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Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: spothq on March 23, 2005, 03:56:45 PM

Just after my operation a friend of mine asked me to go buy a bike for him and transport it up to portland (About a thousand miles away).

This is heading to buy the bike:

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This is after we picked it up and the motel we stayed at before travelling up the coast
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Here is a shot I took, it just seemed perfect from my perspective
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Kimberly snapping a picture of one very happy samuel
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Kimberly with a smile for days
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This was so much fun
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Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: eilif on March 23, 2005, 04:43:41 PM

boy do i miss the west coast.

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: eilif on March 23, 2005, 04:44:55 PM

heck i think i have been on that very beach, just between northern california and portland oregon.

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: spothq on March 23, 2005, 06:11:40 PM

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Originally posted by eilif
heck i think i have been on that very beach, just between northern california and portland oregon.

Yep, going north you dump out into an expansive view of the beach, almost unreal, then you're at sea level, where you can park in a turn out.

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: eilif on March 23, 2005, 06:21:37 PM

thought so, i used to run up and down that beech as a kid, alot of great memories there, the air is so fresh and salty!  im in vermont now, havent seen the west coast in a loong time.

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: spothq on March 23, 2005, 06:24:41 PM

The sun still sets, the politics are still a joke, and the cost of living continues to rise.

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: airbumba on March 24, 2005, 04:39:57 PM

Nice pics. Just wonderin, can u swim there? temp. wise i mean?  Cause I went Maine a lot as a kid, and the water was freezing man!. I mean nut shrinking cold. As a kid, my voice didn't break till we stopped going to Maine.

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: eilif on March 24, 2005, 04:41:19 PM

you can swim just bring a wetsuit or you will be sterilized.

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: daddog on March 24, 2005, 05:06:25 PM

Spothq I am about 50 miles east of you up in Twain Harte. Ever drive up Hy 108 to Strawberry or to ski at Dodge Ridge? I am 20 min from Dodge. :)

We drive down to Modesto every few months to hit COSTCO and Trader Joes. ;) I always have to go into Comp USA and drool over the goodies I want.

Nice pics. :)

Title: Our trip back in 2004
Post by: spothq on March 24, 2005, 08:21:58 PM

airbumba: It would be nut-cold right there, and that time of year. That's close to oregon so it's up high enough latitude wise that the water would be very uncomfortable.

daddog: Yep, been skiing at dodge, bear etc. I was born and raised in Modesto, used to run modestocalifornia.net (Local site, made the paper etc, had a popular alumni site etc), then poured a bunch of money into racks and colo and basically work from home now (No more trucking for me as of 1999) =) Modesto Sucks!, horrible drivers, bad air, high prices for basic necc.... and the politicians suck as well.