Day 4: Ouray, CO to Pagosa Springs, CO — 498 Miles
The sunrise broke fairly late down in the bottom of the valley that Ouray, CO, sits in. The night before, I’d seen several places that looked hopeful for breakfast, and indeed they held true to their promise.
Over breakfast, I consulted the maps and GPS and called my buddy, Clint, to discuss plans for my arrival in Plano. Clint had already made arrangements for my arrival the next day, yet, my planned route called for 1300+ miles of mostly 2-lane roads between here and there. My previous slackardly days and road repair delays were starting to catch up with my plans to take the long winding roads to Texas. A bit of ciphering, and I figure it’s doable, with a slight modification.
Little did I realize, 500 miles and 10 hours later, I’d only be 64 miles (as the crow files) away from my starting point!
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After ~5 years of reliable service from our GE Adora front loading washer, the first repair it needed was to replace the torn door gasket. Upon finding a pool of water under the washer, I was rather miffed that the rubber would fail so catastrophically. However, upon opening the bottom panel, I found the [...]
I was wondering how long the CO2 tank should last when used for both carbonating and serving the beer. The carbonation consumption is not insignificant.
Assume:
1 keg is 5 gallons
Carbonating to 2.2 volumes
Dispensing at 40°F
Dispensing at 12 PSI
There’s 0.134 cu ft/gallon. Thus, 5 gallon is 0.67 cu ft.
2.2 “volumes” means there is 2.2*0.67 = 1.47 cu ft [...]
I needed a nice holiday brew to get me into the new year. Thus, I venture into uncharted territory at the Flight Path Brewery — a chocolate milk stout. The recipe is adapted from this, but, it’s a bit light on the grain bill, and I have a trick up my sleeve that I think [...]
Brewed this up today.
Batch #13, brewed 11/07/2010:
Subbed RAHR 2 row instead of Maris Otter pale malt
2.2# Munich instead of 2.0
0.6# Cara-pils instead of 0.5
Used Centennial instead of the Mt. Hood for the aromatics.
Cascades were only 5% vs the 7.8% called for. Didn’t have extra to increase with.
7G mash water. Strike of 168˚F. Mashed at [...]
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Day 3: Tropic, UT to Ouray, CO — 528 Miles
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Day 2: Tonopah, NV to Tropic, UT — 406 Miles
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Last year I passed through Tonopah around breakfast time and found a very limited few choices. The motel clerk recommended the restaurant at the Ramada and it was indeed better than the Banc Club. The Ramada was practically like a mining museum with all sorts of equipment stashed throughout for decor. I had a few burdensome quarters that I intended to lighten from pockets on the way through the casino, but not a single one armed bandit accepted quarters. Very few actually had any vestige of an arm for which to pick your pocket with.
And yet, one of them somehow managed to lighten my wallet of a dollar bill — guess that’s why they don’t take coins any more…
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And so begins the tale of what turned into a 7K mile motorcycle adventure on my trusty 2008 BMW F800ST. The “final” destination is Oshkosh, WI to catch the big airshow that happens each year around the end of July. Some of you may be thinking this all sounds so familiar, but, with an extra week, 40% more miles, better roads, more solo time, more destinations, and … Let’s just say turned into a much different trip for me than the prior year’s adventure.
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The route — a little teaser of what’s to come ….
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For the Gemini Crickets annual action, I donated a batch of home brew beer to be auctioned off. The winning bidder, Bill, was very excited since he’d been wanting to learn about brewing. He chose to do an Oktoberfest which is a lager and not within my capabilities since I don’t have a [...]
The Great Pumpkin does exist. It doesn’t distribute toys; instead it makes a nice fall beer to get us to the holidays. I always look forward to Buffalo Bill’s pumpkin beer, but, I’m not trying to make a clone of it. Instead, I mostly followed this recipe, and some advice from here, as well.
I have fresh [...]
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