Sunday, July 31, 2016

Sunday July 31, 2016 Chorros de Giron



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Sunday July 31, 2016
The Herederos had a ride scheduled for this morning, meeting at 8am, to go to the waterfalls (chorros) of Giron.  My mind was saying "it looks like rain", my body was saying "stay in bed, stupid", but Toxic was all revved up to go so I couldn't let him go on his own.
Like last week, I arrived by 8am and I am the only person there...  Oh boy, not again...  Finally at 8:10 Pierino joined me and by 8:40 we had 13 bikes leaving.  Before Portete we stopped at a gas station and everybody put on rain gear because we could see the band of rain between us and a patch of blue sky, hopefully above our destination.
We didn't really get very wet, and we got to see the chorros amidst the cloud and the wind and the sprinkles.  Some of the braver ones of our group went under the falls and looked like drowned rats when the emerged, even in their rain gear.  
We had lunch there and then we actually delayed our departure because a little squall went by at that moment.
Climbing back out of that large valley is a strain on a little 150cc motor and it was the two oldest and heaviest of the group who ended up dragging up the rear.  No snide coments please.
I have enhanced all the photos of course and made two panoramas by stitching 3 photos together with that new Image Composite Editor program that is a free download from Microsoft.  It really does a commendable job and it even did one vertically automatically. 
I also did a short video of the falls:
 Don't break your neck looking at it sideways but I can't seem to find out how to change it to vertical.   Once upon a time I could, but the option seems to have disappeared from YouTube.
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Please let me know if you enjoy the photos.  That was the day's excitement,   Cheers, Al 
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The last bunch are arriving...

Grabbing some supplies for the road

Toxic is happy we are riding today

Mounting up to go

Stopping and getting into rain gear

Another quick stop to wait for stragglers

A view of the 3 levels of these falls

A longer distance view

These are the lower falls, as seen from the parking lot

Nobody is in any hurry

13 bikes, 1 car, 16 people

Eventually we will go

We can see 2 of the 3 levels of the falls from here

Can you see the horse and rider in the trees??

What a gorgeous horse!

Bringing a car along has some definite benefits

It is not all guys on this trip

Lovely riding companions

Finally walking up to the falls

Diffrerent angle and framing

The falls are definitely impressive

The lower cascades are pretty too

The wide angle can only grab so much...

This is 3 photos stitched together of a side angle

The wind blows the spray heavily onto the bridge

Getting wet on the bridge


A family shot with the twins

The brave ones start to go behind the falls

The lower cascades again

A shot through the trees

Most of the gang at the new entrance sign

Dr Juan and his newly repaied Vespa

Dr Juan's son joined us today


Good spot for the pics

Gathering by the fire

Harold is a horse thief

Paul warms his buns

Yup, we are high up in the Andes

The lonely bikes while we have lunch

A last shot after the rain

Making our last stop near Tarqui

Another 3-photo stitch to show the beauty of the area

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Saturday July 30, 2016 Joes' Secret Garden



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Saturday July 30, 2016
Gee, it is Saturday, a miserable drizzly day, so I got a lot of nap time before heading over to Joes' Secret Garden.
They have moved up the Fried Chicken to today (it has been the first Saturday of every month for years) and there is talk that they will start doing it twice a month..., .. why not??  It is easily their signature meal and they pack the place.
There were 131 friendly souls tonight and again I got many compliments on my work from some folks who have discovered my website and my Blog(s).  I am very thankful for the extra readership which is well over 100 daily now...  THANK YOU.
I hope you enjoy the photos.  That was the day's excitement,   Cheers, Al 
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