Today, Mister Baywatch and I  embarked on the impossible trek to “The Cabin”. We were not at all confident we would accomplish this task.  After all, our 1992 Dodge Dakota with nearly two hundred and thirty thousand miles on it is not the JD Powers and Assoc. SUV of the year.

The terrain was tough, we even had to kick in the four wheel drive and climb a few rocks. I know of at least one person who would be jealous of my desert pin striping and his car is the JD Powers and Assoc. SUV of the year.

In all fairness we took the O’Neal Basin Road up to “The Cabin” and it is a maintained county road. So the drive up was pretty smooth. We then went looking for a path to “Bluebird Heaven” and that’s where the roads started to look more like the ones we were on last Sunday. We did make it through to “Bluebird Heaven” and then it was smooth sailing again.

Here are some pictures of the adventure.

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TRIP STATS

Name:     The Cabin Loop
Date:     Sep 26, 2010 9:30 am
Distance:     121 miles
Elapsed Time:     5:08:53
Avg Speed:     23.6 mph
Max Speed:     73.3 mph
Avg Pace:     02' 33" per mile
Min Altitude:     4,911 ft
Max Altitude:     7,320 ft
Start Time:     2010-09-26T15:30:14Z

Summer came late, I think we had two weeks of Summer, and now it feels like fall is here. I had to put a jacket on when I went out side tonight. At the rate it’s going we’ll probably have snow by the end of September.

The good new is that I wont have to drag the garden hose around for much longer. I’m guessing I’m only going to have to mow my lawn but a couple more times. There are advantages to living at 5236 feet high. There’s a lot I like about the fall but one thing I hate, it’s one season closer to Winter. At least this year I have a 4X4 vehicle to get around when the roads are slick.

Now that it’s Fall it’s time to start thinking about what winter projects I want to tackle. Some of the programming projects I need to get to is Movie Quiz, POSNow, and some iOS apps. I also want to do a few things to my HHR too.

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