Looks like nothing but rain after today. Who wants to go burn some fuel?

 

I'd love to, but I'm stuck working on the E@RTC video compilation for the party next week. Looks like a nice day too and I'm itching to go driving.

 

Heading out by Noon here. Maybe a run to the mountain.

 

Wow what a great drive yesterday afternoon. Ended up breaking free around one and head out. I decided to drive to St. Helens. Was much farther than I remember. 360 miles door to door but well worth it. Very little traffic and a perfect day. Once I got in 12 it was fast running and
light traffic. Once I headed into the park there was nobody. One pick up let me by and one Harley that could not hang on the twisties. Went all the way to Windy Ridge. Late afternoon light looked amazing on the fall colors. I ran into snow on the shaded north side. Was about 6" deep at one point but there was one lane track through it. I tried her out on a snowy area and all I can say is I needed "Roys" snow tires. Point slightly down hill on 2 inches of hard icy she would go nowhere. Could not over come the resistance of the snow on the front wheels with the avaialbale traction. I knew summer tires would be bad but they are useless. I almost got stuck going down hill. If I opened the door and used my leg I could move the car forward but not on its own. I am glad I didn't try it on a level section. Didn't need much force to move the car but the tires didn't have enough grip and these are cut pretty deep.

The road is a little rough in sections and I was glad I have only 18" wheels on a few pot holes and road breaks. Less rubber and I would have been needing a rim. Last run of the year most likely and it was off the hook. I will post some pic when I figure out the new Droid they just gave me. Car was mess afterwards as there was lots of water and pine needles down in the shady areas. Exhaust sounded excellent with the windows down blasting through the tree less canyons. I am sure you could hear her a long way off. At Windy Ridge a coupe said they could hear me coming off and on for over 15 minutes. They were not sure what the hell was coming up the canyon. They finally could see me the last 5 minutes working my way around the last canyon. They then could see the Harley Sporty trying
to follow. They said they never heard the bike at all. They said watching and hearing car work the canyon in the setting sun light the final 5 minutes made their day. I know it made mine.

 

Sounds like a fun day.
I heard that the weather was a record breaking temp here in the region, and they were having summer like weather down in San Jose too. 81 degrees yesterday at 4:30pm on my way to the airport.

On the lack of traction, did you try turning OFF your TC? Sometimes that bugger will work against you especially when the car sense your front wheels aren't turning.

 

The best way to transfer photos from the droid is by hooking it up to your computer with the usb cable, and then turn on usb storage on the phone. The photos are stored in /dcim/Camera. This is for the motorola droid, but I suspect most other android phones are similar.
Alternatively, there are apps for flickr and some other services so you can upload the images straight from the phone. Or you can email the photos to yourself.

 

Sounds like an awesome drive. That's livin' life, right there!

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=303087

I posted pictures here. I tried here but they failed to load. Site manager looks the same but they might have smaller size requirements.