Omodaka + 6% DokiDoki Girls

Of the 4 bands playing on Saturday in Peace Plaza, I was most interested in seeing electronic act known as Omodaka. His audio/visual performance was accompanied by the dancing 6% DokiDoki girls. I took so many photos of this awesome event that I decided to give Omodaka and the 6% DokiDoki Girls their own post. It was such a cool show we had to stay late Sunday and watch their "official" concert
at Yoshis.  We ended up lucking out because they went on first and we were able to leave by 9:00pm which got us home by 1:00am.

Omodaka jamming on the Nintendo DS...

Some shots from a cool weekend in SF...

So Erin and Scott came in on Thursday and then on Friday we drove over
to San Fran and stayed the weekend. As per usual, we stayed in Japantown.
This weekend was also the Grand Opening of the new cultural center, which
was awesome.

4:15 is what I was waiting for (see following post)

A few high lights from Hot August Nights

Now, I am not so much into the cars represented at the Hot August Nights events, but there were a few nice one's that stood out from the rest. Hot August Nights events only allow cars from the 50s and 60s. I think maybe up to 1970 or something, which to me, is right before when I really started liking cars. So that kind of makes things a little boring for me, since most of the cars are not really all that "cool" to me. I really don't understand why anyone in their right mind would paint a car powder blue, or pink and purple, or lime green. But I guess that's how it was back then??? Anyway, the following photos are of a few things that caught my eye.

Berlin Icthyosaur State Park - Part 2

The next day we woke up and hiked for a bit around the park.

Berlin Icthyosaur State Park - Part 1

After Jarbidge, we drove home and got cleaned up and replenished our supplies.
We also picked up kyotopunk and headed out into the desert heat towards
Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park which is in the middle of the Nevada Nowhere.
The temps were pretty rough over the last weekend here, soaring over 100° before
sunset. The old Trooper experienced some severe vapor lock while ascending some
tough hills out there in the heat. Yeah, she needs some serious upgrades.
As we got closer, and the sun started to set, the snakes came out.
Here I am with a nice big gopher snake found on the road. (Photo by JASHawk13)

EXPEDITION JARBIDGE: Part 4 - Goodbye Paint Job

Yeah, the trail we took in the morning lead us back north along the Bruneau River. It was
one of the coolest trails I have ever been on but the parts near the river were severerly
overgrown. But, you reach a point were there is no turning back, and since the VX already
had a considerable amount of trail rash, I said to hell with it, and pushed through.

EXPEDITION JARBIDGE: Part 3-B - Holy Trail Rash!

After Bear Creek Summit, we kept driving and exploring. We took an off shoot and
ended up going off the main road and up to one of the most beautiful spots
I have ever been in Nevada.

We parked, ate lunch and then started hiking. Here we are taking it all in.