April Showers Bring May Flowers

Not this April 2008.  April 2008 is soo memorable that I am speechless, Lost for Words.  May 2008 rolls right in and boy did I get a kick in the ass.  From left to right, to up and down, sideways, in the head, in the heart, in the nose and let me tell you, it hurts.  Those April showers for some reason brought me the most excrutiating May flowers. 

 

Signing off for today- the 1130explorer

Winter Musc Conference 2008

The Winter Music Conference 2008 has just completed.  This is an annual music conference held by producers, artists, and underground djs of the electronica music genre.  All djs and producers come from around the world to share in their interests alike- a week of massive 24hr partying and awesome music!  House music lives on!  House Music 4Ever!

“Winter Music Conference, in its 23rd year, is regarded as the singular networking event in the dance music industry, attracting professionals from over 62 different countries. With its high concentration of top international artists, DJs and industry professionals, WMC permeates the international press and is thereby one of the most publicized events in the business. Every aspect of the industry is represented including the top technological innovators, artists, DJs, producers, radio and video programmers, retailers, distributors, audio manufacturers and many more. There are countless reasons why people from all over the world return year after year for this event, the most outstanding one being that there is nothing else in the world like it.” -http://www.wintermusicconference.com/about/, About Page of WMC

Read more about my WMC 2008 Blog here…

The World is My Oyster!

The World is My Oyster!

Read more to find out just some of my Oysters wish list here

Yaicha!

What is a Yaicha?  My adventure friend and co-assistant organizer of adventurous outtings will tell you.  He is Ted Hopton.

Now this is a man who can give you intriguing insights on an array of things.  He will definitely give you the whole story on Costa Rica 2008, because he was there!  Alongside me as well as before me and behind me (to catch my backdraft), he is an all around fun adventuring companion to have all together.  Considering that him and I shared a room, and we didn’t tear each other apart- I think that makes for a pretty damn good travelling pal.  Not once did he panic (there was really no reason to) and he was able to point out things that I missed. 

He has all the happenings, dates, and good facts on our trip down!  He’ll tell you everything that I missed, because somehow or other, we all tend to miss a little bit of information.  His writings on Costa Rica can be found on his Yaicha Blog under his Costa Rica Journal.

Snow Fun 2008

From the Mountains of Pennsylvania to the Mountains of Vermont, the adventure was made by all –int0 the snow we go. 

This Winter 2008 year (included November and December of 2007 months) comprised of Camping, Ski-blading/boarding, Snowboarding, Skiing, Ice-hiking, and Snowshoe Hiking.  The adventurers came flocking in for Winter 2008.   

Most of which I was an adventurer in.

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Read more here.

Wilderness Survival

“I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost

“Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The mountains are calling and I must go.  –John Muir  1838-1914

So you’re ready to venture off? A weekend excursion?  A day-trip?  A week-long expedition?  A month long adventure?  Out there?  You have a planned destination, and you sort of have some idea of what it’s going to be like?  What if something goes wrong, something catastrophic!; Something that requires alot of knowledge and utilization of nearby surrounding resources to keep you alive until you get back into civilization.  Do you know what YOU need to do?

Read more here.

Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking is a sport that requires hand, eye, leg coordination.  This sport is extremely exciting and should not be taken for granted.  It is definitely not like when you were 5years old and you were riding the neighborhood streets back and forth.  Just take a look at the video attached.

Now you may all think that, that was easy, in that video.  If you haven’t Mountain Biked, I wouldn’t try those things on a first try.  If you have then go for it.  White Clay Creek State Park was awesome and still is an awesome place to ride.  My blog will be dedicated to two things, 1-helping the n00bs to mountain biking ride/ride better and 2-bringing all the local resources for the mountain biking sport- ie, where to ride, which bikes to buy, how to tune, etc..

Costa Rica 2008

Costa Rica is a delicious Oyster waiting to be discovered and eaten by those who have not explored it.

For those of you who have not explored Costa Rica, you are missing out tremendously.  If you do have the time, you must get there.

To read the full details of this Oyster, click here.