Comments | khaleesian: Merry (Happy!) something, something.

khaleesian

Merry (Happy!) something, something.

Dec 25, 2011 18:52

My Yuletide story just completely fucked with my head in a good way. I.e. in a…I should be writing Dom/Brian RIGHT NOW kind of way, which I guess is part of the awe and wonder of the season. Can I pimp it? Is that allowed ( Read more... )

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ixchel55 December 25 2011, 19:29:57 UTC

That Moroccan road trip looks like a blast. I used to have fun on a twisty, winding road like that on my motorcycle - but less mountainous and dry. The scenery does remind me strongly of the mountains above Mexico City, though - winding, crunchy surfaced roads with little or no guard rails between you and a steep drop. There was a lot more traffic, both foot and motorized on those roads though. You never knew when there'd be a family with a donkey or a flock of turkeys being herded to market around the next bend. *G* I'd make the trip with you any time.

I hope you and the mister are having a wonderful day. Mine is very restful.

khaleesian December 26 2011, 11:37:05 UTC

I'd have welcomed your input navigating...Sean actually puked and I was left sans navigator pretty much guessing my way to Agadir. My poor baby.

No turkeys, but plenty of goats...we actually came up the other side of the pass (the opposite way the motorcyclist is going) and it is much greener and...steeper. Coming down, with very little traffic was more than a little fun. You and me could have been in the front going wheeeeee, while Sean kept his eyes closed in the back.

margueritem December 25 2011, 19:40:35 UTC

You can totally pimp. Personally, I do it as one further way to show my writer how much I appreciate the story. :)

khaleesian December 26 2011, 11:26:21 UTC

Haha, and done. The only thing that would improve it is if it were about 100,000 words longer. LOL.

margueritem December 26 2011, 15:42:21 UTC

OMG, I just read it! So good in so few words!

elizaria December 25 2011, 20:36:25 UTC

Please do, pimp away :D

Seriously, not that I don't love riding a motorcycle but dry gravelly roads like that - I'm too chickenshit to try (I hate that feeling whne your tires slide in the gravel). I'd be happy to drive something curvy like that on asphalt tho, it looks wonderful :D

Sounds like you had a fab trip & Merry Whatever to you too \0/ Here in Sweden we celebrated yesterday so today was lots of leftovers and another day of feeling like a stuffed, but very pleased, turkey ;)

khaleesian December 26 2011, 11:32:57 UTC

There was so much gravel on the first part of the road that it felt like we were hydroplaning. We actually drove in the opposite direction as this motorcyclist and....she stops well before the most dramatic bits. It was both terrifying and exhilarating, just what I wanted for Christmas.

Now I'm envying your food coma.

spasticat December 26 2011, 17:00:57 UTC

I'm also quite the kineshtetic learner!

Also...woah on that road! What a thrill ride indeed! I bet you'd enjoy doing this someday!

khaleesian December 27 2011, 19:21:00 UTC

That's got to be the best value I've ever seen for a roedelbahn...four minutes, whoa. Plus I've never seen one built like a monorail, that's so cool. I was biking in Austria this summer and I only saw the old fashioned kind.

catilinarian December 26 2011, 21:10:24 UTC

WOW, that drive would freak me out. Why, hello, drop, aren't you looking sheer and terrifying today?

You GO girl. :)

khaleesian December 27 2011, 19:24:21 UTC

It was totally one of those things that had been built up in my head (I've been wanting to do it since 2007) and I was thinking for the first two hours 'hey, this isn't that bad' and 'I can't believe people think this is horribly dangerous' and then all of a sudden, HOLY S***! This is the one road that Moroccans actually respect, i.e. they slow down and behave sensibly for a change.

However, I think you and Arcee would make quick work of it.