Category: general rants

Jul122014July 12, 2014July 12, 2014by superfunk

Day 5 – Bishop, CA to Lake Tahoe

Posted in general rants, Motorcycle Trip 2014, motorcycles

Distance: 438.3 miles / 705.4 kilometres
Low Temp: 16 / High Temp 34 Celcius
Riding time: 8:00am-8:00pm

The goal today was to cross as many mountain passes as possible, which is pretty easy in this part of California.

The weather has been spectacular and being a midweek riding adventure has meant that traffic has been minimal….

Tags:Half Dome Highway 41 Kingsbury Grade Sonora Pass Tioga Pass Tuolumne Meadow twisty highway 49 Yosemite

Jul082014July 8, 2014July 8, 2014by superfunk

Day 1 and Day 2 – Calgary to Idaho Falls, ID and Idaho Falls, ID to Las Vegas, NV – Marathon Days

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Day 1

Riding Time 5:45am-5:00pm
Temps: Low 14 / High 32
Distance: 1060.5 kilometres / 659 miles

One of the longest riding days I’ve ever had. That being said, it went by quite quickly and uneventfully. It was largely a ‘make miles’ day to get me south as quickly as possible. With a few breaks for gas,…

Tags:1-80/84 Blazing Heat I-15 Idaho Falls Las Vegas Marathon Rides Monsooon Park City

Feb032014February 3, 2014February 3, 2014by superfunk

Cordcutting – Update – Two Months

Posted in computer geekery, general rants

It’s been nearly two months since we cut the cord and stopped ordering cable TV from our local provider Shaw Cable. To be honest, it really hasn’t been that big of a deal. We really haven’t missed having cable TV at all.

We have upgraded to 50Mb/s data and get local programming over the cable as…

Tags:cord cutting no cable TV no to big Canadian broadcasters torrents

Jul162013July 16, 2013July 16, 2013by superfunk

Summer Planning and Changes

Posted in general rants, Motorcycle Trip 2012, motorcycles

Changes

The purpose of this blog when I started so many years ago was a daily/weekly journal. As things in life got so much busier with a return to university, career change and now a family it’s been increasingly hard to keep up with blogging and updates. For the past few years the website has become…

Tags:adventure CAT Scan family getting old Hyder MRI Multiple Sclerosis (yikes)Nerve Issues son Thousand Oaks X-rays

Jul102011July 10, 2011March 13, 2018by superfunk