Hard to beat that striking color! To be clear though ... the soundtrack was not my work (although it was work to find the right songs!) .. see the description! It was pretty weird though ... I made all the edits, then looked for music. When I finally found the pieces I likes, that had the right length, I discovered that the edits were really really close to being "on the beat". Neat.

Have fun out there. I will admit I'm envious ... I now live in a town (Gustavus Alaska) with no back roads to speak of, and nowhere to drive to. Also: When I was talking of Covelo I think I was conflating it with Paskenta/Platina ... it's rougher over there. I dont' recall creek crossings on the Covelo side. If you do Mendo Pass, that's usually good road but I've only seen it in winter (snow!). IN the meantime, don't forget Sherwood Road out of Willits, drops to 101 north of the turn to Covelo.

Hi Kirk, well, cool. I think Mina Road/Kettenpom, all that, is certainly Prius-able. Some of the creek crossings out Covelo way could be really dodgy. The only thing I've heard from Prius owners is that the clearance is minimal, and they were talking about stuff I would not think twice about in a VW, which has, if I am guesstimating properly, about 3x as much, at least. Plus, these dirty old buses are not likely to show a new scratch or dent so easily ... the Prius might not fare so well. But ... I would not say don't do it ... nor would I say you could not. Just have your butt covered just in case, especially if alone, and have fun! I haven't seen those roads since 2014, so keep that in mind, too. Wait .. 2014? Egad! It's been a decade since I've attended the Shasta Trip! Tempus fugit!

Haha, clever!

Thanks Elmer. As for the Arcturus ... well I NEED to get on that like right away and finish the story. Stay tuned. : )

Thank you so much! I'm working on more now. He's a a veritable font of fun and silliness. Of course one of his "tricks" is to stop being fun and silly when he sees the camera. He's on to me ...

Hah, you get it, indeed. : )

Thanks Michael!

Thanks for the reminder ... an example of the luck of having a camera (phone) always to hand. : )

You should see what they go through before and after this! Of course, they would not be here at all were it not for the people that lovingly rebuild them and care for them. These people. Yep, the ones having fun. : )

Me too ... wish I could go do it again!

Thank you! And thanks for trying to imagine how much time went into it ... I can't believe it either. Boggling of the mind, it is!

@@Mizamook you said: Boggling!

@@TakingtheTRASHOUTwithAaron I did, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm still boggled.

Thanks Jon, yep, there's more coming ... eventually. Big plans you know, and I'm not the fastest to get things done (you know that by now, eh?)

Thanks! It will take a while for me to figure this comment out. Love it!

Thanks Michael, and thanks for your unending patience while I harassed you for opinions and such during production!

What? Where? : )

Thanks, yes Greys are cool ... and so are you for recognising the potential for problems ... care for birds is a BIG DEAL! At some point I'll make my own "Do you really want a parrot?" video to add to the litany of others. Thank you for being cautious about it. We are here most of the time. When we both go out, it's only for a few hours, but even when we are both out of the room (or out of earshot) we put him "in gaol" poor guy, to keep his pesky inquisitive self from getting into trouble. We put music on (he likes Mozart!) and make sure he has toys and of course food, water, etc. Something to gnaw on. When he was with my family, he was left alone in the cage for loooong work days, but he had dogs and a kitty to watch (and talk to) as well as a window with passing cars and at least once a bear and birds to watch. Here we have a sedentary older kitty, adn the windows are too cold for him to be near, so we try to make up for it in other ways. We might not have chosen to have a Grey right now, but his main people passed on to another realm and he "chose" me, so came to Alaska. Good luck!

That's what we call positve reinforcement!

Thanks Man! He finished severing a leg of that play gym thing today .. had to fix it up. He gnaws. And gnaws. ... ... and gnaws ... : )

Indeed, it looks that way, but in fact it's about to turn into a chill scritch session ... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5-Wgc1e3ayco3U.html

No typos here. This one moved to Alaska. He was in California, family parrot, lost his person, then fell in love with me. So ... he's now an Alaskan Grey. : ). He chose me!

Oh he gets crackers ... you can count on that!

Hmmm ... actually I think I tell him HE'S a cracker. We're not necessarilly encouraging the other things he might be saying. : )