tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39804212955928189222024-02-18T20:12:40.270-08:00Shallow CogitationsBecause thinking deep is just too frickin' hard.Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-8919147920397968302020-04-03T14:50:00.000-07:002020-04-03T14:50:22.205-07:00Hoof HeartedHere's a song I wrote last month just for fun.<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="361" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/399224788" width="420"></iframe><br />
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I bought a Peavey Audition 110 amplifier way back in 1990 or so when I also had a pickup installed on my Yamaha acoustic guitar. I never was happy with the sound from the amp but I didn't know the difference and thought that was just how they sounded. Now I know the amp was for an electric guitar, not an acoustic. I tried to sell it this last year and got one bite. They backed out because I was too far out of the way from their Costco trip. Well, it all worked out for the better.</div>
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I pulled the amp out of storage and plugged in my license plate guitar. It sounded great! Growly, crunchy, wailing the blues great. So I can use this amp after all.<br />
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I thought I should give it a new housing. Something that goes with a home-made 3 or 4-string guitar. I shopped around some vintage stores in town and found an old paperboard trunk for $18. For an amp I was willing to sell for $35, if the project didn't work out then I wouldn't be out much money. Fortunately, when I plugged it in and powered it up it did not burst into flames. Yay!<br />
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I added a battery-powered equalizer so I could plug in a cigar bog guitar or license plate guitar that doesn't have one installed. I used some paduak I had left over from some experimental license plate guitar bodies and headstocks and used that for trim. I didn't have enough to trim the equalizer but I'm okay with that. I think all that's left to do is to apply some cool stickers.<br />
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<br />Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-48750027321321415452020-01-08T05:40:00.000-08:002020-02-06T06:03:52.051-08:00Highway 61 Tribute License Plate GuitarUsing a Mississippi license plate, I thought a tribute to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_61" target="_blank">Blues Highway</a> would be appropriate. I softened up the instrument, i.e., rounded all the corners, so it's much more comfortable than the RAGBRAI guitar. (BTW, I sent the RAGBRAI guitar to our friends in Mason City, Iowa and they love it.) I also profiled the neck so it's more like a regular guitar. This guitar plays and sounds good. I hope I keep getting better at making them.<br />
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<br />Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-53967957071158125272019-09-28T16:40:00.003-07:002019-09-28T16:42:04.774-07:00Latest Homemade InstrumentIn July of 2018, while touring the country by bicycle, my wife and I met some neat people in Mason City, Iowa. We spent a couple of days with them. They invited us to return in 2019 and ride with their team during <a href="https://ragbrai.com/" target="_blank">RAGBRAI</a>. Last April we figured we could make it and signed up. Our son, Geoff, joined us, too. We spent a week with Team Zippy. The team is named after <a href="http://www.zippythepinhead.com/" target="_blank">Zippy the Pinhead</a>, an absurdist cartoon character created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zippy_the_Pinhead" target="_blank">Bill Griffith</a> who was kind enough to allow the team to use Zippy's likeness at no charge. While in Iowa I picked up a couple of Iowa license plates with the intent of building a guitar for my friends there. I think they'll be pleased with it. I should also mention that it plays and sounds great.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">A 2019 RAGBRAI-themed license plate guitar. </span></div>
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Decals of the overnight stay cities.</div>
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It's acoustic/electric.</div>
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Decals of the daily wristbands worn by registered rides.</div>
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<br />Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-90589845614630202212018-10-26T12:26:00.001-07:002018-10-26T12:26:34.357-07:00Home Made Music GearI built a microphone and a pre-amp this week. The microphone was supposed to have one piezo pickup in it. Just to see what happens I put two different sized piezos in and added an on-off-on switch so I could switch input between the two. There is a subtle difference, which is neat. Vocals are similar to the sound of an AM radio. I have a couple of songs I think this would be useful for. Now to get a stand to put this on. It's really sensitive so it would be best to have it on a stand and not touch it. The harmonica sounds good going through it, too.<br />
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I also built a pre-amp for my guitar and for the microphone. (I built the Brick House amp last year.) The guitar has a piezo pickup and it sounds pretty trashy plugged straight into the amp. The pre-amp really helps improve the sound. The pre-amp is also a necessity for the microphone above. </div>
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<br />Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-77159531286370622852018-10-21T10:05:00.004-07:002018-10-21T10:07:04.654-07:00Clearing My MindKathy and I came home to help and support a dear friend after her husband died in an accident. Yesterday we viewed his body before he was cremated. Last night we helped write his obituary. Tonight we gather photos for me to create a video for the service.<br />
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Early this morning I went for a bike ride.<br />
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I was halfway up Doomsday Hill when I remembered that one of my favorites rides is climbing Houston Road, crossing the rim along Palisades Park, and dropping down to Latah Creek.</div>
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I crossed TJ Meenach Bridge and got on the Centennial Trail. Exiting at the Houston Road trailhead I crossed Government Way and headed for the gravel climb.</div>
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A nervous rafter of turkeys awaited me.</div>
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The climbing was harder than I expected, quite likely because touring cycling does not keep you in shape for this kind of riding. My legs and lungs were burning. There was some walking involved. </div>
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I rode along the rim in Palisades Park.</div>
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The morning fog was slowly disappearing.</div>
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My Elephant bike rules.</div>
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Latah Creek.</div>
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Trail dropping from Inland Empire Highway to Latah Creek.</div>
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I crossed the Sandifur Bridge and made my way along the Centennial Trail back down Doomsday Hill and climbed Downriver to go home. This is a great way to get ready for the day.</div>
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There's a huge problem in <a href="https://www.inlander.com/spokane/president-trumps-fight-with-john-mccain-needed-to-stop-when-the-war-hero-died/Content?oid=12472092" target="_blank">this commentary</a> by George Nethercutt in The Inlander.<br />
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"McCain was stubborn, too. He voted against his political party's
wishes on the repeal of Obamacare. His doing so was interpreted as a
vote against Trump. In his heart, he chose to be obstructive, perhaps to
spite Trump. Nevertheless, doing so for spiteful reasons was small and
petty. He occasionally acted in life as Trump acted in death, McCain's,
that is. Such actions were not profiles in courage for either man<span class="text_exposed_show">."</span><br />
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Nethercutt states how how McCain's actions were interpreted, but not by whom. By using the word "perhaps", Nethercutt himself implies McCain voted
against the ACA repeal just to spite Trump. Consequently, he's also
stating McCain chose to be obstructive. Now that he "establishes" McCain
was being small and petty, he equates him to Trump who is small and
petty in each and every way.<br />
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Then he laments McCain's actions as not worthy of a
profile in courage. According to other senators--and this is easy to
search for had Nethercutt had taken the time--before this vote McCain
had learned of his brain cancer and decided it was wrong to cripple the
ACA with a partial repeal.<br />
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Nethercutt does McCain a great disservice
with this tripe. It's definitely not a profile in courage for him
either.<br />
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In addition, Nethercutt makes the point that McCain voted
against his party's wishes. He, along with many of our legislators,
need reminding that they don't serve their party. They serve the
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Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-4635459196240189732018-03-30T05:16:00.002-07:002018-03-30T05:16:30.173-07:00Time For A ChangeDuring my ride to work yesterday morning it dawned on me that it was the last time I would ride my bike to work. Today I retire from the US District Court Clerk's Office after 20 years and a couple of months. It's a bittersweet feeling. This is the best place I've ever worked and the people are great. But there are other things I'd like to do so it's time for a change.<br />
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The people I work with know me and Kathy too well.</div>
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Kathy retires from her job in two weeks. In May we load our gear onto our bikes and begin a 16-month ride around the country. We thought we'd share a big adventure together while we're still physically able to. People think we're crazy and that's okay. We'll be blogging our adventure at <a href="https://hankandkathygreer.wordpress.com/">https://hankandkathygreer.wordpress.com</a>.Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-13312270056369292262018-03-27T21:02:00.000-07:002018-03-27T21:02:01.689-07:00Questions For Cathy McMorris Rodgers<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-34697861126994049202018-03-12T08:02:00.001-07:002018-03-12T08:02:34.398-07:00Weekend RidingPrepping for an upcoming adventure, on both Saturday and Sunday Kathy and I did 4+ hours of riding with our bikes loaded. Saturday's ride included the Centennial Trail between Seven Mile and TJ Meenach Bridge. There were a couple of shaded stretches that still had snow and ice. We're not as sore as we thought we'd be and we're stronger than we think we are.<br />
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Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-62068814855405760662018-03-10T08:01:00.001-08:002018-03-12T07:58:21.743-07:00Creative Ceramics And America's GameOver the years, Stephanie and I have watched a couple of contestants fail on Wheel of Fortune. In one instance the puzzle showed "GO TO THx FROxT OF THx xxxE". Everyone but this unfortunate contestant knew the last word was "LINE". She decided to solve and said, "GO TO THE FRONT OF THE CAVE". There was shocked surprise from everyone as you would expect.<br />
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In her ceramics class, Steph made me a very nice mug to commemorate the event.<br />
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<br />Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-4911858558791665012018-03-07T13:11:00.002-08:002018-03-07T13:11:53.523-08:00Music TimeHere's a song I wrote called In The Morning. I really need to practice more. You wouldn't believe how many times it took to get a halfway decent video of this.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/256504746" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/257293193">Stairway To Gilligan's Island</a>.Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-26461166208826330662018-02-15T23:32:00.000-08:002018-02-15T23:32:19.123-08:00Lilac City Live<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-13860037925156645402018-01-09T22:11:00.000-08:002018-01-09T22:11:07.645-08:00There Was A Bike Fight TonightSoulful Soups and Spirits hosted Bight Fights put on by The Bike Hub. It was fun but it was also hard work. Go as hard as you can for 60 seconds. The loser is eliminated and the winner moves on. I did a very respectable .55 mile but the animal I was up against did .66 miles. What a relief--for me.<br />
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Bike fights will be held the next two Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm at Soulful Soups. $10 gets you an entry and two beers--tall cans of PBR, Rainier, or Oly (I think. I stopped them at PBR.)<br />
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Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-39884664136756187232017-10-09T06:23:00.001-07:002017-10-09T06:23:18.925-07:00It's Cyclocross Season AgainI raced in Moscow, ID yesterday. I wasn't prepared for racing but I raced nonetheless. Well, I wore a bib number and rode around the course until I had to stop. I'm about five pounds heavier and I haven't trained for 'cross at all so it was no mystery to me why I wasn't as fast as I've been in the past. I usually do more than one race because I really enjoy being on the course. Yesterday I did the single speed and Cat 4 back to back. Then I had a couple of hours rest before the men's masters 60+.<br />
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To top it off, since I hadn't even ridden my cross bikes before the race, the single speed race was my practice. While approaching the barriers shown in the picture it was like I forgot how to dismount and I wiped out. It was pretty funny. Fortunately, the worst of it was a small flesh wound.<br />
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Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-88680913241914892282017-10-01T14:44:00.000-07:002017-10-01T14:45:36.197-07:00Cigar Box GuitarHere's how the guitar sounds as an acoustic and electric.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/236320399" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/236320399">Acoustic Cigar Box Guitar</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/gigowiz">hank greer</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm 99% done with my first full-fledged cigar box guitar. It's an acoustic/electric. I used a piezo for the pickup. It's hot glued directly under the bridge and it works great. I made a ton of mistakes during the build, which means I learned a lot. I hope my failing mind retains this new found knowledge.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;">Lessons learned: Measure twice more again. Take more off the back of the neck and round it out more. Do a scarf joint and angle the head back so the tuners are not in line with the fret board. Drill the fret marker holes in the fret board before gluing it to the neck. Be more patient with the file while smoothing out the ends of the frets. The slightest slip will mar the fret board. Measure three more times, dammit!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;">I was pleasantly surprised at how well installing the frets went. Of course, using a template to mark the frets and a fret board miter box to cut the slots were the main contributors to my success. Filing down the rough ends was tedious and there were a few moments when I got too confident and the file slipped and ground away at the end of the wood instead.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><br style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="color: #222222; text-size-adjust: auto;">Things to do for the next one: Add a brace for the neck. Do a scarf joint at the head. Improve upon the height settings for the nut, fret board, and bridge. Install a proper pickup.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But now we were alternating between a head wind and a slightly back-to-your-left-tail-but-also-side wind. At least we didn’t have any traffic. We diverted from the established route to stop in Grass Valley to grab a bite. Unfortunately, it was Monday and everything was closed. So we had to follow Hwy 97 another 10 miles to Moro where we found a grocery store that had a small deli inside. We lingered because it was our last stop of the day before finishing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The most enjoyable part of riding the Oregon Outback was riding it with John and Geoff. They are both great guys. We watch out for each other and we are good humored together. Next was the experience of passing through a countryside with a great combination of variety and solitude. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then there were signs of the past. Worn and rusted machines setting out as if to display a greatness that once was. Buildings with weather-beaten boards held in place by nails hammered decades ago by the hands of men who had dreams. Untold and unknown stories swirl in the wind leaving you to conjecture about the physical objects before you. We pass by on our simple machines and find our own stories. Stories that may one day blow in the wind through forests, along rivers, across high deserts, and leave others to wonder about what they see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next morning we left Ashwood behind and started climbing. About five miles later we kind of topped out and the countryside became more sparse. There were fewer trees. The heat was pressing down on us and we had very few opportunities to stop in the shade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn’t quite have my bearings but we could see snow-covered mountains way off in the distance. I think we were looking at Mount Hood to the northwest and the North and South Sisters to the southwest. Today we were passing through Antelope and stopping in Shaniko. Again, it was to be a 30-mile day so we were in no hurry. We rolled down to route 293 and followed that to Antelope where we stopped to take shelter from the heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Antelope Cafe sported an ancient Closed sign and there was no sign of a gas station. We stopped a woman driving by and asked her if any amenities were available in the area. Nope. Nothing. I asked if she knew where we could refill our water. She invited us to stop by her mobile home just down the street. I thanked her and we got back under a shade tree and ate a snack. There was a historical display in front of the house we were by. Antelope had a storied history back in the 1980’s. A guru from India named Rajneesh practically rook over the town by importing homeless people from elsewhere and using them to pad the voter rolls in his favor. His chief deputy was involved in an attempt to poison people with anthrax and from all accounts seemed to be a pretty psychotic person. The whole thing turned into a real shit show and I’m sure the locals were relieved when Rajneesh and his followers departed and the clean, quiet, country living returned. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the meantime, the woman we spoke to earlier drove up and handed us a gallon jug of water with ice cubes in it. That was very nice of her and we thanked her profusely. We filled up from the gallon jug and topped off with the spigot. Then we started climbing in the heat again but this time on asphalt. John and Geoff had triple chain rings but I was grinding away on a double. On the bright side, I got a good shot of them well ahead of me on the switchback near the top of the climb. If you squint you can almost see Geoff's yellow jersey and John's white one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He even had the same Gevenalle shifters that I had. He told me the paint looked so bad because he made the paint himself. He needed to repaint the bike but hadn’t gotten around to it. It was cool to find someone with an appreciation for bikes coupled with the ability to make them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Shaniko Hotel has a classic look but is no longer open. A notice from the Board of Health stated the hotel’s café was now closed because of code violations. An old chapel could still be used for small weddings if it wasn’t used for storage and had a little upkeep done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The kind people in the ice cream shop said we could camp overnight in the vacant lot next door. A “No animals allowed” sign meant we were not likely to come across any droppings, and we didn’t. They had a spigot outside we could use, too, so that was a sweet deal. We bought a couple of beers at the general store and got a kick out of the guy running the place. No response to any greetings or questions. He would just tell you your total. We joked about ways we could make him speak but we left him alone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two doe and four fawns were ahead of us in a field off to our left. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 47.3333px;">I asked John and Geoff to stop so I could stop and take some photos. As they were stopping, John, always the quick-witted one, remarked, “It’s a good thing our brakes don’t squeak.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 47.3333px;">This was a dig at me and my squeaky Avid BB-7 disc brakes. Sure enough, my brakes squeaked and that got the deer running.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The does jumped the barb wire fence and ran across the street. Two fawns followed and one of them almost took out an oncoming cyclist who was out for a morning ride. The other two fawns ran back and forth along the fence line looking for a way to follow the others. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hopefully, their moms waited for them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Prineville, I ate one of the largest omelets I’ve ever seen at the Crossroads restaurant. Afterwards, we stopped by the Good Bike shop. A dog came up to me and I politely scratched it behind the ear. He apparently took that as a sign that it was time to play and started jumping on me and snapping at my hands. One of the employees yelled, “Hank, no! Sit!” The dog stopped pestering me. I said, “The dog’s name is Hank, huh? So’s mine.” The guy looked at me and with a smile said, “Hank, sit! Stay!” One Hank is enough for any one place so I didn’t stay. I signed the log book and stuck a push pin marking my home town of Spokane on the map. The shop was leading a ride to camp out that night and invited us to camp with them. We were inclined to do so but didn’t make any promises. We picked up a couple of items at a grocery store and started the climb out of town on the paved McKay Creek Road. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For 12 miles we labored and found our way into the Ochoco National Forest. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">more cattle, including a couple of rambunctious bulls who threatened us from their side of the fences. Reaching the crest of our climb, the paved road turned right. But our route followed the packed dirt and rocky Trout Creek Road. And it was almost all downhill from there for the rest of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first time we rode through the road’s namesake, Geoff stalled out after hitting a large rock. He fell over sideways and got a thorough soaking. I wasn’t quick enough with the camera so the photo I got of him was taken after he stood up. We rested there for a while and determined we had not passed by the campsite The Good Bike folks invited us to so we resigned ourselves to going it alone that evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Subsequent creek crossing went without incident—I had the camera ready each time—and we obeyed the many No Trespassing signs posted on both sides of the road. We took on extra water at the first creek crossing and I filled a spare 2‐liter bladder since we weren’t sure what lie ahead in Ashwood, which was that evening’s destination. Wikipedia—Geoff has a downloaded copy on his smart phone—</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">says it’s a ghost town. It turns out that isn’t true. Arriving in Ashwood we saw a small field with picnic tables and shade trees next to a grange building. We could hear people talking at one of the handful of houses there so we went over to see about camping in that field. We saw a few adults, each holding a can of Hamm’s beer, and a little girl who was 3 or 4 years old. The oldest gentleman got up and asked if we needed water. We thanked him and told him we were fine and asked about camping at the grange building. He told us we were welcome to camp there and informed us there’s a water spigot and two pit toilets in the back of the grange building. We chatted for a while and the girl, Allison, introduced herself and told us where her house was and asked us where we were from. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We rolled over to the field to make camp and found a sign posted on one of the trees. Potential Snake Habitat. We had been warned there were rattlesnakes along the way but hadn’t seen any yet. I got the idea to buy three cold beers from the people <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at the house</span> so I went back to them. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Excuse me,” I said. “Sorry to bother you but I have two questions, if you don’t mind. First, has the potential snake habitat ever lived up to its potential?” One of the guys said, yes, they find a rattler every once in a while and he’d just killed one last week at the creek just behind where we were camping. Then I asked, “Can I buy three cold beers from you?” They all thought that was pretty funny and laughed out loud. The woman spoke up and said, “We have Keystone and Hamm’s.” I told her we’d take the Hamm’s. They all laughed again and said I passed the test. The older gentleman retrieved three beers and said, “That’ll be a hundred dollars.” More laughter. I said, “How about two dollars apiece?” He agreed and I took the beer to Geoff and John. As nasty as Hamm’s beer is, it hit the spot after a day of riding in the hot sun. Later we found that a 12‐pack of Hamm’s can be had for $12.89. So two bucks was a pretty good price. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we set up camp I found that the 2‐liter bladder of water I had strapped to my rear rack and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">slipped out somewhere on the roads we traveled that day. I was always worried about our water supply and tended to carry extra just to make sure. Now I couldn’t. But we were ahead of schedule and our next day would be a short 30 or so miles to Shaniko.</span><br />
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</style>Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-87373780483322667802017-09-24T18:48:00.001-07:002017-09-26T16:25:59.218-07:00Oregon Outback - Day Three<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 6:00 am, we awoke to the sound of spraying water. We pulled our tents off the lawn, turned the sprinkler heads back to where they should be, and packed up. After a big breakfast at The Watering Hole we headed out for what would be our longest ride of the trip. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was another sweltering day and there was less water available along this part of the route. I would ride on the edge of the road just to catch a moment of cool by passing through the shadow of a tree. We suffered through the miles and miles of loose red dust of National Forest Road 22. Our back tires would spin out on the climbs. The deep parts would grab our tires and bog us down like we were stuck in quicksand. With the increased effort and the heat we consumed most of our water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we arrived at Sands Springs we found a fenced off puddle of murky, stagnant water with a cow pie at the water’s edge. We filtered some of it but the resulting green liquid was too unappealing for us city boys. We decided to do without. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ike barked a warning as we entered the Watering Hole Tavern in Fort Rock. After a perfunctory </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sniff he allowed we could stay. Maybe the showers helped. We enjoyed draft beer served in iced mugs with our meals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The lawn at the church was one of the few spots we saw that had a sprinkler system. Hence, it’s strong appeal as a cushioned spot to bed, something I needed because my sleeping pad had a slow leak. We turned the sprinkler heads to face the opposite direction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It was 10:30 pm in Klamath Falls, Oregon. My brother John and I retrieved our bikes from the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Amtrack baggage car, loaded up our panniers, and rode to meet my son, Geoff, at the hotel where we </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">would spend the night. Our train arrived late for the 4th </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">of July fireworks show at the nearby fairgrounds. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The after‐party fireworks flashing randomly around town served as our welcome to the launch point of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">the Oregon Outback route.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The next morning, after our free continental breakfast, we struck out on the OC&E Woods Line </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">State Trail, a rail trail, heading east. We passed walkers, joggers, and other cyclists as we gobbled up the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">nine paved miles on bikes weighing about 70 pounds with gear and water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">In less than an hour we </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">reached what we sought—rough and rugged trail. For the next 60 miles we rambled through ranch land </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">with countless cattle, pastures with horses, and some wetlands whose vegetation grabbed at our </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">panniers and threatened our rear derailleurs with destruction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">An abandoned snow plow train engine greeted us at the 55‐mile mark. Resting on a small length </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">of abandoned track, it stands as a testament to works achieved during a different time. Shelley’s poem </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">“Ozymandias” came to mind. “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” </span></div>
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I still need to cut the sound holes. I haven't bought a hole saw yet.</div>
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Only the finest hose clamps go on a Diddley Bow made by Hank Greer.</div>
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Cheap bits of old hardware work well for the bridge and to anchor the string.</div>
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Needed a guide screw to keep the string centered over the nut, i.e., hose clamp.</div>
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I cut away part of the rod to create a flat surface to mount the tuner.</div>
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It's 25 inches from bridge to nut so marking the frets is the same as a standard guitar.</div>
<br />Hank Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243840232233423724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3980421295592818922.post-27909538093320416192017-09-04T16:05:00.002-07:002017-09-04T16:05:38.025-07:00Continued Wedded BlissKathy bought radios to fit our helmets so we can talk to each other a lot easier while we're riding. Between her profound hearing loss and the wind noise in my hearing aids, every conversation includes a lot of, "What?" We had to futz around with these a lot to get them to work right and fit comfortably in our helmets but, once done, they're working out pretty well so far. It's nice to be able to call out hazards and such and do so clearly the first time. On the other hand, during long climbs I'm listening to a combination obscene phone call-bad phone sex from Kathy.<br />
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