lake City in February, don't
->  leave your X-C skis at home.  When you stay right in town then you have
->  your choice of the finest dinning in all of Salt Lake City right at your
->  door steps.  Places like Denny's and fancy places where you can even get
->  an egg McMuffin for breakfast.  After that get on the city buss after
->  strapping your skis in the ski rack in front and ride to the last stop
->  which is Alta, just the greatest powder snow skiing in all of North
->  America.  Strap on those X-C skis, slide down to the ticket booth and
->  hop a rope up to the chairs where you can get to the very top of the
->  Wastach Range, then start telmarking down to the bottom.  You won't get
->  much air, but you will have a great ride.  And most important, if you
->  make a bad turn and end up on the wrong side of a ridge in a bowl, you
->  will be happy to have those climbing skis on your feet other than those
->  downhill jobs.  I did a two hour climb once to get out of one there.
-> 
->  But if you want to get fancier you can get off the buss at the next to
->  last stop and ski at SnowBird, now a vertical air guy couldn't be
->  happier than being there.  And if you have a lot of money in your wallet,
->  when you get to the top just takes that trail over the top and out
->  through the pines to end up in Park City where you can buy a drink with
->  liquor in it and the same Egg McMuffin for three times the price.
->  Trouble is there is no trail system to get you back over into Alta so
->  you have to take a taxi back to Salt Lake City, or make friends with
->  someone going that way.
-> 
I have no problems with X-country skiing and when I first
learned to ski in the Alps (a great little place called Mont D'or) 
on the French Swiss  border, one of the best parts of the day
was the 4 or 5 km slide back to town along a wide gently sloping 
trail (about 100meters wide) from the downhill area to town. 
I no longer have any of my downhill gear, but still have my 
crosscountry gear. When Amanda was younger we'd go to
Leavenworth wa (google that for a place to visit!) once or 
twice a winter to go cross country skiing. Utah is a good 
place to ski, but I'd put Whistler against any spot on the 
continent and feel pretty good that whistler would come 
in first. 

->  One year Colorado had little snow and out east nothing but rain, so I
->  ended up in Utah..  Went back many times. Great skiing but lousy 
ambience.
->  Best for that is Stow Vermont with best food of all and Quebec City for
->  the most interesting people along with great food and decent Skiing at
->  Mt St Anne.
-> 
-> 
->  ->  half way back down to town, then the pizza joint at the bottom.  
Whoa,
->  ->  that was fun times.  My 24 year old son and I went there together.
->  ->  We had the greatest of times.
->  -> 
->  HN> Now THAT sounds like a good visit!
-> 
->  That was fun and if this wasn't a family board I could regal you with
->  some tales of that trip where you would say No Way, with your kid
->  along..  :)
->  
Hey, you're grown and single, enjoy life !

->  ->  That's the name of it.  My bike is sprung in the middle so the back
->  ->  wheel is always in contact with the ground in rough terrain.  No
->  ->  spinning while peddling in rutted rough areas.  That great but the seat
->  ->  comes up and whacks you in the rear at times.  Those skinny little
->  ->  seats they put on bikes today make the impact unpleasant.   So I 
bought
->  ->  a seat larger than the ones they used to put on bikes long ago, well
->  ->  padded and super comfortable.  Set me back almost as much as I 
paid for
->  ->  the bike, but worth it.  In bike shops, it's name is "Cloud Nine."  :)
->  -> 
->  HN> Hmmm, I'll have to look for one of those!
-> 
->  You would not be unhappy if you spend any time sitting on a bike seat.
->  I can't recommend one enough.
-> 
I'd love to get back to spending more time on 
a bike!

->  ->  Oh my I would love to do that Hap.  How about while we are over 
there,
->  ->  we take a cruise down the Rhine through wine country on a barge 
with a
->  ->  fancy chef doing the meals.
->  -> 
->  HN> ??What we need a chef for? (grin)
-> 
->  They come with the cruise.  I looked into it several years ago.  There
->  is also a two week bike trip through the Alps starting and ending in
->  Switzerland for the folks who want to eat fancy food at many places in
->  Italy, France and Germany.  Great picture taking stuff. They provide the
->  BMW bikes, all fuel and everything arranged for about two grand cheaper
->  than the barge trip.  Around $8,000 if memory serves me right.
-> 
I like food, but it doesn't have to be fancy to be good! 

->  I like this stuff after playing out in the cold all day.
->  Julia Child's way is still one of the best ways.
-> 
->     * 1 1/2 cups green split peas
->     * 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
->     * 2 celery stalks, chopped
->     * 1 large leek, chopped
->     * 1 large clove of garlic, halved
->     * 1 herb bouquet*
->     * 1 or 2 well-rinsed ham hocks
->     * Salt and Pepper
->     * Optional garnish - small toasted croutons
-> 
I LOVE split pea soup! And spam is not a bad addition to it
at all! 
chat with you soon
hap
 
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