Gat innie botter geval

  • Posted by Andre
  • June 27, 2006

That is Afrikaans for….. Life is good!

And good it is to the extreme. I arrived in Sun Valley Idaho this afternoon and stopped by the ranger station for camping information. They pointed me to a spot 8 miles north of town where I would find a dumping station and a couple of forest service campgrounds. The idea is to stay one night in a ‘pay-for’ facility while scoping out the long term or free camping spots. I filled my fresh water tank and headed off towards the closest camp ground.

Made a wrong turn and had to back-that-thing-up on a long curvy road, At the Murdock cg a friendly camp host offered to move another camper to a smaller space to make room for my rig. I mentioned dispersed camping and she pointed me to the sweetest spot.

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  • Brochure-like view of the mountains and river
  • Between some trees, but not too many
  • Very private and quiet, but easy access on good gravel road
  • Good solar exposure to keep those new golf cart batteries charged
  • A gap between the trees at 124 deg magnetic azimuth, for the satellite internet
  • Full Cingular Edge coverage - when I don’t want to bother with the satellite
  • 8 miles from one of the premier flying, hiking, skiing destinations in the US if not the world
  • Did I mention the sound of the river that runs through my campsite?
  • Right next to a huge nice open field for launching the paramotor
  • Close to fresh water and a dump station if needed
  • And no cost… nada. I can stay for 16 days if I wanted

Aaaah…. Life is good.

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Written by:
Pa
Posted on:
June 27, 2006 at 11:25 pm

Klink vir my dit kannie beter

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Written by:
louise
Posted on:
June 28, 2006 at 11:33 am

I see you translate “gat innie botter geval” with “life is good”……that must be the understatement of the decade, if not the century!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you do not wish to do the literal translation of “I am sitting with my ass in real butter (not margerine)”……..then rather try “I’ve done well in the lottery——in fact, I’ve won the jackpot!!”

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Written by:
Andre
Posted on:
June 28, 2006 at 7:44 pm

He he,

Somehow I knew my Afrikaans to English translation would draw a comment from my mom ;)

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Written by:
Gavin
Posted on:
July 1, 2006 at 7:22 pm

Damn dude… no kidding! I have the whole long weekend off work to fly to my heart’s content. Only problem is that it poured rain here today and it’s forecast to continue through Independance Day :(

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Written by:
thomas.to
Posted on:
July 6, 2006 at 8:27 am

A comment about your translation is an “understatement” Andre. Your mom ripped you a new one….I preffer her translation anyways.

Hi Louise, In China….sitting in butter with your bare ass is actually a cure for certain ailments….go figure…

And BTW….Amiey and I drove out to Yuma this weekend. It’s just not the same when the Element doesn’t get stuck in the sand or something. Trust me, I was so tempted to drive the Element up one of the dunes….then images of Blackhawk came to mind.