2008 June « Nygumbo's Weblog

Archive for June, 2008

Pearl Jam

Posted in 1 on June 27, 2008 by nygumbo

Pearl Jam gave us a great show at the Garden Tuesday night.

I knew Pearl Jam liked to play extended sets. I wasn’t sure how they would pull that off with Madison Square Gardens’ union policies. But, between songs Eddie Vedder anounced that they had made “special arrangements” with the garden to play late into the night! And they did!

MAIN SET: Hard To Imagine, Save You, Why Go, All Night, Corduroy, Faithfull, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Down, Unemployable, Given To Fly, Who You Are, Whipping, 1/2 Full, Even Flow, Present Tense, Daughter, Do The Evolution
1st Encore: Love Reign O’er Me, W.M.A., Leash, Spin the Black Circle, Wasted Reprise, Porch
2nd Encore: No More, Crazy Mary, Comatose, I Believe in Miracles w/ CJ Ramone, Alive
3rd Encore: All Along the Watchtower, Indifference

And the crowd was awesome!

Old Mine Road

Posted in 1 on June 22, 2008 by nygumbo

The Ride

2 Comments »

First Day Of Summer

Posted in 1 on June 22, 2008 by nygumbo

I had originally planned to attend the Mermaid Festival at Coney Island today. My plan changed when my brother called me last night and got me thinking about taking a ride! We had talked about Lake George, but after getting a late start we decided the Delaware Water Gap was a better bet. It was the right decision. I started the journey with a trip to the Triumph dealer. My bike has been leaking oil and I am waiting for a new master cylinder which has been dripping brake fluid (not good). I was told the master cylinder had arrived and they agreed to replace the rocker head gasket to stop the oil leak. Good news! It’s been seeping out all around the gasket. They seemed to have changed thier policy from the last time I asked about the leak. There was another policy broken this morning which brought a smile to my face but I digress. My brother and I missed the turn to get to Route 80 coming out of the Holland Tunnel so we took 78 West. Before the Pennsylvania border we went north on 519.

Click any photo to enlarge.

When we got to the gap area we were told by a guy taking rafters upstream that we would have to wait at a 5 minute light then we would take Old Mine Road along the river. It was beautiful.

Much of the road had a 15 MPH speed limit!

We took a hike and saw this millipede.

My brother and I were hungry. We decided we would go have dinner in Milford PA. As we were making a left turn to head into PA, we saw a bunch of people at some sort of event. We turned around to check it out. There was a gathering of locals having a party to kick in the summer. There was beer, food, and bands. We figured it was for the locals so we decided not to stay. Then, as we were crossing the bridge to leave, I saw the saxophone player in the band was my good friend Jack! Unbelievable! So we turned around and checked it out. It’s always good to see Jack and he and my brother hadn’t seen each other in many years. What an unexpected blast! A great way to wrap up a great ride!

Check out more of Jack and his music on the Music Page.

Here is a map of the journey.

1 Comment »

Back to Belmar! But first, Bear Mountain.

Posted in 1 on June 12, 2008 by nygumbo

Seven Lakes Drive

I went back to Belmar after a trip to Bear Mountain. My brothers’ wife told us there was a biker rally up at Bear Mountain. My brother and I were psyched to check out some vendors and scope out the scene. We decided to take a scenic route up Seven Lakes Drive. It was so chill we were moving less than 30mph on a 40mph road. When we arrived at Bear Mountain there was no sign of a bike rally. We asked the parking attendent. She knew nothing. We asked the park management. Nothing! Then we called my brothers’ wife to confirm the event. We figured maybe it’s somewhere near Bear Mountain. She looked it up online for us. She made the confirmation, it was definitely at Bear Mountain. Bear Mountain California!!! Still, it was a nice ride. I’d like to go back and camp out there. After riding to the top of the mountain we rode South.