July 4th weekend plans/adventures/dreams & schemes?

[AngryScientist]

What's everyone up to over the upcoming holiday weekend?

let's see pictures of those BBQ action shots, epic bike rides, poolside antics, kayaking acrobatics, etc.

what are you looking forward to over the next few days??

[donevwil]

Who's got Friday off, not me.

Riding with my wife Thursday morning followed by watering the yard so the neighbors don't set my house on fire (fireworks legal in Petaluma, ugh!).

[FlashUNC]

Four words: Rocket car. Snake River.

[charliedid]

Four words: Rocket car. Snake River.

Safe landing

[SeanScott]

Early morning sulphur gravel loop - kid fun run and goofy town parade -then eat and drink all I want all day

[andeww]

Who's got Friday off, not me.

Riding with my wife Thursday morning followed by watering the yard so the neighbors don't set my house on fire (fireworks legal in Petaluma, ugh!).

Same, i work Friday.
I may get a small morning MTB ride in but my priority will be to par-tay.

[AngryScientist]

Who's got Friday off, not me.



Same, i work Friday.


yea, but you two are cheating. you're already starting off someplace cool :)

[AngryScientist]

(fireworks legal in Petaluma, ugh!).

dont get me started.

amateur backyard fireworks just annoy me. they are never anywhere near as col or impressive as the public displays and they irritate my dog.

[gasman]

I'll be riding in the Bend area on the 4th then on Friday the 5th:

[charliedid]

dont get me started.

amateur backyard fireworks just annoy me. they are never anywhere near as col or impressive as the public displays and they irritate my dog.

My neighborhood is an utter war zone.

[donevwil]

dont get me started.

amateur backyard fireworks just annoy me. they are never anywhere near as col or impressive as the public displays and they irritate my dog.

My neighborhood is an utter war zone.

Touchy subject for me. Since moving here both a back yard and front yard fire have been started by amateur, drunken show-offs on the 4th and yet we continue to approve the sale and use of fireworks. No beer or booze for me on the 4th, or I'd very likely hurt someone.

[charliedid]

Touchy subject for me. Since moving here both a back yard and front yard fire have been started by amateur, drunken show-offs on the 4th and yet we continue to approve the sale and use of fireworks. No beer or booze for me on the 4th, or I'd very likely hurt someone.

Ugh.

Horrible.

Sorry.

[Mzilliox]

Touchy subject for me. Since moving here both a back yard and front yard fire have been started by amateur, drunken show-offs on the 4th and yet we continue to approve the sale and use of fireworks. No beer or booze for me on the 4th, or I'd very likely hurt someone.

we are weird, the money spent on this kinda thing is bizarre

[Matthew]

62 miler in the morning and then working in a level 4 prison at 2. Hopefully the only fireworks are from the surrounding festivities and not the thugs/gangbangers trying to kill each other. Well maybe that isn't so bad either.

[joosttx]

Dawn patrol with the Legends up Mt Tam. Then to the beach with the family. We will setup 20 yards from a Margarita machine....

[tbike4]

I am working. Last day of the San Diego county fair in Del Mar so I will be here keeping the computer network going and my wife will be at home telling our poor dog it will be OK. Sooner or later since the illegal fireworks started about 2 weeks ago and will go for another week back at home. :no:

[AngryScientist]

i may be signing my own death warrant, but we're heading down to the jersey shore for the weekend. only the current plan is for me to ride down and my wife meeting me there with the kids, dog and minivan.

it'll be over 100 miles for me, and likely a TON of traffic for my wife.

hope we both survive!

on a plus note, i've got a pretty new SUP to take out and a new bar bag that finally fits my super short head tube, so i'll have snacks for the ride:)

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[seanile]

undecided at the moment. thinking a motorcycle ride to the Green or White mountains, a hike, and sleeping in the woods somewhere. open to suggestions!

[donevwil]

... sleeping in the woods somewhere...

That sounds glorious.

[cgolvin]

I organized a club ride in the Santa Monica mountains, typical 60-70 miles with 6-7k of climbing, then had a d'oh moment this morning when I realized that they close Glendora Mountain/Ridge Road to cars because of fire risk, now it's too late to change. Angry, I don't know whether your route or Pacific Coast Highway is more dangerous, neither seems like a sane choice.

Then west and wewaxation before heading next door for BBQ 'n brews with our neighbors. There's a great fireworks show put on by a the country club nearby that we can see by walking a block or so; also a ton of other ones visible from our bedroom that go well into the night.

Have fun all.

[AngryScientist]

That sounds glorious.

i agree!

i think my ideal 4th of July, and the best way i could think of to celebrate America's birthday is to find someplace in the US where i could not hear fireworks!

open to suggestions!

check the forecast closely, it's going to be rather unsettled this weekend.

[Tickdoc]

Starting the day with the annual “44 on th fourth” ride. Fun little group ride with police escort out of town.

[572cv]

France on Friday :)
Taking in Le Tour in ten days.

[R3awak3n]

I have Friday off but so does my wife. Thursday probably a little ride, maybe can swing it Friday too. Wifes co worker coming over for some BBQ.

Weather looks great on the 4th.

[joosttx]

France on Friday :)
Taking in Le Tour in ten days.

Hey Now!!!

[572cv]

Hey Now!!!



Sorry about that....


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[joosttx]

Sorry about that....


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Your trip sounds awesome.

[AngryScientist]

Your trip sounds awesome.

for sure. i think it's going to be a fun/interesting tour this year too.

please post photos and stuff!

[charliedid]

France on Friday :)
Taking in Le Tour in ten days.

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[charliedid]

I did get an invite earlier today...names have been removed to protect the guilty.

Still un-decided. :p

[joosttx]

I did get an invite earlier today...names have been removed to protect the guilty.

Still un-decided. :p

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[AngryScientist]

"There will be jumps"

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[charliedid]

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There will be blood.

[charliedid]

And broken stuff.

[seanile]

i agree!

i think my ideal 4th of July, and the best way i could think of to celebrate America's birthday is to find someplace in the US where i could not hear fireworks!


yea, i'm concerned the woods of NH or VT are not immune to fireworks. maybe i should go further north to Maine...

[rbtmcardle]

Asheville area for the week for me...got my first short ride in today. A bit longer tomorrow..




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[oliver1850]

Hoping that it stops raining and I can get some work done. I did a short ride with some friends on Friday, checking out access points to put their canoe in a local creek. This 40? acre lake would normally have 5-6' tall corn this time of year. Thousands of acres in my county will not be planted this year. Forecast is rain 5 days out of the next 7, so great for canoeing. Friends had a nice 12 mile paddle Saturday on a creek that would have been tough going most years in late June.

[AngryScientist]

Hoping that it stops raining and I can get some work done. .......... Thousands of acres in my county will not be planted this year.

wow. thanks for sharing that insight. quite the opposite of what we typically think of farmers hoping for.

i understand, at a totally different level, that wishing/hoping/praying for weather can be beyond frustrating, but i dont begin to comprehend my livelihood depending on the weather.

hoping things go as well as possible for you guys out there!

[Hilltopperny]

Plan is to hang with the family and friends today and tomorrow. Sunday I am likely riding some dirt roads with BB Dave and his significant other from my house. If anybody wants to do an easy paced 30ish mile dirt/rough road ride feel free to contact me!

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[stien]

I was chatting with my wife about it this morning. She's a road hound but Cape Cod on July 4th weekend is insane. I'm not sure it's worth it. We might try to stick to the slightly less insane bike path with our kid trailer.

[marciero]

We typically tour up the coast on our tandem to a friend's summer house near Mount Desert. For this year's Downeast Tandem Tour we are driving up the coast, and after friend's house we will be car camping three or four days in Cobscook even further up the coast and doing day rides. We plan to hit points along the easternmost continental US-Eastport, Lubeck, West Quoddy (which, oddly, is THE easternmost point), and over to Campobello Island in Canada.

[AngryScientist]

We typically tour up the coast on our tandem to a friend's summer house near Mount Desert. For this year's Downeast Tandem Tour we are driving up the coast, and after friend's house we will be car camping three or four days in Cobscook even further up the coast and doing day rides. We plan to hit points along the easternmost continental US-Eastport, Lubeck, West Quoddy (which, oddly, is THE easternmost point), and over to Campobello Island in Canada.

That sounds A+ marciero!. I cant wait to get back to coastal Maine, though i've never been further north than Bar Harbor area. Hope you'll bring us back some photos !

[oldpotatoe]

Goin' up to the mountains early to go shootin with sons..then BBQ later...:)

[Hank Scorpio]

Lake house in Brewster, parade in Chatham and then chillin at nauset. Undecided to bring any surf gear. I am sure none of my wetties will fit dad bod 2k19. Only riding will probably be on the tow path with the crumb catcher.

[unterhausen]

the family is going to Florida, so I have a reprieve from the yearly slog to the fireworks which I dread so much. OTOH, I can only leave the dogs for a limited amount of time, so that is going to constrain my activities.

[OtayBW]

For the 4th this year, I plan to NOT go into DC....;)

[sjbraun]

Off to Seattle later today to hear my son's string quartet perform, then hiking somewhere on the 4th.

https://www.skyrosquartet.com/

Saturday I'm joining the Mid-Valley Cycling Club for a ride in Corvallis, OR; our home for the summer.

[gdw]

Goin' up to the mountains early to go shootin with sons..then BBQ later...:)

In Boulder County or Roosevelt National Forrest?

[pdmtong]

Go for a ride
Wear my once a year tee
BBQ burgers
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Went to the A's game last night
It's quite an experience sitting behind the net
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[donevwil]

Went to the A's game last night
It's quite an experience sitting behind the net
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Hell yes, go A's. In the last WC spot as of last night. Not too early to dream, come on Bum.........

[AngryScientist]

Slight change in plans means i'll have to pack some stuff for the weekend, as my family will be delayed. CC tour set-up on the bike.

Please note the terrible Hawaiian shirt that i plan to wear all weekend.

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[cgolvin]

Please note the terrible Hawaiian shirt that i plan to wear all weekend.

Here's hoping that your lodging has laundry facilities -- for everyone's sake.

Oh, and @pdmtong -- you don't love America enough to wear that shirt more than once a year? Commie.

[pdmtong]

Here's hoping that your lodging has laundry facilities -- for everyone's sake.

Oh, and @pdmtong -- you don't love America enough to wear that shirt more than once a year? Commie.

Yer killing me man. Maybe do a red white blue cockpit on the ottrott instead?

Commie? try Navajo!

Once while on a family trip to the grand canyon an American tourist asked to take a photo of my dad -they thought he was a Navajo indian!!

Truth is, I am pretty deeply patriotic. I think being a generation from the boat is a constant reminder that things like going to an A's game or riding a nice bike is a long way from walking behind a water buffalo in a rice field.

Same with my adopted daughter...she's swim instructing at Stanford for the summer instead of greeting customers in some Anhui province department store. Yea, us immigrants are now college educated with advanced degrees thanks to the founding fathers and the american experiment

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[cgolvin]

Truth is, I am pretty deeply patriotic. I think being a generation from the boat is a constant reminder that things like going to an A's game or riding a nice bike is a long way from walking behind a water buffalo in a rice field.

Same with my adopted daughter...she's swim instructing at Stanford for the summer instead of greeting customers in some Anhui province department store. Yea, us immigrants are now college educated with advanced degrees thanks to the founding fathers and the american experiment

As the saying goes, there is no one so zealous as a convert.
I think you're right that this zealotry may fade by generation (both my sets of grandparents emigrated from Eastern Europe early in the 20th century), especially as we enjoy the fruits of the experiment as you say.
I'm going to stop here because my next comment would cross the line of political civility that our mods work so hard to protect.

[Hellgate]

Homework... plowing through the midpoint of the semester...

[charliedid]

[QUOTE=AngryScientist;2561125]Slight change in plans means i'll have to pack some stuff for the weekend, as my family will be delayed. CC tour set-up on the bike.

Please note the terrible Hawaiian shirt that i plan to wear all weekend.

Taking a trail/path?

Nice get up.

[Ken Robb]

For the 4th this year, I plan to NOT go into DC....;)

That show is pretty good on TV.

[weisan]

Did an early morning group ride with pals. My rear deraileur cable broke at the midpoint rest stop - I should have known, shifting has been feeling kinda weird the last ride, jumped cogs and during the ride, keep having to shift a few clicks to get to the gear I want, it was tell-tale sign of it about to give way. anyway, rode the last 20 miles entirely in my 39-11 gear. fortunately, no major hill along the way, was able to keep up and follow the group back to the start.

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[ultraman6970]

Here is raining.... will rain till next week... sucks :(

[oliver1850]

Same here, it's rained every day this week except Monday.

[Hilltopperny]

It's around 88 and muggy here today. Rain should be moving in soon.

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