{"id":5703,"date":"2019-09-03T16:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T23:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2019-09-03T17:03:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T00:03:02","slug":"sweet-home-california-and-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/09\/03\/sweet-home-california-and-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Home, California and New Mexico!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wowee, it&#8217;s been nonstop travel for Gresh and me these last few weeks. \u00a0 As you know from reading the ExhaustNotes blog, Gresh rode his Husqvarna to the Bonneville Speed Week in Utah from his home in New Mexico. \u00a0 He&#8217;s a better man than I am. \u00a0 I don&#8217;t think I could handle riding a Naugahyde-covered 2&#215;4 all that distance.\u00a0 Joe is back on the Tinfiny Ranch in New Mexico now, no doubt thinking about concrete, motorized bicycles, getting his vintage Z1 back on the road, and more.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been on the road, too.\u00a0 It was a scouting expedition for an upcoming hunting trip with my good buddy J, back to Soprano-land for my 50th high school reunion, and then up to Seattle for a friend&#8217;s wedding.\u00a0 We&#8217;re racking up the miles, but I&#8217;m home now, and let me tell you, it&#8217;s good to be home! I was supposed to be on the road this past week for the Three Flags Classic (I would have been on the way home from Canada by now), but it was getting to be too much and I bailed out on that one.\u00a0 Like my good buddy Dirty Harry likes to say, a man&#8217;s got to know his limits, and I hit mine.<\/p>\n<h2>Scouting for Deer<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5706\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5706 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190807_3484-900-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190807_3484-900-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190807_3484-900-600-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Out in the boonies with good buddy J, proving that beer doesn&#8217;t work well as a mosquito repellant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Good buddy J and I snuck away to an undisclosed location to scout deer. Where we were and where we&#8217;re going is a closely-held military secret, but we saw lots of game, we&#8217;re going back heavy, and we&#8217;re looking forward to bringing home the bacon (or, I guess I should say, the venison).\u00a0 We camped on this trip, which is something I hadn&#8217;t done in quite a few years.\u00a0 J makes camping seem like staying at a 5-star hotel.\u00a0 It was fun.\u00a0 Except for the mosquitos.\u00a0 Those little bastards were brutal.\u00a0 I probably won&#8217;t be able to make it up there the same time as J (I&#8217;ve got another secret mission to Asia coming up real soon), but if I don&#8217;t make it on the trip with J, I&#8217;ll be there a few days later.\u00a0 Venison beckons and all that.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got a .300 Weatherby load with a deer&#8217;s initials on it.<\/p>\n<h2>Bonneville Speed Week<\/h2>\n<p>Joe&#8217;s trek to Wendover for Bonneville&#8217;s Speed Week was awesome, and you can get to his posts here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/01\/table-salt-prepping-a-husky-for-bonneville\/\">Salt 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/10\/salt-2\/\">Salt 2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/11\/salt-3\/\">Salt 3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/13\/salt-4\/\">Salt 4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/14\/salt-5\/\">Salt 5<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/15\/salt-6\/\">Salt 6<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/16\/salt-7\/\">Salt 7<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/17\/salt-8\/\">Salt 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reading Joe&#8217;s blogs was a real treat; I felt like I was riding along with Uncle Joe.\u00a0 You will, too&#8230;click on the above links if you haven&#8217;t seen these great stories and enjoy some of the best motorcycle story telling in the world!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5598\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5598\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5639.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5639.jpg 640w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5639-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winging it to Wendover, Gresh was&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joe has another trip planned in the near term for the Yamaha Endurofest.\u00a0 I&#8217;m looking forward to the photos and the stories on that one.\u00a0 I love reading Joe&#8217;s stories!<\/p>\n<h2>The Big 50<\/h2>\n<p>Hey, what can I say? \u00a0 My classmates from our Class of &#8217;69 did one hell of a job putting together an absolutely amazing 50th high school reunion.\u00a0 Surprisingly, I didn&#8217;t get a lot of photos&#8230;I was having way too much fun.\u00a0 I did get a few, though, and here they be!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5707\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5707\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3575-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3575-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3575-600-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just a few of my classmates taking a tour of our old high school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5708\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5708\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3597-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3597-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3597-600-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good buddy Tad, whom I met in the 7th grade, with his Honda Gold Wing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5709\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5709\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3567-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3567-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3567-600-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good buddy Mike, reminding us there&#8217;s no talking to the driver while the bus is in motion!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At one point, we started grabbing photos of folks from the different elementary schools in our area.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s one of the crew who went to Deans School&#8230;my elementary school alma mater.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5711\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5711\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3581-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3581-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3581-600-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;ve known everyone in this photo from kindergarten. I had crushes on every girl in this photo at one time or another.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t tell Sue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We then thought it would be a good idea to take a group photo of everyone who had detention in high school&#8230;you know, where they make you stay late to wash blackboards, clean erasers, and stuff like that for cutting up in class. I&#8217;m guessing they can&#8217;t do that anymore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5713\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5713\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3586-600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3586-600-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20190811_3586-600-1-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids who had detention in high school. I was the king of detention.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember ever having as much fun as we did at the reunion.\u00a0 Everyone looked great. Some of the folks there I first met in kindergarten, and most I had not seen in 50 years.\u00a0 One of the young ladies you see in the photos above had saved some of our high school newspapers, which had a column titled <em>Exhaust Notes<\/em>.\u00a0 And you can guess who wrote it more than half a century ago.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a story for another blog, and it&#8217;s coming your way soon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss a single ExhaustNotes blog!\u00a0 Sign up here for automatic notifications&#8230;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wowee, it&#8217;s been nonstop travel for Gresh and me these last few weeks. \u00a0 As you know from reading the ExhaustNotes blog, Gresh rode his Husqvarna to the Bonneville Speed Week in Utah from his home in New Mexico. \u00a0 He&#8217;s a better man than I am. \u00a0 I don&#8217;t think I could handle riding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/09\/03\/sweet-home-california-and-new-mexico\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sweet Home, California and New Mexico!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[392,66,89],"tags":[842,794,843],"class_list":["post-5703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-back-in-the-day","category-joe-gresh","category-motorcycle-adventure-ride","tag-50th-high-school-reunion","tag-deer-hunting","tag-early-exhaust-notes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5703"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5793,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703\/revisions\/5793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}