久違了，石門水庫！

January 20, 2008

延續這一週以來的好天氣，今天終於輪到川崎小綠出去兜風了。連續十來天陰雨綿綿的天氣，真把人悶壞了！繼昨天的自行車半日遊後，今天是重型機車出動的好日子。

Today was a great Sunday with good sunshine during daytime and finally was the turn of our heavy motorcycle to promenade outdoors. It has been rainy and cloudy for more than ten days, I was getting bored with the same gray sky everyday.



昨晚就商量好了，今天來去石門水庫玩囉！距離上次拜訪石門水庫已經超過十年啦！那時候還在清華唸碩士班，偶而實驗做煩了，會一個人不聲不響地離開學校去散心，從新竹經關西到石門水庫，騎機車約末五十分鐘，沿途車少風景好，兜一圈風回來，實驗馬上就做的嚇嚇叫啦～

We had a discussion last night about today's excursion and decided to visit Shihmen Reservoir. It has been more than ten years since my last visit of Shihmen Reservoir. When I was a graduate student in Natl Tsing-Hua Univ, I sometimes left lab alone to refresh my messy mind caused by screwed up experiments. It took about 50 minutes for me to ride from Hsin-Chu by way of Guanxi to get there - Shihmen Reservoir. Easy traffic and pretty scenery accompanied me on the way. I always felt inspired to carry on my thesis work after a short "escape"~




大太陽、冷空氣、重型機車，這三者真是兜風的絕佳拍檔，缺一不可！我們沿著大漢溪的河堤道路，經三峽接上三角標三號公路，繼續往大溪的方向前進，時速大約維持每小時七十公里，沿途人車皆不多，兜風兜的很暢快，沒多久就抵達石門水庫遊樂區了。

Sunshine, cold air, and heavy-motorcycle are essential elements for a joyful excursion. We rode along the road running parallel to the Tahan River. By way of Sanxia, on the #3 freeway with an average speed of 70 km per hour, we smoothly rode and soon arrived Shinmen Reservoir.




車行至停車場，目光立刻被兩旁的行道樹所吸引。樹型好漂亮喲！當然以我貧乏的植物相關知識，一定說不出樹名的啦！不管它，拍照先。這樹的枝枒長得真有意思～你瞧！是不是很有雙手高舉、手掌向上的樣子？不知道這樹要表達的是什麼～開心迎向藍天？還是看開了、無所謂的手勢？

My eyes was attracted by shade trees planted around the parking lot. No doubt I was unable to recognize them because I am so poor in knowledge about plant taxonomy. Who cares! It was the must-be-taken picture for its beautiful shape! The trunk and branches of the tree looked like raising hands in greeting to the sky.




只知道是櫻花的花苞，可不認得是哪個品種。櫻花，真奇怪唷～嫩芽分明是迎向天空的姿態，可是花開卻都是俯首斂眉的模樣。有照為證，如下！

A bud of cherry blossom looked very different from the blossom. The bud presented itself a triumphal posture and stood upright in a proud way. However, after the bud bloomed, the cherry blossoms became bowing their heads as if they were praying.




不記得是哪位詩人的形容了。依稀記得詩人以櫻花凋謝比喻消逝的愛情。而被這樣形容的主角，想必是一位具有沉魚落雁之姿，且具有剛烈個性的美麗女子吧！她的愛情專注而唯美，如同櫻花的綻放；在愛情逝去的時候，亦如櫻花一般，「粉頸一低、落地有聲，而非瓣瓣凋零。」這一種壯士斷腕的氣勢，還真不是普通人能有的呢！相較之下，「藕斷絲連」真是遜到一個不行。

I cannot recall the name of the poet who has a simile to describe vanished love as those withered cherry blossoms. Imaging the lady in the poem, she wished love of fantasy and purity like efflorescent cherry blossoms and when she faced vanishing love, she left it without hesitation and ended it once for all...like the cherry blossoms withered away in early spring. The action is kind of heroic vigor and enthusiasm that an ordinary person would not take.




又扯遠了～趕快回到正題。石門水庫會開花的樹可不只櫻花樹唷～離開大壩區，我們騎著小綠繞行石門水庫一圈，準備離開去覓食了，卻在出口處看到一大片令人驚艷的珊瑚莿桐！哇～停下來停下來，讓我拍幾張照片再走！素淨的枝幹，火紅如爆竹的花朵，襯著一絲不染的藍天～真的好美喔～

Well~ I got to return to the theme ^_^
Here in Shihmen Reservoir, it is not just the cherry trees blossoming! We left the dam area, drove around the reservoir, and surprisingly met other blooming trees. Wow~Stop! Stop! Here comes up to me a must-be-taken scene! The tree with its trunk and branches of simple shape is now decorated by firecracker-like blossoms! With the clear blue sky that formed a dramatic backdrop for it, what an extremely gorgeous picture!

預備--重機開跑

二○○七年十一月一日
November 1st, 2007

早在一個月前，就看到公告了～每個週末，老公會開車載我走市民快速道，回家跟公公婆婆一起吃晚餐。就在平面道路轉快速道的入口處，看到快速道路自十一月一日起開放重型機車行駛的公告牌。超期待的呢～

It has been announced for a month~every weekend, when we drive home by Civic Blvd. to have dinner with my parents-in-low, the notice was there and announced "Heavy motorcycle with cylinder volume equal and more than 550 ml are allowed to drive on express highways". I looked forward to the day so much to experience it!!




終於到了十一月一日這一天！原本以為老公會騎機車來接我下班，特地今天早上出門時選擇著褲裝。到了傍晚，接到老公的簡訊說已經到中研院了，開心地揹了書包下樓去，咦？沒有看到川崎小綠呀！怎麼回事？才拿起手機要問老公人在哪兒，電話就響了「妳不上車，還在那邊東張西望找什麼？我就停在你正前方！」。真是令人失望～我以為今天可以很拉風的騎機車走快速道回家說。老公叫我別傻了，說是今天的市快可能會比菜市場熱鬧，不要今天去跟人家一窩蜂！想想也有道理，好吧！改天再來試試囉～

The day, November 1st, I dressed myself in pantsuit for office this morning...I thought Michael would ride his moto to take me home. When my mobile showed up the message sent by Michael and said he was nearby, I happily went downstairs and felt disappointed~I didn't see our heavy moto -- Kawasaki ZRX1200R... just Michael was there waiting for me! Well, Michael might be right. He said the Civic Blvd. must be as crowded as supermarket today. We could have a try several days later. Sure~wait for another good day, I'll have my flight on express highway!




【後記】這個週末，我們終於有了重機行駛快速道路初體驗。超刺激的呢～這時候，佩戴全罩式安全帽的必要性就明顯了。在安全無虞的情況下，高速行駛所帶來的種種噪音跟震動，讓我有一種安全帽會飛出去的錯覺（我的帽子是3/4罩，全罩式對我而言太重了，脖子有撐不住的疑慮），看來裝備有升級的必要了。

ps. We later had a ride on express highway #61 at November 3th. It was indeed a fascinating ride! Vibration and noise were accompanied with high-speed riding, I felt my moto helmet was almost blown away~ the helmet I currently use is SHOEI J-Force II. It seems I have to upgrade my equipments now ^_^

上山下海。二。三貂角燈塔。

September 2007

We certainly were well-prepared for this excursion! After breakfast, we had a good time with cute Hua. At about eleven o'clock, we waved goodbye to Hua's family and started over the trip. Next destination is Sandiao Cape Lighthouse.

這一回我們可是有備而來。吃過美味的活力早餐之後，跟小饅頭又玩了一回。午前時分，我們跟小饅頭一家人揮手說拜拜，重新啟程，前往今天的下一個目的地，三貂角燈塔。
　

三貂角燈塔。簡介。Sandiao Cape Lighthouse．Introduction


We left Sky Coffee and rode along the county freeway #106. Passing through "Ping-Shuang Tunnel", we were then running on a branch of freeway #2 and soon reached the main line of it. I felt like flying along the coast of Taiwan~

從天空咖啡出來，繼續沿著106縣道前行，過了平雙隧道，接上三角標公路2丙，途經貢寮，接上三角標2號公路，以近似飛翔的感覺奔馳在人車稀少的公路上~　


三貂角燈塔。Main building of Sandiao Cape Lighthouse


The sky turned to be cloudy...isn't it just the beginning of autumn? How come the effect of monsoon is so obvious?! Running on freeway along coast, the wind of a slight salty smell blew me up and made me feel as if I were a kite flying against the current of air to the sky~

此時天色稍微轉陰。時序才入秋耶！沒想到東北季風的影響已經這麼明顯。馳騁在濱海公路上，帶有鹽味的海風從耳邊呼呼吹過，腦中閃過古人名句，好個「浩浩乎如馮虛御風，而不知其所止」啊！


小路。通往位於陡峭山壁前的觀景台。
The only way to the viewing platform


It's so strange! On our arrival at Sandiao Cape Lighthouse, except Michael, me and our motorbike V-Star, there was no other visitors! Here showed an extremely good field of vision~

不過老公當然不會不知其所止～我們此行的第二個目的地，三貂角燈塔，到了！好寬廣的視野！不過真奇怪，放眼望去，這裡除了老公、我、勝利小星、燈塔之外，沒有其他遊客耶！雖然頗有「飄飄乎如遺世獨立」之感，不過我可還沒做好「羽化而登仙」的準備。


觀景台在望。Viewing Platform


Before we waved goodbye to the lighthouse, Michael asked me if I felt tired or not. He wished to ride along the coast to Yi-Lan and planned to return to Taipei by freeway #9. Wow~~ Of course I was very excited by Michael's idea! Go~go~go~Let's keep on riding for a blow~

離開三貂角燈塔前，老公問我累不累？如果不累，我們就繼續走濱海公路，到礁溪再接北宜公路回家，如何？哇～不累！不累！兜風可是我的最愛！當下重新啟程，繼續我們的公路飛行～


陪我們一路風塵僕僕的勝利小星。YAMAHA V-Star

We met the bullet train Taroko halfway and had a rush to chase it. Just a few seconds it ran so fast and disappeared from our eyesight.

走著走著，北迴鐵路濱海段出現了。巧遇前往花蓮的太魯閣號，不免跟它比畫了一下，不過只一下下，我們就被遠遠地拋在後頭，最後一節車廂就這樣自眼前消失。


大里天公廟。飛簷與藍天。
Dali Temple．Eaves Fly to the Blue Sky


Near the Dali railway station, there is a famous temple -- Tian-Gong Temple. It means the Master of Heaven in Chinese. We had a short stop here and prayed to GOD for father to make a complete recovery from cancer.

就在北迴鐵路濱海段大里車站附近，我看到香火鼎盛的大里天公廟，二話不說，停車到廟裡拜拜， 祈求天公賜福，助爸爸戰勝病魔。


飛簷像是迎天高舉的雙手。
Flying eaves look like Hands raising toward Sky


Today is a good day for excursion. No trunk, no traffic jams on the way! The weather though was cloudy, yet it did not rain. We met many motorbike riders halfway and waved hello to each other. What surprised me very much are those bicycle riders...to me, riding on freeway #9 is "mission impossible"! However, many bicycle riders were riding along freeway #9...Oh! My H~E~R~O~~

這一次飛行，運氣真不錯！不管北濱還是北宜公路，都沒遇盜恐怖的砂石車。沿路倒是遇到不少，或單槍匹馬，或三五成群的重型機車。最酷的是～我們在北宜公路上，遇到許多腳踏車騎士，臉不紅氣不喘地挑戰九彎十八拐～這這這真是太讓我崇拜啦！
　

李騰芳古厝。之二。

雖然天氣很冷，除了誤打誤撞的我們之外，另有一群參觀的人們，而且有導遊現場解說！跟在這一群偶遇的遊客旁邊，我也幸運地聽到一小段有關這座古厝的精采故事～

It was indeed a freezing cold day~ Except Michael and me, there was a tourist team being here with a curator guiding them around this historic buildings. We walked aside and heard from the curator about the history of this old house.



左護龍 ->正廳 ->右護龍
View from the Left Wing to the Right Wing.

不過天氣實在太冷了，冷得我直打哆嗦～過午的天色逐漸轉陰，在我的雙手凍僵之前，還是先努力的拍它幾張相片吧！

The air was extremely icy...I could not help but shivering. The sky turned to be cloudy in the afternoon. I thought I should shoot more before my hands got frozen. We therefore left the guided tour and walked through the old houses with my T11 shooting around.



內、外左護龍之間的穿廊。
A Corridor between the Inner and Outer Left Wing.

印象中，位於濱江路上的林安泰古厝也是兩進式四合院，不過，左右護龍不似李騰芳古厝這般，向外延伸並圈廓出內埕的範圍。相較於板橋林家花園的規模，三進大厝加上亭、台、樓閣及園林的設計，李騰芳古厝就顯得樸素簡單了。

I remembered other historic buildings that also represented the style of Chinese architecture. The first one is located on Bin-Jiang road of Taipei City -- Lin, An-Tai's ancient residence; and the other is in Ban-Ciao of Taipei County -- Lin's Garden. They all exhibited the hierarchy of structures in Chinese residence -- the ancestral hall had the highest status and the status declining of other rooms as farther away they were.



民生用水的來源。A Well.

但有一個事實是顯而易見的～李騰芳古厝的保存工作，不若另兩座古厝完善。不知是否跟古厝所在縣市的行政地位不同有關，經費短絀因而修葺不力？

It was obvious that the Li's historic houses were not preserved as good as the Lin, An-Tai's ancient residence and Lin's Garden. Is it because the three historic buildings belonged to the different administrative divisions and thus an inadequate financial support to preserve Li's houses?



配合古厝新建的公廁。
A Modern Toilet with an Old-fashioned Looking.

我家也有古厝呢！遠在雲林縣的老房子，聽阿公說那是我們的老祖先考取進士，皇帝所賜的進士宅邸呢！雖然只是一進四合院，庭、埕、廳堂、廂房等等，亦都是符合古代禮法的建築。

My family also has an old house that was assigned to be the historic buildings years ago. I heard from my grandfather about the house. It was a gift and built during the Tsin-Dynasty (清朝) for my ancestor had good rankings in the government exam. Although it was not as luxury as the three historic buildings I mentioned above, yet the court, yard, hall and rooms were built exactly in the manners of Chinese architecture.



陪我們兜冷風的夏朵。Honda Shadow.

差不多是我念大學的時候吧！某次的颱風過後，被強風掀翻的屋瓦，遭大雨毀壞的土角牆，讓老房子顯得不堪用且危險。伯叔公輩的老人家都說好了，大家一起來修繕這幢祖傳的四合院，卻因為老房子被列為三級古蹟，不可以隨意翻修，而讓老人家住在既不擋風也不遮雨的破舊房子裡。

Once there was a typhoon attacking our old house when I was undergraduate. Roof was blown away by strong wind, walls composed of clay lumps were destroyed by heavy rain, the old house looked toppling and dangerous. However, we could not and had no right to repair the house for it has been assigned as a historic buildings!! What a ridiculous situation it was!



離開古厝前的回眸。The Last Look.

說要列為古蹟保存，卻未積極具體的規劃如何保存及進行修葺等等相關工作，三級古蹟又如何？沒有配套措施，都只是說空話罷了！生活要先過得下去，才有餘力保存古蹟吧？！

Many old houses were assigned to be preserved for they are priceless in the view of historical meanings. They were "preserved" in a way of general ideas instead of a clear and concrete plan of tasks! For the old who live in the "historic buildings", how to make a living is more important and realistic issue than "preserve the historic buildings", isn't it?



再見了，古厝。
Looking Forward to Seeing You Again!

【後記】還記得老房子的窗戶有著精緻雕工的木質窗櫺，曾幾何時，已被鐵製窗格取代。那個我小時候要墊著小板凳才搆得著的蓮花灶，也在不知不覺中，已變身為現代化的流理台設備。灶腳的火爐裡，記憶中的煨蕃薯還燙手呢！莫非這一切都是幻覺？

不說啦！有一點發牢騷的味道了～我家的古厝位於雲林縣，大埤鄉，一個名叫「箔雁岸」的小村落。該找個機會特地回去拍照才是。

[郊遊] 石門鄉。之二。椿象與蜘蛛。

二零零六年。十一月。十八日。

朝著第一座風車的方向，沿著枕木梯，繼續令我頭暈的上行。
風很大，幾乎吹得我站不穩，只好趕緊抓著扶手，原地站定。
咦？就在我扶著的把手前方，好像有什麼東西在動？
當下忘了頭暈這回事，顧不得風很大，相機先就定位再說。



啪嚓！定睛細看，可惜看不出個所以然。
根據我粗淺的昆蟲學修養，只能說這是昆蟲綱的生物。



想跑！門兒都沒有～再一張！
這小東西真的好可愛喔！
醒目的黃色斑點之外，翅緣還有漂亮的鑲邊。
這種特徵應該不難查出它的身家。



回到家，抱起我的昆蟲圖鑑亂翻一通。
果然，昆蟲綱、半翅目，閨名兒叫黃斑椿象。
繼續上行。距離第一座風車應該還有總長三分之二的梯子要走。
可是眼睛開始不安分了。
扶梯外邊坡上不斷地有小東西或飛或爬，總是吸引我的目光。
風好大喔～讓我一度有種只要一個閃神就會被吹翻滾下梯去的恐懼。



就在我來回循梭的眼角餘光中，哇～～～好大的蜘蛛！
就像大閘蟹那麼大，看得我有一點頭皮發麻 >_< 可能是蹲著拍大閘蟹蜘蛛蹲太久了， 再站起來的時候，有種軟腳的虛弱感。 天啊！我怎摸離地面這麼遠～ 當下決定折返，回停車場去。

對呀！應該來秀一下夏朵美麗的身影。
它可是幫助我到這兒來遊玩的大功臣呢～

[郊遊] 富基漁港，吃海鮮囉！

週末上午十點，從昏睡中被老公搖醒。
跟怕啥俱樂部的朋友們約好，中午要去富基漁港吃阿姑家的海鮮。

新莊出發，取道八里，經關渡大橋接上淡金公路。
一路上車還真不少，有點兒小塞，十二點整剛剛好到達。
在阿嬤家停好車，步行到阿姑家的海鮮餐廳。
路邊。隨手拍。



才坐定，五分鐘不到的時間，只見好料以排山倒海的氣勢迅速佔據桌面。
這種時候我的相機通常會自動斷電，先吃為敬。
雖然沒拍下來，還是可以跟大家說吃了什麼好康的！
炸蚵酥、水煮草蝦、烤蝦姑、軟絲生吃、清蒸花蟹，還有叫不出名字的鮮魚！
跟我從小在林邊吃習慣的海鮮不太一樣呢～
（突然好想念大福樂餐廳好吃的蜂巢蚵、生干貝、日月蛤，還有鮮龍腸！）




小羊家的寶貝，小蘋果。
我們一前一後，在等待其它車子集合的時候，
就這樣互相誘拐對方到自家的車上。
你看小蘋果笑得多開心，比陽光還燦爛！




偏遠的小鎮，出現一部罕見的大鳥～
隔著車前擋偷偷把它拍下來！


回程的路上，老公笑我這次氣象預報不準確，
因為早上九點多的時候還下著滂沱大雨，
可是週五晚上睡前我跟他說週末出去玩剛好，會放晴半天～

這我就不服氣啦！上午九點還在我昨天的夢境裡呀！
我的今天可是從十點起床以後才開始的呢！
瞧！雖然天邊有聚集的烏雲，此時此刻卻是適合玩耍的晴天～
有照片為証！

[郊遊] 在山裡吃早餐。之二。

從天空咖啡的停車場往露天咖啡座的方向看。
來自四面八方的騎士，
兩三好友、成群結伴、或者像偶們這樣老公老婆的組合都有。




轉身拍下停車場的車陣。
雖然不像莫內的車陣一般聲容浩大，
卻另有一番恬靜從容的味道。




在我們休息的蕈狀傘外，
有一隻蜻蜓一直飛來飛去，企圖引起我的注意。
可是走近要幫牠拍照，又會故做姿態的飛遠去。
只好隔著不驚擾牠的距離，悄悄按下快門～
這一張設成電腦桌面還不錯看唷！




看著天邊堆起的雲朵，是午後雷陣雨的預告嗎？
重新穿好一身裝備準備啟程回家。
離開天空咖啡之前，再來一張～

[郊遊] 在山裡吃早餐。之一。

難得週日不賴床，今天七點半就起床了～
因爲要出去玩。

目的地是位於平溪鄉的天空咖啡，
偶老公說帶偶去兜風，順便去那裡吃早餐。

八點整裝完畢，出發囉！
恐怖的台北縣交通～
從新莊走大漢橋，經中永和過木柵之後，終於有了一點點兜風的快感。
好不容易擺脫都市的擁擠，車子終於奔馳在106縣道上！
行經標示66公里處的莫內咖啡 -- 上次和老公一起開車帶公公婆婆來過～
看起來依舊人聲鼎沸。

繼續前行。不久就右轉三角標編號 2丙的公路，往瑞芳的方向前進。
過平雙隧道後，開始下坡，路突然變窄了～
轉過一個180度的湯匙彎後，右手邊出現一群白色蕈狀物，
到了！這裡就是天空咖啡。時間九點半。

傳說中的早餐來了！哇～好豐盛哦！



早在來的途中，就餓到不會吵的偶～
很快的吃到盤底朝天，然後就挺身而出，
協助老公吃掉高熱量的黃金薯條～
吃飽喝足。現在有力氣欣賞週邊景緻了。
來拍些照片做記錄～

瞧！我家哈山小藍的側面英姿。


哈山小藍的本名叫 YAMAHA XJR1300。
因為日文的 YAMA 就是山，HA音同哈，車漆主調為藍色，
所以暱稱哈山小藍。
兩支排氣管的背影很帥吧！