Timothy Lake, Campout & Marathon

We had a good time on our campout and I had fun running my marathon.  That's the 3rd year straight that I've run the Timberline Marathon.

Enjoy the photos.

Fwd: Camping this weekend @ "Gone Creek" Campground on the shore of Timothy Lake

See the map of my Marathon route and you can see a green triangle for the campground of "Gone Creek".  The marathon runs right through the campground.  I reserved us a campsite there on the shore of Timothy Lake.  My marathon will run practically right through the campground.  Minimum reservation was two (2) nights so we are there Friday & Saturday night.  I got us a spot as close to the lakeshore as possible since most of the spots were already reserved that's the best I could get.

Should be good fun and hopefully the weather will cooperate.  It should be nice, that's what the weather says right now anyway.

Here's a google map to the location.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45.11278,+-121.77528&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=65.135703,135.263672&ie=UTF8&ll=45.123687,-121.771431&spn=0.057896,0.132093&z=14

Here are the details of the campsite:

Site Details

Reservation Type: Overnight Departure Date: Sun Jun 05 2011 Check-out: 1:00 pm Facility: GONE CREEK, MT. HOOD NF - FS, OR Facility Details  Map Driving Route Site Type: STANDARD NONELECTRIC

Backup your gmail account

Why should you backup your gmail account?  You might ask.  Well there are a number of good reasons.  First and foremost is that it is quite possible for someone to hack into your gmail account and delete all your data.  Or more likely someone could hack into your gmail and send out spam then google would close your account.

Good luck calling google for tech support if that happens.  I've heard nightmare stories about this.

I used a backup utility that I found online and it works quite well.

It's called, "Gmail Backup".  I know not very original name.
http://download.cnet.com/Gmail-Backup/3000-2369_4-10903796.html

Old Gadgets recycled

I used to love my Sony Clie NX60.  But alas, that device is aged and I don't use the old Palm device.  So I converted it to a desktop picture viewer.  I bought a small picture frame and fastened the palm device to the back using some eye hooks and pencils.  Very low tech but yet quite effective.

Disneyland Then vs Now

2004

2011

Disneyland Day 3

Finished off Disneyland today. I'm wiped, even more than after a marathon. I really over did myself this trip bu I had a lot of fun too!!  We didn't take very many more pics today but the ones we did are good.

Ridemax plan for Friday

Here's our Ridemax plan for Friday @ california adventure.

Time	Attraction	Area	Expected Wait	Ride Time	Walking Time to Next Attraction
10:07 AM	Toy Story Mania (see tip #1 below)	Paradise Pier	8 Min	8 Min	2 Min
10:25 AM	Mickey's Fun Wheel (Swinging Gondola)	Paradise Pier	7 Min	10 Min	4 Min
10:42 AM	Send Runner to Get California Screamin' Roller Coaster FASTPASS				4 Min
10:46 AM	Runner Get California Screamin' Roller Coaster FASTPASS	Paradise Pier	0 Min	1 Min	1 Min
10:48 AM	Scheduled Break
12:48 PM	California Screamin' Roller Coaster (use FASTPASS)	Paradise Pier	16 Min	3 Min	11 Min
1:07 PM	Send Runner to Get Tower of Terror FASTPASS				17 Min
1:24 PM	Runner Get Tower of Terror FASTPASS	Hollywood	0 Min	1 Min	14 Min
1:39 PM	Grizzly River Run	Golden State	60 Min	5 Min	14 Min
2:58 PM	Free Time
3:09 PM	Tower of Terror (use FASTPASS) (see tip #2)	Hollywood	17 Min	10 Min	0 Min
3:36 PM	Free Time
TOTALS			108 Min	38 Min	31 Min