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October 03, 2025

Oct 1st and a meet up for a three day trip up to the rim and then

πŸ“ New Mexico
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September 06, 2025

As this trip is drawing to a close, I was blessed to have a short...

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August 29, 2025

Today is their first day of school but I've already forgotten wha

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August 14, 2025

I'm starting a new trip to the NorthWest on Sunday the 17th of Au

πŸ“ California
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June 04, 2025

June 3rd and starting this trip out with three good friends at De...

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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September 28, 2024

Sherm and I decided to take a little trip to visit theWupatki

πŸ“ Flagstaff, AZ
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July 28, 2024

This chicken decided to lay an egg in one of my sister herbs.

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July 21, 2024

Both groups had way too much energy

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July 19, 2024

On Thursday Morning Doug and I stopped for one last breakfast

πŸ“ Arizona
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July 17, 2024

A memorial to 5 Coast Guardsmen that made the ultimate sacrifi

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July 16, 2024

I took a couple of pictures this morning before I realized tha

πŸ“ Idaho
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July 15, 2024

Doug and I are meeting up in St Helens. I'm a couple of hundre

πŸ“ Mexico
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July 14, 2024

About to cross the Columbia River from Washington into Oregon

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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July 10, 2024

Logan wanted to ride the motorcycle with grandpa straight to t

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July 05, 2024

It's the 4th of July and the young and the old (me) are gather

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July 04, 2024

I would have never guessed!

πŸ“ Alaska
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June 29, 2024

She has carried me to many places and never a breakdown or eve

πŸ“ Kentucky
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June 24, 2024

Sherm decided to eat lite this morning! :)

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June 23, 2024

June 23rd of 2024 and I'm heading out to another VROC rally. T

πŸ“ Flagstaff, AZ
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February 15, 2024

Quick stop in Kingman for tacos as I start my first trip of th

πŸ“ Arizona
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September 21, 2023

Mike And I Headed Out Today For Rockies

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July 08, 2023

July 8Th And Im Leaving My Son And His

πŸ“ Arkansas
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July 06, 2023

I Had Couple Of Days To Kill Before

πŸ“ Alaska
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July 02, 2023

I Thought Id Better Get Picture Of

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June 25, 2023

I Decided To Take Hwy 142 West From

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June 10, 2023

6 9 20 New Chapter For Blog Begins Today

πŸ“ Idaho
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June 06, 2023

I Stopped Early For Breakfast

πŸ“ Montana
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June 04, 2023

The Last Day Of Front Porch Sitting At

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May 31, 2023

Im Going To Post Events Of May 30Th

πŸ“ Arkansas
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May 28, 2023

Sherm Would Have Liked This Room See

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May 27, 2023

This Morning When We Were Ready To

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May 26, 2023

May 26Th One Of My Several Times Of

πŸ“ New Mexico
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May 25, 2023

May 23 And Leaving On My Summer Ride

πŸ“ Arkansas
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February 19, 2023

I Had To Go Out To My Bike To Retrieve

πŸ“ California
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February 18, 2023

A Little Police Action At Exchange Club

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February 17, 2023

On My Way To Death Valley I Stopped To

πŸ“ Colorado
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August 11, 2022

Doug and I have appointed ourselves as the North West contention

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July 31, 2022

Swimming with the grandkids I took it on myself to suck up the bu...

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July 26, 2022

My cousin Paul and his wife Kathy

πŸ“ Alaska
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July 23, 2022

Sarah complemented Jeannie and I a room so we could arrive in Bel...

πŸ“ Alaska
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July 21, 2022

Last night we ate at the food trucks in Woodvillage

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July 20, 2022

What does JJJ mean, jump jump jump? The Washougal River is a majo...

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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July 19, 2022

This morning I had no plans other than finding some nice local ro...

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July 18, 2022

The NW contingent of the Power Riders met up in Castle Rock for a...

πŸ“ Glacier, MT
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July 17, 2022

Yesterday I was riding through the SE section of Portland and sna...

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July 14, 2022

I left Ontario, OR this morning and rode HWY 26 to Prineville, OR

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July 12, 2022

As I left my motel in Pocatello this morning I wasn't expecting t...

πŸ“ Idaho
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July 11, 2022

A whole mountain of leverite rocks

πŸ“ Utah
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July 10, 2022

I had a good nights sleep and woke up this morning excited about ...

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July 09, 2022

Finally I'm on the road again!Β  Β Hey Rocky, do you see the Rock m

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February 22, 2022

I left Beatty this morning at 6:30 am with plans to visit another...

πŸ“ Tennessee
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February 20, 2022

Rocky decided to ride home today

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February 19, 2022

Saturday park ride lining up

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February 18, 2022

A few of us have arrived at the Glorious Motel 6 in Beatty and Ro...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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August 13, 2021

I was looking for an awesome sunset this evening but this was all...

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July 30, 2021

Some of you have asked what I've been up to lately so I better up

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July 10, 2021

Today is July 10th and Hailey and I have started our trek back ho

πŸ“ Kentucky
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July 09, 2021

First official evening of the Rally It's always so much fun catch...

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July 06, 2021

Today is just to get from point A to point B. We have been having

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July 05, 2021

Today is going to be the longest day of our trip, and hopefully o

πŸ“ Yellowstone
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July 02, 2021

We had planned a stop in Missoula to install a garage floor for m...

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June 29, 2021

On my way to Ephrata I got to visit my Granddaughter Patience and...

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June 27, 2021

Penny and I were sitting on the patio looking up at these cherrie...

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June 26, 2021

Nothing like the pillars of light in a Ponderosa forest to start ...

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June 24, 2021

Set out my morning pills, I think my sis is trying to get me addi

πŸ“ California
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June 23, 2021

I started out on my trip this morning at 0 dark thirty in order t

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June 23, 2021

When I was a kid, Jack Webb (I think) would open Dragnet with the

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February 14, 2021

As we rode into the park today, the military was testing some new

πŸ“ California
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February 13, 2021

It's Friday and the only reason I know is........................

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February 13, 2021

Usually when we make our usual Presidents Day ride to Death Valle...

πŸ“ Alaska
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February 11, 2021

I'm just crossing into Calif on my first blogged trip of this yea

πŸ“ Colorado
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October 16, 2020

Helmets and Hash Browns for breakfast Not planned, but we crossed...

πŸ“ Arizona
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October 15, 2020

On our way to Hatch, NM we stopped to look at these old buildings...

πŸ“ Arizona
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October 14, 2020

Sherm and I are taking a little four day RTE (ride to eat)

πŸ“ Arizona
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August 12, 2020

A couple of Honda's at the Hon Dah Some mild Wild Life Enjoying t...

πŸ“ Colorado
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August 10, 2020

I'm riding to meet Sherm for a little three day ride to escape th...

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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July 16, 2020

I've started working my way back home and decided to ride a coupl

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July 12, 2020

Kind of pretty

πŸ“ Canada
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July 08, 2020

After surfing around for someplace to visit today, I settled on f

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July 06, 2020

I invited my Stepdaughters for lunch yesterday but forgot to take...

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July 05, 2020

Yea! Finally getting to visit Patience and little Shannon again

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July 04, 2020

I decided to super slab it today on my way to Portland

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July 02, 2020

My sister had to replace her chickens because they quit laying

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Riding home from ES I stopped for a little self spoiling and a ni...

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Saturday, September 14, 2019

It's always exciting on the first day of the rally

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Saturday, September 14, 2019

Sherm and his midnight motorcycle supply business

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

I rode the historic loop through Eureka Springs this morning just...

πŸ“ Eureka Springs, AR
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Not all who wander are lost, but some want to be sure! Eric remin...

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Joe is documenting his blowout/shread/meltdown

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Monday, September 9, 2019

First time I've ever been the first one to a rally.

πŸ“ Canada
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Monday, September 9, 2019

The rally doesn't start until tomorrow but lots of people arrivin...

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Saturday, September 7, 2019

How can you have that nice shop and these cool cars and not do so...

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Started out this morning with a little fog and a lot of sun glare

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

I had to do a second take when I saw the size of this fly

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Tuesday, September 3, 2019

I put new tires on my bike before I left on this trip thinking th...

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Monday, September 2, 2019

Riding through Waynesboro this morning, this caught my eye

πŸ“ Tennessee
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Sunday, September 1, 2019

I can't believe I waved at this guy as I rode by! Lot's of Amish ...

πŸ“ Midwest
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Saturday, August 31, 2019

I only have 700 miles to make in the next ten days so I am taking...

πŸ“ California
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Friday, August 30, 2019

I spent the night in Portsmouth, OH and took these pictures on my...

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

I left Butch and Teresa's this morning after enjoying a great rid...

πŸ“ Midwest
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Butch met me at the Days Inn and we headed out for the days ride

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

I broke bread today with my friend Donnie

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Monday, August 26, 2019

My last evening with Mark and Wanda we did a little knife throwin...

πŸ“ Tennessee
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Sunday, August 25, 2019

We had some very good southern cooking at this rally

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Saturday, August 24, 2019

We been getting some pretty good evening showers This house is ow...

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Friday, August 23, 2019

Yesterday we tried to visit this museum, but it was closed so we ...

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

I just arrived at Mark and Wanda's I might not be losing any weig...

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Steve's Brother Shaun is a fireman with the City of Danville, IL

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Saturday, August 17, 2019

It's looking ominous, I should have geared up

πŸ“ Midwest
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

My friend Larry called me out of the blue to ask me a question ab...

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

These guys are cool to look at when you aren't used to seeing the

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Sunday, August 11, 2019

I rarely have a bad day when I'm out on my bike, but today is one...

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Saturday, August 10, 2019

I've always been told that I need to visit the Corn Palace

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Friday, August 9, 2019

Yep, lucky 13 Just before I saw these guys I was saying to myself...

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Thursday, August 8, 2019

I decided to ride Hwy 14A the Big Horn Mt

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Thursday, August 8, 2019

Not being the sharpest guy on the block when it comes to laying o...

πŸ“ Montana
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Jacob trying out the Bluetooth Almost bonding with this little gu...

πŸ“ Montana
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Staying at Brian and Lady's house it is very nice to wake up to t...

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Sunday, August 4, 2019

Hello down there! So many stairs

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Saturday, August 3, 2019

Trying out his new crib It didn't take long to convert it to a tr...

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Friday, August 2, 2019

Saying goodbye to my son and his wife this morning I saw this guy...

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Friday, August 2, 2019

Took a quick detour into Merry Old England to visit Stonehenge Ha...

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

I got in one last visit with Patience and Shannon

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

My son Eldo and I took a little ride along the beach this morning

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

A nice view of the Columbia River on my way to visit Patience and...

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Monday, July 29, 2019

Today, 7-28-2019 I'm riding with some friends I haven't ridden wi...

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Saturday, July 27, 2019

I woke up to a little rain here in Portland, OR so while it was d...

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Friday, July 26, 2019

29 Years! That's how long it has been since I've seen Gary

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

I've been wondering when this old riding buddy would show up Wow,...

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

When I was a little boy of about six our family was moving to Cal

πŸ“ California
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Sunday, July 21, 2019

I'm off on my big summer trip and this is my first fill up at the...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

This is the day that we came here for

πŸ“ Utah
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Monday, May 20, 2019

We were very thankful to arrive at this Day's Inn after a very we...

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Sunday, May 19, 2019

Sherm and I had planned a trip to ride the Moki Dugway in Utah a ...

πŸ“ Flagstaff, AZ
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Thursday, April 4, 2019

Thursday, April 4, 2019 We were going to visit the Tumacacori Mis...

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Sherm and I planned a little ride up to the Moki Dugway in Utah.

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Left my room to go for dinner, look what I found

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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Looks like Tesla forgot to charge his own battery

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Saturday, February 16, 2019

Wheels trike, ready for today's ride

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Friday, February 15, 2019

My first motorcycleΒ trip for 2019 will again be our annual ride t

πŸ“ Nevada
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Thursday, January 10, 2019

We took off on and adventure today January 10, 2019 with the high...

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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Sherm and I have decided to take a few smaller trips and try to c...

πŸ“ Mexico
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Monday, October 29, 2018

I've been riding past Mt Graham for many years and just recently ...

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Sunday, September 16, 2018

Scott, one of the true masters of BBQ He's been fixing the Friday...

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Fun road to ride in Arkansas My buddy Gord and I had a spirited r...

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Skid is officially old now

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Sunday, September 9, 2018 Turned 15K in Glens Ferry Idaho Had to ...

πŸ“ Idaho
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Sunday, September 9, 2018

Turned 15K in Glens Ferry Idaho Had to take the pick while I was ...

πŸ“ Idaho
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Friday, September 7, 2018

Ron has his favorite Harley Coffee Cup

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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

I stopped for breakfast here on Hwy 6 after leaving my sons house

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Saturday, September 1, 2018

I thought we were going to a concert It was breakfast instead I l...

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Friday, August 31, 2018

My cousin Paul and his granddaughter Ellie Kathy Ellie and I Elli...

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Friday, August 31, 2018

I stopped for a visit with my cousin Larry

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

I stayed at this motel Sunday evening after visiting part of the ...

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Sunday, August 26, 2018

Last night I stayed with Joy and Tony D in their recently remodel...

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Saturday, August 25, 2018

My new friend Donnie met up with me this morning for breakfast an...

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Friday, August 24, 2018

After a great first day of riding I spent the night at the Hotel ...

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Friday, August 24, 2018

In July I built this porch for one of my customers that bought th...

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Friday, August 24, 2018

So far I have been plagued with beautiful blue skies onΒ  this tri...

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Monday, June 11, 2018

This sign in Alaska made me smile

πŸ“ Alaska
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Monday, June 11, 2018

These three pictures were taken with others cameras

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Sunday, June 10, 2018

The day of the wedding they gave us special parking! My sister Sh...

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Saturday, June 9, 2018

My daughters kitty Annie rules the roost! We went to the Anchorag...

πŸ“ Alaska
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Friday, June 8, 2018

My daughters i kitty Annie says I'm comfortable! L to R, Me, My s...

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

On our way to collect our bags upon arriving at the Anchorage, AK...

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Friday, May 25, 2018

A few of my pics are out of order but I've gone back and included...

πŸ“ Sedona, AZ
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

I've taken these pics to show one of the forum members the view a...

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Sunday, May 20, 2018

On the Blue Ridge Parkway, most of the overlooks look the same

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Saturday, May 19, 2018

A nice view of Looking Glass Falls from Thursday's ride

πŸ“ Tennessee
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Saturday, May 19, 2018

I went to the wheels through time museum

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Brandon and I went for a fun little ride this morning on some ver...

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Cheryl and Donna enjoying the rocking chairs to the pitter patter...

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

I usually try to avoid big cities, but riding through Atlanta, GA...

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Monday, May 14, 2018

I'm feeling much better today, but needed to make up a little dis...

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Saturday, May 12, 2018

After riding at high altitude for a couple of days the bike think...

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Friday, May 11, 2018

This cemeteryΒ was right on the Hwy and it caught my eye because o...

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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Finally, I'm on the road again! I had a doctor appointment this m...

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Phone was getting pretty warm in it's foam pocket so I added a li...

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

I getting ready to head to Maggie Valley and was waiting for the ...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

The new seat, so nice, no more tush fatigue!

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

I'm heading out to get a custom seat built for the New Wing, but ...

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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Biglefti's Summer Trips 2016

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Sunday, October 22, 2017

I rode out the Old Julian Hwy on my way home this morning and sto...

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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Needing to have a good start to this big day I stopped at The Ram...

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Sunday, October 22, 2017

The next few pictures were taken by Linda, one of my classmates f...

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Friday, October 20, 2017

Oct 20th and I am riding to Ramona, CA for the final event of my ...

πŸ“ Colorado
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

I decided to take a day off from riding the bike and take the tro...

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Let's start the day low carb While we were fueling the bikes, Tro...

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Mark and I took a little ride today and stopped by one of my favo...

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Sitting outside my motel room it is so peaceful listening to the ...

πŸ“ Eureka Springs, AR
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

I've been coming to the Eureka Springs, AR rally for a few years ...

πŸ“ Eureka Springs, AR
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Monday, September 11, 2017

We arrived at the motel in Eureka Springs to four big Kawasaki ba...

πŸ“ Eureka Springs, AR
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Sunday, September 10, 2017

Lot's of yard sales along the rural highways in MO

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Sunday, September 10, 2017

River front property that's out of the flood plane

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Friday, September 8, 2017

We rode to Cuba, MO today for BBQ Fun place Good food A newer pla...

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Today we rode the town of Ste

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

I only did one thing today and that was visit the Daniel Boone ho...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

The group planned to ride this bit of twisty road today but we ha...

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

We rode to St

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Sunday, September 3, 2017

This morning I let the GPS choose where we had breakfast

πŸ“ Midwest
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Saturday, September 2, 2017

A little history on the red barn that I forgot to post yesterday

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Friday, September 1, 2017

Each evening Sherm and I do our blogs before we go to sleep

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

We had Chinese last evening

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

I'm off on another trip with my buddy Sherm

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Saturday, June 17, 2017

We rode through some Amish country yesterday, but we didn't stop

πŸ“ Midwest
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Friday, June 16, 2017

We began our ride this morning with a stop at a memorial for the

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

We're meeting this morning at the Unique Cafe for breakfast.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

The 20th Boscobel begins with early arrivals. Stuart, Jacqui, and

πŸ“ Midwest
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

It seems only reasonable that one should take a picture of the Mi...

πŸ“ Midwest
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Monday, June 12, 2017

It looks like a capital building, but I didn't see a sign.

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Monday, June 12, 2017

I'll let you figure out which one is Sherm

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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Here in Iowa they have developed a new strain of corn. It's calle

πŸ“ Iowa
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Saturday, June 10, 2017

I left for the Boscobel Rally early so that I could attend a memo

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Friday, June 9, 2017

I stopped for fuel in Julesburg, CO and this guy was filling up.

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

A few miles north of Las Vegas, NM and I was saying to myself tha...

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

I'm on my way to a good friends Memorial in Lincoln, NE and then ...

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Sunday, March 12, 2017

It's March 12th and I decided to see if I could find the Ghost To

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Sunday, March 5, 2017

March 5th, Garry and I went back today to see if we could complet...

πŸ“ Castle Hot Springs, AZ
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Saturday, March 4, 2017

Garry chillen on the Tenere' Β This is from Joe's pics

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

March 1st, we are going to ride the 4 Peaks trail, and those in t...

πŸ“ Four Peaks, AZ
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Monday, February 20, 2017

Monday, February 20, 2017 On my way to meet Garry for our ride to...

πŸ“ Cave Creek, AZ
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Monday, February 20, 2017

On my way to meet Garry for our ride to Horseshoe Reservoir I saw...

πŸ“ Cave Creek, AZ
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Saturday, February 11, 2017

Garry and I were riding over to Yuma to see Jim, KT, Pat and Sher...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Garry and I took our first trip of the year to the Organ Pipe Cac...

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Garry and I decided to ride the dirt road to the top of Mt

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Saturday, July 23, 2016

They won't let him join in any of the cow games

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

The magnolia trees are starting to bloom The little red school ho...

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

We are gathering for the last ever Aebleskiver Rally It is a memo...

πŸ“ California
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

This is my first time ever hauling my bike to a rally on a traile...

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

This young lady was new to the line up of dancers this evening

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

We were entertained last evening by the Taos Pueblo Native Dancer...

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

We stopped to take a look at the Rio Grande Bridge It's a pretty ...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

This is the early bird dinner for all of the people that showed u...

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Monday, June 20, 2016

Not the most stylish, but has survived for awhile

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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Sherm and I started this day anticipating an interesting ride

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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Talk about coincidence, first Cranky staying at the same motel we...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

On May 12th I took a picture from this exact spot and the peaks w...

πŸ“ Flagstaff, AZ
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Looks a little overdeveloped

πŸ“ Arizona
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Monday, June 6, 2016

In another two miles down the road everything will be desert

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Sunday, June 5, 2016

This ole timer tried to get me to stay there, but I already have

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

Approaching Capitol Reef Nat'l Park It is always amazing to see a...

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

I stopped at this cliff to photograph someΒ hieroglyphs

πŸ“ Colorado
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Friday, June 3, 2016

Ringo got up early to say good bye

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

I'm as excited as a five year old today. This will be my third at

πŸ“ Colorado
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

After spending the night at Chief Lamoni's motel in Lamoni Kansas...

πŸ“ Kansas
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Monday, May 30, 2016

This guy has ridden a lot of miles with me

πŸ“ Arizona
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Saturday, May 28, 2016

All of the roads in Vermont are scenic byways

πŸ“ Midwest
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Friday, May 27, 2016

Last night Fred and I had decided on Maine Lobster When we pulled...

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

I took a peek out the front door this morning

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

We filled up at this Mobil station in Yarmouth, Maine

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Crossing the George Washington Bridge we got a good view of Manha...

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Monday, May 23, 2016

Fred directed me to the Bates Motel, Also known as the Embassy In...

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Final breakfast before we head our individual directions

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

It seems to rain a lot in the south Still a little damp, but look...

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Friday, May 20, 2016

I made a new friend this morning.........sadly he passed away a s

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

After a day of riding, there's a little party going on.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

I guess they aren't big on education here in TN

πŸ“ Tennessee
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Today was a down day as it was raining when I got up this morning

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Sunday, May 15, 2016

This is the I-40 bridge over the Mississippi River between Arkans

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

I started the day excited to see some new things....

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

This trip seems like it is long over due

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Monday, February 15, 2016

We stopped for fuel in Boulder, AZ and this young lady asked me i...

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Each year our Sunday ride takes us over Lida pass to the base of ...

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

I'm off to my first ride of the year and staying at the Motel 6 i

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Monday, September 21, 2015

We started home from ES yesterday morning and stopped here in Dav...

πŸ“ New Mexico
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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Mitch built himself a new BBQ and is now burning off all of the r...

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Ryan and Shannon heading back to Hawaii Mitch led us on a great r...

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

The wi-fi here at the motel 62 is rather undependable, especially

πŸ“ Eureka Springs, AR
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

We rode to the War Eagle Grist Mill this morning

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Monday, September 14, 2015

I stopped for breakfast at this little cafe in McLean, TX this mo...

πŸ“ Eureka Springs, AR
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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July And I just hit town and my th...

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Saturday, September 12, 2015

For those of you that think Arizona is all desert, I rode through...

πŸ“ Arizona
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Monday, July 27, 2015

Getting close to the end my my trip and stopped by my sisters for...

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

A nice view of Mt

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

The Crooked River Bridge on Hwy 97 in Terrebonne, OR It's a long ...

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Riding past this wheat field I resist the urge to pick one of the...

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

While in Kelso, WA, we all got to enjoy a nice Mexican dinner

πŸ“ Canada
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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Eldo's mother made him this nice quilt from his lettermans jacket...

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Near the port of Olympia this kids were having a good time

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Monday, June 29, 2015

I also got to visit my cousin Don. I also forgot to take a pictur

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Monday, June 29, 2015

For the rest of this trip I will be visiting friends and family

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Saturday, June 27, 2015

I know at least two people that will like this sign. Probably a l

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Saturday, June 27, 2015

My route for 6-26

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Riding the Cassiar Hwy in BC heading towards home

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

There wasn't a lot of exciting scenery today so I only posted a c...

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

This is our route for 6-24-15

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

We crossed back into Canada this morning and as you can see the s...

πŸ“ Canada
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Either they bloom from the bottom up, or die from the top down

πŸ“ Alaska
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Our route for 6-23-15

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

This is our route for 6-22-15

πŸ“ Canada
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

We stopped by here to view the salmon run, but theyΒ weren't

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

I'm not sure how he did it, but Tim was able to give me a wi-fi s...

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

No Wi-Fi for one day and my pictures decide to load randomly

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

On our way to Chitina, AK we stopped by Liberty Falls

πŸ“ Alaska
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

This should be the last picture of the day but it showed up here

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

We rode this in two days stopping in Coldfoot after day one

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

While Alaska is billed as the last frontier, when you visit any o...

πŸ“ Alaska
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Our route today

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Sign in the lobby of our hotel

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

We knew there wasn't going to be a lot to see between Healy, AK a...

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Our ride today from Tammy's to Denali

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Tims big game shot of the day

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Monday, June 15, 2015

I took this picture at midnight last night looking over Lost Lake

πŸ“ Talkeetna, AK
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Our route to Denali National Park and back

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Today we are riding through the national park

πŸ“ Glacier, MT
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

A peaceful visit with father and daughter

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Sarah is enjoying the view across Cook inlet this cool morning

πŸ“ Alaska
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

We were tired after the ride yesterday so made it easy with a gre...

πŸ“ Alaska
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Friday, June 12, 2015

Our route for 6-11

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

I'm borrowing these pictures taken by Tim.

πŸ“ Alaska
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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Mt. Redoubt, an active volcano that was acting up just a couple o

πŸ“ Alaska
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Annie my daughters kitty thinks she can hitch a ride

πŸ“ Alaska
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Route for 6-10's ride

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

A day off from riding except for picking up some supplies and par...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Sarah took us out to dinner last night to a very niceΒ restaurant

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

This was our route for 6-8

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Tim took these next four pics

πŸ“ Glacier, MT
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Monday, June 8, 2015

Tim and I are riding to Whittier, AK today

πŸ“ Alaska
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Sunday, June 7, 2015

We are taking a day off from riding today It's been seven years s...

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Saturday, June 6, 2015

I took this picture last night at 11:22 PM I seem to be staying u...

πŸ“ Alaska
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

I'm pretty excited today as I get to see my daughter Sarah and he...

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Stopping for breakfast in Dawson and all of the parking on the st...

πŸ“ Alaska
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Today we rode from Dawson, YT to Tok, AK

πŸ“ Alaska
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Friday, June 5, 2015

We rode from Whitehorse, YT to Dawson City, YT today

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

In Whitehorse YT, this is the worlds largest weather vane.

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Tim took this little video after the first Yukon sign

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Today, we rode from Toad River to Whitehorse, YT

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

We stayed at the Toad River Lodge last night

πŸ“ Alaska
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

This is mile 0 It is the official start of the Alaskan Highway If...

πŸ“ Alaska
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

This was our route for 6-2

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Monday, June 1, 2015

All of the rivers we have past are running right up to the tops o...

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Monday, June 1, 2015

This is the route we took on 5-31-15

πŸ“ Canada
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Monday, June 1, 2015

This was our route for today 6-1-15

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Monday, June 1, 2015

We crossed into Canada at 8:30AM

πŸ“ Canada
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

We had a lot of rain today so I didn't stop for too many pictures

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Hey Hailey, look where I am! I wonder why they call them the Sawt...

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Friday, May 29, 2015

I borrowed this and the next pic from Tim's camera. That's my bik

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Slow day today

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

I had read someΒ literature in my room about Cathedral Gorge being...

πŸ“ Alaska
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

I'm finally off on my Alaskan adventure

πŸ“ Alaska
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Monday, May 25, 2015

Alaska Bound

πŸ“ Alaska
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Monday, May 25, 2015

Got my cold weather gear on and I'm ready to push offl :)

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Sunday, April 19, 2015

I had two things on my bucket list for this trip

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

We rode down to a little place the Big Guy told us about

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The Sunday House Motel provides a nice breakfast each day.

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Two sisters working on the same bike.

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

This beautiful courthouse was in Mason, TX

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

I started out thinking I was going to get some great detail shots...

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Friday, April 10, 2015

I was wakened at 3:30 this morning by a clap of thunder

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

I have an easy day planned

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Beautiful park roads today

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Today I am riding to the parts we missed last year. It is still q

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Yeah, in another 30 minutes, no more traffic! I rode 610 this day

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

This is the route I rode today

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Saturday, January 3, 2015

A little late, but a few pics from my Christmas visit to my sisters

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Sunday, October 19, 2014

A view to the west from the viewpoint on Gates Pass

πŸ“ Mexico
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Sunday, October 5, 2014

That is the Hassayampa River near a rest area south of Wickenburg...

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Monday, September 22, 2014

The moon is just about through it's cycle and my cycle trip is ju...

πŸ“ Flagstaff, AZ
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

I kept seeing these signs for the blue hole in Santa Rosa, NM My ...

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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Mark and I had gone on a little spirited ride earlier and then st...

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

My friend Jim (Skid) taught me how to plot a route on google maps...

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

We're heading to Peel, AR today and theΒ forecastΒ is for rain So f...

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

I'm thinking Ewww! He looks happy :) Bikers going the other way s...

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Monday, September 15, 2014

Woke up to another day of rain, but it went away by 9:00am or so

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Sunday, September 14, 2014

First stop on our ride today was this old wooden bridge

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Saturday, September 13, 2014

They are running a special on Scarecrows for Halloween at Walmart...

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Friday, September 12, 2014

TheΒ CrescentΒ Hotel is refuted to be haunted

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Friday, September 12, 2014

The Pig Trail is also known as the Arkansas Dragon

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

I stayed in Elk City, OK last night but rode 40 to Weatherton for...

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

It finally quit raining at 11:30 this morning.

πŸ“ Arkansas
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

My motel last night was adequate, but pretty old

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Monday, September 8, 2014

I didn't take a lot of pics today, but I didn't get far before I ...

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Today is Sept 8th, 2014 and I was planning on leaving for a trip ...

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Our last event

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Scorpion finally showed up when we got to Kingman

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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Ole Cranky peeing into the waterfall at the world famous Madonna ...

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Friday, July 18, 2014

First stop to day was the Quicksilver Miniature Horse Ranch

πŸ“ California
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Friday, July 18, 2014

We are having dinner this evening at AJ Spurs in Buellton, CA Tha...

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Friday, July 18, 2014

We went to see a tribute band last night at the Chumash Casino

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

James, just a month removed from totaling his Vaquero, is checkin...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Good American and Mexican food

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Sherm, Kasey, and James

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

I must have slept pretty good last night because I sure didn't he

β†’
Monday, July 14, 2014

Yep, ATGYNATT (all the gear you need all the time) At least he wa...

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Monday, July 14, 2014

Great food and fantastic host at casa Sherm and Pat

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Monday, July 14, 2014

Sherm needed a new purse to go with his new outfit, but I think h...

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Monday, July 14, 2014

Solvang VROC Rally 2014

πŸ“ Arizona
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Sunday, April 13, 2014

When you see the San Francisco Peaks, Flagstaff is not far away

πŸ“ Flagstaff, AZ
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Saturday, April 12, 2014

This guy was following me most of the day

πŸ“ Arizona
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Saturday, April 12, 2014

We are meeting Jack and Barb 4E here for dinner

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Friday, April 11, 2014

The last night the whole group is together

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Admiral Nimitz was raised here in Fredericksburg and this awesome

β†’
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Texas has a very large volunteer road-kill clean up crew

πŸ“ Canada
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Sherm led us on a ride today down to the little town of Bandera,

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Monday, April 7, 2014

We started our day by washing the bikes

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Sunday, April 6, 2014

We left Fort Stockton this morning and got caught short on gas

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

On our way to Big Bend and the scenery is starting to change

β†’
Friday, April 4, 2014

We were trying to make Van Horn for lunch and fuel, but fighting ...

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

It started raining yesterday afternoon so we waited to fill up un...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

How we look to others! How we think we look :)

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Sherm is mighty particular about how his bike looks so I thought ...

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Monday, August 19, 2013

Final 2 days of the Logan trip

πŸ“ Colorado
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Logan Day 3

πŸ“ Utah
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Friday, August 16, 2013

I can park here legally! Others have told me that Sherm is a Junk...

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Logan Day 2

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Sherm's bike vault is full

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The last Day

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Day 17 July 20th

πŸ“ Canada
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Days 15 and 16

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Days 12, 13, and 14

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Monday, July 15, 2013

Day 11 July 15th

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Day 10 July 14th

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Day 9 July 13th

πŸ“ Wyoming
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Friday, July 12, 2013

Day 8 July 12th

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Day 6 July 10th

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Day 7 July 11th

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Day 5 July 9th

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Day 4 July 8th

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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Day 3 July 7th

πŸ“ Utah
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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Day 2 2013 trip

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Friday, July 5, 2013

Day 1 July 5th

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Queen Valley ride 3-4-13 This was just a 1/2 day ride, but it was fun to see the new area.

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

2-28-13 Four Peaks AZ ride with Jay

πŸ“ Four Peaks, AZ
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

My Catch All Blog

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Wilson Arch just south of Moab

πŸ“ Moab, UT
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

I'm here at Mcdonalds posting a few of the pics I took yesterday

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

This is my lovely Hostess Yvette. I'm trying to explain to her th

πŸ“ Moab, UT
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

One of my favorite parks

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

We ate breakfast at the Outlaw Cafe, Vance Johnson's place, the e

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

The kids are burning off excess energy

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

A picture of Idaho Falls in daylight. Notice behind the aerated p

πŸ“ Idaho
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

I pulled up behind this guy at a light. I liked his license plate

πŸ“ Idaho
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

This is downtown Cardston, AB. I ate breakfast in the little cafe

πŸ“ Glacier, MT
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

I was running a few minutes late and as I was parking my bike I h

πŸ“ Ajo, AZ
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Monday, August 13, 2012

We took another little ride today and Craig showed me a little tw

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Emil is a good family friend that is helping with the constructio...

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Emil's dog Purdi loves to watch TV Craig, Brandon, Casey, Caralee...

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Some of the construction vehicles at Craigs new house If you coun...

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

ο»Ώ These are Craigs friends Angel and Trevor

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Saturday, August 11, 2012

On our way back to the hospital

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Saturday, August 11, 2012

This is the hospital that Craig is staying at

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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Were heading back to the hospital after our virgin run

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Friday, August 10, 2012

We came across this Franklin grouse with her chicks

πŸ“ Canada
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Friday, August 10, 2012

My cousin Paul with the city of McBride,BC in the valley below

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Paul and Becky have four horses

β†’
Friday, August 10, 2012

Pauls son John is building this cabin

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

This little creek is what got dammed up and then let loose all th

β†’
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

All kinds riding bikes on the icefield highway Chuck tells me tha...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Biglefti motorcycle trip 2012

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

This road is a hundred miles of beauty

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

This guy figures a few more pounds before rut can't hurt

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

This was aptly named, Tangled Falls I would guess that the layer ...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

This was parked in the icefield centers parking lot

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Downtown Banff, I finally got some Canadian

β†’
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

ο»Ώ I can't remember the names of all of the mountains that I saw t...

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

I stayed in Revelstoke last night, cute town

β†’
Monday, August 6, 2012

I stayed last night at the home of a friend since childhood. He l

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Monday, August 6, 2012

Pretty hot for up here I think. It sure looks like thunder storms

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Our last day together, these are my aunts and uncles. Starting at

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Did I already mention the stoned beans?

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Nothing last forever Simple, but beautiful architecture on the ol...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

If you eat Tillamook Cheese, this is where it came from.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Near the Michelbook Country Club's cart shed Some flowers in my s...

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Monday, July 30, 2012

The Mckenzie river near where I stayed last night

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Monday, July 30, 2012

This driveway caught my eye as I was driving along a backroad in

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Hey Sherm, you might have got the girl in Calico, but I got the g...

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Out of order, but this is the cockpit for the helecopter that Den...

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Monday, July 30, 2012

When I started Precision Plastics it was housed in this spud cell...

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

At the Coos County fair, a ride that the whole family can take to...

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

I meant to stay in the town where I was born, but I took a wrong ...

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Sherm is unloading his XT from his Minnie He and Pat let me stay ...

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

A gal in the car behind me took this picture for me

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

A couple of fisherman bring their catch in from the Trinidad pier

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Just Just your normal pine trees Just your normal myrtle wood tre...

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

A friend of mine is selling her home in Carmel and wanted me to t...

β†’
Thursday, July 26, 2012

After visiting Hearst Castle, I stopped by the elephant seal view...

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

July 24th at the Mission in San Luis Osbisbo This little stream t...

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Today was a funny day

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Where try to to get as much of your money as they can! Kathy, our...

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

WRH would give his guest a hint that it was time to move along by...

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Monday, July 23, 2012

From Malibu I was headed to San Luis Obisbo to spend the night, b...

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Monday, July 23, 2012

From my sisters I rode to Santa Monica

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Monday, July 23, 2012

My school picture from my sophomore year

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Monday, July 23, 2012

When I passed the offcial Malibu city limits sign, it really didn...

β†’
Sunday, July 22, 2012

We are all looking older, but still friends just like we were bac...

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Friday, July 20, 2012

I special ordered a healthy breakfast

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

We had high hopes to see a lot of old route 66 today, but we were...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

I was once told about biker trash and motel rooms, but I never kn...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Looking over Calico from above

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

This guy in a blue shirt was picking on me so I picked out some c...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Sherm, feeling his energy drink! We didn't go in, but it was cool...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

I've planned to stop and take a picture of this feature every tim...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Sherm and I rode to the top of Hualapai Mountain to have lunch at...

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Monday, July 16, 2012

All my bags are packed and now I just have to sit and wait for to

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Trailer to tow TW behind Goldwing

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

AZbackroads2012

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Monday, January 9, 2012

AZbackroads2012

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Near Superior, AZ 1-8-12

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

AZbackroads2012

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

TW200topbox

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

TW200topbox

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

TW200topbox

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Sherm is working on his new trailer that actually came with a mot...

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Friday, June 24, 2011

This evening we went to a nice restaurant, but it takes a while t...

πŸ“ California
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Friday, June 24, 2011

We went for a nice 250 mileΒ ride in the hills around Solvang toda...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

I ate lunch at an artsy cafe just south of Big Sur and took a pic...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

I took a few pics in Carmel

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

This is my sister Eldonna and her home along with her pets and fa...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

When I'm riding my bike I prefer not to travel the interstates

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Eldo and Kristi have three cats with three distinct personalities

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

I liked these flowers in his yard, but I forget what they are cal...

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

I rode to the coast to visit my son in Tillamook

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

I've been traveling these last few days with the beginnings of a ...

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

With neither of us feeling well, we didn't do too much , but were...

β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

After checking out his shop which is immaculate, we went to lunch...

πŸ“ Idaho
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

As I was about to leave the park, there was this Mercedes tour bu...

β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Box canyon was the same as every other box canyon that I have vis...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Finally I got to visit my granddaughter Patience

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The first pic is the bridge over the Columbia River at Biggs Junc...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I left Tenino en route to Mt

β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I spent this morning in Yakima, WA and got to visit my great gran...

β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I stopped by to take a peak at the place I used to live in Yakima...

πŸ“ Alaska
β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I traveled down to the little town of Tenino and was hoping to vi...

β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I visited Car Henge near the beginning of this trip, so I decided...

β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I was given a special viewing of her bath tub toys

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

In all of my years living in the NW I've never visited Mt

β†’
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Monday morning I travelled down the road to my cousin Don's and m...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

This little camp robber would stay close by looking for a handout

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Today, I missed seeing another aunt and uncle

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

When I got to Goldendale, I was really surprised with the large n...

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Monday, June 13, 2011

I spent the night in Spokane Saturday headed out for Mt

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Monday, June 13, 2011

I started up Stevens Pass which is a route that I've not taken be...

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Monday, June 13, 2011

I stopped in Mt

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Monday, June 13, 2011

I'm near Wallace, ID and saw this building from the highway

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Monday, June 13, 2011

My father spent his teenage years working for the farmers in the ...

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Once in the main town of Wallace, I was really impressed by what ...

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Monday, June 13, 2011

The sky was mostly clear during the morning hours and the temps w...

πŸ“ Idaho
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Monday, June 13, 2011

There are a lot of towns along this hwy

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Today was mostly just a travel day trying to get from point A to ...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Ahh, the trolley and then the banquet hall

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Friday, June 10, 2011

bigleftitrip2011

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Friday, June 10, 2011

I didn't have time left for much of a ride after working on the g...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

I too was leaving today heading for the Northwest to visit some f...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Lot's of animal out playing today

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Friday, June 10, 2011

My friend Stewey had a wardrobe malfunction so he came buy to bor...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

The next few pictures will be without captions but were all taken...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Oh well, with the detours, I found warmer temps, and some beautif...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

This is the Yellowstone river near Miles, MT

πŸ“ Yellowstone
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Thursday morning we awoke to a steady rain so I had a good excuse...

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Water everywhere you look

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Friday, June 10, 2011

We are having our evening meal at the 4-Aces along with the eveni...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

After the test rides, we rode up to Spearfish canyon for a short ...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Ahhh! a whole month to leave things where I want

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

A little while to catch up and then it is time for dinner and mor...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

More folks keep arriving

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Then it was back to Deadwood and a hamburger at the local VFW hal...

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

This is a VROC rally and Kawasaki has shown up with their van ful...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I arrived at the Gold Country Inn this afternoon and spent the ev...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I finally made it to car henge and I thought it was pretty cool, ...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I have always wanted to visit the Mammoth center in Hot Springs,S...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I saw these two deer just as I was about to cross from Nebraska i...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I took a picture of Crazy Horse from the highway, and a few bison...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

It was a very windy day and probably the second windiest I have e...

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Need any tractor parts? Sidney NE

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

This IS Nebraska!!!!

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Today, Monday, ended up not being a great day on the road

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Colorado is always beautiful and green, from the farms to the mou...

πŸ“ Colorado
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

I finally got to see Box Canyon falls

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

I had planned to take the devils highway (666) from Gallop to Cor...

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

My planned 5:00AM start ended up being a 5:40 start instead, but ...

πŸ“ Lake Pleasant, AZ
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

North of Farmington, are the Aztec ruins

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Perfect temps for riding today and my goal is to reach Montrose, ...

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Sitting on the corner in Winslow, AZ, such a fine sight to see, t...

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

This is the prison near Winslow, AZ

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

TW200topbox

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

AZbackroads

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

AZbackroads

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Ride to Bradshaw Grave

πŸ“ Lake Pleasant, AZ
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

AZbackroads

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Thurs Dec 23 Apache Trail

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Friday, December 10, 2010

7 Springs, SheepBridge, Lower Bloody Basin Trails

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Friday, December 10, 2010

AZbackroads

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Friday, December 3, 2010

AZbackroads

πŸ“ Arizona
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

AZbackroads

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Saturday, November 27, 2010

AZbackroads

πŸ“ Cave Creek, AZ
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

TW200topbox

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Sort of a road to Crown King

πŸ“ Crown King, AZ
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Not the road to Crown King

πŸ“ Castle Hot Springs, AZ
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Arriving near the Zuni Pueblo in NW New Mexico. We passed on...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

I think the ability to be on a phone 24/7 must be tied to so...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

If you turn right immeadiately after entering the park you a...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

a view onΒ  independence pass. Actually I've figured it out, ...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

It is really hard to take a photo that really shows the dept...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

I've been to so many Indian reservations in my liftime and t...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Redstone was a pretty cool Coal Mining town. The guy who own...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

These three were all taken from the same location, just diff...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

This is her favorite place to ride when we are in the Motel ...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

This is the only mountain that I saw in Colorado that stands...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

This one looks pretty cool....

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Monday, June 21, 2010

The view of the canyon walls looking up from the river were ...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

We are still down by the river here and you can see the big ...

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Monday, June 21, 2010

When we left Redstone, we came across several old cars that ...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

It seems like the great views are there whenever you open yo...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

It seems like time has frozen in 1950 for everyone of these ...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

OK Sherm, enough of your horseplay. This was her pick for di...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

The pine beatle kill in this are appears to be hundreds of t...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

There are a lot of really great rock ledges, but I haven't s...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

This is aptly named Lionshead. This is the Colorado river wh...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

This is the highest bridge inΒ  Colorado. It is on US24 heade...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

After I got to the top of the rocks where I wanted I discove...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

I love the lines of the old churches across this country. Th...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

More pretty scenery in Rocky Mtn. NP I think these are elk, ...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

This is Estes Park, just outside the entrance to the Rocky M...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

I stopped to take a movie as we were surrounded by snow 360 ...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

It seems there is a mine everywhere you look in this part of...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Leaving the shaft car at 1000 ft below the surface. Tunnels ...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Not sure why, but there were a lot of people taking pictures...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Patience spotted this yearling buck from the road, and then ...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Was this ever a welcome sight today, We were frozen solid, b...

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

While waiting for the mine tour to begin, we checked out the...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

.......and the band played the VROC anthem, or maybe it was ...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

I think Cheap B must have got too close the the sides of the...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

I think they locked Tony up after they saw that last pic....

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Monday, June 14, 2010

I think this guy was my favorite, he worked hard to stay in ...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

I'm not sure if this is part of Wolf Creek pass or Monarch P...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

It seems like the beautifu scenery in Colorado just goes on ...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

I've seen a few of the Anasazi ruins before, but there is no...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Looking down on the town of Oouray. TonyD heading into the t...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Not sure why I thought of Thomas Pizzuto when I took this on...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

That's Patience, Tracy and John posing for the camera on a 6...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Then guess who showed up? Just in case you didn't, it's Tony...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

This is known as the Cliff Palace. I didn't climb down to it...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

After we left the Glenwood, NM area we headed north with Cor...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

,,,,,,as well as a little shopping....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

............however, some have been maintained very well and...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

The cage at the restaurant was very effective at keeping the...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

The Catwalks were built to aid in building the water supply ...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

The catwalks were a very impressive set of structures and ma...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Cool little suspension bridge near the end of the trail....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Even though man left his mark on the land here, the locals I...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

I awoke early the next morning and rode out to the Catwalks....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

I promiss, this is the last one....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

I was having second thoughts about what they were cooking up...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

The little boy in my head wants to know what lives in here....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Most of the building have fallen into disrepair....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Nice of them to put up and identification sign when the dang...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Nice patio to seat a large group for lunch. It was about a 5...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Of course she had to take her own in case mine didn't turn o...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Patience and I. I'm the cute one...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

The pipeline was fed through this slot canyon. If you are ev...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

There is a very peaceful and beautiful little park right at ...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

There still remain a lot of old mining remnants all around t...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

There were a lot of these shallow wells in the town and I th...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

There were probably ten or so of these waterfalls along the ...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

This coal fired train runs from Durango to Silverton several...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

This is not a year round creek, so I was pretty happy to see...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

This yard art seemed to fit quite well....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We arrived at our motel in Glenwood, NM and then headed over...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We arrived at the rally, but tonto here forgot to take any p...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We finally made it to NM and Patience wanted a pic to prove ...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We live in an awesome country!...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We made it to Silverton and decided to break for lunch.,,,,,...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We took in a movie instead. I think the audio was broken....

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We were still south of Quemado when we came alongside this c...

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

We were thinking of picking up supplies, but then realized t...

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Friday, June 11, 2010

These are the tailings from the Mogollon Mine....

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Monday, March 29, 2010

This one will make you smile

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Can you say Slim Pickens!

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

The grounds are a beautiful park like setting

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Heading up the trail we came to Laguna dam on the Colorado river

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

I was trying to take a picture of this bus they use for moving th...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Inside their store you could buy date shakes as well as a multitu...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

John and I rode down to Mexico this afternoon and came across thi...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Mal was intent on getting a picture of the dam, I was intent on g...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Next stop was this photo op at Sherm's place

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Not sure that little chamber pot is going to do it for me on thos...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Notice the dings in the side where it was struck by heavy artilla...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

On the way back to the motel, I spotted this little church out in...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Our first stop on todays ride is the date farm

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Regardless of the minor code discrepancies , this was a beautiful...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Since we are attending the first annual lettuce run, we headed ou...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Then we had to get everyone to smile

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

There was a great display of some army tanks, guns, artillary, et...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

This is the Sherm who drove this tank in WWI and for whom this ta...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

This Sherman tank was there

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

We also found a couple of minor code violation but were assured t...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

We are headed back to the motel after a nice day of sightseeing

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

We entered this army post without permission and they sent this c...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

The bad guys lived here

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Bikes are full, were full, time to ride

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

biglefti Yuma trip

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Ed and Carl are really mesmirized by John cleaning his bike

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

First stop Yuma territorial prison to visit old friends

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Great place to visit too!

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Hardened criminals like this were never let go

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

I don't know the name of this mission, but I took this from the p...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

I think these guys were surveying the place, maybe planning for a...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

I'm dressed in Goldwing riding apparel

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Looks like we are ready to roll

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Most are just real nice folk, although mom did tell me to watch o...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Oops, no time to ride, gotta clean the bike!

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

People are arriving and old friendships are being renewed

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Some are

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Some are kinda scary!

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Some are quite serious

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Some of the cells even had these nice recliners

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

The street food here is very good

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

There were a few who were unjustly placed in lockup, but their go...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

This is the guard tower

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

VROC is made up of people from all walks of life

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Friday, March 26, 2010

With this many, we even got the group rate

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Here I am, waiting for Slick, 70 minutes have passed and I'm thin...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

I'm starting this trip with two bikes just in case

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

We made it to Yuma, and John needed some nourishment so we follow...

πŸ“ Yuma, AZ
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Alaska trip

πŸ“ Alaska
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Alaska trip

πŸ“ Alaska
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

gp trip 09

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

gp trip 09

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

gp trip 09

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

gp trip 09

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

gp trip 09

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

gp trip 09

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

gp trip 09

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

gp trip 09

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

gp trip 09

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Friday, June 12, 2009

gp trip 09

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

gp trip 09

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

gp trip 09

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Friday, June 5, 2009

gp trip 09

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Sunday, August 3, 2008

After leaving Crater Lake, we spent the night in Bend, OR

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

After spending the night in Nevada City, we visited the Empire...

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

The mine was a stamp mill operation and the display of machine...

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Patience climbed into this employee transport vehicle and said...

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

The reflecting pool and the gardens were beautiful

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

That evening my sis decided to fix Patience hair before we wen...

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

We didn't get five miles out of town before we stopped for min...

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

We left Redding, and made our way to Crater Lake

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

We stopped to visit my sister in Granite Bay

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Some of the early settlers to Virginia City

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

We rode to Lake Tahoe today for the flying trapeze lesson

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Frogs are a big thing here in Calaveras County

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I think by the end of this trip she will be wearing all of the...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The largest crystaline nugget ever found resides here in Murph...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

A shortl little side trip included seeing Mark Twains cabin on...

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

They even had a bowling alley

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

We are visiting Columbia today

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

We took a stage coach ride that came with the traditional hold...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

After riding down Lombard St, we went to Pier 39 to see the se...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

All in all, we had a good time at Yosemite

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Friday, July 25, 2008

I thought about letting her stay in this motel for awhile, but...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

I told her there would be climbers on El Capitan

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Our plan was to do all three drive thru trees

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Then it was off to the Cable Car museum and hop a ride on one ...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

There were some interesting trees here

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Friday, July 25, 2008

We finally made it to San Francisco

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Friday, July 25, 2008

We got up early today (yeah right) and headed into the park wh...

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Friday, July 25, 2008

We had lunch at Foster's Bighorn

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Friday, July 25, 2008

We stayed the night just outside of the Yosemite NP gates

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Friday, July 25, 2008

We took a tour of the Jelly Belly jelly bean factory and even ...

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

If you've ever wonderedwhere oysters come from, this is an oys...

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

On the ride, we stopped at face rock

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

On Sat, the 20th, we rode with several VROC'rs on a ride That ...

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

One of the many lighthouses along the Oregon coast

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

We arrived at The Trees of Mystery where my lumberjack grandda...

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

We visited Sherms cycle products and Patience thought grandpa ...

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

When we left SCP, Patience was offered a ride in Marc's sidecar

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

The wildlife viewing areas up here actually have wild life in ...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

After our education at Ripley's University, we went to hang wi...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

A bunch of us rode down Friday morning and enjoyed a jet boat ...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Fortunately, I got to sit next to this really cute girl

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

I didn't take too many pictures of the boat in the rapids beca...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

'Oh grandpa, it is so much fun to freeze at the beach

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

One guy looks up and everyone else follows

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Patience and one of her several new best friends that she met ...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

There were a lot of Osprey and Bald eagles nesting in this low...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

This is the bridge that crosses the Rogue river in Gold Beach

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

This is the same girl

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

We were packed in pretty good, but in the end it was probably ...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

When the boat crossed under the bridge there were thousands of...

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

After spending the night in Woodland, WA, we spotted Harvey th...

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

g&ptrip08

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

I'm always trying to further my granddaughters education with ...

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

This is the first time I have ever seen Devils Punchbowl with ...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

We found a little spring along the side of the road

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

We picked up a healthy lunch at the quick mart and found a nic...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

We're finally under way after picking up Patience in the 15th ...

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Monday, July 30, 2007

First 1954 Corvette Nomad I have ever seen

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Monday, July 30, 2007

She's still at it.

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Monday, July 30, 2007

Today is only full of fun and games

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Are you ready for the next 'Karate Kid' sequal?

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Grandpa must have had a great dream because he was probably dr...

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Maybe I'll be a long haul trucker

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

One of the great coasters at the Silverwood theme park in Coeu...

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Palouse Falls sits in the middle of the eastern Washington desert

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

She's an old pro on this ride and didn't even get a surprised ...

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

This was a great place to take a nap on this grassy knoll unde...

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

We are traveling in some very dangerous territory

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Friday, July 27, 2007

In all of the years that I used to fish, I never had the pleas...

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Friday, July 27, 2007

It is always the interactive children's areas that keep their ...

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Friday, July 27, 2007

Just keeping this motorcycle related :)

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Friday, July 27, 2007

We had a nice visit with Herman the Sturgeon at the Bonneville...

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Friday, July 27, 2007

We spent last night at my aunt and uncle's house and had no in...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Hey Tony, Patience picked this one just for you

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

I see we are back at it!

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

I've always been amazed that this ship has remained here in th...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

This troll lies in wait under the Fremont bridge in Seattle

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Monday, July 23, 2007

.................the top................

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Monday, July 23, 2007

........then the scarry part...........

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Monday, July 23, 2007

I think there might be a future for her playing in a Saturday ...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

It's a bird, it's a bug, no

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Our schedule (not that we have followed it very well in this w...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

She touched this critter for about 1 10 th of a second but I c...

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Then came the fun part

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Monday, July 23, 2007

We signed up in advance for a rock climbing lesson

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Monday, July 23, 2007

When we got here she was 4'10'

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Woo Hoo, this coming down is a lot easier and really fun!!!!!!!

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Saturday, July 21, 2007

I had a lot of fun with Troy because he played cars with me

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Saturday, July 21, 2007

I was thinking that this Opel car show would only keep her att...

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Saturday, July 21, 2007

It isn't only motorcycles that they trailer

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Saturday, July 21, 2007

This car is the one that Patience was hoping to see at the show

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Friday, July 20, 2007

After waiting for the rain to slow down, we finally made it to...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

.............pool!

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Downtown Winthrop, WA

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Friday, July 20, 2007

I think this is the car they used to catch her dad in his youn...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

I think this may be a new manuver coming up

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Friday, July 20, 2007

I'm still trying to figure out why she wouldn't let me turn th...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Most of the icecream here said homemade

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Of course the evening would never be complete without a little...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

There are a lot of these reservoirs here with beautiful emeral...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

These self portraits tend to show up when boredom is setting i...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

They say this is a beautiful highway to ride on a motorcycle

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Friday, July 20, 2007

We are with Mitzi at a little restaurant ridht near the ferry ...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

We became official members of the self-kicking club in Rockport

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Friday, July 20, 2007

We hiked a short trail back from an overlook and the moss on t...

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Friday, July 20, 2007

We took the ferry to Friday Harbor a day early (it was Thursday)

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Friday, July 20, 2007

We weren't the only bikers in town

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Well, maybe not all of the way

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Friday, July 20, 2007

Why did the turkey's cross the highway?

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

This is the only image from Leavenworth that I'm going to uplo...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

We stopped by dad's work to say goodbye

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Abeautifulsunset coming into Twin Falls, ID for the night

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Here is something I have yet to do in my life

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

I always wanted to take one of these pictures

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

I finally left this Sunday morning to the first rain I remembe...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

I think this is the Umatilla river where it flows into the Col...

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

I thought about riding over and picking up a new wife or two

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

A look at the McNary dam as I cross into WA

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Sherm likes to support these type of establishments

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

We've had a lot of forest fires in the southwest this year

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Well, my picture didn't post in the last entry so I will try a...

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