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To: Mannie who wrote (53651)	8/27/2006 12:51:42 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Great shots, Mannie. Was the first shot in the grain growing district south of The Dalles around Dufur, or were you even further east than that? You posted a shot from that area awhile back. Don't you just love those rolling grain fields around there at this time of the year when everything is golden? To me, the wind sounds really amazing as it blows over those fields. Something a little haunting about it -- can't quite describe it, but I guess it reminds me of the soundtrack to documentary movies about the prairie dustbowl era, etc... (-: And the second one. Was that somewhere across the Gorge from The Dalles? ~croc

To: Mannie who wrote (53651)	8/29/2006 8:40:54 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Buddha Skoota, You certainly have a nice places to ride. Are those rolling beige hills covered with wheat? It looks like I will be getting a motorcycle soon. Its an old Jap bike from the 1970s. I don't know many details about it other than seeing my uncle sitting on it in his garage when I was a kid. My Uncle Jerry used to give me his old copies of Cycle World Magazine when I was young (and I had a small dirt bike). I'd cut out the pictures of the motocross dudes and other cool bikes and tape them to my walls of my bedroom. He also had given me a stars and stripes helmet that looked like Evel Kinevel's. Anyhow, Uncle Jerry passed away a few years back. My aunt called me and told me she was going to be getting rid of that old motorcycle and asked me if I wanted it. It has been hard for her to part with it because the two of them rode all over on it together. I figured it would be easier for her to let go of it, if I took it. I figure I will fix whatever is wrong with over the winter and take it for occasional rides or whatever. If I gett it running right and shined up, perhaps I will someday give it to Uncle Jerry's grandsons or something like that. It hasn't been rode on in years and I imagine it will need a lot of things replaced. If my memory serves me well I am thinking it is possibly a 1976ish Kawasaki 1100 or something. I dunno why that sticks in my mind. I'll let you know next week when I pick it up with my trailer. Have you ever trailered a bike? Is there anything special to do when tying it down with straps and bungees? -FreeRider