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20050515

Cast: Chad "Early-riser" Wynne, Wade "kicked my ass on every downhill" Muncil and Brian "Moi" Teaman.

Great ride today, perfect weather still rules. We took the falls road, went around the lake and had to swerve around a 2-3 foot garter snake, went on to Takayama and beyond. Turned left and went down, down, down and around, round, round. I find it a scary road because there is almost never any place to escape on the left, only drainage gutters, curbs and sheer walls of mountain. I hereby dub it "the chute." However it is so fast, I think only 2 cars passed us through most of it. Not nearly as scary as route 4 down to East Minoo with narrow roads and lots of heavy trucks that insist on being in front of you just to slow up behind the truck in front.

Finally ended up in Ikeda and came back home through satsukiyama and then the "old road" back home.

Topics of discussion: train songs, mushrooms, dogs, etymology of words, Dr. David Hagar (see the cover story of this week's http://thenation.com

for the record, train songs:

from Brian's Digital Library:

At a train station 0:41 Tanaka, Teaman Functional English for Communication

Waitin' For A Train 1:09 Beck Stereopathetic Soul Manure Alternative

Love Train 2:58 O'Jays Back Stabbers R&B

Two Trains 3:07 Little Feat Dixie Chicken Rock

Train in Vain (Stand by Me) 3:09 The Clash London Calling Alternative

The Train And The Gate: From Terry's Movie 3:19 Leo Kottke Essential Leo Kottke Folk

Downtown Train 3:54 Tom Waits Rain Dogs Alternative

Mr. Train 3:57 Anomoanon Joji Folk 6

Ghost Train 4:18 Rickie Lee Jones Flying Cowboys Rock

Mystery Train 4:31 Neville Brothers Brother's Keeper R&B

This Train Revised 4:39 Indigo Girls Swamp Ophelia Rock

Midnight Train To Georgia 4:40 Gladys Knight & The Pips Soul Survivors: The Best Of Gladys Knight And The Pips 1973 - 1988 R&B

Gone, Just Like A Train 5:31 Bill Frisell Gone, Just Like A Train Jazz Crazy train Ozzie Osbourne

Let it Bleed Rolling Stones

Casey Jones From "Dumbo"

Quotes: "Rope em, ride em" "If we die tomorrow, at least we'll have done this ride" "MILF" "The Brits actually changed the spelling of theater in the 1800s"