Touring - Photos of my North American travels in 2005

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Machka
09-24-05, 01:06 PM
Of my brevets which took place around Alberta (the ones marked 2005) in the mountains and out ...

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/machka999/album?.dir=/a7af&.src=ph


Of some of my rides around Alberta including the Golden Triangle tour in May ...

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/machka999/album?.dir=/1a1b&.src=ph


Of the Last Chance 1200K Randonnee in Colorado/Kansas last week ...

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/machka999/album?.dir=/ab41&.src=ph


Of the UMCA 24-hour Time Trial in Iowa/Illinois at the beginning of September ...

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/machka999/album?.dir=/c63f&.src=ph

Note: some of the photos in the above two collections were either taken from sources on the internet, or were given to me by other people. They aren't all mine.


And various ones of my North American travels since July ...

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/machka999/album?.dir=/ed74&.src=ph


It's been a busy year!! :D

Shifty
09-24-05, 01:37 PM
Nice photos Machka, what a summer, however, you were so bundled up in some shots, looked pretty chilly. Thank you for sharing.
thomson
09-24-05, 07:48 PM
Great pictures Machka. You have had a terrific year!!

GeorgeK
09-26-05, 06:47 PM
Beautiful pics, Machka.

BTW you know what "macka" means, do you?
Machka
09-26-05, 07:29 PM
Beautiful pics, Machka.

BTW you know what "macka" means, do you?


In Serbo-Croatian, "Machka" means "female cat" ... and my bicycle's name, "Machak", means "male cat".
GeorgeK
09-26-05, 07:36 PM
Well in hungarian (I was born there a long while ago) Macka is the cat, and Macek is a familiar word for cat.
How many lives left? :)
Machka
09-26-05, 07:52 PM
Well in hungarian (I was born there a long while ago) Macka is the cat, and Macek is a familiar word for cat.
How many lives left? :)

An acquaintence of my father's was Hungarian and mentioned something about Macka meaning cat. I think a lot of terms in the various slavic-type languages are sort of similar. As it happens, I'm Serbian, and I love cats (I've got two). :)

And as for my lives ... well ... some days I feel like I've still got them all ... other days I feel like I'm running out!

I will say though, that I have had one very, very, very close call with death or serious injury in a cycling-vehicle related incident.