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SC seagoat
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Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
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Mar 26, 2019 - 06:28pm PT
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Yes Happie is here. Happie and Lucas are in Moab.
Can’t wait to see her!
Susan
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
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Mar 28, 2019 - 08:21am PT
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So great to see Happpie again, and Lucas with his spring haircut.
Love her adventures. She’s looking so healthy and relaxed...
Thanks Happpie for the addition to my collection!
See you again soon.
Susan
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Happiegrrrl2
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 30, 2019 - 11:06am PT
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It was great to see you and Ferretlegger too, and Jaybro. I just love Moab(but I got what I'm going to call the "Moab Snub" today when a store clerk realized I was one of the *invasive species*).
So, I've got a few days before I begin to near the flooded zones of the midwest. I'm looking for information on areas I need to stay away from, but it's difficult for me to really understand how the various areas of Nebraska and Iowa are impacted. Maybe some of you can advise if I need to reroute.
Once I leave Colorado Springs, CO, I have a couple options, but usually end up passing through Grand Island, Nebraska. It seems like between Colorado Springs and Wisconsin is the region I have to figure out.
I haven't really paid attention to the news as to the areas impacted, just saw some pictures of devastated lands, and when I look for information, it's so localized that I am struggling to find some of the areas on my atlas.
It looks like crossing the Missouri River is the problem area, but how far north or south would I want to be to avoid being blocked or in the way of cleanups?
I can go across a more southern route through Kansas, but at some point I need to head north into southeastern Wisconsin. I'd like to minimize mileage, and usually veer NE from Grand Island, NE ending up on HWY 151 coming into Wisconsin. But thinking that could be problematic.
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Happiegrrrl2
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2019 - 07:30am PT
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Oh how I'm dragging my feet getting a going....
Leaving Grand Junction this morning with a stop in Gunnison and then Salida for the night.
I am nervous to get near the Missouri and then crossing the Miss. I found a road closures page online for the former and that helped. I'm detouring north a bit after Grand Island, NE. Going through Sioux City, which my younger sister once had to move to when her pilot husband landed a job there. She found it so....something..that she couldn't do it, and moved out after two months. He was never there, being a pilot, so it all worked out. I wonder what I'll think of the town.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Sioux city is fine.... Rapid City is much nicer though with the Black Hills right near by..
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 6, 2019 - 05:59am PT
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Oh jeez... I've had such an increase in sales with my jewelry that I wasn't counting on a dry spell...haha.
I'm stalled in a town right now that I've pretty much seen all there's to see, and am eating up my buffer time for when I told my boss I'd be back in NY.
Most of the town is clean as a whistle, to the point the boys and young men look like mama just scrubbed their faces red, and the hair gunk keeps that 1950's forehead swirl perfectly styled, but there's always one in the crowd that won't toe the line!
Anyway-if someone's been thinking about a chalkbag or piece of jewelry, now would be a really great time to get it!(PayPal preferred at this time).
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Happiegrrrl2
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 9, 2019 - 04:32pm PT
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Today I got pulled over on I-80 by a trooper who said I was drifting over the rumble strips several times.....
The same excuse was given several years ago on I-10 when I was nearly straddling the border, and I figured they thought "crappy van, NY plates....maybe they have illegals in the rig."
Neither time was I going over the strips. You kind of know when you do that.....
Anyway, this time, the cop, who was very nice, said that he'd pulled me over for that, but when I stopped he saw I had a brake light out too.
Grrrrrr - thing is, that brake light has gone off and come back on a few times over the last two years. I guess it probably needs the connection cleaned.
Anyway, he was going to give me a 10-Day on it, and actually asked me to come sit in his police car while he wrote the warning.
Soon as we get in there his phone rings. They've been calling him on the radio, but he wasn't in the car. Don't know why he didn't have his radio on with him while coming to my car but - he's needed, with his K-9 partner (named Luke, and who has been barking in the back seat) pronto. He says "Lucky Day - I gotto go!"
So, lucky me.
It kind of irks me, though, that police pull you over just because they feel like it. I learned my lesson the first time in AZ. I said "I wasn't going over the lines." And he got huffy and said "Are you calling me a liar?" So this time I said :Well, maybe the wind was blowing me around." Because it was windy and I was having to be careful so as NOT to get blown off when another vehicle was near.
The other thing - The floor covering on the passenger side of that cop car was made of a material that made it damned near impossible to get a footing. I felt like I was on a giant banana peel trying to get in! Maybe this is in case someone hijacks a cop in his car - the jacker would be at a pretty good disadvantage, at least if they tried to use their legs for leverage.
So.....I'm gonna put out another plea - If you need a new chalkbag, or want to get a pendant - maybe for a Mother Day gift..... - your purchase will go directly to gas, and a little food, to get me back to NY. Here's a picture of the newest piece - A pretty Tiffany Stone cabochon of my cutting, set in a delicate woven frame.
That one is at https://www.etsy.com/listing/688744821
Or my favorite one - - which is at https://www.etsy.com/listing/690915019
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Robb
Social climber
Cat Box
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Not sure where you're at, but heads up on the weather in the next day or so. Going to be windy/snowy in Co. & parts of the plains. Safe travels!
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Juan Maderita
Trad climber
"OBcean" San Diego, CA
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Apr 10, 2019 - 01:49am PT
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Thanks Happiegrrrl2,
I just bought your tiffany purple tones cabochon pendant. And you just got 500 miles closer to home (gasoline money).
Wife loves the photos on Etsy.
Thanks.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 10, 2019 - 02:11am PT
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hey there, say, terri! ...happygirrl2...
say, juan maderita... wow,
what a sweet thing for your wife!!!
that's a lovelyyyyyyyy color, too!!!
happy trails!! and prayers, terrie!!!
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2019 - 11:37am PT
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Thanks, Juan and Neebee!
Oh man, is it windy! I thought at one point I blew a tire, the van had a moment of bucking.... But it was just the first good wind chop.
I kept saying "You can pull over and bivy, and I would pull into the rest stop and walk Lucas, who doesn't realize it is no longer nice and sunny out, and then I'd look at the map and decide to get to some point, and then kept going...."
Just crossed the Mississippi and now I really AM only going a little further today. I actually woke up before light and drive an hour before stopping the first time, so have put in a good 250 already, which for me is a normal driving day.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 11, 2019 - 01:30am PT
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hey there say, terrie...
are the roads good for you...
hope all is going well...
prayers... :)
and-- going to sleep... happy good morning to you and pup!
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2019 - 10:40am PT
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The wind has stopped - it was awful. I had no idea how stressful it was driving yesterday until I stopped, had something to eat and then struggled to do anything but crawl into bed.
This morning the wind was even worse, plus it was raining. NOAA said the wind would shift to south in the afternoon, so I decided to wait before getting on the road. It's definitely better now, almost even some sun - but not quite. And I am wasted from the stress of yesterday.
I made a bad decision and ran further than I should have, not having a gas gauge. On a normal day, I get 10-12 MPG, so at 200 miles driven since filled, I start looking for gas. I passed so many places at 150, 160, 180 miles but nooooo, I decided to go to the intended stopping point, which I figured was at 205 miles since filled.
At 199 miles, I heard the "ping" of the last gas go through - about the same time as I put on my turn signal for the upcoming exit. Rolled as far as I could, and got off the hwy and to the side of the exit ramp at the base. It was so f'in cold and windy - what a stupid decision, when I knew the winds would diminish my gas mileage.
Anyway, my boss has emailed me that I'm on the schedule for next Friday, 4/19, which was pretty hopeful on his part, since last month I said I expected to arrive between 4/15-18 and would advise as I got closer. I had intended to email him yesterday and update him with a 4/20 expected arrival.
Exhausted today and just going to go about 150 miles.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 13, 2019 - 06:25pm PT
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Dare I tempt fate by saying I'm almost back to NY? But, I am!
Tonight I am in Warren, Ohio, which is northeast corner, 20 miles from border to Pennsylvania. About 450 miles to go. So, depending on how tomorrow goes, I'll either get home late Monday or around noon Tuesday.
Today I almost had a cow.....
No, really!
I was driving along on hwy 6, I think it was. Going along a country road, with Main Streets of small old-timey towns interspersed.
In one country section, I'm going along at 55mph, and gaining on a pickup pulling an animal trailer.
Not gaining fast, but definitely closing the gap.
So I assume the driver is just going a slower rate - reasonable, with an animal trailer.
As I go to pass the rig, and am ALMOST at front of van coming ahead of the tail of the trailer, the rig starts MOVING INTO THE LANE I'm passing in....!!!!111
I slam my brakes, and honk my horn, becasue if it's just the braking, it might not be enough. The cattleman has to stop coming over to save us all.
And, luckily he did.
He was making a turn to the right, and going wide like a semi truck driver would do.
Only semi truck drivers tend to use turn signals, and brake lights. And they probably usually CHECK to see if there's someone coming up behind them even WITH a signal going... This guy had none of that. I doubt the trailer had the lights hooked up. Else they would have lit up!
It was the closest I have ever come to an accident since I was a kid and ran a stop sign that was obscured by trees and a big camper parked on the side of the road.
But luckily all okay. My dishes bin and beads bin both slid forward from under the bead, but Lucas was safe. He was in his doggy bed on the floor behind the driver side, which is kept in place by the cooler. Sometimes he rides on top of the bed, watching out the front window. Or sits in the passenger seat. He would have gone for a slide if he had been in either of those spots.
And the thought of what would have happened to the animals in the trailer....
Glad all that happened was my ire getting raised.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 13, 2019 - 06:57pm PT
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A WISH FOR CONTINUED SAFE TRAVELS
And that positivity be your strong companion so that no burdens of any nature obstruct the last miles of your journey.
And that as the welcome of the beckoning White ridge grows near, May the light winds rise to meet you & help your forward progressAnd the good fortune due to all friendly travelers bring you safely home.
We will keep candle lit and the lights on for you!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
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Apr 13, 2019 - 07:15pm PT
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I see my hometown on that map.
Safe landing
Susan
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 13, 2019 - 07:17pm PT
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hey there say, happygrrrl... man oh man... :O
sometimes, being 'in a hurry' (though you did not DO that in a hurry) but, sometimes, by 'knowing we have to get somewhere' human tends to not
want to wait 'longer' by waiting out 'slow situation's ...
thank god you are okay, and safe, and that THAT was all it was...
take care, hopefully no more passing, will be needed, in future drives,
such as THAT ONE... :O
hope you are nearer and safer, now...
love and prayers...
edit:
nice post, there, gnome ofthe diabase...
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capseeboy
Social climber
portland, oregon
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Apr 13, 2019 - 07:39pm PT
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Be safe out there Happie. Glad your OK.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2019 - 05:22am PT
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My route is a little more convoluted that that Gnome...
Here's what I got
 Out of Warren, Ohio on 82E
>62E to Mercer
>963 to Franklin
>62 to Warren
>6 to Smethport
>446 to...
>417 to Bolival
>90N to Corning
>86 to 209N to 44/55
Last year I didn't know if my pony could survive that hilly terrain, and maybe I shouldn't try it again, but I just don't like those big roads.
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