When I was younger- a lot younger- I heard a lot of people talk about wishing they'd have seen Kiss in 1977 or Elton John at The Palladium or some-such unforeseen legendary show post facto.
I'm here to tell you that my wish would be to have seen The Ting Tings in 2008.
The Ting Tings @ Route du Rock (Full set, 16/08/2008) (youtube.com)
What a gem.
Big thanks to Thadeus Butler who turned me on to The Ting Tings.
I got a new vessel to haul the bike to the trailhead:
I've loved sport wagons since I was a kid. I can't tell you why but the wagon blows up my skirt... and the sleek German version is uber. It's got a load of fancy features like self-leveling suspension and adaptive headlights and such but what I really dig is the the straight six and the man tran.
There are some car-camping trips to Gowdy and Glendo in our near future.
Ja.
I was reminiscing about the good ol' days of the internet when one could call up spectacles of queerness for the sheer wonderment and then carry on with a nugget of thoughtfulness. I replayed All Your Base... a few times and it was just as good as it ever was, then I recalled the Badger-Badger-Mushroom.
Badger song (Badger badger badger , mushroom mushroom) - YouTube
In my window office at City Hall in Manhattan, Kansas, I used to loop this as a stress-reliever. I'd start one then start another and another and another... as many as a could until it was all a cacophony of badgers, mushrooms, and snakes. Ahhh, true relaxation.
Alas, I fear the golden years of internet dissonance are behind us. We're left only with sophomoric spasms of diarrhea that is Tik Tok, Twitter, etc.
I think I see a snake.....
I won't say that I wasn't tempted...
No matter. That rock is 9 feet tall and is not going anywhere anytime soon.
Micheala and Cavendish in Missouri:
How we trained:
I spent a few days on the Royal Gorge Trails last weekend and I've figured out my favorite loop. It goes like this:
Twisted Cistern -> Overlook Loop-Rock Hardy -> Canyon Rim -> Far Out ->Canon Vista -> Smores -> Dream Weaver -> The Maze -> Dark Side of the Moon and Made in the Shade for an encore.
Overlook Loop goes CCW to the top of Rock Hardy then CW out of it. Made in the Shade is slightly more enjoyable CCW with an uber-flow down to start and a beautiful slightly techy climb back out.
I love the Canon City area. Fun trails all around. Sure, it's no Moab or Sedona, but like Hood River, OR or Eureka Springs AR, trails can be reached by riding from your doorstep and there are lots of options not too far away.
The scenery is breathtaking, of course, with a high desert mixture of pinons, junipers, and cacti perched on rock canyon walls with snow-capped mountains for a backdrop. I probably should have snapped a few pics but I was way to zoned in on riding so I pilfered the image above from gohikecolorado.com instead.
Incidentally, Potassium Feldspar makes for an excellent riding surface and its found in abundance at the Royal Gorge. It's not too grippy, not too slippy, not too edgy, not too wedgy. It fractures angularly but not in an exact way. Its imperfect, pink, and there- like a good friend.
