Oh yeah, one more thing! Ditto on the international coyote welcome.
It's good to hear from our innocents abroad = :-{D >

Chaser--I kept expecting to see hunters but never did. JJ--lagging? As if! Sharing some of the cool stuff I've discovered was extremely satisfying and may have even provided me with a little extra kick. Can't wait to get the rest of you up there.

Nebo road was guns, guts, and glory, today; a precious war zone with 30.06' cannons blazing, piles of guts next to the road, diesel pick-ups roaring by, hunters scowling, some smiling, some......stopin' and talkin'.........."what the hell you doin' up here?".........How'd you get up here?" Guns and guts were just the start. With the entire lower ramp road felled and left for dead, it was a truly special quarter mile sneak over logs.......under branches. By the the foot of the ramp, it was time for this old man to turn it around and hit the guns 'n guts gauntlet once again on the way down. What did I expect? Guns, guts and glory; a summitless Nebo........but the 16th for the year. Soitainly! Zipitty Doo Dah!! Precious!!

You've all heard of Indiana Jones....my guide today was Cedar Flat Skinner. This wiley coyote lead me on a windy, rolly run up logging roads, down jeep trails and across the Cedar Divide. We'd head down a logging road and come to a dead-end. CF Skinner would head straight into the wall of trees, pop onto a trail and off we'd go. The way he stitched this route together, I'm thinkin' he's using some kind of Coyote String Theory. Good thing CF didnt bring his bull whip, I was laggin'....

I believe we just heard from one of our favorite distant
distance runners, huh? Been a while. Good for you kid.
Can't keep the E girl down for long. Yea !!!!!

So 12 miles has been a good week for me the last couple
of months. Tried not to let it get me down. So on the same
note, I'll temper any excitement about doing a rock quarry
12 with Rondola this morning, but boy it felt good. It proves
nothing, but it should be a step in the right direction.

JJ and OG started out with us up Wyhsr, headed for a big
Hills Creek-Koozer-Kintigh country 16. Gene and JJ have
become a nice match of talent and strength, with Gene
becoming fearless and relentless up those big logging
road climbs. It will be fun to hear their report.

Of course the rest of us hope to get back with those
guys this winter. One step at a time ............

speed work last night - miles tomorrow.

it'll probably be pouring rain and about 42 degrees so come prepared.

any takers? open fire and fresh coffee cake and tea afterwards.

Two great runs up river this week. One hour out and back on MRT Tues afternoon. Going during the week this time of year usually gets you the trail to yourself. I had hoped to get back up high off 242 with a Linton Lake access but was surprised to find out that ODOT had closed the highway @ the lower gate. This made me study the map to look @ all the ways to get up higher off 126. I chose the Robinson Lake/Benson Lake trail. This starting point has great potential for next summer for a big loop with several lakes and a summitt of Scott Mt thrown in. Did a nice 2 1/2 hour out and back once again having a trail all to myself. I was pumped to think that I had found something new for us but alas Yoda informed me he had been up that trail years ago with Todd.

It seemed brighter than usual, but maybe it was the "Kick-a Poy- Joy-Juice" (you've got to be old to get that reference). A good Day of the Dead gathering but was missing OGG and Solo. We get two chances in December with a Blue Moon on New Years Eve.

Because the moon was much higher, and brighter than usual, we
followed suit. That is, the six of us lingered a bit longer on top
....... no wind, just so pleasant, with more beverage intake than
usual. JJ brought Blondie (her first) and we howled and carried on
like we were normal. Nancy thought maybe 'not so much'. But
she was a gamer and shuffled right along .... standard up and south
route down. We do enjoy it. Perhaps you'll join us soon.

Trojans - use once...discard.
Count me in for Sunday, hold the milk.