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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Jimbob:
Originally posted by Nick B.:
Whatcha bet that tree touches Heaven. Beautiful! Almost Heaven,
West Virginia.
Nice slow melodies for my
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| Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
It appears we do have the largest Engelmann Spruce in the country, along with a couple of the largest pines. I'll go try to find them, so I can show them to schroeder when he comes to visit. That would be very cool.
This has me thinking. |
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Location: closely held secret | No, you can't cut guitar-shaped slices out of them.
...wait a minute. Schroeder's coming to Idaho?? That's just a little too close for comfort. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Maybe I could stir up some interest with a link to the 1000 acre park next to the cabin. We're on John Alden road. I'm not sure the largest Englemann Spruce in the country is in the park, but it's on state land in that county, so it's likely. If my deck isn't good enough for a gig, I may be able to get the amphitheater in the park. I know it's not Amelia Island, Olympic National Park or even the Smoky Mountains and it's not easy to get to, but if it was easy to get to, it probably wouldn't be worth going.
Ponderosa Park
Zoom out a bit and you'll see a golf course a few blocks south of the cabin. No alligators, but I doubt anyone on this site has enough balls to play golf in the forest. Pun intended. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Engelmann Spruce are part of the family of giant North American coastal conifers that also include the great California redwoods and the incredible giant Sequoia trees. Sequoia National Park should be on everybody's must see places to visit. It has particularly meaningful memories for me because it was the very first (of many) national parks from which I was thrown out for obnoxiously loud motorcycle pipes. The year was 1969 and the bike was a 1967 BSA Thunderbolt. That was the same trip from which I had to return early to go to basic training while my riding buddies continued on to a little music festival in New York. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You can go there after you come to Idaho for a NW OFC gathering.
Actually, I need to get down there. Our daughter lives close. There are so many great driving vacations in this area that we haven't taken advantage of. That's one of the downsides to owning "vacation property". We have someplace to go and all I ever do is work on the place. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
The year was 1969 and the bike was a 1967 BSA Thunderbolt... I believe Hunter Thompson was riding one of those, about the same time, and roughly in the same place. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | More likely a chopped knuckle or panhead. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Damon67:
believe Hunter Thompson was riding one of those, about the same time, and roughly in the same place. Pure myth.
He was sitting in the corner of a local Denver bar drinking and doing psychedelics. |
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Solid Sitka Spruce...
