ATV trip to Buchanan State Forest

(posted from home)

(This post covers 1 – 22 August, 2012)

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Wednesday, 22 August -

I woke up tired and a bit sore after yesterday's push on the 5K course at Rudy Park. After my morning web patrol I loaded up the laptop and rode off to Starbucks to have a coffee and catch up the blog. I also went looking for a replacement attachment for our hair trimmer but didn't have any luck at all with that.
After an hour or so at Starbucks I rode up to my new-favorite pizza shop near our new Wal-mart for a slice of their cheesy goodness. Last night I realized that the opening credits to “Louie” include him eating a slice of New York pizza and that gets me thinking about this place.
That afternoon I caught up the offline blog and posted it.

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Tuesday, 21 August -

I spent the morning cleaning the house, i.e., dusting and vacuuming in preparation for our visitor. I didn't finish up until almost 1400 and then had to get away on this very pretty day.
I rode the GS to the North York Starbucks and then to Rudy Park for a walk.
I again walked the new 5K course, this time accompanied by kids from the local high school.
I was about ¼ of the way through the course when I saw a line of kids starting the course. They soon caught me and I was mixed in among small clusters of runners as we passed the 1600-meter mark where a coach read off their times. He was reading them off as clusters of kids passed and as it happened I was alone as I approached the mark. I looked at him and tapped my arm at my wrist. He broke into a wide smile and began reading off times for me too (as if I had started the course with the kids). It broke us both up.
I wasn't even quite to the half-way mark of the course when I saw the leaders coming back toward me on the return portion of the course. The first strapping young man greeted me with “Good Morning, Sir!” as he passed (though it was by then something like 1600). Who says today's youth don't have any respect for their elders?
All the kids passed me but I felt some kinship with the stragglers. I was walking as fast as I could and that kept me within striking distance of the last three kids until near the end. I even jogged a bit of the downhill portion of the course.
That evening we watched the last “Dollhouse” episode of disk 2 and then three episodes of “Louie”, including the two “Duckie” episodes we absolutely loved.

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Monday, 20 August -

Today was a hot one but I needed to get the mowing done. We have a visitor coming Wednesday and rain threatens both today and tomorrow.
Though the thermometer only read 80, the humidity seemed high and mowing was a bit of a struggle. I had to do it in three sections today but it looks great.
About an hour after I finished a steady rain started. I just made it!

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Sunday, 19 August -

Today Labashi drove up to a new live-crab shop in Lisburn and bought a baker's dozen “naked crabs”, i.e., blue crabs which have been steamed and partially opened and cleaned. We have a guest coming in a few days and she wants to make crab cakes.
We picked half of the crabs before she had to go into town for her regular volunteer project. In the meantime I happened upon “Lonesome Dove” on TV while also surfing the web and it reminded me of my Larry McMurtry read “Rhino Ranch”. I need to look for more McMurtry novels.
That evening we watched three “Dollhouse” episodes. We had enjoyed Joss Whedon's “Firefly” series so thought we'd try out his “Dollhouse” series though we hadn't heard or read anything about it. The “dolls” in this case are young people, mostly women, whose memories were wiped and have been implanted with new memories and personalities to support the missions they are sent on by a shady corporation. We watched the first three episodes as well as an episode of “Mildred Pierce”.

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Saturday, 18 August -

I had such a great time with my ATV trip that I started researching another already. I was very surprised to learn that ATVing has a season and the summer season is almost over. ATVing in state forests ends the last weekend of September and the winter season doesn't start until after deer season ends in December. I need to get some riding in before the end of September and I want to do that on trails I've not visited before.
I also spent an hour or two looking for helmet cameras. I very much wish I had been wearing a helmet cam when I saw the bobcat and would like to have footage of the various trails I've been on lately.
That afternoon I rode the GS over to Rudy Park and walked the 5K cross-country course. The course has just been re-routed so today was my first walk on the new course. Afterwards I spent a few minutes on the over-50 fitness course.
That evening we started a new TV series-- “Mildred Pierce”. This is more a mini-series than a regular television series. We watched the first three episodes tonight.

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Friday, 17 August -

This morning I rode the ATV from the Childer's Ridge lot past the Ray's Cove Road lot and on around to marker 15. I did get into some steeper hills before marker 15 but they didn't seem bad. I went on past marker 15 for another mile or so, much of it climbing the mountain on steep-but-not-rough trail until I finally decided I was getting in over my skill level. But in returning back the trail I had gone, it didn't seem as steep as I had thought and I was feeling more comfortable with the (relatively few) off-camber areas.
As I back-tracked I got to marker 18 and turned left instead of right to take me up to the Waterflat Trail and an unexplored route back to the van.
I put in a couple of hours total and got back to the van at lunch time. Since rain was due this afternoon I decided to head for home.
The ride home took a bit over 2 hours and 15 minutes and I stopped on the way to pick up some margarita fixings so I didn't get home until 1500.
I unloaded the van and caught up on the news with Labashi as we enjoyed our margaritas.
That evening we started a “Dollhouse” episode but we fell asleep and then turned in early.

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Thursday, 16 August -

This morning I again left from the Tower Road ATV lot toward Evitt's Mountain Road (the newly-slated jeep road I was on last night).
This time I stopped at the Refuge Trail intersection and walked down the trail to see how steep the bad section is. It's straight-out terrifying to think of an ATV trying that trail. It was too steep to walk and I don't like to think about some kid blundering past the black-diamond sign to that steep section in the down-mountain direction. That would get ugly very quickly.
Back on the main trail and about three miles in I was going through a series of 'S' turns near the Cabin Trail intersection when I saw a cat ahead. It was larger than a house cat, very thin and lanky, with fur the color of a fawn but without the spots. I looked for ear tufts and mottling of the fur but couldn't see any. The cat was walking along the side of the slate road, headed away from me but only ten yards ahead. It was, however, on a turn and soon disappeared around the curve. I sped up the ATV and got around the corner in time to see it lope ahead another ten yards or so, then bound into the weeds.
I stopped where it went into the weeds but didn't see any movement. It was at that point that I realized I hadn't seen a bobbed tail. In fact my impression was of a long tail held in a curve.
Thinking back on the tales of mountain lion sightings in Pennsylvania I briefly wondered if I could have seen a very young mountain lion. I've seen two Florida bobcats in my last two winter trips to Florida and they left a very different impression on me. They clearly had wider heads, tufted ears and a bobbed tail. But in the end I'm 90 per cent sure I saw a bobcat. It was headed away from me and didn't look back so I had less opportunity to see the head clearly. I just wish I had paid closer attention to the tail.
I rode to the end of the Evitt's Mountain Road in the state forest. The ATV trail ends here at the state forest boundary. Someone had knocked over the signs so I put them back up while I took a break.
I then headed back and went down the Rattlesnake Road portion of the trail to the hard road. I crossed over the hard road but soon got into rockier trail which I knew was leading back into the hollows so I turned back.
Once back up on Evitt's Mountain Road I came upon a cutie porcupine which ignored me at first but then realized I was nearby and lumbered into the thick brush.
Back at the van I had lunch and loaded up to move to Sideling Hill. The van was now in direct sun so I opened up the doors to let it clear out. Unfortunately, I forgot to close the back door when I left.
I soon came upon a state-forest maintenance guy painting a gate. I stopped to chat for a bit and as I started to leave he waved me down, pointing out that my back door was open. Shortly thereafter two guys pulled up in a pickup. They were also maintenance-crew guys and asked if I had lost a blanket. Here I had left the ATV lot with one of the back doors open and a blanket had fallen out just before they happened along. That's incredibly stupid on my part but I've done it before. With the trailer there I don't have a reason to look in the rear-view mirror and notice to back door ajar. You'd think I'd hear the difference in sound but I hadn't had a clue.
I then drove down to Rainsburg and on through to Bedford and on to Breezewood. I topped off the gas again and stopped at the Starbucks for a break and to make a call. I called the recreation-support forester again and this time talked to Brian. He gave me tips on what portions of the trail to avoid (Meredith Trail and between markers 14 and 15).
I easily found the Childer's Ridge lot which Steve had recommended as a good overnight spot. After supper I took a short ATV ride to the Ray's Cove lot and back. Shortly thereafter two guys came in on their ATV's to the Childer's Ridge lot to load up for the day. I chatted with them about trail conditions. One was from Chambersburg and I learned that he prefers to make the longer trip here to Sideling Hill to avoid the extra-rocky trails of Michaux State Forest's ATV trails.
I again had a weather-perfect evening sitting about till the stars came out and then reading 'Rhino Ranch'.

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Wednesday, 15 August -

This morning I followed the GPS over the mountain to US30 and on to Breezewood. I stopped for gas and asked for the closest place to buy a helmet but was referred to the Wal-mart at Everett as the only place the clerk could think of.
I drove on to Everett and noticed a Tractor Supply beside it. I know I've seen ATV helmets at our local Tractor Supply and indeed they did have a few but the largest was still a bit too tight for me. I then struck out at the Wal-mart and thought I'd have to make-do with the too-small one (it was that or go on to Bedford). As I walked back across the parking lot, though, I saw there was a large motorcycle and ATV dealer up on the hill on the far side of US30. That turned out to be a perfect solution.
The first helmet I tried at Freedom motorcycle shop turned out to be perfect. It fit, had a camouflage pattern finish which came close to matching the camouflage color and pattern on my ATV and was only $54. I wouldn't have found one like this at any of the shops around home. I know.... I've looked for them and had to settle on my old black ¾ motorcycle helmet for ATVing.
There are two sets of ATV trails in the Buchanan State Forest and I now realized I was closer to the Martin Hill trails than the Sideling Hill trails where I had spent the night.
I followed the maps to the Route 320 ATV lot above Rainsburg. By mid-morning I was on the trail at marker #1 and headed south.
The trail was rocky but okay for the first three miles. But then I started hitting what I call “off-camber” sections of trail. These are drop-aways or lower sections of the trail which cause the ATV to feel like it's going to roll over as one wheel goes into the drop-away.. For a vehicle which is supposedly designed for off-road use I'm surprised how strong this feeling is. I try to move my weight to the uphill side but it doesn't do much to offset the feeling of an impending roll.
I then came to the steepest uphill I've been on and it had a sharp turn at the bottom. Even if you make a good, aggressive approach you can't tell whether the hill has a drop-out or perhaps a fallen log blocking the way part way up. And if you get stopped part way up you're going to have a hard time.
I did two of these hills and as I approached a third it looked even sketchier than the others. I decided it was time to retreat as these were clearly the steep climbs Steve had warned me about.
What had sucked me in, though, was the fact that this trail was marked as 'easiest' trail. Well, it may have been easiEST but it was by no means EASY.
I rode back to the van and took a lunch break. I decided it didn't make sense to ride there any more so I moved to the Brandley Road lot. I had nearly made it to this lot via the ATV trail before I hit the steep ins-and-outs of the hollows. This time I knew I'd just be heading back into the hollows so I only rode the quarter mile to the start of the steep sections.
I then rode the other direction which was marked 'More Difficult' at the Refuge Trail. The first mile was fine but when the trail suddenly acquired a black-diamond symbol on the signs and I could see a very steep mountainside it had to climb, I turned back.
I moved then to the Tower Road ATV lot. After supper I rode a mile of extremely rocky trail before coming upon a newly-slated section of trail which had been a jeep road. That was heaven and I rode with a big grin on my face. Now THAT was the ATV riding I was looking for! The trail ran through the forest atop the mountain for a while but then opened up to views on both sides. Wonderful!
Though the sun was getting low by that time I rode a few more miles to the end of the slate before turning back to the van for the evening.
I spent the last daylight sitting out by the van as I watched the sky slowly darken and a few stars peek through. PerFECT evening!

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Tuesday, 14 August -

Today was supposed to be a rainy one later on but I decided I'd just leave later in the day and use it as a travel day to be in place to ride earlier tomorrow.
I called up the district forest office for Buchanan State Forest and spoke with recreation-support forester Steve. He was very helpful in helping me understand where I would have to be careful not to get in over my head for my beginner skill level.
By mid-day I was anxious to get on the road. After a stop at Walmart for ice and a few food supplies I drove west out the PA Turnpike for an hour and then up US522 toward Wells Tannery. After parking at the Ray's Cove Road lower parking lot (in the state forest) I thought I'd take a quick ride before the rain. That's when I realized I had forgotten my helmet. I had left it in a motorcycle saddlebag. And it's definitely a no-no to ride an ATV without a helmet on state forest trails.
While I tried to think where I might find a helmet the rain started and it was a long, hard rain. I'm glad I hadn't started out on my quick ride.
I soon figured out that the closest possible helmet source would be in Breezewood and that was only 20 minutes away via forest road and US30. And if not there, it's only another 20 minutes to the Wal-mart at Everett (according to my GPS). Finding a helmet at a Wal-mart is a hit-or-miss proposition, though, so I decided it didn't make sense to go this evening if there might be a motorcycle or ATV shop somewhere along the way that may not be open late.
I read and relaxed and played with the GPS and maps to figure out which way to go tomorrow.
I then turned my attention to a Larry McMurtry novel, “Rhino Ranch”. I like it!

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Monday, 13 August -

Today I planned the ATV trip for the next couple of days. I had thought I'd leave today but it's supposed to rain a bit today and a lot tomorrow.
I spent much of the day researching the ATV trails in the Buchanan, Bald Eagle, Tiadaghton, and Sproul state forests, collecting the maps for them, and reviewing the riding rules.

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Sunday, 12 August -

We spent our regular leisurely Sunday morning on the web with 'Sunday Morning' on TV in the background.
By mid-afternoon I was ready to get out on the motorcycle and decided I'd make the run up to Mechanicsburg to check out the speakers and perhaps buy and install them for Dad.
This Best Buy had a speaker-testing setup similar to the York one but it didn't work at all. I found a sales guy and he did manage to power-up a stereo receiver hidden behind a panel and put on a CD. But when we tried to determine which speakers went with which selector buttons it was clear the guy had no clue. But it isn't rocket science after all so once he left I looked a little closer. We had a fairly nice testing setup but it simply wasn't organized. There were numbered switches out front and a row of numbered screw pins behind the speakers. But most of the screw pins were empty and the wires on the speakers were simply lying loose on the shelf. So here's a clue for the new CEO of Best Buy: make the basics work. Yes, customers or perhaps your staff members (maybe even your competitors) will screw around with the test setups. But it's a no-brainer to give them at least a quick function check on each shift. And would it be that hard to have an MP3 jack easily available for me to get the music I like to the speakers I want to try?


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Saturday, 11 August -

Late this morning Labashi and I headed into York for a bit of together-time. We had a quick lunch at the east-side Five Guys and then hit the Best Buy looking for bookshelf speakers for Dad's stereo. His current speakers work well but are just too big for the new location for the stereo.
It was nice to find Best Buy had at least a limited way to compare speakers. The good news is they have wired up a set of switches and a volume control to let you switch between sets of speakers and listen at different volume levels. The bad news is the sound source is simply a local FM radio station. At one point we felt we were close to deciding between two sets of speakers but had to wait through ten minutes of frentic, over-excited commercials to get to music. And then it was music we didn't like and wasn't good for testing the speakers unless that's the type of music you intend to play. We tentatively settled on some Polk speakers but we decided to wait to try them in the Mechanicsburg store, hopefully in a better testing setup.

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Friday, 10 August -

This morning was rainy so I took the Miata to Chambersburg for our meeting with an appraiser. The meeting was a simple matter so I got started home early. Along the way I was drawn in at Mister Ed's Elephant Museum and candy shop when I saw a sign for chocolate-covered bacon. I bought the smallest portion they had. I also stopped at the Circle Barn a few miles from Mister Ed's for some extra-dark hard pretzels.
That evening Labashi and I watched the last two episodes of season One of 'Huff'.

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Thursday, 9 August -

Today I took Labashi's car to a body shop for estimates. She had brushed against a guard rail some time ago and just recently I caught the underside of the bumper cover on a metal rod used to hold a curb bumper stone in place, nearly tearing the cover off. The estimates to repair the two problems added up to almost $2000. But I also learned how I might be able to cut that bill in half by replacing a broken plastic mount for the bumper cover. I'll have to look into that.
Late in the day we drove over to Mom and Dad's apartment to move a stereo and cabinet. We went out to dinner at the new Bonefish Grill restaurant in Camp Hill. I've only been to Bonefish Grill twice now (once in the DC area and now here) and I'm not sure I'm impressed. The restaurant looks upscale but the drinks are weak and the food isn't that special. I tried their signature banger-shrimp in Virginia and wasn't impressed and I had their ceviche in Camp Hill and the seafood didn't seem fresh. I had MUCH better in San Diego and in Loreto, Mexico.
That evening we watched several 'Huff', Season One episodes.

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Wednesday, 8 August -

Today I spent a few hours researching a wireless laser printer. If I had only had the foresight to buy a USB-attached printer when I bought our old HP laser printer years ago I could connect it to the Airport Express's USB port and we could both use it. My real problem, though, is I'm not sure whether I need an all-in-one or just a printer. We can currently do scans and copies using an oldish Canon scanner connected to Labashi's PC but that PC is dying. Also, to do a simple copy we have to fire up the takes-forever-to-load PC. I'm thinking an all-in-one that allows one-button copying would be nice. Fax is less an issue though we do very occasionally run into a situation where a fax capability would come in handy.
At the end of the day I had gathered info but still hadn't made a decision.
I also did a final review of the homeowner's insurance contract and decided we did indeed have what we need and have the correct declarations pages for our records.
That evening we watched 'Huff' Season One episodes.
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Tuesday, 7 August -

Today I made arrangements to meet with an appraiser with Maypo later in the week and then rode the Concours into town to look for a torque wrench. I need to change the oil on the ATV and thought I'd like to have a clicking torque wrench for the job. There's nothing easy about selecting torque wrench, though. The specs for the job are in foot-pounds for one part, inch-pounds for another and of course the wrench must accommodate the ranges specified and also those expected for other jobs the tool would be used for. I have an old beam-style torque wrench and though it would in theory do the one part of the job, I wouldn't be able to read the scale because the machine screw in question is upside down and under the ATV. I spent some time online and tentatively settled on a Craftsman model. But in the store the only model with the right specs was a digital one and I've had bad luck with Craftsman digital tools. I ended up deciding I didn't want to pay the better part of $100 for something I can do without.
I then took my every-few-weeks ride over to the Park City Starbucks for some Doubleshot Lights and came back to Rudy Park for a walk. I did the 5K course in an hour and ended up talking with Mike Poorman, a small-projects contractor who was working on the astronomy-club building there at Rudy. I only stopped to ask about his repairs to the T-111 siding but we talked at some length about family history. His family had moved to Lancaster county in the late 1600's.
Back home Labashi and I watched “Rembrant's J'Accuse”, a very interesting documentary about Rembrandt's painting 'The Night Watch' and its effect on his life thereafter. We also stayed up late to watch three “Louie” Season Two episodes. Sometimes I think Louis CK is a genius and sometimes I think he goes way too far out of his way to be outrageous.

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Monday, 6 August -

Today I rode the F650GS to Chambersburg for an appointment. I left earlier so I could stop at my insurance agent's office to double-check that the latest changes we had made in our homeowner's insurance had gone through properly. The day after we made the latest changes and I paid the bill we received a receipt for the payment but another letter with what appeared to be the wrong Declarations page. That turned out to be a matter of letters crossing in the mail. The correct changes had been made but the Declarations page was an older version. They just happened to arrive in the mail the same day.
Maypo and I met with a lawyer to move ahead with his purchase of the property we have up for sale. Afterwards we spent an hour or so at his home catching up and then went to supper at Norland Pub.
For the ride home I took the back way through the orchards of Adams County and had an incredible ride. The weather was perfect and the light of the setting sun was spectacular on this landscape. The pink clouds in the extra-blue sky over the green, green lushness of this area were wonderful. Traffic was very light and there were many locals out caring for their properties. All in all a very relaxing ride indeed.

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Sunday, 5 August -

Today I caught up the blog and had a long Skype video call with Orat. Labashi spent much of the day at her volunteer project.

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Saturday, 4 August -

Today I had an errand to run in town but as I prepared to leave I saw dark clouds in the distance. Since the Miata needed some exercise I took it instead of the motorcycle, just in case. I went shopping for an exercise or yoga mat to use in my newly-cleared-out office and found one I liked at Wal-mart. This one was thicker and softer than a yoga mat. I also picked up some el-cheapo push-up stands (to go with the exercise mat).
The main errand was to buy a new tarp to replace a sun-damaged one we have over the canoe and kayaks. The polyethylene kayaks have deteriorated from UV exposure (as they naturally do) and I need to limit that as best I can. I was surprised to see a 12 x 20 tarp costs $40. I was expecting something like half that. It is 'commercial grade', i.e. 10 millimeters thick while the smaller ones are mostly 5 mm thickness, but still.....
As I headed home the rain started so my choice of the Miata turned out to be a good idea. Also, I would have had trouble hauling the largish tarp plus the exercise mat on the bike's little luggage rack.
I tried out the exercise mat and the push-up bars with a few (modified) push-ups. Lots of room for improvement there but it felt good.
That evening we watched the third episode of 'The Hour', the BBC series and then two episodes of 'Sensitive Skin'.
We have mixed feelings on 'The Hour' and tonight's episode-- episode three – was where we were to decide whether to abandon or continue since I have to order another disc if we wish to go on. We were having trouble keeping up with the plotline through the first two episodes. We felt we had the general outline but didn't connect with the implications of the news of Egypt taking over the Suez Canal. We find ourselves wishing for an introductory history lesson and should have had the presence of mind to look it up on Wikipedia before starting the film. But episode three's story did bring us around and we will go on. Perhaps we're simply too impatient on films that don't spoon-feed us everything.
The writing on the latter ('Sensitive Skin') seems to have markedly improved as Part Two starts. We nearly abandoned Part One and I'm very glad we didn't. Two things kept us going--- subtitles and local color. It should be an absolute rule that subtitles MUST appear on all movies but it's particularly important for any movie to be marketed outside the 'vernacular area' of the setting. The local color part refers to our being a bit under-engaged with the storyline but willing to continue viewing because of our interest in seeing how others live and imagining ourselves immersed in that setting and perhaps curious about why it developed as it has.


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Friday, 3 August -

Today I received an email with a .pub attachment and tried to find a way to convert it rather than just tell the sender to re-send in a .doc or .pdf format. I found an online converter at PDFonline which handles .pub files even though it's not at first apparent. The app is crippled so that it only handles files up to 2 MB in size but that was plenty for my purpose today. All I had to do was give it the file and my email address and it sent me a PDF copy in short order. The conversion was perfect. I looked into purchasing the app for my laptop but it's a Windows-only app and a bit too expensive ($49) for my very occasional use of it. I need to look at this (and alternatives for OSX) a little closer since it does many conversions and appears to be a high-quality product.
We also received an email today from a Chinese manufacturer of felt hats. We received a similar offer from Chinese manufacturer of textiles earlier this week. It appears someone sold or gave my email address to Chinese companies as someone who may be interested in setting up a business relationship with them. Interesting. I'd love to know just how that happened.
I also received a copy of Dad's Comcast bill and see they have indeed followed through with the credits they had promised on my last call.
Mid-way through the day I realized I hadn't received a Google Calendar notice of several events I thought I had set up to trigger at the first of the month. In general these are maintenance events-- like checking the new water-conditioning equipment in the basement. I've been getting some notifications but not those. That turned out to be a mistake on my part. I hadn't set these particular event notifications up properly.
Among the missed notifications was notice that the storage-unit rent was due. The owner gives us until the 4th to pay the bill so I wasn't late with the payment yet. I wrote out a check and jumped on the motorcycle to run it over right away.
We were so wrapped up in Intenet stuff this evening that we never got around to watching TV today.

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Thursday, 2 August -

Today we received our homeowner's insurance quotes resulting from the visit from our agent earlier this week. After a review of the details we called the office to ask for prices for higher deductibles. When we learned we could get much better catastrophic coverage for very close to the same price we've been paying if we take a higher deductible, it was an easy decision for us.
I rode down to Starbucks intending to then walk at Rocky Ridge. But as I sat in the Starbucks I saw very black clouds arising in the west. I could see clear skies to the northwest so thought I might yet get a walk in at Rudy Park. But by the time I arrived near the park I could see this wasn't going to work out. I headed home and decided the lawn could use mowing this evening so that would substitute for the walk.
Labashi had volunteered to do some data entry work at a local political office today so I thought I might have time to get some of the lawn done before she returned. I just finished up as she pulled in the driveway.
That evening we watched the one remaining episode of 'Huff' disc 2 then watched four 'Louis' season two eps.

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Wednesday, 1 August -

Today I updated the offline blog and posted it while Labashi went off to tea with 'the tea ladies', two of her friends who get together a few times a year.
I spent the afternoon updating computers. That caused a new problem with Labashi's machine. Apparently the latest Chrome update for Windows XP doesn't work properly for printing. It goes into a never-ending load of the preview and will not print. The only work-around I could find is to hit control-P to print without the preview dialog but then that only prints the screen contents.
That evening we watched three episodes of 'Huff' season One. We had watched the first disc over a year ago so we first had to come back up to speed. Fortunately, Wikipedia has all the episodes listed and we could refresh our memories on what is going on before starting the next episodes.

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