---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote :
Sounds great, Dan! I always enjoyed visiting NYC, and it seems to suit you very, very well - Bright lights, big city. The place I lived that was similar, was Hong Kong - ubiquitous transportation, great restaurants, and 24/7 activity. Bali sounds restful. I am in a transition from an urban suburban lifestyle, to a place on a couple of acres, 1200 feet up, on a butte, with one acre still wild. Happens next week. I have already bought my (green, battery powered, >John< Black and Decker) chainsaw, and am planning a trail into the woods, that won't cause any erosion. Thinking about creating some outdoor art projects and interesting living spaces - fun and mystery. I discovered something called a tree ladder, with a seat at the top, used by hunters, that attaches to a tree, for a vantage point about 20 feet up. I want to get some infrared cameras, too. Pretty damned excited about it all - so many possibilities. Wowwhee. Count me in. Although an Urban Animal, I keep a place at the beach too. (My chainsaw attaches to an electrical outlet, to give you an idea). My artiste son and artistic wife have shows at a nearby venue (nice tax write-off, not really putting meat on the table). I watch that show on tele with the guy who built tree houses. Did a few myself, when the kids were young (I have twins)....but you can imagine the craftsmanship, when I write 'a couple' (they were all replacements, after the first). I did live in The Wilderness after Maharishi's TTC in Estes Park. Stayed on in an unheated cabin with a pal, and then a second pal, and then a couple of femail pals. There's a wonderful Jewish Folklore story that fits that like a yarmulke, but I'll save that for another time. I'm excited for you AND tell ALL. From the Urban Jungle, 24/7 Dan ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : So Dan, what else do you do, when we are not sharing memories from The Time Machine?Fleet, it is very genrous-of-spirit of you to have interest in silly me. When I last left off with you, I was saki tasting at Sushi Yakura, getting a reservation, and later a cab, was easy (Labor Day Weekend in NYC! I stay in Town; I'm a little counter conventional-culture, because it's so easy to do Anything. Sooos, this morning I'm out, figuring there's no cars on the streets, so I will be. I failed to take into account that Every Tourist in NYC would be on bike. My mistake. Sooooos I head off to Riverside Park (just outside my house), which runs along the Hudson (thus the name). Three girls in succession with their persona written across their Ts (tease...get it...homonym). (1) "Take Me to Paris...[second line]: Now"; (2) I Woke Up Like This" obviously referring to her perfect make-up and perfect face"; and "Spiritual Gangster", which made me think of this Space We Are Currently Sharing as some of us Evolve. Then I go to AirBnb. Book some bamboo hut (?) in Bali. I'll know better when I get there. And What's Up With You? Still Scaling New Heights? Ever Reaching Higher. From sea-level, D P.S. My plans for tonight include a new Sardinian restaurant the opened in the hood. Got the reco from A Lovely Sardinian Girl*, tonight I can get in anywhere (sometimes they throw be on my keester). But tonight, for one night, I am welcome Everywhere. Happy Labor Day Weekend! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : fleet, 20...wow...like...last...year I bet you imagined that you HAD SCALED MT HOOD. At your age I tripped up the Pathenon. I thought I'd walked to the Top of the World. Photo evidence shows me lying down getting tanned, near the start. Oh the mind, what dreams it spins. Your turn, then I 'm next, then you, then... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : I did that once, when I was 20, LSD (and vodka) climbing Mt. Hood in Oregon. We certainly didn't summit, and doubt we made more than 500 feet vertically, up from the ski lodge. Great view though... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : Thanks. I did take some Ibuprofen before going, since I read that if you get a headache while climbing, that aspirin, etc. can't stop, descend immediately. That's using your head. (get it?) Maybe they could offer little packets of coca leaves (indigenous chew constantly, i expect dental problems.)in the park gift shop, sold with a mandatory bus ticket, and/or armed escort, to the Mt. Lassen trail head: "Now Climb, Dammit!" Your self-motivation is admirable. I required hallucinogens to get going up, up... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : It was amazing, and once is enough. That is a tough one, in the thin air. I did feel nauseated above 10,000 feet, and that lasted a little while. Anything over a snail's pace during the climb is impossible. Did the R/T in 3:15, even so. Started at 7:15-ish, with about twenty people on the trail, total. The final push is up very loose rock, with a bad fall a step away. The surprise was how cold it was - 50 or so - numb finger tips from that, and the altitude. Didn't need climbing gear, except a hiking stick, and good shoes. Nice description. I feel you. 40 years ago I went high altitude in Peru. Coca Now I walk at sea level along the Hudson.River or Atlantic Ocean. Although a couple of weeks ago I went 'up' to the Pacific.
