Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts

Monday, March 28, 2011

GoPro Hero

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I got this neat camera to put on my scooter to record my rides. It's shoots 1080p, and it can shoot 720p at 60fps.
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It's absolutely tiny. Since it's so tiny it has no viewfinder at all and all the controls are done through two buttons and a tiny LCD. That means you pretty much have to have the manual out to figure out what you're doing.
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It comes with a water proof case. I can't want to take it scuba diving :)
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Also picked up a suction cup mount in order to attach it to the scooters.
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It's surprisingly powerful how well it sticks.

Here is a video of a scoot with it. I didn't discover until after this ride how to make the camera even more stable. I'll update with another scoot adventure after the weekend.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Trip to Oregon

So Tracey, Kristen, and I decided to go to Portland last weekend. But then discovered we would have to spend the entire time driving if we were going to do it in 4 days. So instead we drove to Medford, Oregon and visited Tracey's uncle Don.
The next few posts will be able the trip.
On the road again heading up the 5. We have hit the stench of cow country yet.
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The house was out in the middle of no where Literally a "Turn off the paved road" place. It was a pretty self sufficient farm, he even had grapes growing on the porch.
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The view from the house overlooked a field, a pond, and his apple orchard.
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Exploring the house revealed some pretty cool things. Like an abandoned hornets nest.
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The hornets create this material that is like paper to make their next.
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I swear there were antlers everywhere.
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Fruit seemed to be growing everywhere too.
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We also discovered an old Porsche 914. I think we could have spent weeks at this place always finding something new.
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I just like how this image turned out :)
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Next we went to the Butte Falls river.
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And we watched Salmon swim up the river.
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Further down the river was the Salmon control facility. Where they breed and control the salmon population. It looks kinda like a prison.
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I felt like every time we went driving we encountered a narrow unkept dirt road.
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We ate delicious fresh picked foods right from Uncle Don's garden.
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And in typically Tracey fashion. She caught herself a snake.
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At sunset, we took the canoe out on the pond.
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We drove ATVs and the dirt bike down to the Blackberry patch.
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And picked Blackberrys for a cobbler.
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Then we went to Crater Lake. It was beautiful. and big!
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And we saw some cute woodland creatures.
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Next we went on a hike through the woods.
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And soaked in a natural hotspring with naked Hippies (not seen here)
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Scooter Adventure

This weekend Tracey and I went on a Scooter adventure around town and discovered some interesting areas in Glendale.
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Backing out the scoot.
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We have matching helmets.
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Let's go exploring!
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We found some roads we've never been on.
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And Found this hidden neighborhood.
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With a car run off the road...?
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And pink house.
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And a house that needs an elevator thing to get to the front door.
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Tracey on her scoot.
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Then we found a great view of LA. You can see all the way downtown from Glendale.
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Me. Pointing the traffic on the 5.
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Tracey chillin with the scoots.
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And funny face!
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Interesting Weekends

The abandoned candy isle at a super market where you buy in bulk.
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Over looking Los Angeles at night waiting for the meteor shower.
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No pictures of the meteors, but a great shot of the night sky.
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It may look like a dot, but it's Jupiter and one of it's moons.
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This is actually the birthday cake for a friend. It just looks like kitty litter.
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Bacon wrapped hotdogs. mmmm
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Water balloon fun to be had.
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