Archive for June, 2008

Good website

June 17th, 2008

http://bicycletutor.com/
This is a great website for bicycle maintenance that Ian found.
I am still in Aix-en-Provence, France with the Vanderbilt reunion.
John

SCHIMBA Kayaks on Bear Creek, Alabama

June 7th, 2008

members John Ross, Richard Rogers, Dennis Turnbo, Randy Stanfield, Levi Stanfield, Andrew Welch, Nick Welch, and Brian Welch kayaked 8 miles on Upper Bear Creek today, June 7.  The water flow was 275 cubic feet per second, well above the normal dam release flow of about 200 cfs so it was a great day to [...]

The SCHIMBA Wagon

June 3rd, 2008

Here is the status of the SCHIMBA Wagon as of Sept. 16, 2008:
 

 
SCHIMBA has bought a trailer that Randy is going to make into a camping, cooking, and kayak and bike hauling wagon.  He says there are plans but no one has seen them.  Here are the pictures before he [...]

June 1 SCHIMBA paddles Horse Creek

June 1st, 2008

Waters from the flood still have the trails too muddy to enjoy riding, but have Horse Creek perfect for kayaking.  The flow at the Airport Bridge was 215 cubic feet per second, down from 1800 after the big rain last week, but much more than the usual 50 or 60. It was plenty to float [...]