Road Trip 3

Can't swing another long trip at the moment, so I headed out to N.E. Texas with my new Nikon d300 to try and learn and to see what sort of place is called "Uncertain, Texas". Went with Mike, a friend of mine. He endured one of my Mexican trips with me about a year and a half ago on his big KTM bike. Still riding it and I'm still on the wee-strom (38k and still no problems! - so glad I'm no longer on that troublesome KLR I had) ;-)

Mike's amazing. He's 70 freakin' years old and hangs right there with me... taking curves at 100+ mph... enduring 112F heat, unbearable humidity, and let's not even talk about the mosquitos. If I'm half a tough as Mike at his age... I'll consider myself one lucky camper.

Mike is a hardcore evangelical Christian... can't remember the variety, but he observes what his faith believes to be the "true sabboth" on Saturdays... and follows a diet consistent with what is allowed in the Bible. Needless to say... this peyote-poppin' hippy and he have some great conversations. ;-)

Truth be told... July was NOT the best time of year to ride motorcycles up to camp in basically a swamp near the Louisiana border. We stopped off in some cool towns along the way... won a little cash in the Shreveport casinos... and circled back through the piney forests of East Texas... camping along the way.

Would like to head back up that way when the weather cools off a bit. But, I got a few nice snaps between wiping away the sweat and drinking water non-stop.
You can view a few by clicking http://www.poppinfreshmedia.com/roadtrip/

One last thing... about a year and a half ago, the "Great Spirit" in the Mexican desert warned me that I had to quit smoking. I was told that if I quit before my 45th birthday (coming up August 17th), I will likely escape the ravages caused by smoking. But if I ignored the warning and continued to smoke... I would certainly suffer greatly. So, I'm not taking any chances and will soon quit for good. I may smoke all the way up to August 16th, 11:59PM... but after that I'm finished. If anyone happens to catch me smoking... please give me a very hard time about it, and wish me luck!!!

All for now, and I hope you enjoy this new collection of images! So far... quite pleased with the Nikon d300. :-)

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Skip Hunt
Austin, Texas

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