A trip for the Dude, maybe? - Page 4

Seattle_Chris · June 21st, 2010, 03:15 AM

Yeah, it's not like he can be replaced at this point. Maybe at one point, but not anymore.

Tricia · June 21st, 2010, 08:45 AM

The dude is always welcome in my neck of the woods....

Dano · June 21st, 2010, 10:24 AM

Just dropped Dude off at the PO. Damn I wish I could goto Seattle for $6.25. CHris I shipped him delivery confirmation, not sure if you will have to sign for him or not. I will PM you the number tonight.
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Seattle_Chris · June 21st, 2010, 07:44 PM

The Dude has arrived safe and sound in Seattle, WA. I'm just finishing up some bike mods, and we're gonna go play tourist downtown.

It's shaping up to be a NICE day outside. Not a cloud in the sky and already 60 degrees (at 08:00). So good photo ops should be abundant.

Oh, and if anyone is interested about the mods, I installed the diodes for my LED signals, mounted clips onto my ammo can panniers to attach a cargo net to hold down my duffel, and modified and installed a Motorola Droid vehicle mount (Plugs into the cigarette lighter I installed a while back) right above the speedo in that spot that looks like something should go their.

Seattle_Chris · June 24th, 2010, 08:46 AM

So I'm gonna be going through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California (debating doing 395 or 101, 395 looks awsome'er, but 101 has the Ocean) and Oregon (in that order). Is their anyone along that path who's interested in doing a hand-off of the The Dude? Or is he scheduled to go to a specific someone next?

Snake · June 24th, 2010, 10:16 AM

Do you have any pics yet to share with us? Looking foward to seeing the Dude's adventures in Seatle.

Tricia · June 24th, 2010, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seattle_Chris

So I'm gonna be going through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California (debating doing 395 or 101, 395 looks awsome'er, but 101 has the Ocean) and Oregon (in that order). Is their anyone along that path who's interested in doing a hand-off of the The Dude? Or is he scheduled to go to a specific someone next?

If you take the 101 through CA, I live right at the beach in Ventura!

ally99 · June 24th, 2010, 01:02 PM

I'm in! The geocaching world calls this a "travel bug". :-) Fun! Allyson

Gfortunes · June 24th, 2010, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seattle_Chris

So I'm gonna be going through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California (debating doing 395 or 101, 395 looks awsome'er, but 101 has the Ocean) and Oregon (in that order). Is their anyone along that path who's interested in doing a hand-off of the The Dude? Or is he scheduled to go to a specific someone next?

ScorpionNinja MI
Dano PA (hand off or group ride with Shano22)
Shano22 PA
Seattle_Chris WA
CRXTrek MO
Snake LA
tabogon VA (Plan VA group ride in July)
GFortune IN
RC IN (Needs by Aug 25th)
Scott1620 DE
dimefied NJ
Kitdog NM
Komohana HI

RC needs him by Aug 25th, so someone might need to cut it short, or possibly wait until after her turn if it gets close to that time.
I also plan on taking him for a ride in VA with a few of the closer members before I leave to CT which should be in Aug so I will probably take him for a few days in July and we can shift people around as things come up.

Komohana, I'm trying to save you for last because no matter what time of year you get him, it will be riding weather.

Seattle_Chris · June 25th, 2010, 09:28 AM

The dude at Safeco Field. Home of the Mariners. Formerly the King Dome if you're that old.

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The dude visits Pioneer Square. It's the old part of Seattle from back in the Pioneer/Gold Rush days. It's also where the Underground Seattle tours kick off. Seattle was built on top of itself back in the day.

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Dude at the Lusty Lady. A Seattle landmark. Finally going out of business. One of the few establishments of it's type to be owned and operated by a woman.

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Taken out of the sunroof of my roomies car, it's the Pikes Place Market. I hear this is one of the more famous landmarks ya'll would have heard about.

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And here is the SANITARY Public Market. Yeah. Right next to Pikes Place. I think maybe they sell Napkins. You know? But serious. I've always wondered about the place, but never gone into it.

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We finally get to the Seattle Center, home of the 1965 (I think) Worlds Fair. The electronic money takers for parking were broken, so we got to park for free! YAY!! But here's dude chillin' at the base of the Space Needle!

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Here are a couple shots of The Dude at EMP (Experience Music Project) which houses Music and Sci-Fi exhibits. The first shot includes the Monorail.

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Here's The Dude at the Pacific Science Center where they have 2 IMAX theaters and MANY rotating, hands on, science exhibits. I spent a LOT of time their as a kid. The spires are seen from MANY blocks away and are a remnant of the Worlds Fair.

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I gotta stick these two pics together in photoshop. It's The Dude at once of the theatres spread around the Seattle Center that gets all sorts of shows put on at. Especially during "Bumbershoot" our big musical festival, where last time I went I saw the Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Ramones, and Mel Torme. Also home to "Folk Life" which was our Folk Music fair, but it's turned into more of a World Music fair now.

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Dude at the fountain. During summer theirs usually kids playing all over it. But it's not summer here yet this year, so only a few kids.

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The Dude at the rear entrance to the Center House. Main building in the park, lots of shops and places to eat in their. I've always just really liked the eagles.

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Here is The Dude at Gasworks Park, overlooking Seattle and Lake Union. Gasworks Park used to make Synthetic Natural Gas back in the day. Some time after shutting down it was turned into a park.

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Same spot but in the background is the Aurora bridge. Locally known as Suicide Bridge. One of the highest suicide rated bridges in America. Not a very good pick I'm afraid though.

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One of my fave shots of the day. Its one of the old Gasworks buildings in the park, looming big and menacing against the encroaching rain clouds.

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Here's another shot of the Seattle Skyline, with some Geese in the water and the sun setting rather nicely.

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This is a local favorite land mark. It was built under a bridge. The VW bug in his hand is REAL. That's The Dude, sitting up on his knuckle. The big guy is The Freemont Troll, and lives, of course, in Freemont. A burb of Seattle.

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And that's all the more pictures I got around to taking that turned out. I'll try to get more of the natural side of Seattle later in the week if I find the time.

drowe531 · June 25th, 2010, 09:36 AM

OMG GIANT PICTURES. But it does look like you have gotten a good bit of traveling with the dude done

Alex · June 25th, 2010, 09:38 AM

My eyes!

This board resizes pics automagically if you load them as attachments, but can't do anything with them if we hotlink to external pic sites. Pretty please get 'em down to a reasonable width so we all can enjoy 'em?

Scott1620 · June 25th, 2010, 11:45 AM

My 1280x1024 work monitor is doesn't have the pixels for those behemoths... Looks cool from what I can see, I think I can see the atoms that make up the dude

Alex · June 26th, 2010, 10:58 AM

Great pics, Chris! Looks like the dude had a fun time...

Snake · June 26th, 2010, 12:06 PM

Great pics Chris.

Dano · June 26th, 2010, 01:49 PM

The dudes trip is going on smoothly, can't wait to see more pictures when you go on your trip with him.

tabogon · June 28th, 2010, 12:20 PM

Blog updated. Amazing pictures Chris.

Anyone that is in route on your trip can feel free to take the Dude off your hands if you so wish to. His travels are going very smoothly even with last moment changes, so I don't see a problem with that.

Dano · June 28th, 2010, 07:32 PM

can't wait to see more pics Chris. Don't forget to take all the other stuff in the box with you for a hand off and add to it with seattle souviners. Tabogons daughter should have some cool souviners from the dudes trips. When tabogon gets him back he should be able to download the pics off the flash drive so it can go out empty and available for more pics and keep the souviners so the dudes box don't get soo full.

tabogon · June 28th, 2010, 08:01 PM

Good idea, Dan. I didn't even think of how little room he has, haha.

Seattle_Chris · June 28th, 2010, 08:07 PM

Yep yep, just a couple more days and I head out. His home is already packed and on Bikebike ready to roll come Thursday morning. Already got the Seattle souviners, hoping to find some other good ones along the way. I'm all stocked up on batteries and looking forward to getting LOTS of pics.

I'm gonna be spending quite a bit of time away from Civilization so I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update with many pics as even with good coverage, phone tethering isn't very fast for uploading. So I'll probably save my uploading for my two hotel stays. 1 night on the 1st after my 12hr IronButt to Bozeman, MT and then three nights in Vegas the 11th, 12th, and 13th. And of course once I get home/work again by the 16th, 17th at the VERY latest as I work that night.

If anyone is interested, I'll be updating my Facebook with phone pics along the way using my phone. It doesn't take the best of pics, but it's easy to post with it. The email I use for Facebook is monkeyboy4269 AT gmail DOT com if you wanna follow along.

Hooowheee. Gonna be quite the adventuresome ride for the Dude!

Oh yeah, and I think USPS does a flat rate box for pretty cheap. If it gets too full, might just have to upgrade his condo.

BlueTyke · June 28th, 2010, 08:38 PM

I am in MD and not afraid to travel if The Dude needs a hand

Seattle_Chris · July 1st, 2010, 10:25 PM

Started the day out before the Sun did. The Dude offered to warm up my bike. So far I'm liking this day.
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We were barely on the western side of the Cascades (The entire trip is on I-90) when I had to make a stop, so we figured we'd take a shot. The Dude IS a ham for the camera.
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Same place(different angle) as the last one. The Dudes just helping with my cold weather gear. Frog Toggs worked out awesomely btw.
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Just some really pretty hills in the background still with snow. This is coming off the eastern side of the cascades.
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In these two we get a taste of Eastern Washington's flat lands. Quite the contrast from Western Washington.
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Here are the others, but I'm too tired to label them all now. It turned out to be a 15 hour ride. I'm bushed. Going to sleep. If I don't finish 'em tomorrow it may be a while before I do since I'll be camping until the 12th. But don't worry, we'll keep taking pics of each other.
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tabogon · July 2nd, 2010, 05:41 AM

As before, you take damn good pictures! I will update the blog when I get home.

Alex · July 2nd, 2010, 05:45 AM

Spork · July 2nd, 2010, 07:13 AM

I gotta say I love this whole trip thing. And The Dude is awesome. I would be willing to help out. I can't do too much because of my area, not much is in northern Indiana, however if The Dude wanted to visit Notre Dame campus I got the hook ups.

Dano · July 2nd, 2010, 07:36 PM

Dang Chris a 15 hr ride I wouldn't be able to walk after being on the bike that long...glad the trip got off to a good start.

Seattle_Chris · July 9th, 2010, 09:23 PM

I'm FINALLY back into a hotel. I'll upload picks before I leave. I wiped out once in sand a few days ago, and nearly bit the big one today at Grand Canyon South Rim. See this post. http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49859 So now I'm stuck in Flagstaff I think. But if I can find a tire by tomorrow and get it mounted, I'll be on the road again and back on schedule. I left myself a couple floater days just in case.

Seattle_Chris · July 9th, 2010, 11:15 PM

I don't know what I'm doing different, but it's become hard to get The Dude, and the background in focus at the same time. I've taken a lot more pics than this and put them on the key. I just don't wanna bog down the forums with TOO many pics.

Anyway, here goes.

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Welcome to Yellowstone.

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Just really pretty.

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Mid Point Geyser. I thought this would be old faithful. It's not, but it's still pretty awesome.

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I LOVE this picture. Someone has to go back to the park and change the writing to a recipe for "Child Stew".

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At Old Faithful.

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Waiting on old faithful to blow. I filmed Dude and the eruption which really was quite amazing on my GoPro Hero HD, but all I got was a corrupted file that won't render. I think maybe it got too hot.

I thought it was a good cap, so no Dude pics during the eruption.

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Hmm, makes you wanna bathe in it don't it? So nice and hot!

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Maybe a tad cooler.

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Heard of Buffalo. It's one of these bozo's that heard my deer whistle and tried to charge me. Ha ha, a Ninja IS faster than a pissed off Bison!

Afraid theirs no Dude in the shot because that's mega zoomed. On the key is another shot of the Dude with the herd in the distance.

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I had planned to camp on Antelope Island, but didn't make it on time. So we camped out here. At a rest stop.

I'm beat. Think I'll stay here another night. I'll upload the next 7 days tomorrow.

Snake · July 10th, 2010, 06:37 AM

Chris, those are some great pics.

tabogon · July 10th, 2010, 08:23 AM

I love me some child stew

Still need to update the blog, haven't really had time. Will try to this weekend. If too many pictures becomes a problem, you can send them to my email, I would just need to make sure to update the blog more often since everyone would have to go there to see the pics.

Snake · July 10th, 2010, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabogon

I love me some child stew

The meat must be very tender like veal.

Seattle_Chris · July 10th, 2010, 04:24 PM

I like mines raw! (2 points if you're nerdy enough to know where I got that)

Seattle_Chris · July 10th, 2010, 06:48 PM

July 3rd The Dude took me to Antelope Island, Salt Lake City, and we got to Arches National Park just in time to camp in the dark.

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Just a nice view of Salt Lake from Antelope Island.

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Just another nice view.

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The Dude with some Buffalo. No antelope though. Curious.

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A zoom of the Buffalo.

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We couldn't stop close enough to the Temple to get any good pics, so here is a cool orthodox church we found a couple blocks away.

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Our first Oooh wow scene of Utah rocks.

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That's right, Seattlites bring the rain with us!

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Sunsets make GREAT rock pictures.

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Another Sunset/rock picture.

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It's a terrible picture, but this is our camp site. Lots of misquito's but it was SOOOooo far out their. We had to go up a 4x4 trail to get their.

Seattle_Chris · July 10th, 2010, 07:16 PM

Most of the pics with The Dude didn't turn out that great, but here are a few. Arches was actually really awesome. I'd advise it to all. I weened the 75 shots down to this 10.

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Beautiful view to wake up to.

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Just down the gravel trail a little bit.

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Awesome fins. Don't think they have a name, but they're cool.

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A cool balanced rock.

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And awesome tree. Right next to some arches, but the tree was awesome.

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Some cool arch/caves.

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The arch next to those arch caves.

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The end of a 4x4's only trail we found. Dude is their on the back.

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Another awesome arch.

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This is the sandy road that the Dude insisted we go down. I didn't realize it was sand, so the instant we turned onto it, we hit the ground. Luckily it was nice deep soft soft and nothing got hurt.

Seattle_Chris · July 10th, 2010, 07:34 PM

We spent the day at Canyonlands. Here are a few pics. This is more of a great place to hike/backpack. Not really so scenic up close, but from a viewpoint, it's killer.

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These three shots are from a scenic view point above wind whistle camp ground. My narrow lens SO couldn't do it justice. VERY beautiful. It would be amazing during sunrise.

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Same spot as before, different angle,.

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Yet another angle.

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Going into Canyonlands propper.

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All the rest are just random shots from CanyonLands, the ribbon is from the drunk chick at the mini-town within the park.

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Alex · July 10th, 2010, 09:15 PM

Way to go, little Dude guy!

Seattle_Chris · July 11th, 2010, 05:16 AM

Bryce Canyon was one of my favorites. I could totally see staying here a few days just to get awesome Sunrise/Sunset pictures. The Sunset I was their for wasn't very amazing, because I had the rain following me to keep me cool. No amazing pictures of the sun setting, but the weather made my trip VERY enjoyable.

Doh, forums are acting funny. I'll edit in the pics in a while if the sites acting normal again. It may have to wait until Vegas.

Dano · July 11th, 2010, 06:11 PM

Boy the Dude sure is getting the milage in, wish we would have kept track of how many miles he rode, would be interesting to see the final total, her rode about 300 miles with me.

Seattle_Chris · July 12th, 2010, 08:40 AM

Oooh, that's a good idea! Wish I woulda marked down my mileage before leaving. I just know I was at 3,xxx when I left. And am now barely over 6,000. I think I've put on almost half as many miles just discovering around for awesome camp sites as I have actually travelling! @@ We can track his air travel too, aka shipping.

Oh yeah, no more pics for a bit because I can't find any open wifi in this town. I can't belive how Super 8s have free wifi, but nobody near Ballys does. Cell strength isn't high enough for me to tether either.

Ceasers Palace is amazing btw. Tons of romanesque statues. So is "Paris". Paris has this rounded, blue sky ceiling so it looks like old Parisian streets inside.

Seattle_Chris · July 18th, 2010, 07:48 PM

Here are my top ten pics of Bryce Canyon with The Dude.

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It's not a natural arch, but it's still cool.

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Welcome to Bryce.

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June 21st, 2010, 07:44 PM	#124
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	The Dude has arrived safe and sound in Seattle, WA. I'm just finishing up some bike mods, and we're gonna go play tourist downtown. It's shaping up to be a NICE day outside. Not a cloud in the sky and already 60 degrees (at 08:00). So good photo ops should be abundant. Oh, and if anyone is interested about the mods, I installed the diodes for my LED signals, mounted clips onto my ammo can panniers to attach a cargo net to hold down my duffel, and modified and installed a Motorola Droid vehicle mount (Plugs into the cigarette lighter I installed a while back) right above the speedo in that spot that looks like something should go their. Last futzed with by Seattle_Chris; June 24th, 2010 at 08:41 AM.

June 24th, 2010, 08:46 AM	#125
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	Handoff? So I'm gonna be going through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California (debating doing 395 or 101, 395 looks awsome'er, but 101 has the Ocean) and Oregon (in that order). Is their anyone along that path who's interested in doing a hand-off of the The Dude? Or is he scheduled to go to a specific someone next?

June 24th, 2010, 01:02 PM	#128
ally99 Ninja chick Name: Allyson Location: Athens, GA Join Date: Jun 2009 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 4 MOTM - Dec '13, Feb '15	I'll be glad to do it...Georgia here! I'm in! The geocaching world calls this a "travel bug". :-) Fun! Allyson __________________________________________________ Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. ~Drake Check out my Appalachian Trail journal, 2015! Postwhores are COOL! ~Allyson

June 25th, 2010, 09:28 AM	#130
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	Photo Updates The dude at Safeco Field. Home of the Mariners. Formerly the King Dome if you're that old. 100_0395.jpg The dude visits Pioneer Square. It's the old part of Seattle from back in the Pioneer/Gold Rush days. It's also where the Underground Seattle tours kick off. Seattle was built on top of itself back in the day. 100_0397.jpg Dude at the Lusty Lady. A Seattle landmark. Finally going out of business. One of the few establishments of it's type to be owned and operated by a woman. 100_0401.jpg Taken out of the sunroof of my roomies car, it's the Pikes Place Market. I hear this is one of the more famous landmarks ya'll would have heard about. 100_0403.jpg And here is the SANITARY Public Market. Yeah. Right next to Pikes Place. I think maybe they sell Napkins. You know? But serious. I've always wondered about the place, but never gone into it. 100_0404.jpg We finally get to the Seattle Center, home of the 1965 (I think) Worlds Fair. The electronic money takers for parking were broken, so we got to park for free! YAY!! But here's dude chillin' at the base of the Space Needle! 100_0405.jpg Here are a couple shots of The Dude at EMP (Experience Music Project) which houses Music and Sci-Fi exhibits. The first shot includes the Monorail. 100_0406.jpg 100_0407.jpg Here's The Dude at the Pacific Science Center where they have 2 IMAX theaters and MANY rotating, hands on, science exhibits. I spent a LOT of time their as a kid. The spires are seen from MANY blocks away and are a remnant of the Worlds Fair. 100_0408.jpg I gotta stick these two pics together in photoshop. It's The Dude at once of the theatres spread around the Seattle Center that gets all sorts of shows put on at. Especially during "Bumbershoot" our big musical festival, where last time I went I saw the Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Ramones, and Mel Torme. Also home to "Folk Life" which was our Folk Music fair, but it's turned into more of a World Music fair now. 100_0410.jpg 100_0409.jpg Dude at the fountain. During summer theirs usually kids playing all over it. But it's not summer here yet this year, so only a few kids. 100_0413.jpg The Dude at the rear entrance to the Center House. Main building in the park, lots of shops and places to eat in their. I've always just really liked the eagles. 100_0415.jpg Here is The Dude at Gasworks Park, overlooking Seattle and Lake Union. Gasworks Park used to make Synthetic Natural Gas back in the day. Some time after shutting down it was turned into a park. 100_0417.jpg 100_0421.jpg Same spot but in the background is the Aurora bridge. Locally known as Suicide Bridge. One of the highest suicide rated bridges in America. Not a very good pick I'm afraid though. 100_0423.jpg One of my fave shots of the day. Its one of the old Gasworks buildings in the park, looming big and menacing against the encroaching rain clouds. 100_0424.jpg Here's another shot of the Seattle Skyline, with some Geese in the water and the sun setting rather nicely. 100_0427.jpg This is a local favorite land mark. It was built under a bridge. The VW bug in his hand is REAL. That's The Dude, sitting up on his knuckle. The big guy is The Freemont Troll, and lives, of course, in Freemont. A burb of Seattle. 100_0428.jpg And that's all the more pictures I got around to taking that turned out. I'll try to get more of the natural side of Seattle later in the week if I find the time. Last futzed with by Seattle_Chris; June 26th, 2010 at 09:17 AM. Reason: Fixin' photos.

June 25th, 2010, 09:38 AM	#132
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	My eyes! This board resizes pics automagically if you load them as attachments, but can't do anything with them if we hotlink to external pic sites. Pretty please get 'em down to a reasonable width so we all can enjoy 'em? __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

June 21st, 2010, 03:15 AM	#121
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	Yeah, it's not like he can be replaced at this point. Maybe at one point, but not anymore.

June 21st, 2010, 08:45 AM	#122
Tricia Cat Lady Extraordinaire Name: Tricia Location: Ventura, CA Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250, 74 CB 360, Genuine Buddy 150 Posts: 8	The dude is always welcome in my neck of the woods....

June 21st, 2010, 10:24 AM	#123
Dano ninjette.org sage Name: Dan Location: Perryopolis, PA Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09' Blue Ninja 250R and 07' Honda 919 Posts: 605	Just dropped Dude off at the PO. Damn I wish I could goto Seattle for $6.25. CHris I shipped him delivery confirmation, not sure if you will have to sign for him or not. I will PM you the number tonight. Posted via Mobile Device

June 24th, 2010, 10:16 AM	#126
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	Do you have any pics yet to share with us? Looking foward to seeing the Dude's adventures in Seatle.

June 25th, 2010, 09:36 AM	#131
drowe531 ninjette.org guru Name: David Location: Burlington, MA Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2004 Ninja 250 (sold); 2008 Plasma Blue Ninja 250 Posts: 364	OMG GIANT PICTURES. But it does look like you have gotten a good bit of traveling with the dude done

June 25th, 2010, 11:45 AM	#133
Scott1620 ninjette.org member Name: Scott Location: Delaware Join Date: Jul 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250r(sold), 2007 650R (sold), 2013 Ninja 300 Posts: 199	My 1280x1024 work monitor is doesn't have the pixels for those behemoths... Looks cool from what I can see, I think I can see the atoms that make up the dude

June 26th, 2010, 10:58 AM	#134
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Great pics, Chris! Looks like the dude had a fun time... __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

June 26th, 2010, 12:06 PM	#135
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	Great pics Chris.

June 26th, 2010, 01:49 PM	#136
Dano ninjette.org sage Name: Dan Location: Perryopolis, PA Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09' Blue Ninja 250R and 07' Honda 919 Posts: 605	The dudes trip is going on smoothly, can't wait to see more pictures when you go on your trip with him.

June 28th, 2010, 12:20 PM	#137
tabogon ninjette.org guru Name: Josh Location: CT Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250R (Metallic Island Blue) Posts: 262	Blog updated. Amazing pictures Chris. Anyone that is in route on your trip can feel free to take the Dude off your hands if you so wish to. His travels are going very smoothly even with last moment changes, so I don't see a problem with that. __________________________________________________ http://dudetravel.blogspot.com/

June 28th, 2010, 07:32 PM	#138
Dano ninjette.org sage Name: Dan Location: Perryopolis, PA Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09' Blue Ninja 250R and 07' Honda 919 Posts: 605	can't wait to see more pics Chris. Don't forget to take all the other stuff in the box with you for a hand off and add to it with seattle souviners. Tabogons daughter should have some cool souviners from the dudes trips. When tabogon gets him back he should be able to download the pics off the flash drive so it can go out empty and available for more pics and keep the souviners so the dudes box don't get soo full.

June 28th, 2010, 08:01 PM	#139
tabogon ninjette.org guru Name: Josh Location: CT Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250R (Metallic Island Blue) Posts: 262	Good idea, Dan. I didn't even think of how little room he has, haha. __________________________________________________ http://dudetravel.blogspot.com/

June 28th, 2010, 08:07 PM	#140
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	Yep yep, just a couple more days and I head out. His home is already packed and on Bikebike ready to roll come Thursday morning. Already got the Seattle souviners, hoping to find some other good ones along the way. I'm all stocked up on batteries and looking forward to getting LOTS of pics. I'm gonna be spending quite a bit of time away from Civilization so I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update with many pics as even with good coverage, phone tethering isn't very fast for uploading. So I'll probably save my uploading for my two hotel stays. 1 night on the 1st after my 12hr IronButt to Bozeman, MT and then three nights in Vegas the 11th, 12th, and 13th. And of course once I get home/work again by the 16th, 17th at the VERY latest as I work that night. If anyone is interested, I'll be updating my Facebook with phone pics along the way using my phone. It doesn't take the best of pics, but it's easy to post with it. The email I use for Facebook is monkeyboy4269 AT gmail DOT com if you wanna follow along. Hooowheee. Gonna be quite the adventuresome ride for the Dude! Oh yeah, and I think USPS does a flat rate box for pretty cheap. If it gets too full, might just have to upgrade his condo.

June 28th, 2010, 08:38 PM	#141
BlueTyke So slow I'm first! Name: Sunny Location: San Jose, CA Join Date: Oct 2008 Motorcycle(s): 06 Kawasaki Ninja EX250 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 10	I am in MD and not afraid to travel if The Dude needs a hand __________________________________________________ Learn from the mistakes of others, you cannot make them all yourself. Save yourself the trouble and Learn.

July 2nd, 2010, 05:41 AM	#143
tabogon ninjette.org guru Name: Josh Location: CT Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250R (Metallic Island Blue) Posts: 262	As before, you take damn good pictures! I will update the blog when I get home. __________________________________________________ http://dudetravel.blogspot.com/

July 2nd, 2010, 05:45 AM	#144
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	__________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

July 2nd, 2010, 07:13 AM	#145
Spork ninjette.org member Name: Kevin Location: Granger Join Date: Jul 2009 Motorcycle(s): 08 CPB Ninja 250 Posts: 66	I gotta say I love this whole trip thing. And The Dude is awesome. I would be willing to help out. I can't do too much because of my area, not much is in northern Indiana, however if The Dude wanted to visit Notre Dame campus I got the hook ups. __________________________________________________ "I am directly below... enemy scrotum" -Agent Simmons

July 2nd, 2010, 07:36 PM	#146
Dano ninjette.org sage Name: Dan Location: Perryopolis, PA Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09' Blue Ninja 250R and 07' Honda 919 Posts: 605	Dang Chris a 15 hr ride I wouldn't be able to walk after being on the bike that long...glad the trip got off to a good start.

July 9th, 2010, 09:23 PM	#147
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	I'm FINALLY back into a hotel. I'll upload picks before I leave. I wiped out once in sand a few days ago, and nearly bit the big one today at Grand Canyon South Rim. See this post. http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49859 So now I'm stuck in Flagstaff I think. But if I can find a tire by tomorrow and get it mounted, I'll be on the road again and back on schedule. I left myself a couple floater days just in case.

July 9th, 2010, 11:15 PM	#148
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	July 2nd. Yellowstone Park. I don't know what I'm doing different, but it's become hard to get The Dude, and the background in focus at the same time. I've taken a lot more pics than this and put them on the key. I just don't wanna bog down the forums with TOO many pics. Anyway, here goes. 100_0463.jpg Welcome to Yellowstone. 100_0464.jpg Just really pretty. 100_0468.jpg Mid Point Geyser. I thought this would be old faithful. It's not, but it's still pretty awesome. 100_0471.jpg I LOVE this picture. Someone has to go back to the park and change the writing to a recipe for "Child Stew". 100_0472.jpg At Old Faithful. 100_0477.jpg Waiting on old faithful to blow. I filmed Dude and the eruption which really was quite amazing on my GoPro Hero HD, but all I got was a corrupted file that won't render. I think maybe it got too hot. I thought it was a good cap, so no Dude pics during the eruption. 100_0478.jpg Hmm, makes you wanna bathe in it don't it? So nice and hot! 100_0479.jpg Maybe a tad cooler. 100_0482.jpg Heard of Buffalo. It's one of these bozo's that heard my deer whistle and tried to charge me. Ha ha, a Ninja IS faster than a pissed off Bison! Afraid theirs no Dude in the shot because that's mega zoomed. On the key is another shot of the Dude with the herd in the distance. 100_0484.jpg I had planned to camp on Antelope Island, but didn't make it on time. So we camped out here. At a rest stop. I'm beat. Think I'll stay here another night. I'll upload the next 7 days tomorrow.

July 10th, 2010, 06:37 AM	#149
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	Chris, those are some great pics.

July 10th, 2010, 08:23 AM	#150
tabogon ninjette.org guru Name: Josh Location: CT Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250R (Metallic Island Blue) Posts: 262	I love me some child stew Still need to update the blog, haven't really had time. Will try to this weekend. If too many pictures becomes a problem, you can send them to my email, I would just need to make sure to update the blog more often since everyone would have to go there to see the pics. __________________________________________________ http://dudetravel.blogspot.com/

July 10th, 2010, 04:24 PM	#152
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	I like mines raw! (2 points if you're nerdy enough to know where I got that)

July 10th, 2010, 06:48 PM	#153
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	July 3rd. Antelope Island, Salt Lake City, and camping at Arches. July 3rd The Dude took me to Antelope Island, Salt Lake City, and we got to Arches National Park just in time to camp in the dark. 100_0487.jpg Just a nice view of Salt Lake from Antelope Island. 100_0511.jpg Just another nice view. 100_0518.jpg The Dude with some Buffalo. No antelope though. Curious. 100_0520.jpg A zoom of the Buffalo. 100_0525.jpg We couldn't stop close enough to the Temple to get any good pics, so here is a cool orthodox church we found a couple blocks away. 100_0534.jpg Our first Oooh wow scene of Utah rocks. 100_0537.jpg That's right, Seattlites bring the rain with us! 100_0549.jpg Sunsets make GREAT rock pictures. 100_0551.jpg Another Sunset/rock picture. 100_0553.jpg It's a terrible picture, but this is our camp site. Lots of misquito's but it was SOOOooo far out their. We had to go up a 4x4 trail to get their.

July 10th, 2010, 07:16 PM	#154
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	July 4th. Arches National Park. Most of the pics with The Dude didn't turn out that great, but here are a few. Arches was actually really awesome. I'd advise it to all. I weened the 75 shots down to this 10. 100_0556.jpg Beautiful view to wake up to. 100_0558.jpg Just down the gravel trail a little bit. 100_0569.jpg Awesome fins. Don't think they have a name, but they're cool. 100_0581.jpg A cool balanced rock. 100_0590.jpg And awesome tree. Right next to some arches, but the tree was awesome. 100_0591.jpg Some cool arch/caves. 100_0599.jpg The arch next to those arch caves. 100_0605.jpg The end of a 4x4's only trail we found. Dude is their on the back. 100_0616.jpg Another awesome arch. 100_0624.jpg This is the sandy road that the Dude insisted we go down. I didn't realize it was sand, so the instant we turned onto it, we hit the ground. Luckily it was nice deep soft soft and nothing got hurt.

July 10th, 2010, 07:34 PM	#155
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	July 5th, Canyonlands National Park We spent the day at Canyonlands. Here are a few pics. This is more of a great place to hike/backpack. Not really so scenic up close, but from a viewpoint, it's killer. 100_0634.jpg These three shots are from a scenic view point above wind whistle camp ground. My narrow lens SO couldn't do it justice. VERY beautiful. It would be amazing during sunrise. 100_0635.jpg Same spot as before, different angle,. 100_0638.jpg Yet another angle. 100_0645.jpg Going into Canyonlands propper. 100_0649.jpg All the rest are just random shots from CanyonLands, the ribbon is from the drunk chick at the mini-town within the park. 100_0653.jpg 100_0657.jpg 100_0661.jpg Last futzed with by Seattle_Chris; July 11th, 2010 at 04:52 AM.

July 10th, 2010, 09:15 PM	#156
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Way to go, little Dude guy! __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

July 11th, 2010, 05:16 AM	#157
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	July 6th, Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce Canyon was one of my favorites. I could totally see staying here a few days just to get awesome Sunrise/Sunset pictures. The Sunset I was their for wasn't very amazing, because I had the rain following me to keep me cool. No amazing pictures of the sun setting, but the weather made my trip VERY enjoyable. Doh, forums are acting funny. I'll edit in the pics in a while if the sites acting normal again. It may have to wait until Vegas.

July 11th, 2010, 06:11 PM	#158
Dano ninjette.org sage Name: Dan Location: Perryopolis, PA Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09' Blue Ninja 250R and 07' Honda 919 Posts: 605	Boy the Dude sure is getting the milage in, wish we would have kept track of how many miles he rode, would be interesting to see the final total, her rode about 300 miles with me.

July 12th, 2010, 08:40 AM	#159
Seattle_Chris Newb since 10/2009 Name: Chris Location: Seattle Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 SE. Slowly morphing to ADV bike. :D Posts: 182	Oooh, that's a good idea! Wish I woulda marked down my mileage before leaving. I just know I was at 3,xxx when I left. And am now barely over 6,000. I think I've put on almost half as many miles just discovering around for awesome camp sites as I have actually travelling! @@ We can track his air travel too, aka shipping. Oh yeah, no more pics for a bit because I can't find any open wifi in this town. I can't belive how Super 8s have free wifi, but nobody near Ballys does. Cell strength isn't high enough for me to tether either. Ceasers Palace is amazing btw. Tons of romanesque statues. So is "Paris". Paris has this rounded, blue sky ceiling so it looks like old Parisian streets inside.