Show us your "other" hobbies in pictures!

d500lnn · Feb 13, 2023

Phred said:
d500lnn,
Hey neighbor. You're a rifle shot away from Road Atlanta, where I raced at in 1978. It was a bit of a trip to get there, 2800 miles from Gresham, OR.

I sure am. If the wind is just right and it's quiet enough I can hear the race cars. This happened on Saturday. I could hear them all day!

Descendant · Feb 18, 2023

Road riding a big dirt bike

Hueco · Feb 24, 2023

Started a new bowl. First one since moving here and I forgot to wear a respirator. Sneezed up olive wood this morning.

Colt Carbine · Mar 22, 2023

Happy Camp Rd and Butte Creek Falls bypass meet up in search of snow at Rhody Lake.

Colt Carbine · Mar 23, 2023

I don't hike as much as I used to, due to my arthritic knees. Miss getting out in the woods.

Abiqua Creek Falls used to be a hidden gem.

2Wheels4Ever · Apr 15, 2023

Unicykle · Jul 1, 2023

Did a raft and ride trip on the John day river for our yearly family trip and explored any river access road I could find, playing and looking for new sections to float. I had the bike sideways on the front of the trailer so I could fit the cataraft on the back so I had a big sail up And FJ cruisers don't make good tow rigs, I made 10.6 mpg round-trip hand calculated and it would only pull six gear if you were tucked up behind a semi And the semi had to be doing 70 miles an hour or better or it would just slowly fade Out of the power and you have to go back into fifth

sobo · Jul 1, 2023

Unicykle said:
Did a raft and ride trip on the John day river for our yearly family trip and explored any river access road I could find playing and looking for new sections to float. I had the bike sideways on the front of the trailer so I could fit the cataraft on the back so I had a big sale up And FJ cruisers don't make good tow rigs, I made 10.6 mpg round-trip hand calculated and it would only pull six gear if you were tucked up behind a semi And the semi had to be doing 70 miles an hour better or it would just slowly fade Out of the power and you have to go back into fifth

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I'm confused... how did you integrate the bike with the raft and doggie? And what became of the pooch when you were on the bike? Just a might confused at how the pictures show your cataraft and dog (and no bike) and then pics of the bike (with no raft or dog)...

Did you float a bit and then (somehow) return to the FJ Cruiser and use the bike for launch site inspections? Then drive the FJ further downstream and then return to the raft again for more float time with the pooch? Then (somehow) go back to the FJ and get the bike again? Lather, rinse, repeat?

Unicykle · Jul 1, 2023

It's a family trip so 4 generations. We camp on the river ( bikes at camp) we drive up to 3 different drop in Spots the first is 5.6 miles the last one is a bit over 10 miles and we float back to camp and I shuttle myself with the bike to get my rig ( yes I have to load and Unload the bike on the trailer each time but I'm a pro at that) then usually shuttle them as they come in on rotation the last guy shuttles the next usually only 3-4 shuttles for 13 or so people. Doggie has her own kennel while I'm gone on the bike so she's safe and family at camp on overwatch.

My rig before we stacked one more 12' cat and 3 more small 8-9' pontoons sideways on top of that one.

sobo · Jul 6, 2023

Unicykle said:
It's a family trip so 4 generations. We camp on the river ( bikes at camp) we drive up to 3 different drop in Spots the first is 5.6 miles the last one is a bit over 10 miles and we float back to camp and I shuttle myself with the bike to get my rig ( yes I have to load and Unload the bike on the trailer each time but I'm a pro at that) then usually shuttle them as they come in on rotation the last guy shuttles the next usually only 3-4 shuttles for 13 or so people. Doggie has her own kennel while I'm gone on the bike so she's safe and family at camp on overwatch.

My rig before we stacked one more 12' cat and 3 more small 8-9' pontoons sideways on top of that one.

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Thank you for that explanation. I was under the impression from your previous post, given the objects in the pictures, that your "family" was you, your dog, the bike, and the cataraft. I was confused how those four things could manage their way downriver either simultaneously or in leap-frog fashion. But adding in humans, and at least one that can legally drive, as part of your family greatly eases this conundrum...

PS: Pooch looks worn out... :s0140:

Tomato seed · Oct 25, 2023

Bass Fishing is my favorite.

Tomato seed · Oct 25, 2023

My wife has 4 Boston terriers. I raise the puppies until they get a new home. It's super fun and heartbreaking. Tiny is the only one left out of 17.

Tomato seed · Oct 25, 2023

We have a campfire almost nightly and the s'mores are plentiful. I feel sorry for city people.

Decker · Oct 26, 2023

The PNW is beautiful.

withoutremorse · Nov 2, 2023

Boboclown · Nov 8, 2023

Mix of hobby and something that I gotta take care of.

Looks like I'm removing the front and rear bearings of my 12.7 detroit to replace the thrust washers. I'm happier doing this sort of thing than I am driving the truck. Upside is its $83 for thrust washers and $50 for oil pan gasket. Downside is I wanted an excuse to do an overhaul.