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Then Chris had an idea!
european vacation part 17: the melidoni caves.
October 29, 2003
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Fatty and Grant.
european vacation part 17: the melidoni caves.
October 29, 2003
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And me. Someone call your high school photo teacher, I think what we've got here is a "work of art! " I call this one "Self-Reflections of a Helmeted Scooterteer."
european vacation part 17: the melidoni caves.
October 29, 2003
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Chris. Hahahahah.
european vacation part 17: the melidoni caves.
October 29, 2003
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Back in the parking lot, Grant snapped a bunch of pics as we prepared to head back to Rethymnon.
european vacation part 17: the melidoni caves.
October 29, 2003
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I totally forgot to mention that the temperature had dropped sharply from the previous day and was in the low 50s, which might not sound too cold, but when you're riding a scooter at 50mph with no gloves, it's almost unbearable. Here's me using the exaust to defrost my frozen lil' phalanges.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Twenty minutes later, and down at the bottom of the mountain we just ridden over, we stopped again to warm our hands.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Grant peepin' through a dougnut.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Our bellies full of warm doughnut, we hit the open road. We decided to take a 45 km backroads trip to check out the bad-ass Arkadi Monastery and then from there, if we had enough light, ride another 25 km and check out the Melidoni Caves.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Mmmmmm....doughnutlicious.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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...and then we peed all over everything and hit the road! By the way, how amazing is it that as soon as Grant is off his scooter and that helmet's taken out of context, he's instantly transformed from "Quadrophenia" to "special-needs escapee from the short bus."
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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I'm not sure if he's flexing or if he's pretending to be a little teapot, short and stout.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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You thought we took a lot of pictures before? Throw in the novelty of helmets and it was a veritable photographic orgy.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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Hahaha. What's better than Fatty's camo helmet by LAZER?
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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Twenty minutes later, we made it to the first of Balí's beaches. Here's Fatty taking in the view from the road.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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Grant and Fatty took a quick ride to pick up some snacks and drinks at a nearby store.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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Grant Stoddard: Stunt Driver!
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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We got back to the scooter place (and please keep in mind that we'd literally been gone for about four minutes) only to find that the scooter rental guy had gone, that's right, you guessed it, ON SIESTA! Here's a picture of my acute disdain. Luckily for us, the people in the shop nextdoor asked what the problem was and when we told them what had happened, they called the scooter guy on his cell phone and he came back and hooked us up with new bikes.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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Heltmets? Check. We had originally planned on driving west to a nearby city called Hania but when we looked more carefully at the map, we realized it was over 75 km away (which is really far by scooter). So we instead decided to head to Balí, a small beach town about 35 km away.
european vacation part 8: scooter madness!
October 25, 2003
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He was digging my green sparkly helmet
motorcycle lessons
May 22, 2003
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Jealous?
motorcycle lessons
May 22, 2003
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You know, I always imagined I'd look like a badass on a motorcycle...but that's because when I'd imagined it I wasn't wearing a lime green, sparkly helmet. Look out ladies!
motorcycle lessons
April 22, 2003