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While I usually don't make such a big deal about Yet Another issue of a 30 year old magazine coming along the pipe, it is worth mentioning that DR has largely gone back to cover art, returning from a misbegotten ten year experiment with photos. Those photos just never fit the feel of the magazine. While the occasional muddy-but-smiling picture was welcome in the early years, it was always the cover art that set the tone for the contents. The "some random dude riding a gnarly chunk of trail" pics just left me flat.
So, Welcome Back to the Cover Art! You can read up on this upcoming issue at https://dirtragmag.com/articles/213-is-kicking-up-dust
Also, I kind of dig the new "bolt"logo.
Deer season is almost here, so mountain bikers and hikers be warned. As the usual note-to-self, here are the watch-out dates in southeast Mississippi:
Nov 9 – 22: Youth Season, for supervised teenagers; usually pretty sparse on hunters.
Nov 23 – Dec 1: Gun w/dog, this is the one to watch out on.
Dec 2 – 15: Primitive season, which is generally OK. These guys are the careful ones.
Dec 16 – 23: Gun, another one to watch out on.
Dec 24 – Jan 22: Gun w/dog; again, watch out.
There are also some primitive phases, some of which we're already in. At least, wear orange. You can get the entire scoop here: https://www.mdwfp.com/media/253620/19-2019-2020-hunting-season-flyer-web.pdf
While none of this is optimal of the hikers and bikers, the major dates to stay out of the woods are from Nov 23 – Dec 1 and then from Dec 16 – Jan 22. As for the rest... read the above-linked flyer, make up your own mind.
Also courtesy of The Darling Daughter, this article at Vintage News about how NASA is giving away one of their old Saturn 1 rockets. The catches are that you need to represent a qualified museum or something similar, and you need a quarter-million bucks to move it. Up-front, and I suspect they don't take bitcoin.
Side Note: One of these days, and fairly soon, I'm going to have to build and fly a model of one of these.
Found over at W3DLQ's qrz.com page:
Heh!
For you non-hams out there who don't get the humor, the radio's the ubiquitous Yaesu FT-60, which is about as all-round useful as a multitool crossed with vicegrips with a fold-out ratchet wrench attachment.
Continuing along at a good pace, made a Sunday afternoon stop at the local PJ's on Main Street. The particulars:
1. where: PJ's Coffee, downtown Bay St. Louis MS
2. date: 10/20/19
3. what: "Grind 35" dark roast, large
4. ride details: "crisp October weather," only 82 degrees. Rode the CX bike.
5. distance: 4.6 miles round-trip.
After putting in 30 miles at the Bethel Bike Trails this morning, I needed a caffeine jolt. A short road ride to flush out the legs after getting cleaned up really helped things feel better.
Here, have some pics:
Didn't want to sit inside (look at that sky!), but the sunshine was a little intense. Gathered things up and moved across the street and down the block to a bench in the shade of... I can't remember what the business is now, used to be Jerome's Department Store. Top two pics: outside of PJ's. Bottom two pics: The Social Chair on the corner of Main and 2nd, and PJ's, a little up the street.
With #3 in the bag, we're back on track to easily make all seven stops by the mid-November event finish. What next? Depends entirely upon the weather next weekend.
Speaking of which...
Nice!
That was a treat last night, when Old Crow Medicine Show popped by the Saturday night Opry to play a couple of songs and announce the release of their new album, Live at the Ryman. My copy's already ordered, should have it by the end of the week. That's the way the cool kids hear about new music these days: live, on AM radio, via skywave. That AN-200 loop antenna really helps, it's a pretty good way from Nashville to the Gulf.
BTW, before you reach for that Amazon link, consider looking over at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop to get your copy. They support WSM 650, the Opry, and the general roots country music scene. Way better to do business with them.
