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Title: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: TaosBrick on March 16, 2012, 11:54:37 PM: Well, it's gettin' close to gardening time here in Taos, so I decided I wanted a couple of varieties of seed potatoes, grown in and for our region. I settled on those grown at "Rockey Farms", about a 130 mile slab north of here near Center, Colorado. Even tho it's all two lane, it's slabbin' all the same - straight as a gunbarrel for as far as the eye can see most of the time. Though much of the trip was in the police state of Colorado, I managed to average 90 much of the time, with periodic excursions over a ton. Wheeeeeeee! Serious cross winds at times impeded progress, however.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212821580626824438489.0004bb678bad16d4bf03f&msa=0&ll=37.046409,-105.655518&spn=2.595444,4.905396 (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212821580626824438489.0004bb678bad16d4bf03f&msa=0&ll=37.046409,-105.655518&spn=2.595444,4.905396)

Slab view hiding from wind - pretty much all day.
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Mt. San Antonio, one of the larger free-standing mtns around here. A long dormant shield-type volcano, much the same formation as the Hawaiian islands.
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Turning sixth-sense radar detector on - NOW!
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The west is known for it's architectural oddities, south central Colorado being no exception. Home? Structure? - Antonito, CO.
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At Rockey Farms, loaded up with 40lbs. of seed potatoes, "Purple Majesty" and "German Butterball". Here we have Sheldon Rockey, a proud potato farmer. He said that they work hard to develop the tastiest varieties. He travels far and wide as a high ranking official of a national potato trade organization, the exact name of which escapes me - pretty cool! When I said I was gonna boil and butter some up when I got home, he replied that in his view, no seasoning of any sort is necessary, including butter (!) for HIS spuds, they're that good! We shall see...
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Where potatoes come from
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Mount Blanca Massif - Three of Colorado's 52 peaks in excess of 14,000 feet.
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A wild horse near wild horse mesa.
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Made it back to relatively cop-sparse NM.
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if you multiply each pound of spuds planted by ten, 40lbs. of seed equals 400lbs. of potential harvest. That's a lot of potatoes, even if your Irish! (like me)
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Happy Patricks Day, everyone. Remember, don't drink green beer and ride. Better yet, don't drink green beer - yecch!
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: frankenduck on March 17, 2012, 12:06:38 AM: Gotta love the good ole USofA. Nothing like a road sign peppered with bullet holes. :hehehe

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Nice ride report....
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: TaosBrick on March 17, 2012, 12:16:32 AM: It is illegal in the state of New Mexico to leave any road sign un-peppered with projectile marks of some sort or another. New signs remain unscathed for a week or less.
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: frankenduck on March 17, 2012, 12:34:25 AM: Drunk people driving around with loaded firearms. What could ever go wrong?
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: DRxBMW on March 17, 2012, 08:49:36 AM: Quote from: TaosBrick on March 17, 2012, 12:16:32 AM
It is illegal in the state of New Mexico to leave any road sign un-peppered with projectile marks of some sort or another. New signs remain unscathed for a week or less.

Similar law exits in Pennsylvania rural regions. Just about EVERY deer XC sign has been used for target practice.
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: DRxBMW on March 17, 2012, 08:58:00 AM: Quote from: frankenduck on March 17, 2012, 12:34:25 AM
Drunk people driving around with loaded firearms. What could ever go wrong?

Texas is where "pistol drunks" are the norm.

Instead of a coat room, there was gun check ticket issued at bars.

barkeep was kind enough to point out the bullet holes in the floor from previous incidents of firearm horseplay.

Personally, I do NOT like Texas other than the Austin area.
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: Phil Marvin on March 17, 2012, 08:28:22 PM: Quote from: DRxBMW on March 17, 2012, 08:58:00 AM

Personally, I do NOT like Texas other than the Austin area.

Sorry! I was in the Austin area a couple of days ago and I can say, I don't like the Austin area. I DO like many other areas of the state, though.
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: frankenduck on March 18, 2012, 12:05:39 AM: All my Xes live in Texas. Well, two anyhow. One from Austin and one from Amarillo.

At the lest they're just ex-girlfriends and not ex-wives though. That would really suck.
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: CRASH on March 18, 2012, 01:44:55 AM: Slab or no, any ride is better than no ride. :2thumbup: :2thumbup:

Please enlighten us to what the apparatus is on the left side of your windscreen? Do I see judicious use of bailing wire?
Title: Re: Slabbin' for Spuds
Post by: TaosBrick on March 18, 2012, 12:32:55 PM: Good eye, Mr. Crash. First I tried JB Weld, that failed, then I said eff it and got out the bailing wire alright. Think there must've been a crack in the mount when I got the screen from used from a friend. My "Driveway" finished the job. Yah, it ain't pretty but it holds it all together.