Ballrom Dancing while SinkingSpirit Rock Ranch 8 months ago | 2024-04-15 17:00 SLTIt is the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic! Come join us for an hour of dancing in the Grand Salon of the Titanic. Dress in your finest 1912 period outfit. DJ Rosa will provide period music. By 6:00 PM the ship will break apart and sink for your amusement.
Here is some advice for how men should dress: https://vintagedancer.com/1900s/edwardian-titanic-mens-formal/ For women: https://vintagedancer.com/1900s/1910s-evening-gowns-and-dress-history/ 0 0 | |
Zombie Apocalypse!Spirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-10-28 09:30 SLTIts almost Halloween and the zombies are over-running the region! Fortunately for us they are appearing near the firing range where there are many weapons to choose from. Help us get rid of these pesky undead! Remember, only a head-shot will permanently put a zombie down.
A different adventure (almost) every Saturday morning: Surfing, dune buggies, sailing, horses, target shooting, BIG GAME hunting and more! 0 0 | |
Rifle Practice and MarksmanshipSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-10-21 09:30 SLTIt is almost that time of year when zombies over-run the region, so come to the shooting range to tune up your marksmanship. Several rifles available if you don't have your own. Shoot at the targets from the 50 meter bench and the score board will rank you against you friends to see who is the best marksman.
A different adventure (almost) every Saturday morning: Surfing, dune buggies, sailing, horses, target shooting, BIG GAME hunting and more! 0 0 | |
Pistol Practice and MarksmanshipSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-10-14 09:30 SLTIt is almost that time of year when zombies over-run the region, so come to the shooting range to tune up your marksmanship. Several pistols available if you don't have your own. Shoot at the targets from the 20 meter bench and the score board will rank you against you friends to see who is the best marksman.
A different adventure (almost) every Saturday morning: Surfing, dune buggies, sailing, horses, target shooting, BIG GAME hunting and more! 0 0 | |
Horse Trail RideSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-10-07 09:30 SLTNo contest today, just explore the wonderful horse trails designed by Sy Ciena and Tenbears Running. Horses available or bring your own
A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
SteeplechaseSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-09-23 09:30 SLTRace a horse around a complicated track jumping over fence obstacles. The horses provided can be steered in mouse-look mode by pointing the cursor in the direction you want to go. FWD and BACK keys speed up and slow down the horse to make turns, PAGE_UP makes the horse jump.
A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Barrel RaceSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-09-16 08:53 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Race a horse in a loop around the barrels on a horse. Race against the clock and against your friends. Horses provided or bring your dream horse. A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Barrel RaceSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-09-09 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Short notice on this barrel race, so this will be a practice, then we'll do it for real next week. Race a loop around the barrels on a horse. Race against the clock and against your friends. Horses provided or bring your dream horse. A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 1 0 | |
Kayak Surf ContestSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-08-12 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Surf a kayak on the 8 meter waves! Kayaker Magic will judge your skill based on how you attack the wave, length of ride, carving turns, performing tricks and catching air at the end of the ride. Kayaks provided. A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Wind Surfer RaceSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-07-22 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Race a windsurfer against your friends and the clock! Pass through the race gates in order an your time will be recorded to the nearest 100th of a second. The windsurfers can catch air over the waves, but during a race the waves are more of a hindrance. A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Floatplane CruiseSpirit Rock Ranch 1 years ago | 2023-07-15 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
I'm doing a cruise, flying my float-plane over the oceans of Discovery Grid. Come along for the ride, this plane seats up to 5 passengers. A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Easy Sailing CruiseSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-06-24 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
I will be your captain, plotting a course through the oceans to visit the site of the upcoming Thunder over Discovery airshow and fireworks (that is on July 1st). You can just relax and sit in the boat (hiking out to keep the boat from heeling too far). Or borrow one of my sailboats and follow along. Or bring your own boat. I'm going to try a new technique to teach sailing: I'll share my screen and show how I use the Advanced NAV HUD to trim the sails as we make our wa 0 0 | |
Dinosaur Hunt!Spirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-05-27 09:30 SLTRide a kayak down a white water river, through the gates into the Lost World,
paddle across a lake infested with megaladon and ichthyosaurs (that bite!), then stalk several dinosaur species through the forest, including velociraptors and the T-Rex! Big game rifles provided. A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Rifle Marksmanship ContestSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-05-20 09:30 SLTPractice your marksmanship with a long rifle. Ammunition and rifles provided.
Compete against your friends for first place on the automatic scoreboard! You want to improve your marksmanship because next week we are going dinosaur hunting! A different adventure (almost) every weekend: kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, shooting, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Sink the Titanic!Spirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-04-15 18:00 SLTThe Titanic sank on April 15th 1912. To commemorate the date, we will have ballroom dancing in the Grand Salon of the virtual Titanic. DJ Rosa will play period music! Dress in your finest period clothing. At the end of the evening, the boat will break in half and sink for your amusement. Life vests and life boats will be provided for all.
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Cruise and Sailing LessonSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-02-04 09:30 SLTI'm going to lead a cruise to some interesting nearby regions. On the way I'll give each passenger an advanced NAV HUD and show how to use that to trim the sails and other sailing tricks.You will be able to watch the "no go zone" on the compass and even help manage the sails with me.
A different adventure (almost) every Saturday morning, kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Blender Bytes ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-02-01 09:30 SLTCome learn Blender one little bite at a time.
We might be talking about Animesh again this week. Don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the way I teach it. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/p... Class is held almost every Wednesday at 9:30AM, you must be able to hear voice to get the instruction, a Blender screen is shared on a media 1 0 | |
Blender Bytes, Blender ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-01-25 09:30 SLTCome learn Blender one little bite at a time.
Don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the way I teach it. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/p... Class is held almost every Wednesday at 9:30AM, you must be able to hear voice to get the instruction, a Blender screen is shared on a media prim and on a WEB page (using Screen Leap). 0 0 | |
Skydive ContestSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-01-21 09:30 SLTJump out of a perfectly good blimp at 1000 meters and skydive down to land as close as possible to the center of a target on the ground. Make sure to pick up a free parachute first and wear it before you jump! There is a red teleport button to take you back up for another jump, and the target keeps score, averaging your best 3 landings on the target.
A different adventure (almost) every Saturday morning, kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 1 0 | |
Adventure Slide ShowSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-01-14 09:30 SLTA slideshow from my recent RL trip snowshoeing into the Sierra Mountains to stay several nights at the Forest Service cabin named Robbs Hut. I live near the coast of California where we never have weather and I have to travel 4 hours to get my fix of snow. I took some beautiful pictures to share.
A different adventure in-world (almost) every Saturday morning, kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 0 0 | |
Blender Bytes ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-01-11 09:30 SLTThe last few classes have been about setting up Blender to do animations for OpenSim, and background on the rules for making animations.
Don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the way I teach it. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/p... Class is held almost every Wednesday at 9:30AM, you must be able to hear voice to get the instruction 0 0 | |
Kayaker Magic's BirthdaySpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-01-04 15:00 SLTIt is my 70th birthday in RL, so I'm celebrating by having DJ Rosa play 70's tunes for an hour! Then I'm having a HUGE party in RL on Saturday that lasts all day, starting with kayaking out into the storm to shout defiance to the gods for having CHEATED DEATH ONE MORE YEAR! Showing movies all afternoon at a local community center, cooking a goose, hosting a pot luck feast and ending the day by cutting the birthday cake with a Samurai sword.
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Blender Bytes, Blender ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2023-01-04 09:30 SLTBlender Class every Wednesday morning. Lately we have been learning how to set up Blender to make BVH animation files for OpenSimulator.
But bring your questions about and problems with Blender and we'll try to answer them. Topics discussed in this class are eventually converted to YouTube tutorials at this address: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/playlists 0 0 | |
Snowball Fight!Spirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-12-24 09:30 SLTGet in the mood the morning before Xmas with a snowball fight! 9:30AM at the shooting range on Region Spirit Rock Ranch in Discovery Grid.
Snowball tosser and 'meter' available at the shooting range, wear the meter to take damage when hit by a snowball. Did you know that the snowballs work on the zombies and dinosaurs at the Ranch? (It takes a LOT of hits with a snowball to take down the T-Rex). 0 0 | |
Windsurfer RaceSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-11-26 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Race a windsurfer against the clock and your friends around a course, dodging waves! The race gates will time you to the nearest 100th of a second and rank you on the big board. These windsurfers can surf the waves and even catch air jumping off them, however during a race the waves are more of a hazard, getting in your way! A different adventure every Saturday morning, kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, BIG GAME hunting, sailing and more! 1 0 | |
Surfing ContestSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-11-12 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Ride the big waves at the surfing beach on the south end of Spirit Rock Ranch. Get scored based on length of ride, carving turns, shooting the tube, performing tricks and catching air at the end of your run. Kayaker Magic will be the judge and calculating scores. A different adventure every Saturday morning, kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, BIG GAME hnting, sailing and more! 1 0 | |
Zombie Apocalypse!Spirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-10-29 09:30 SLTSaturday October 29th, 9:30AM
hop://discoverygrid.net:8002/Spirit%20Rock%20Ranch/353/1663/104 Just before Halloween, the zombies are expected to over-run the region! Come help me remove this infestation! Fortunately the zombies arrive near the shooting range, so there are plenty of weapons and ammo to repel them with. Fifteen different zombie characters, shoot them all! One celebrity zombie included in the mix... 1 0 | |
Dune Buggy RaceSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-10-22 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Race an all terrain vehicle 2000 meters through the dunes and down the beach. Pass through all the checkpoints in order and see your time on the Status Board. Race against the clock and your friends! ATV's and several other vehicles available to try out. A different adventure every Saturday morning, kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, BIG GAME HUNTS, sailing and more! 2 0 | |
Sailboat Race.Spirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-10-15 09:30 SLT Race around a classic racing triangle in a sailboat. I'm not simplifying the wind this time, so you will have to tack on one arm of the triangle! Race against the wind, the clock and your friends. Racing Scow sailboats provided with advanced NAV HUDs to help trim the sails to the wind. Or just crew on one of the boats and "hike out" to help keep the boat upright.
A different adventure every Saturday morning, kayaking, surfing, dune buggies, archery, BIG GAME HUNTS, sailing and more! 1 0 | |
Pistol Shooting ContestSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-10-08 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Come on down to the shooting range on Spirit Rock ranch and join a shooting match with your friends. The targets will keep score for us and the range has targets set up for 10 through 50 meters. The demo semi-auto pistols available have easy and sharpshooter modes. We can find a setting to challenge any sharpshooter! A different adventure every Saturday morning! Surfing, kayaking, target practice, dinosaur hunting, dune buggy races, equestrian events and more! 1 1 | |
Blender Bytes, Blender ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-10-05 09:30 SLTCome learn Blender one little bite at a time.
Don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the way I teach it. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/p... Class is held almost every Wednesday at 9:30AM, you must be able to hear voice to get the instruction, a Blender screen is shared on a media prim and on a WEB page (using Screen Leap). 1 0 | |
Short notice Dinosaur Hunt!Spirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-10-01 09:30 SLTJoin me at Maelstrom Lake, we'll jump in kayaks and canoes, ride the white water river down through the gate into the Lost World, paddle across a lake full of ichthyosaurs and megaladons that bite, then stalk the land based dinosaurs through the forest and shoot as many of them as we can!
A different adventure every Saturday morning! Surfing, kayaking, target practice, dinosaur hunting, dune buggy races, equestrian events and more! 0 0 | |
Adventure Slide ShowSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-09-17 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
I'm back from kayaking in the wilds of the Inland Passage in RL and will be showing slides from that adventure in the Lost World Lodge. A different adventure every Saturday morning! Surfing, kayaking, target practice, dinosaur hunting, dune buggy races, equestrian events and more! 0 0 | |
Blender Bytes, Blender ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-09-14 09:30 SLTCome learn Blender one little bite at a time.
I'm back from kayaking in RL and this will be my first class in several weeks. I'm talking about the things that are THE SAME between the way you edit textures in-world and modify the UV map settings in Blender. I'm so ready for this class, I even did a YouTube video for it already! Don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the wa 1 0 | |
Surf Practice daySpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-08-27 09:30 SLTI will be kayaking in British Columbia for the next two weeks, so I encourage everyone to go to the beach and practice with all the surf toys so I'll have some competition when I get back!
A different adventure almost every Saturday morning! Surfing, kayaking, target practice, dinosaur hunting, dune buggy races, equestrian events and more! 1 0 | |
Blender Bytes ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-08-17 09:30 SLTCome learn Blender one little bite at a time.
We've been working on some advanced topics like materials and texture baking, but don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the way I teach it. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/p... Class is held almost every Wednesday at 9:30AM, you must be able to hear voice to get the instruction, a Blende 0 0 | |
Kayak Surf ContestSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-08-13 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Ride the 8 meter waves on a kayak! These boats have a few tricks a surfboard does not, so come try out the water in one. Your ride is judged (by Kayaker Magic) based on length of ride, efficient use of the wave, shooting the tube, catching air and a few other points. A different adventure almost every Saturday at 9:30AM. Start you weekend surfing, horseback riding, archery, BIG GAME hunting, kayaking, sailing, etc. —— posted by Kayaker Magic —— 1 0 | |
Blender Bytes ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-08-10 09:30 SLTCome learn Blender one little bite at a time. Don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the way I teach it. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/p... Class is held almost every Wednesday at 9:30AM, you must be able to hear voice to get the instruction, a Blender screen is shared on a media prim that you can also see on any browser.
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Easy sailing cruiseSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-08-06 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure! No need to learn to sail, I'll be your captain, trim the sails and plot the course to take you on a tour of some of the oceans of Discovery Grid. You will be asked to hike out on one side of the boat or the other, but the script in the seat will do that for you. A different adventure almost every Saturday at 9:30AM. Start you weekend surfing, horseback riding, archery, BIG GAME hunting, kayaking, sailing, etc.
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Blender Bytes ClassSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-08-03 09:30 SLTCome learn Blender one little bite at a time.
We are learning many things together, rigging, animesh, converting prims to mesh for OpenSim. Don't be shy to ask a question or discuss a problem with Blender, bring it and we'll see if we can solve it. I've created a YouTube channel with some of the beginner stuff the way I teach it. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IheM2z1E9P5IhT9yjjNiw/p... Class is held almost every Wednesday at 9:30AM, you must be able to hear voice to get the instruct 0 0 | |
Dune Buggy RaceSpirit Rock Ranch 2 years ago | 2022-07-30 09:30 SLTStart your weekend with an adventure!
Race through the dunes and along the beach. Race against your friends and against the clock. The course is 2000 meters long, you go through a start gate, 6 checkpoint gates and then cross the finish line. Your time appears on the status board to the nearest 100th of a second. Bring your own vehicle or try one of the many available to try. A different adventure almost every Saturday at 9:30AM. Start you weekend surfing, horseback riding, archery, BIG GAME hunting, kaya 0 0 |