http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog The idle meandering ruminations of Mr. White Mountain Wheels Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:42:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't bothered to update this blog in a very long time... guess I can't get excited about keeping people updated on my life... can't get interested in facebook either. But last Thurs I had an experience that was horrible, surreal, wonderful and lucky, all at once... that might be ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=178 "A post-apocalyptic Western, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind." Staring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Michael Gambon (Dumbledoor), Jennifer Beals, etc... They are currently filming this movie in Carrizozo. It sounded interesting, so ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=171 Had to do a couple of hikes in the mountains while the pretty colors were still happening. The above were taken in Bonito Canyon... although that is probably not its real name, it *is* where the Bonito Creek comes from. The ones below were taken mostly in Nogal Canyon, which ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=145 This ride reminded me of the scenery in the movie (and the unfenced cows)... plus I hear Kevin Costner owns a bunch of land in this area. We needed to do a long ride to get ready for the Ruidoso Century. I thought we'd head south through the Res towards Cloudcroft, ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=140 It was a cold and blustery morning. I woke up at ~6am actually feeling pretty well rested... better than Shiva anyway... the low budget motel experience wasn't working too well for her. Still I'm sure it was better than what Klaus, Karen and their two kids experienced... sleeping in a ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=137 Since I've gotten a few comments lately from people wondering if I'm dead or out of business, I decided that it was time to make a blog entry... after 6 months of inactivity. The truth is that I'm both busy and lazy... so something had to give... and the blog ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=127   Well... it hasn't been all that cold, but the waterfall next to our property froze up really well! I guess it is warm enough upstream, but then this spot in the valley tends to get very cold on calm nights. The white stuff down at the bottom is frozen water ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=124 It's been winter for about a solid month now (no temps above 60F)... not my favorite season. Snow on the mountain at least (taken with a cell phone), but very little in town. Colder than last year and less snowy... based on the stats it looks like a "normal" year would be ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=118   First a couple of photos of the local wildlife. The deer in the driveway is so common that you can pretty much take one of those anytime you want, but it took me awhile to get an Elk to stand still when I had a camera in my hand. These ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=115 The first two photos are from a "picnic" on our property a couple months ago. We went for a hike along the Bonito... in search of petroglyphs that we failed to find again. As we headed over to our land a storm cloud came up and passed through around sunset. ... http://www.whitemountainwheels.com/blog/?p=105