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Retired MSFT - Security-Computer-Network-ICS-SCADA - I have a very particular set of skills-Military Brat-#PNW
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So since we have gone on a tangent, when I discuss things with #Motorcycle #Motosky riders I find an open inviting discussion. When I try to interact with Bicycle riders,like today, I just get blocked, 2 so far. No open discussion. Not sure what is up with that.
Difference between Cyclists and Motorcyclists : Cyclists assume that it is everyone else's responsibility to look out for the Cyclists safety Motorcyclists assume everyone on the road is a hired assassin out to kill them
January 17, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Do you remember, before the Internet that it was thought that the cause of collective stupidity was the lack of access to information? Well... it wasn't that
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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Good description. Half of my commute was on non-public roads but also on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge so fewer trucks but still dealing with wild pigs and alligators. Always worried about sliding into the ditch
Alligator swimming in the swamp with the Space Shuttle and pad reflecting in the water at the top
January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Florida is extra special, glad I didn't learn to ride in that state, probably would have killed me. This one is also interesting, a roundabout and a half. Going north you have to look left AND right to make sure there isn't traffic
January 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Mount Hood at the Timberline lodge
Trees covered in snow to the left, looking up a hill of snow middle and right. Trees covered with snow in the distance on a grey cloudy day
January 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Joshua Tree Hidden Valley February 2023

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Scrub brush and desert in the front, a dead tree with interesting branches to the right, sun reflecting in the lens bottom right, hills off in the distance with blue slightly cloudy skies up above
January 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Happy New Years 1929 - May all of our fortunes be good
Foreground lots of people in a ballroom toasting the new years: Happy New Years 1929 - May all of our fortunes be good
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Little Si June 2020 midway on the trail (somewhere) looking across a valley:
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Trees to the left and right, path in front looking across at mountains with trees growing up the slopes and a slightly cloudy sky with the sun out and bright
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Joshua Tree Keys View February 2023 #Nature #Photography #NPS. Joshua tree was a National Park that didn't receive many visitors but has become more popular lately:
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Rocky ledge at the front, valley in the middle as the dry desert stretches out in front. Snow capped mountains way off in the distance with blue skies and light clouds up above
December 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Mather Overlook, Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park, June 2019 #Motorcycle #Motosky #NPS #Nature #Photography. Great Basin an a national park that is rarely visited, beautiful mountains all to yourself:
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Greenery / bushes in front, mountains in the middle, clouds on the right, blue sky to the left and mountain peaks on the right off in the distance with snow on top. Think a chilly day, did not need to taker any gear off in the middle of June
December 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Dead Horse Point State park Colorado River June 2019 #Motorcycle #Motosky trip, #Nature #Photography
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Red rocks in front, to the left and right of a cliff drop off. Below red hills stretch off on the horizon with mountains in the distance. The brown Colorado river snakes through the picture in the canyon below the center of the picture upper middle left to upper middle right. Greenery dots the picture a little bit
December 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Crater Lake Oregon September 2012. #PNW #Nature #Photography

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Trees to the left and right, dirt in front sloping down to a lake that is surrounded by high hills, blue skies and puffy clouds up above
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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And, finally, Wallace Falls, Upper, July 2022. #PNW #Nature #Photography

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Trees and a hill side to the left, the upper Wallace Falls in the middle and trees to the right going down a slope
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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?How did I? ... By being good at what you do. No good deed goes unpunished.
Meme - Help someone when they are in trouble & they will remember you when they are in trouble again.
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Wallace Falls, Middle, July 2022. #PNW #Nature #Photography

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Hill side to the left, trees to the right, the middle set of falls at Wallace coming down in the center
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Wallace Falls, Lower, July 2022. #PNW #Nature #Photography

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Green bushes in the foreground, green trees to the left and right, lowest section of Wallace Falls coming down the mountain in the center and exiting right middle
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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All my lessons learned about riding. In the end it is about risk tolerance and the Zen you find. To me it is worth it :
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Motorcycle on a road to the right with the sea and blue skies on the left
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Snowshoeing at Stevens Pass Nordic Center January 2016 #PNW #Nature #Photography
snow in front with a snowshoe path in the middle, trees all around with snow on the branches
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Rode my #Motorcycle #Motosky to the Lavender Festival in Sequim WA July 2016. Also visited the Clallam County Cline Spit park. You can see the sea off far away in the distance #Photography #Nature #PNW
Grass from the spit of land in front, trees off to the right, the sea is a SMALL strip in the middle right beneath the blue sky with puffy clouds
December 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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OK, feel free to laugh but after playing the #Candycrush game for 6 years I finally able win enough levels to cross the #RainbowBridge at level 20945. I'll take the small wins in life 😅😂🤣😎. Looked today and they added more levels but I think I am done playing, too much work.
Screen shot of the Candy Crush game at level 20945 and the rainbow bridge, the highest level in the game at the time. By winning that level I was able to cross the Rainbow Bridge
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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#Alaska #Denali Park Road July 2024. #NPS #Nature #Photography

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River bank in the foreground, the floodplain from the glacier in the middle with a mountain range in the distance. Grey skies up above
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Three saddest words:
Coulda', Shoulda', Woulda'
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Badlands, South Dakota August 2020. #Motorcycle #Motosky ride to #Sturgis on my #Harley. #Nature #Photography. I have gone to the #Badlands #NPS several times, Amazing place to visit.
Grass in the foreground with a trail going off to hills / mountains in the distance, erosion shows the different layers of sediment on the hills. Blue skies with white puffy clouds up above
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Cascade #PNW #Nature #Photography near Monroe, WA December 2021
Snow covered pasture in front, trees covering hills to the left, trees in the pasture to the right and further back mountains off in the distance. blue skies up above
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Not directly related as I likewise don't like to fight but my Old Man meme
A man reaches a certain age where he doesn't want any drama. He doesn't want to fight anyone - and if forced to, he will not fight fair. He will not quit and there are no weapons he will not use. It's best to leave him alone with his coffee, bourbon and cigars. Don't poke the old men. They will hurt you.
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM