Author Archives: carolyn

Campsite review: Juniper Campground, Mt Diablo State Park, CA

Location: Mount Diablo Scenic BlvdDanville, CA925-837-2525 Directions: Take Highway 680 to Danville. Take Diablo Road exit, then 3 miles east to Mount Diablo Scenic Blvd. More info: http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=517 Date of visit: August 2008 Weather: It was perfect while we were … Continue reading

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Pick-up at Ice Oasis

Due to the long-overdue renovation at Lake Belmont, there were very few ice slots for NCWHL this month.  Fortunately, Ice Oasis has Saturday nights available, so a whole big bunch of awesome hockey women — and a few husbands — … Continue reading

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Question for the three of you

Any reason for me not to post camping reviews to this journal, even if they're not taken on the motorcycle?  I figure that since 99% of my camping is moto-camping, I can get away with sneaking in the few car camping … Continue reading

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New windscreen for the black XT!

I love the TurboCity windscreen on the white XT so much that I got one for the black XT, too. Between that and the Happy Trail sideracks that I put on last week, the XT is ready for a fall … Continue reading

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St. Carolyn’s Motorcycle Hospital

Our garage is currently an ER waiting room.   Every bike needs something, which means that I’m passive-aggressively dealing with it by not working on any of them. 😉   Superhawk Needs a new battery.  Peter has one, but it’s … Continue reading

Posted in The Daily Grind | 3 Comments