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Winter Driving Tip – Garin's Weblog

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You can view the original post here Lots of my trip posts attest to the truth that I trip 12 months spherical.   rain, snow, darkish of evening, just like the postal service solely I do it for recreation.  I’ve pushed my bike up the final snowy bit on Galbraith many a time and even carried my bike over elements of Wickersham within the snow.  This 12 months although I'm attempting just a little totally different tackle winter using; winter using in Baja.  My spouse and I packed up three canine and the whole lot we’d want for 3 months into and onto our CRV; we then pointed mentioned CRV in direction of Mexico and drove away from the snow, ice, and sub freezing temperatures of Ferndale, WA. That is our first try at snow-birding, so we now have many issues to be taught, however after 60 years of dreary NW winters I used to be prepared; 30 years after leaving Southern California I feel my spouse was additionally greater than prepared and we now have household in San Felip...

Can’t Assist Myself – Garin's Weblog

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After I see bikes like this on the market I actually can’t assist myself.  I feel that the affliction is a mixture of things, on this case the bike: is from my period, is all inventory, is $50, and for my part must be saved from the dump?   To be clear, that listing was seemingly all rationalizations.  Rationalization or not, this utterly inventory 1987 Schwinn Sierra was billed as a cute, sturdy bike that need’s some TLC and for $50 no haggling dollars it's the subsequent bike on my listing. I bear in mind a pal of mine, again maybe even in 1987, poo poo-ing the entire Schwinn off-road line on the Crossroads Schwinn Vendor in Bellevue, WA.  In any case, we each had Specialised Hardrocks, actual mountain bikes ya know.   Additionally ya know, younger is the brand new silly.  Sometime I'll drag that Hardrock down from the attic, restore it, after which do a shoot out trip agains this Sierra.  That’ll be enjoyable.  Apart from the younger and silly incident, I knew pr...