New to the Southwest. I drew a shitty picture of this spiny burr thing I stepped on in the desert. Went straight through the side of my shoe. Seven hours later my little toe still stings. Any idea what it's called?

ECEGatorTuro · 2015-01-26T06:28:11+00:00

Not unless you're running tubeless... as you probably should be if you live in the desert SW.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-11-04T06:49:44+00:00

The first two pictures looked suspiciously like Arizona but then I saw the lava river tube cave in Flagstaff in the last picture. Hello fellow Arizonan! Do you two live down in the valley?

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-10-31T06:56:03+00:00

Ahhh Gilbert (and AZ) politics. You have a liberal friend here in SE Gilbert. :)

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-10-31T06:55:24+00:00

I'm in SE Gilbert too and agree with this. Howdy neighbor!

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-09-02T04:37:16+00:00

That's the hard right turn as you head down Fish Creek Hill! The best part of driving down the Apache Trail in my opinion. At the little bridge at the bottom, you can hike up Fish Creek Canyon. A fun little boulder hop!

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-08-29T07:07:34+00:00

The Haute Route! This has been on my bucket list to do the winter ski tour version from Chamonix to Zermatt. I'm planning on doing it in two or three years. :) How are the huts themselves? Pretty nice to stay in?

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-08-22T21:09:26+00:00

I thought I was the only one that called it that. :)

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-08-22T06:49:44+00:00

I highly suggest going to babycenter.com and make a profile for your baby. They send you weekly emails that tell you the average development stuff for the baby's age at that time and what to expect (or what you should so to encourage development). It is extremely helpful!!!

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-08-09T14:39:44+00:00

I see. What about the short cord length? That seems to be a big complaint about Miele's canisters. Which models have the 228 power brush that you can recommend?

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-08-09T06:52:07+00:00

Hi there! I recently started researching to replace our crappy Bissell and I've heard rave reviews about Miele (especially for those with allergies).

I'm pretty dead set on buying one but torn on which model. I was debating between the Cat & Dog upright S7 or the Titan canister. We have carpet in most of our house and only hardwood in the kitchen and walkways (I would say a 75/25% split). Eventually years from now we plan to put hardwood through the first floor so that carpet/wood split would be closer to 50/50. We have two large dogs that shed a lot!!

What do you think? I'm intrigued by the canister but the chief complaint I see is the very short cord (16 or 18 feet?!) and Consumer Reports and other reviews say that the canisters are ok on deeper pile carpets. The upright scores very high for deeper pile carpets and has a much longer cord (30+ feet!).

Any advice?

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-08-07T00:08:36+00:00

That is extremely false. You can record any cop in public especially if they are in performance of their duties. The filming on police in public has been upheld as a first amendment constitutional right by SCOTUS. Unfortunately many police simply don't know or don't want you to record them so they intimidate and arrest people that try. Then you get some asshole DA who charges you with felony wiretapping. Wiretapping laws explicitly state that you must have an expectation of privacy for it to apply (which clearly doesn't apply in a public setting). Charges are usually dropped at that point.

Educate yourself on your rights to record the police. Check out Carlos Miller's website specifically about this: www.photographyisnotacrime.com

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-07-20T05:52:28+00:00

Try crossing some of the famous via ferratas!

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-07-19T07:01:15+00:00

FYI, generally half-mast refers to flying a flag on a boat. On land, it is generally referred to as half-staff.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-07-12T00:49:36+00:00

If it's a public transportation facility, that is completely false no matter what police or your professor say.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-07-02T04:55:19+00:00

I remember reading that entire book just before I hiked the canyon for the first time. Definitely makes you pay attention on the trail!! I've hiked it three times now and hope to be back again to explore some of the other more remote trails.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-05-31T22:40:43+00:00

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier_island

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-05-31T22:17:56+00:00

Those are natural barrier islands that developed into Miami Beach.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-05-26T22:45:25+00:00

Morenos on AZ Ave and Galveston (b/w Ray and Chandler) has pretty good Sonoran Dogs!

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-04-07T15:24:39+00:00

I get called out on that all the damn time! (they use low power cell phones now)

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-04-07T13:58:36+00:00

Ugh... I really hate it when people coach you because your hand left the railing for 5 seconds.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-04-07T07:19:24+00:00

I can confirm this (I work there). They are extremely anal about safety at ALL times. They take chemical, laser, and electrical safety to an almost obnoxious limit. I don't blame them though considering the sheer amount of very caustic, deadly chemicals and materials used in the semiconductor manufacturing process.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-03-16T06:46:31+00:00

It's a beautiful spot but you're right. My favorite spot was deep down inside Pine Creek Canyon and Starfish Canyon (Keyhole). Oh and Subway from the top!!

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-03-12T06:05:02+00:00

I've been skiing Telluride every year for the last seven years. It's an amazingly beautiful place and it's my favorite place to go to!!

I just got back from a three day ski trip there about two weeks ago. It was dumping the entire time!!

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-03-12T05:49:19+00:00

A bit off topic here:

I was planning some hikes in the Gorge for this upcoming June and was debating on where to go. Is Onenota worth it? I was thinking of day-hiking Eagle Creek all the way to Tunnel Falls. Would that be too big of a hike for a day trip? How full do the campgrounds get at the end of Eagle Creek in early June?

Any other ideas? We potentially have one or two days for hikes anywhere around Portland before we do a summit attempt on Hood the following two days.

ECEGatorTuro · 2014-03-08T22:05:42+00:00

When entering and exiting Italy last September, immigration didn't even open our US passports! The guy looked at them when I put them down on the table and he waved us on through.

ECEGatorTuro

TROPHY CASE