So, here I sit, under the stars, between my bike and my tent. Very nice, indeed.
Anyway......keep it up fellows and thanks for going to the trouble to share. I'm headed out on the XS to go retrieve my share of my dad's ashes and give him a little ride along the river.
Mick you asked about the 40 pic. Here it is. We left yesterday and have 12,days. Should be able to see some of KS, CO, NM, TX, OK, and AR before returning to mizzery.
glad your ride with your dad went well ,the other hammocks which sleep across (sth American?) are a different design from the look of them and a lot larger ,there are a few on survivalist sites fully inclosed (mozzie net as well) which combine to hang up or peg to the ground as a small tent but don't know how good they are or if they are just a toy, how does every one go for a stove ,that was the 1 thing I could not sort out properly ,tried quite a few different ones but size of bottles /avalibility of canisters etc was always a hassle (you cant always light a fire)
Bronson probably sold more bikes than any commerical.
First nights lesson if you put the tent under a tree to hide from the morning sun it takes a lot longer to dry the dew so you can fold it up.
Sent the son a text @ 6 the next morning. Get the trailer and come.rescue us. At 8 he called wanting to know if I was yanking his chain. . . .
Plans made we passed the time in the shade, took pictures and talked out various "what to do's". I finally decided on going back home to make the repairs and then we would putt round our part of the world on day trips. The calvary arrived about 2:30 but still had to wait for the battery to finish charging to load the bike. Then my son dropped the fathers day bomb. I'm taking you to Wichita the dealership can get you in on Tues am and have all the charging components in stock. This mean another 2 1/2 hr.s west for him and no way can he get back home before 2 - 3 ish am. I'm not that agreeable. That would make for a long workday. No worries he had some time banked and has taken off Monday. I ran out of you don't need to be doin that arguments so we are in Wichita and hopefully will be headed on west before the 100+ degree heat gets here Wed.
DAMN YOU SCOTT!!!!!!! I should have been cutting/splitting wood for winter BUT I just spent 3 hours watching Then Came Bronson episodes instead.
Going to watch some more later.........you cad.
Gordon in NC
Then Came Bronson was a short lived TV series here in the US......I "think" September 1969 to September 1970??? REALLY SAPPY..... Sappy.....pretty typical of TV at the time........ Always had a happy ending........ Sappy I tell ya but at the time I know I watched every episode. I had COMPLETELY forgotten about it......until Scott brought it up.
Gordon in NC
I watched 3 or 4 episodes of "Then Came Bronson" on Youtube, I knew the wife would enjoy it too, but when I went to find them again they seemed to be gone. I found some different episodes on .....dailymotion.com.......When the show was airing "sappy" was a good thing with the war going on, perhaps we were too insulated from the war unless it became personal to you at the time. If I remember the story of the pilot movie right the story started with Bronson's friend, that he had built the custom Sportster with, had just returned from the war and was having trouble with civilian life, friend committed suicide, friends wife insisted that Bronson take full ownership of the bike, story continues.
Scott
Hey folks......sorry for the long silence but I've been working some crazy hours and just can't seem to find the time right now to add to this thread. I'm still a little taken back by Marty's mishap.....can't help but wonder if he'd been in a motel instead of hauling all that camping gear if things would had turned out differently???????
to be continued....................................GG
WHOA! Don't go putting this on yourself! You had nothing to do with it. That big big bike carried that stuff without any problem, much of it in the bags. The whole mess weighed in less than a passenger. I'll do it again. It could even be on the same bike! Jury is still out on that.
There's a site named avrider or adventurerider or something like that and buried deep in there is the fascinating diary of a teen who rode from L.A. to New York on a 50cc moped. Pretty resourceful dude. My XS is the biggest bike I've ever ridden, so I never miss my BMW pigBeen thinking of trying a cross country on an XS650 something I haven't done since oh about 1975 LOL. Truthfully I'd just keep using the royal star,
Art,Sorry for reviving an old thread but it also ended before the rest of the tips were offered. Anyways heading to TWOs for Legends spring meet next week which overlaps with the Dogwood rally, (will be on the VFR my XS is not road ready yet) I was wondering if anyone could let me know the campfire situation on the property, are we allowed to build fire at night for cooking/hanging out or just camp stoves for cooking? Thanks.
Art