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Heading up thru Arches National Park
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Looking back down at the visitors center where we had came from
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absolutely stunning scenery
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What colors !
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Every where you look - gorgeous !
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Wonder how long before they become arches?
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Ok, so I had to put a few flowers in ...
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Can you believe us hiking this far up?
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A couple of arches we hiked up to.
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of course I had to try a few artistic angles !
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sights you can't see from a car or motorcycle
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Thank goodness for signs !
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check out those stairs !
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hiking thru the arch

Not only did we hike up to the arch, but thru it and then took the long way back to the bikes

 

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a long way up

its' hard to tell from this picture, but we hiked up the side of some slick rock to get up here to the top so I could take a picture..

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check out the hiker !
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great rock formations
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loved the layers !
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ok, loved the artistic angle too!
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Double Arch

Can you believe we hiked clear over to those arches...

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up close and personal !
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loved the walking and climbing !
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balance rock
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Day 4 (5-30-10)
Price to Moab, Utah - 197 miles.   JPG 2010-05-31

Leaving Price, Utah
Leaving Price, Utah on highway 10 South. Your basic desert scenery made us look forward to Moab's rock formations.   146.JPG 2010-05-30

Price to I-70
Utah roads to Moab consisted of all kinds of geography. We had seen salt flats, grassy meadows, snow covered mountains, and now beautiful desert.   149.JPG 2010-05-30

Small town of Huntington
Small town of Huntington just south of Price, Utah. The area was pretty flat and resembled desert in Arizona. 001.JPG 2010-05-30

Small town of Huntington
Small town of Huntington had a gas station that reminded us of the old Walker Cycle in Salem, Oregon. Gas prices were similar here to home, but the Phillips name was ancient history to those of us that can remember that far back. 004.JPG 2010-05-30

Price, Ut to I-70
Like Arizona desert and the straight rodes, we could tell the temperatures would soon be rising.  129.JPG 2010-05-30

Emery, Utah
Emery, Utah was a cute little town in the middle of nowhere just before getting on Interstate 70 west to Green River.  I saw no visible means of support.  140.JPG 2010-05-30

Prepared for I-70
Snack time on the way to Moab consisted of an apple, or an energy bar (must be less than 100 calories), or in this case, Quakes (puffs of air with a little flavoring - way less than 100 calories). We were ready to get onto Utah's freeways that we remembered had a speed limit of 75 mph, people assumed that was a minimum and went 85 plus. I was determined to take pictures and knew we'd get blown off the road if we weren't careful.   157.JPG 2010-05-30

First Red Rock
Red Rock is so abundant here but it is always pretty to see it again. I suppose in a week I will have had all the red rock I can stand.   008.JPG 2010-05-30

Same rock
Patty must of liked this rock too.    158.JPG 2010-05-30

It's not all red
For a ways we kept swiching from red to white to gray rock. At first I thought the red rock had become paled by the sun.  018.JPG 2010-05-30

Formations - yes!
I am always happy to see the rock formations here. They are so Utah, and I seldom see these type of formations elsewhere.  019.JPG 2010-05-30

Is that salt?
By the time I leave Moab I will know if the white lines of rock are salt.   023.JPG 2010-05-30

What a view
The picture doesn't do justice to the look into a canyon of red rock formations.  026.JPG 2010-05-30

Patty likes rocks
She takes pictures just to keep her camera on in case a good shot comes up. Maybe that is what this was.   031.JPG 2010-05-30

Typical sandstone
We will see alot of this before the weeks over, but it is always impressive to see a wall of rock like this that is 500 plus feet high.  034.JPG 2010-05-30

I-70 Canyons
We were still on I-70 on the way to Moab and we got into some impressive canyons.   183.JPG 2010-05-30

Oh no!!!
I was very quiet and even walked around the flowers, but old flower nose Patty found them anyway.   042.JPG 2010-05-30

Swirling rock
You can't see well here, but the rock formations in the middle of the canyon were really impressive. It looked like someone took a mixer to a bowl of cake batter and let it stand for millions of years.  187.JPG 2010-05-30

Kokopelli Lodge
This is where we stayed in Moab, Utah for 8 days to be in close proximity to Arches and Canyonland National Parks, three National Scenic Byways, one State Scenic Byway, and many hiking trails to cool rock formations.         005 (2).JPG 2010-05-31

Trial Run
Day 5 brought us to our first trial run for a hiking trip into the back country. It was a 4 mile, 3 hour round trip into Negro Bill's Canyon and the Morning Glory Natural Bridge. 002 (2).JPG 2010-05-31

Negro Bill's Canyon
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Back Packs on!
I am ready to go.    002.JPG 2010-05-31

That's the place
Here we go!        005.JPG 2010-05-31

Follow the stream
That's all we have to do is follow the stream. Sounds easy to me!         009.JPG 2010-05-31

Flowers in Bills Canyon
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Negro Bills Canyon stream
We followed this stream in Bills Canyon and had to cross it five times. I got my feet wet three times, and Patty didn't. You can imagine how long I listened to that!   017.JPG 2010-05-31

Cool formations in Bill's Canyon
We never seem to tire of looking at red rocks.          021.JPG 2010-05-31

Red rock formations
More red rock formations in Bills Canyon             026.JPG 2010-05-31

Quiet path
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Ridge line rock
Ridge line rock in Bills Canyon kept the heat in the canyon. Who needed the heat??         034.JPG 2010-05-31

Trail along the stream
The trail along the stream in Bills Canyon was a very serene atmosphere, and it was so quiet you could here the cactus grow.    038.JPG 2010-05-31

Erosion built homes
Erosion built these homes in Bills Canyon, but they were obviously taken over by critters. We looked in them very cautiously.   039.JPG 2010-05-31

More Red Rock
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Morning Glory
This is the end of the trail in Bills Canyon. This is not an arch, but is Morning Glory Natural Bridge. A bridge connects two land masses, where an arch is just an archway.  Over 100 feet high and about that long. Look carefully at the top left side of the bridge and you will see a very young and in my opinion foolish person repelling off the top of the bridge.  All five of them made it safely.        046.JPG 2010-05-31

Morning Glory
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Morning Glory
Morning Glory looking up in Bills Canyon             056.JPG 2010-05-31

Rapelling
This was a young gal that has more cajones than me.     068.JPG 2010-05-31

OK, I wore shorts
It was in the high 80's and heading for the high 90's. You'd wear shorts too!   074.JPG 2010-05-31

Morning Glory
This is a good shot of The Morning Glory Natural Bridge in Bills Canyon. I just got in the way.      079.JPG 2010-05-31

The return trip
Heading back out to the trail head in Bills Canyon.       083.JPG 2010-05-31

Patty's art
I think Patty has a thing for old snags. She gas taken pictures of them in just about every state in the union. These were in Bills Canyon.         089.JPG 2010-05-31

Me or the snag?
She will never say.      093.JPG 2010-05-31

nuff said
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Sandstone
Very crumbly sandstone in Bills Canyon.             096.JPG 2010-05-31

Guess what
You're right, another red rock in Bills Canyon.            097.JPG 2010-05-31

Deception
This canyon was a lot deeper than it looks, or so it seemed to me. 100.JPG 2010-05-31

Flowers
At least it's not a snag.        119.JPG 2010-05-31

Success
I thought I had it made, but no, I still drug my foot in the water, but then it cleaned my shoes of all that dust.           127.JPG 2010-05-31

Suprise!
Do you get the idea that Patty likes the red rocks in Bills Canyon. 133.JPG 2010-05-31

Jac-O-Lanterns?
Nope, seed pods from a misterious desert flora in Bills Canyon. 136.JPG 2010-05-31

Lots of caves
There are many caves in Bills Canyon, as there are all around Moab, Utah, but most are or have been homes to the desert critters. We didn't go in.    141.JPG 2010-05-31

Neat rocks
Bills Canyon did have some interesting rock formations. I just happened to be there at the wrong time.

Erosion?
Well, yeah, but when Patty looks at it she says "it looks like a birds face"

Almost back
We had almost completed a successful first hike.

Done!
We conquered Bills Canyon!        162.JPG 2010-05-31

Ride on hwy 128
This highway is designated as a National Scenic Highway and definately should be.      166.JPG 2010-05-31

Colorado River
It is amazing what the Colorado River has done to the land around Moab.      168.JPG 2010-05-31

Scenic Hwy 128
Lots of curves, and lots to see, it doesn't get much better than this.    172.JPG 2010-05-31

Content
See, I looked pretty laid back while I enjoyed Hwy 128 going back to Moab.   180.JPG 2010-05-31

Our Host
We stayed at the Kokapelli lodge in Moab, and this was our Host Bill. he couldn't remember which way to put the sign up to read either "No" or "On" before the word vacancy.    003 (2).JPG 2010-05-31

End of the day
A quiet and enjoyable place to stay.  010.JPG 2010-05-31

Davids Folks

Davids folks came over the day before we left.  They enjoyed checking out our bikes and seeing how we pack and prepare to go away!

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getting ready to head out

Bikes are almost ready for heading out!  Whoo hoo!

 

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Day 1 (5-27-10)
Day 1 Canby, Oregon to Burns, Oregon, 306 miles.         JPG 2010-05-31

State park out of Bend, Oregon
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threatening skies !

check out the sky - not pretty!

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Day 2 (5-28-10)
Day 2 Burns to Wendover, Utah, or Nevada depending on which side of town you are in. 467 miles.  JPG 2010-05-31

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whoohoo - hills and curves coming up!
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See that snow ?

Can you see that snow in the background?  I bet David is planning on heading that direction !

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How much gear can I wear?

Ha - I wonder how many more layers I can put on! Not much left in my pack!

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Gray Skies ahead?
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Have I mentioned straight roads are boring!
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hmmm - must of not remembered straight roads are boring !
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Rain? Leaving Oregon? Can't be !
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and rain entering Nevada?
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Chilly but very pretty
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how many layers can I get on?
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Rainbow Casino - Wendover Nevada
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Great fruit platter !
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Utah - Nevada Border
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Utah - Nevada Border

Wendover, Utah and Wendover, Nevada... we slept in Utah but ate in Nevada!

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Day 3 (5-29-10)
Day 3 Wendover, Utah to Price, Utah. 344 miles.  JPG 2010-05-31

Bonneville Salt Flats
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Salt Flats out of Salt Lake City

We did get lucky as the weather was not too hot nor windy.  This is almost, but not quite as boring as the ride from Bend to Burns!

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signs along the salt flats for drowsy drivers

amazing, they have signs about every 25 miles letting drowsy drivers know how far it is to the next exit and to take it if they are feeling drowsy...

 

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more signs

and just before you got on to the salt flats, there was a sign that listed how many deaths there had been in 2009 and then in 2010 - kind of creepy!

 

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Heading for the hills
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yeah - just a mile more of straight!
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Neat old House

I was glad to see that they didn't just tear down the old homesteads... they built the new place a short distance away and kept the old buildings in tact.  It is so dry here, it will probably last forever.

 

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I see blue skies ahead !
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But I also see snow!
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Which one is David heading for ? snow or blue sky!
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pretty empty of cars
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Eureka, Utah

Getting close to being desperate for fuel - thank goodness they had fuel here...  we had to pay $3.99 a gallon - but what are you going to do?  walk?  I don't think so!

 

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Cattle Drive

This was the 2nd cattle drive we had seen - at least this one used some horses... the other one was strictly quads and those 4 wheel drive work cart types of vehicles.  Just something wrong with that picture!

 

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heading for the blue patch ahead !
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Heading for Price

With being Memorial Day Weekend, we have been pleasantly surprised at the lack of cars out. Well in some areas that is.  We have been trying to stick to back roads that we think won't be as well traveled. 

 

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pretty deserted wayside ...
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what a background picture to have !
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What a difference the blue makes!

Having David's bike that he rode last year (it was copper then) painted blue just seems more like him!

 

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Aspen trees, not leafed out yet? Do you think it's cold?
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Trust me, it is cold - and yes that is snow you see!
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but there are blue skies ! hmmmmmmm
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Starting to see rock formations
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Beautiful
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Kept expecting to see elk - we have not seen even a critter yet.
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What spectacular views there were
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David compromised....

I got the blue skies - but still had the snow!  Good thing we had our long  johns and electric gear on... he must not of read my memo about wanting WARM riding conditions!

 

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close to 10,000 feet... bit nippy!
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Southwest art
Day 19 started with a look inside our motel in Casa Grande. The decore was, as usual here in Arizona, southwestern art.     004.JPG 2010-03-30

Pack your bags
Day 19 like every other day was started by packing our bags on the bikes. This day was unique with a nice mural and wagon right next to where our bikes were.     009.JPG 2010-03-30

Cool Place
Day 19 just out of Casa Grande headed to Wickenburg this neat and probably brand new place was sitting all by itself.     025.JPG 2010-03-30

Back to Paradise
Day 19 going to Wickenburg began by going back to the beautiful scenery on Highway 15 so we could take a movie of it for my mom. We rode 50 miles to find the area we wanted.   062.JPG 2010-03-30

In Paradise
Day 19 - We found our spot again.    069.JPG 2010-03-30

Movie making
Day 19 - We hooked up the camera to the computer and tried our new webcam for the first time. Wind noise is still a problem. 040.JPG 2010-03-30

Picking seeds??
Day 19 - Patty has picked enough seeds on this trip to fill our garden and several more. 067.JPG 2010-03-30

Vulture Mine Rd
Day 19 to Wickenburg we took a rode that again I was unsure if it was paved. I had lost my confidence in my maps earlier on this trip. But dear Patty looked this road up in Google map and we were able to look at it in reality from one end to the other and found it was paved all the way. Google Maps is now in my favorites. This was Vulture mine which was closed years and years ago.  081.JPG 2010-03-30

Out of Wickenburg
Day 19 - As we got close to Wickenburg and higher up, the scenery began looking like this.    090.JPG 2010-03-30

Wickenburg
Day 19 had us walking around the old mine and railroad town of Wickenburg, Arizona.    003.JPG 2010-03-31

Wickenburg
Day 19 - The streets of Wickenburg at almost every corner were littered with this type of yard art.    006.JPG 2010-03-31

Highway 93
Day 20 to Laughlin was a straight ride up highway 93 from Wickenburg to Kingsberg Arizona. Then a short ride on highway 68 crossing the Colorado River into Laughlin, Nevada.    026.JPG 2010-03-31

Over the top
Day 20 brought new looks as we went over one summit and found the whole world open up in front of us. We crossed a valley that was over 10 miles across and we could see our road going straight through the entire 10 miles. 036.JPG 2010-03-31

Highway 93
Day 20 had several different scenic views of strange rock formations, to high mountain passes, to deep canyons and buttes like this.    041.JPG 2010-03-31

Highway 93
Day 20 - Another neat look was this sandstone formation off of highway 93. It was fun just to see what was coming up next. 038.JPG 2010-03-31

Summit
Day 20 - This was what we saw as we crested the summit and began an 8 mile decent at over 6% downhill grade to a long 10 mile valley. It was like a piece of Montana's big sky.   132.JPG 2010-03-31

Decent
Day 20 - This is on our way down the long 8 mile decent and looking back to where we had been.   140.JPG 2010-03-31

Cross the border
Day 20 - After the long downhill ride into civilization, we came across the Colorado River and found we were in Nevada and the town of Laughlin.  143.JPG 2010-03-31

Welcome
It was easy to see where we were.    144.JPG 2010-03-31

Laughlin, Nv
Day 20 - Now news to me was that Laughlin was a casino town, and that is about all. I had assumed we were going to a little cowpoke town because it had just had a big rodeo with lots of big name riders. Silly me. We stayed at this small little place called Aquarius.    146.JPG 2010-03-31

Hawaii??
Day 20 - I thought I was in Hawaii as we walked around between the parking garage and the hotel. This was the walkway.   059.JPG 2010-03-31

Riverwalk
Day 20 in Laughlin we walked the riverwalk along the Colorado River between the casinos and the river.    060.JPG 2010-03-31

Windy city
Laughlin is windy area and the flags next to our parking garage tell the tale.   061.JPG 2010-03-31

Small joint
The River Palms is another casino that shows how big these places are. And at night this light colored building turns into a majestic blue.    080.JPG 2010-03-31

Laughlin, Nevada
Asd we walk along the main street of Laughlin, I notice all these motor homes dotting the skyline. It turns out to be a large piece of land full of motorhomes that come to town and use the shuttle into town to enjoy cheap buffets and lots of gambling.    082.JPG 2010-03-31

Flowers too
Yep, Patty found flowers in town too.   096.JPG 2010-03-31

More than one
She found some more.   099.JPG 2010-03-31

Colorado Belle
Now this is one large boat. But it isn't a boat but a casino on land full of slot machines, stores and tables.   106.JPG 2010-03-31

Want to fish?
Around the Colorado Belle Casino is a moat full of these Coi fish. Some were two feet long and I bet about 18 inches in diameter.  073.JPG 2010-03-31

Aquarius at night
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Aquarius at night
Day 21 in Laughlin finds the nights lit up like Vegas or Reno. I found it much quieter here than the other two places, and actually better on the pocket book, unless you loose at cards.      004.JPG 2010-04-01

Tropicana
Day 21  The Tropicana building is a whiteish tan during the day and a pretty green at night. The lites that turn it green are big, powerful and many. I wouldn't want their power bill.     018.JPG 2010-04-01

Tropicana
Day 21 The Tropicana is a very tall building and I was impressed how they turned it green at night.    021.JPG 2010-04-01

The River Palms
Day 21 Yep you guessed it, this is also a white building during the day and a nice blue at night.       036.JPG 2010-04-01

Ruth's Home
Day 15 - It is time to leave Ruth's home and venture on to the Chiricahua Monument. As we get ready to go, we had to have some pictures to remind us of the neat treasures Ruth has in her home. This is the wedding dress that Ruth's Great Aunt wore, I would assume many many years ago.  004.JPG 2010-03-25

Ruth's Home
Day 15 - This is a picture on the wall of Ruth's Great Aunt's wedding in the same dress as the previous picture. On the table below the picture is the ring box used in that wedding. Cool huh?         012.JPG 2010-03-25

Ruth's Home
Day 15 - Patty thinks this quilt was sewn by Patty's Grandmother  (Ruth's Aunt) and is in the bedroom next to the bed we used. Now this bed was built in England and designed to be taken apart and fit into the bottom of a wagon. I am talking about the type wagon that was used on the wagon trains. It's that old. People must have been short in those days as that is the first bed I ever slept in that my head touched the headboard as did my feet the footboard. The matching nightstands and armoire (closet) to the bed were also in the room and also were made to fit in that same wagon bottom. Pretty neat.     017.JPG 2010-03-25

Highway 186
Day 15 - The roads in Arizona like this one on highway 186 going to the Chiricahua Monument had many washes that went accross the road in just about every dip in the highway. Many still had water flowing as did this one.    192.JPG 2010-03-26

Back to the hills
Day 15 - Highway 186 toward Chiricahua Monument started as usual flat and desert terrain, but as we got into the to Chiricahua Mountain area we started climbing and got back into more mountainous scenery.    120.JPG 2010-03-26

Chiricahua Monument
Day 15 - Entrance to the Chiricahua Monument. What the monument is in reality is a large canyon with many unusual rock formations.    202.JPG 2010-03-26

Faraway House
Day 15 - At the lower edge of the Chiricahua Monument is a homestead called Faraway House. This began as a one room cabin in the late 1880's, and grew to this large home over the next 40 years. One family and several marriages later this house went from a cattle ranch to a guest ranch, and finally the state bought it to preserve as part of the monument. The daughter of the first settlers named this Faraway House because it took her dad a day and a half to get home from his job building structures in the Bisbee mines.  It was a long way from everywhere.   226.JPG 2010-03-26

Faraway House
Day 15 - The kitchen used wood until the 1950's when this gas stove was added.   051.JPG 2010-03-26

Fort
Day 15 - This was the original fort built away from the original cabin to protect the family in case of attack by indians. It was never needed to be used for that and eventually the house grew and became attached to the fort, turning it into a cold storage area.  This is off the kitchen in the present house.   215.JPG 2010-03-26

Fort
Day 15 - Original rock and wood is still in this section of gthe home.     220.JPG 2010-03-26

Quilt
Day 15 - This quilt was made by the original settlers aunt in Sweden and is still on there bed in this house today.    045.JPG 2010-03-26

Buffalo Soldiers
Day 15 - This is the fireplace inside the Faraway Home. It was made from a monument built to honor the Buffalo Soldiers (original black cavalry soldiers) whom protected the area and river from hostile activities. When the soldiers had gone and the monument was falling apart, the family took it apart and made their fireplace out of it in memory of the men that had prorected them. You can see there names in the rock.    055.JPG 2010-03-26

Rocks
Day 15 - As we climbed the canyon of the Chiricahua Monument, rocks started getting strange colored growths on them that actually became quite pretty.    092.JPG 2010-03-26

Strange Bark
Day 15 - The trees high in the Chiricahua Monument took on a narly and windblown look. It was always blowing at the top and these trees appeared to loose the bark on the wind side of the trees. But then the wind kept changing directions on us so maybe that had nothing to do with it.     104.JPG 2010-03-26

A Tree
Day 15 - More trees at the top of the Chiricahua Monument canyon. Guess who was taking these pictures.   109.JPG 2010-03-26

Guess
Day 15 - Yep, a tree in the Chiricahua Monument.       108.JPG 2010-03-26

Formations
Day 15 - This is what the Chiricahua Monument is known for. Rocks like these are everywhere in this canyon, and you wonder what keeps them standing.     126.JPG 2010-03-26

Lookout!
Day 15 - As you ride up the Chiricahua Monument canyon you often grab a little more throttle and duck a little as you go by these rocks, just in case they decide to finally fall.     181.JPG 2010-03-26

Top of Chiricahua
Day 15 - At the high point of the Chiricahua Monument is many many of these rock formations. In this picture of course, Patty had to had the artistic touch and incorporate an old snag.   096.JPG 2010-03-26

Chiricahua Monument
Day 15 - You can see the valley off in the horizon, behind the rock formations, where we came from this morning. 148.JPG 2010-03-26

Chiricahua Monument
Day 15 - At the top of The Chiricahua Monument, these formations span about a 270 degree circle around us.    154.JPG 2010-03-26

Chiricahua Monument
Day 15 - There is only one road in and the same one out of the canyon. The look is quite different going both ways.      127.JPG 2010-03-26

On to Wilcox
Day 15 - After leaving the Chiricahua Monument, the wind really picked up in the valley. The dust was covering the mountains all around us, and it looked like we were going to ride into a big cloud.    137.JPG 2010-03-26

Dust blowing
Day 15 - On the way to Wilcox the wind really blew and this was what we could see all around us.    140.JPG 2010-03-26

Another Aunt???
Day 16 headed from Wilcox to Green Valley, Arizona. Started out with a visit to another potential shirt sleeve relative. Betty Jean turned out to be very far removed but we will still use the category shirt sleeve relative, and the visit was fun. Her place held many interesting treasures, if I could have wondered around long enough, and she did know Patty's relatives pretty well. It was a fun visit. Thanks to Ken for sending us there.      080.JPG 2010-03-27

Hwy 83 - Nogales
Day 16 This was a new road for us, and with all the trouble we were hearing about south of the border at Nogales, we weren't planning on stopping.      083.JPG 2010-03-27

Nogales
Day 16 - So far all was quiet and we just kept going.     100.JPG 2010-03-27

Nogales
Day 16 - the roads were good and the speed was a thankful 75 mph so we could make a quick trip through Nogales.      103.JPG 2010-03-27

Fortress
Day 16 - Does this look like maybe somebody was trying to protect against something?   101.JPG 2010-03-27

Going North
Day 16 - We made it out of Nogales untouched, and soon the scenery was back to desert bluffs along northbound Interstate 19.   085.JPG 2010-03-27

Wisdom??
Day 16 - We were told to try a fruit borrito at a place called Wisdom, just south of Tubac where we were planning on spending some time. Well, it turned out to be called a fruit burro, not borrito, but it was sure good.    050.JPG 2010-03-27

Fruit Burro
Day 16 - See, I told you it was good. This is half of a cherry and half of a peach burro.        052.JPG 2010-03-27

Tumacacori
Day 16 - Just before Tubac we rode by this historic looking building and we got a chance to see it closer and it was really an old religious monestary used in the late 1700's that housed an Indian tribe to protect from hostile activities. The indians were still run out and hid in the mountains behind it for a few months before coming back to the Monestary for good.        040.JPG 2010-03-27

Tubac
Day 16 - The town of Tubac, Arizona looked like this from I-19. This really really was an attractive area.            044.JPG 2010-03-27

Tubac
Day 16 - We stopped at Tubac to see it and made plans to come back tomarrow and spend the day. It had over 100 shops in an area about 3-5 times as big as Sisters, Oregon. And probably 10 times as touristy. But since there was a lot of artists gallerys here we had to visit.      021.JPG 2010-03-28

Want a pot?
Day 17 at Tubac started with places that had their wares out fron on the ground. Walk by and buy!  Thank goodness for motorcycles and little storage.    058.JPG 2010-03-27

Sit a spell
Day 17 at Tubac where many shops had little garden areas like this where you could relax, and of course buy anything in it.     073.JPG 2010-03-27

Shops in Tubac
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What design
Day 17 find an old culvert pipe and use it to hold up your building in Tubac, Arizona.      024.JPG 2010-03-28

Happy Moms Day
Day 17 - Patty wanted this for mother's day, but when I saw the $16000.00 price tag, I decided the picture would have to do.   049.JPG 2010-03-28

Blocks & blocks
Day 17 - In Tubac there were several blocks like this with nothing but shops and gallerys.     010.JPG 2010-03-28

Typical
Day 17 - This is what it looked like. Something for everyone.  And flowers too!      011.JPG 2010-03-28

Tubac
Day 17 in the middle of all the streets of this shop area in Tubac was a large court yard with several garden areas.      019.JPG 2010-03-28

Art
Day 17 - If its not flowers, then there be horses!     015.JPG 2010-03-28

More Art
Day 17 - and more horses

A fence
Day 17 - this was a unique fence using the material that is plentiful in the area.       033.JPG 2010-03-28

Storage
Day 17 - In Tubac, when you run out of room on the inside, just hang it on the outside.    035.JPG 2010-03-28

Day18-Casa Grande
Day 18 at the beginning of our ride to Casa Grande we turned off the freeway onto a rode I was hoping would be paved all the way to Case Grande, the first thing we see is this big longhorn steer head staring at us in a town of only three buildings. My hopes started dwindling right then. I might expect a town like this way in the middle of nowhere, but not this close to the main thoroughfare. Oh well, ride on and see.    131.JPG 2010-03-29

Arivaca Junction
Day 18 - The town of three buildings is Arivaca Junction, at exit 48 off of I-19 south of Green Valley. And this is one of the three buildings. Now you know why I am thinking this pavement will never last.    144.JPG 2010-03-29

West Arivaca Rd
Day 18 - West Arivaca Rd on the way to Casa Grande turned out to be an enjoyable ride with scenery that was inclusive of green grass, Mesquite and cactus, and not just dirt and cactus.      159.JPG 2010-03-29

Headed to Kitt
Day 18 - On the way to Casa Grande, we stopped off at the Kitt Peak Observatory.  If you look at the top of the mountain right of center you will see a white building. That is where we are going.      165.JPG 2010-03-29

Kitt Observatory
Day 18 This observatory is the best telescopic sanctuary for viewing the stars in the US. It has many telescopes and one over 12 feet wide, that telescope is said to rival the Hubble telescope in space.  017.JPG 2010-03-29

Kitt Observatory
Day 18 The scenery on the way up is quite breath taking. And the highest peak in this picture is the Tohono O'odham Indian's most spiritual place on their reservation. Kitt Observatory is in the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran desert on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation.   It took a lot of persuasion back in the 1950's to allow this observatory to be built here.    218.JPG 2010-03-29

Kitt Observatory
Day 18 - As we rode higher more telescopes came into view.  220.JPG 2010-03-29

Rode to Kitt
Day 18 - The rode to Kitt takes us from under 3000 feet in elevation to 6750 feet in 12 miles. And of course the road is right on the edge. This is looking over the edge from part way up.    025.JPG 2010-03-29

Kitt Observatory
Day 18 This explains who all is involved in this operation. 50% of the states have property here.  054.JPG 2010-03-29

Kitt Observatory
Day 18 - There is a visitor center for those of us that are not an Astrologer or a student. But we have to be quiet because most people here work at night when the stars are out and sleep all day.     199.JPG 2010-03-29

Kitt Observatory
Day 18 - We took a tour to the telescope that was in the pictures of us riding up here. The observation point below the telescope dome is over 100 feet above the ground and was built on about the highest point of the observatory's property.    207.JPG 2010-03-29

On to Case Grande
Day 18 - The rode to Casa Grande from Kitt had many species of cactus. Here are Saguaro, Cholla, Prickly Pears, Barrell Cactus, and then the everyday variety of cactus that we don't know the name of.   237.JPG 2010-03-29

Indian Hwy 15
Day 18 My map to Casa Grande gave me several choices, and I took the one less travelled. Indian Highway 15 or Bia-15. Was it paved all the way to Casa Grande? I hoped so, because we were both real tired of bouncing our way over dirt rodes in Arizona.   240.JPG 2010-03-29

Indian Hwy 15
Day 18 - Pretty soon we were both in awe of the scenery here on this Hwy 15. It was like we rode into an Indian paradise that no one knew about. The cactus was large and plentiful, the grass was thick, and the flowers were multi colored and everywhere. This just didn't look like any other scenery we had seen on this trip. Without a word between us we slowed down and thoroughly enjoyed the ride.    242.JPG 2010-03-29

Indian Hwy 15
Day 18 - This looked in real life like a picture in a vacation advertizement, but we were riding on it, and it was real! This picture just doesn't do it justice.    103.JPG 2010-03-29

Indian Hwy 15
Day 18 - We got off the bikes and took a close up picture so you could see how thick and colorful these flowers were along the highway.        113.JPG 2010-03-29

Indian Hwy 15
Day 18 This was my view riding Indian Highway 15 between Highway 60 and Interstate 8 in Casa Grande. The pavement was perfect. I didn't knowingly take any peyote, but it felt like I was floating.     245.JPG 2010-03-29

Huachuca Mts
Day 12 - On our way to Pearce where Patty's dad's cousin lives we passed the Huachuca Mountains on Highway 92. The clouds totally engulfed them by the time we were a few miles farther east of them.   002.JPG 2010-03-23

Never Rains
Day 12 - As I said, the clouds cover the Huachuca
Mountains quickly as we passed by and turned east toward Pearce. 080.JPG 2010-03-23

Typical store
Day 12 - We would often go by a single dwelling store along side of the road. This was on Highway 92 between Sierra Vista and Bisbee, Arizona. Since we had been to Bisbee twice, we took a different route to see different desert.   009.JPG 2010-03-23

Bisbee Mines
Day 12 - On the way to Pearce we passed by several mines around Bisbee. Most mine for copper.   017.JPG 2010-03-23

Bisbee Mine
Day 12 - Another mine on the way to Pearce. They do attempt to keep the area looking like the original landcsape colors, but when different colored veins of ore are dug, the ridges change color, and they are usually stacked too straight, which becomes obvious that this is a mine. 058.JPG 2010-03-23

Will we get wet?
Day 12 - All the way to Pearce we worried about rain, but that never happened. The locals would tell you not to worry, it won't rain, but being from Oregon, clouds mean .....  021.JPG 2010-03-23

Bible School
Day 12 - Enroute to Pearce this school was the biggest building on Highway 92 leading in to Palominas, Arizona, a rocks throw from the Mexican border.  054.JPG 2010-03-23

Sunsites city
Day 12 - On the way to Pearce we realized we were really going to a small town called Sunsites which is a little burg next to Pearce. Sunsites was started in the 70's but never really took off as hoped by the builders. The locals like that because it is really quiet. Since nobody has ever heard of Sunsites, the locals say they are from Pearce. 033.JPG 2010-03-23

Cuz Ruth's house
Day 12 - We made it to Sunsites or Pearce and found Ruth's house in a quiet little residential area off Highway 191.   074.JPG 2010-03-23

Poppies
Day 12 - They may not get much water in Arizona, but these tough little poppies in Ruth's yard worked hard to bloom.    076.JPG 2010-03-23

Neighbors
Day 12 - Walking around the neigbor hood this was a very cute little place.   091.JPG 2010-03-23

Another look
Day 12 - Lots of imagination in this place, and they used the same type vehicle we have in our front yard as part of their yard art.   093.JPG 2010-03-23

Ooops
Day 13 - Well this little restaurant seemed to have been too hot to handle. Like all others it was a lone building in the middle of nowhere.   005.JPG 2010-03-24

Quietude
Day 13 - Quiet little home out in the middle of nowhere. Very typical dwelling.   013.JPG 2010-03-24

Dragoon, Az
Day 13 - We rode on Dragoon road until we got to the town of Dragoon, where we found a Turquoise inlay expert that Patty wanted to meet. You know, everybody goes to Dragoon, Arizona population 23, to meet someone.    014.JPG 2010-03-24

Dragoon, Az
Day 13 - We were told there was a guy out here in Dragoon, Arizona that did turquoise inlay in wood. Then we were told he was no longer doing it. Well, Patty found him, and then I got to listen to them chat about inlaying metals for a good hour or so.    015.JPG 2010-03-24

Mesquite
Day 13 - Mesquite on the hoof. I never knew what a Mesquite tree looked like, until I realized almost every tree in the desert was one.   020.JPG 2010-03-24

Amerind Museum
Day 13 - This was a very intersting Indian Museum in Dragoon, Arizona. Many tribes and many years were covered. I learned a lot. Ya know, if I was in school today I would listen a lot better than I did so many years ago. I really found this past era intersting.    021.JPG 2010-03-24

Rocks?
Day 13 - This land is manly flat here in Dragoon, Arizona, but in several places these rocks would just appear. They made interesting scenery.   026.JPG 2010-03-24

Cool
Day 13 - Unfortunately my photographis skill is pretty limited to just pushing a button, and that doesn't do this outcropping justice. It was a deep red in the middle and the twists and turns were really cool.   029.JPG 2010-03-24

Stout's
Day 13 - In Wilcox about 27 miles from Sunsites is this little shop called Stout's Cider Mill. We were told to go there hungry and in the mood for apple pie. We did, and I had a piece of apple pie about 5 inches thick. This was from a normal size pie plate and held over 5 pounds of apples. They made them right there behind a window so we could watch them take nice red apples and turn them into pies.   002.JPG 2010-03-24

Sundown
Day 13 - The sun was close to going behind the mountains as we headed back to Sunsite at the end of the day. The shadows and shading was really pretty.   036.JPG 2010-03-24

Sunset
Day 13 - Sunset over the Dragoon Mountains    (2).JPG 2010-03-24

Sunset
Day 13 - Sunset on the Dragoon Mountains. The Dragoon Mountains were named after the Third US Cavalry known as the Dragoons. They got that name because they each used carbines instead of sabers.   JPG 2010-03-24

Ruth,Randy,April
We stayed with Ruth, who is Patty's Dad's Cousin. Randy is Ruth's son who rode his bycycle from the Canadian border to the Mexican border just for fun. Randy is also Monte's brother who rode his Harley to iowa to see us on our retirement trip, after riding 40 miles on gravel in the Montana mountains to see his brother on that border to border trip, and April is Randy's wife. She, thankfully, just puts up with our family!   152.JPG 2009-09-13

Poppies
Day 14 - Poppies in Ruths front yard. Patty stole some seeds.   075.JPG 2010-03-25

Goin to rocks
Day 14 - On our way to Courtland, Arizona and our first attempt at some serious Rockhounding.   006.JPG 2010-03-25

Here we go!
Day 14 - Well, our first trip to serious Rockhounding of course had to mean we must travel on dirt rodes. Come on already, I just get a new paint job on my bike and I have ridden over 75 miles on dirt rodes on this trip.    011.JPG 2010-03-25

Mines
Day 14 - We must be getting close to our Rockhounding destination, whomever dug these two mines here must have thought there was some good rocks around.    012.JPG 2010-03-25

Courtland
Day 14 - We finally made it to the town of Courtland for our Rockhounding expedition. We knew we were there because we found the old jail house. That was just about all there was to the town.    019.JPG 2010-03-25

Question
Day 14 - Anybody know what this is? I was afraid to look too close as the Mohave rattlers are supposed to be fierce in this country.   021.JPG 2010-03-25

Take a moment
Day 14 - While Rockhounding, I would take a moment to reflect, and all I could think of was while in the heck would anybody ride this far into the middle of nowhere just to look at rocks. I did have to admit the view was pretty cool.   023.JPG 2010-03-25

Ghosts?
Day 14 - While Rockhounding, we came across this building. I bet there are some good stories to go with it. 093.JPG 2010-03-25

Proof
Day 14 - Just so you believe me when I say we rode into the middle of nowhere to go Rockhounding, this is the place we looked for rocks. 028.JPG 2010-03-25

What a rock!
When we were rockhounding Patty did find this rock. It is an Azurite rock. Cool.   053.JPG 2010-03-30

A real gullywash
Day 14 - Our Rockhounding experts told us to look in washes for rocks as they would be easiest to see after water had cleaned them up. I think water was here maybe once in the last 3000 years.   103.JPG 2010-03-25

Going Home
Day 14 - After our Rockhounding experience and with saddle bags full of priceless rocks, we had to decide how to go back to Sunsites. Do we go back on the same dirt road we came in on, or do we forge forward onto roads unknown and see what we get. We got another 10 miles of dirt road.   034.JPG 2010-03-25

Pearse, Arizona
Day 14 - Finally, a paved road, but then the town was gone.    036.JPG 2010-03-25

Pearse, Arizona
Day 14 - There were a few buildings like this, but not a lot of activity.  037.JPG 2010-03-25

Border patrol
Day 14 - We are under 50 miles from the Mexican border, and you just never know when a few, shall we say, illegals may wonder by.     042.JPG 2010-03-25

General Store
Day 14 - This is still an operating general store in Pearse, Arizona, but it only opeates when giving a tour, or, on November 27 and 28 when they have the Old Pearse Festival.    041.JPG 2010-03-25

General Store
Day 14 - Neat stuff around the sides of the general store.     123.JPG 2010-03-25

General Store
Day 14 - had to climb up a fence and take a picture between slates, but this was a neat looking wall.    044.JPG 2010-03-25

Pearse, Az
Day 14 - Some buildings are still standing as is this "The Old Store"   130.JPG 2010-03-25

Old Town Pearce
Day 14 - The Post Office in Pearce is closed now but operated until late 1960's and for only a very few people. The mine that opeated here and was the main reason for people to be here, flooded and killed most of the miners. That brought an end to Pearse.     049.JPG 2010-03-25

Pearse, Arizona
Day 14 - Somebody must be here, this place looks like it has been taken care of recently, but no one was there today.   038.JPG 2010-03-25

The Pottery Shop
Day 14 - We finally found a real person in Pearse, Arizona. She was a real character and kept us going for quite awhile with her stories. We finally bought something and left.   051.JPG 2010-03-25

Cochise Stronghold
Day 14 - After spending the day beating up our bikes and shoes looking for rocks, I thought a little visit to Cochises Stronghold and a look into history would make a fine end to the day. Of course to see any history here in Arizona, one needs to ride for miles on dirt roads!   057.JPG 2010-03-25

Cochise Stronghold
Day 14 - Cochise was a legendary Apache Indian Chief. He used this canyon as his stronghold to hold off enemies, and escape through the canyon to freedom. From this canyon Cochise and his warriors could see the enemy coming at them for miles from three sides, and the fourth side had their backs covered by the high walls of the canyon mountains. A very clever place to stay.    062.JPG 2010-03-25

Day8 Tomestone
Day 8 Entering the old wild west town of Tomestone, Arizona. Home of the OK coral gunfight.  059.JPG 2010-03-19

Tombstone's Law
Day 8 by the Tomestone City Court House  060.JPG 2010-03-19

Main Street
Day 8 main street tourist attractions in Tomestone, Arizona. Most of the stores are gift shops, but still fun to walk through.  064.JPG 2010-03-19

Tombstone Stage
Day 8 old authentic stage coaches take people around the three block area of town on tours.   006.JPG 2010-03-19

Tombstone Main St
Day 8 a ghood look at the main three block street of Tomestone.  074.JPG 2010-03-19

Day8 Tombstone
Downtown Tombstone 008.JPG 2010-03-19

Day8 Tombstone
Downtown Tombstone   012.JPG 2010-03-19

Back Alley
Downtown Tombstone   015.JPG 2010-03-19

Fashion Statement
I realize my outfit was a little out of the norm for the town of Tombstone, but then my outfit is out of the norm in most places.   018.JPG 2010-03-19

Patient Darrell
This is Darrells usual position when the rest of us were in some touristy store spending good money.  020.JPG 2010-03-19

Our Ironhorses
We parked out of the way as we didn't really feel a part of the town personna.  025.JPG 2010-03-19

Day8 Tombstone
Are these guys good looking bikers or what?   027.JPG 2010-03-19

City Hall
Riding by the City Hall, my horse was of the iron kind.   028.JPG 2010-03-19

Day 8 Hwy 80
Day 8 riding on Hwy 80 between the old western outlaw town of Tomestone, Arizona and the historical mining town of Bisbee, Arizona.  031.JPG 2010-03-19

Day 8 to Bisbee
With Patty carrying our four authentically appearing native blankets made in Mexico we left Tombstone and headed toward Bisbee and more tourist shops.   079.JPG 2010-03-19

Hwy80 Scenery
We saw these Huachuca Mountains for many miles looming off to our west as we headed south toward Bisbee .  082.JPG 2010-03-19

Day8 Bisbee
We were a little worried about walking away from our bikes in downtown Bisbee, but all was fine on our return after a day of looking at more copper pieces than one needs to.  033.JPG 2010-03-19

Day8 Bisbee
Now here is an artistic photo shot of our bikes in Bisbee, Arizona by the only artist in our group.   037.JPG 2010-03-19

Main Street Bisbee
Downtown Bisbee, Arizona. An old historic mining town with history everywhere. This town is within 15 miles of the Mexican border.  089.JPG 2010-03-19

Shopping??
Downtown Bisbee, Arizona  041.JPG 2010-03-19

Copper Queen
Darrell taking a gander at the Copper Queen Hotel, one of the historical landmarks of the town.  047.JPG 2010-03-19

Bisbee back alley
An old historical brick building in the back streets of Bisbee, Arizona.   053.JPG 2010-03-19

Day9 Tucson Art
Overpass art at the Tuscon exit on Highway 10 was very normal in Arizona.  143.JPG 2010-03-21

Day 9 Tucson Art
The Art Festival in Tucson also had a small festival close by acknowledging the 130 year anniversary of the railrod arriving in Tucson, Arizona.  3-20-10 001.JPG 2010-03-20

130 anniversary
The Railroad festival marking the 130 year anniversary of the railroad arriving in Tuscon.   3-20-10 002.JPG 2010-03-20

Big cahoona
Not sure what this is the god of, but I think it is really a water tower or something people climb on to see off in a distance.   3-20-10 006.JPG 2010-03-20

Spring Art Fair
A local High Scool band played a mean drum beat and entertained us as we ate lunch in the nice warm sunshine. They seemed much more at ease than Patty and I when we try to do this on Wednesday nights.   3-20-10 011.JPG 2010-03-20

Cute Pub
Patty was chuckling to herself as we walked by this Pub, and when I asked why, she said she was thinking of GaWendy back home.  What does that mean?   3-20-10 013.JPG 2010-03-20

Like people?
The Tuscon Art Festval usually gets over 250,000 people over it's four days of operation. I think they all 250,000 of them waited for us to get there and showed up with us.3-20-10 025.JPG 2010-03-20

Kathy's retreat
This is our neighbor Cathy's Arizona retreat, a nice place in Green Valley, Arizona. Patty went by to say hi and talked her in to bringing all our stuff that Patty bought in Tombstone, Bisbee and Tuscon.  046.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard was full of cactus of many varieties.  3-20-10 026.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  009.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  010.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  012.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  022.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  023.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  025.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  030.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  032.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  041.JPG 2010-03-20

Cathy's retreat
Cathy's yard in Geen Valley, Arizona was full of cactus of many varieties.  037.JPG 2010-03-20

Day 10 to Titan
The Titan Museum just north of Green Valley, Arizona is the only remaining actual sight of the many Titan Missle silos built underground in 1963 after the Cuban Missle crisis of the 60's to handle the cold war possibility of global enialation. It was deactivated in 1982. Very impressive! It was built to be a response or retaliatory action only, not offensive.  146.JPG 2010-03-21

Real Antenna
An antenna designed to monitor satellites, and just about anything else. Everything had three or four backups scattered around the complex just in case of a war strike.   109.JPG 2010-03-21

Missle cover
This is the concrete cover enclosing the missle underground. It only took 19 seconds to open, and it is massive.   149.JPG 2010-03-21

Rockets
This was our tour guide Bob showing us the propulsion units receiving and igniting the fuel and lifting the missle to only 50 feet above the ground. After that another smaller unit on board pushed the missle to over 200 feet. Imagine the power it takes to push over 130 tons straight up 50 feet, and get it going fast enough in that 50 feet to use that speed in order to allow a smaller propulsion unit  keep it going. 150.JPG 2010-03-21

Look Real?
You think this is a picture I took from a wall hanging photo?? Oh no, this is the real enchalada. 103 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter of missle and about 10 feet of nuclear devastation on top, that thankfully was never used. This rocket had 470,000 of thrust and would travel at 17000 miles per hour and could cover 10,000 miles.   155.JPG 2010-03-21

Hot seat
This was the control room 35 feet below ground manned (or womaned) by two people at all times on 24 hour shifts with the keys and fail safes to launch the missle. Actually the safety proceedures installed to protect from a human false activation were very thorough. Patty got picked by the tour guide to sit in one of the two hot seat chairs and actually simmulated a rocket fireing proceedure. Can you imagine the pressure and responsibility those soldiers felt in that room? The proceedures they followed daily were many and totally specific to the proper functioning of the rocket. Talk about military discipline. There were three destinations programmed into the computers, but the operators never knew where the rocket was going or where the three destinations were.  162.JPG 2010-03-21

Spring loaded
This massive spring was placed in all corners and was there to absorb the shock of a nuclear attack above and below ground so we could still retaliate, and it also was there to protect against natural shocks in the earth. The from four foot to eight foot thick concrete walls didn't hurt either.   166.JPG 2010-03-21

Sloppy wiring?
This isn't sloppy wiring, but another safety to protect the underground controls against any silo movement either nuclear or natural. A lot of movement could be absorbed by taking up the slack in these wires.   170.JPG 2010-03-21

Sureal
Looking up at the nuclear warhead on top of the Titan Missle from an underground walkway used by technitions for 20 years. It gave me a feeling of awe that this was actually real, and that so much goes into the defense of our country and our way of life. These rockets are all removed now, but you know there is new technology in place to sit at the ready.    175.JPG 2010-03-21

Silo pit
The main missle at about 35 feet below the surface with the holding units on the silo wall retracted as if to launch.   177.JPG 2010-03-21

On to Bisbee, Az
Back to Bisbee we went to take another look at the town and talk with a musical composer that Patty had purchased CD's from that she really liked, and had personnally met there.   111.JPG 2010-03-21

House on the road
Typical houses like this dotted the deset in Arizona everywhere.  120.JPG 2010-03-21

Day 10 to Bisbee
Another look at the Huachuca Mountains on the road to Bisbee, Arizona.  184.JPG 2010-03-21

Day 10 to Bisbee
On the road again to Bisbee.   131.JPG 2010-03-21

Real Artist
Patty met this composer Stephen Pike in Bisbee, purchased a CD from him, liked it so much we went back again to get another CD and talk art. You can bet I was really involved in that conversation!  189.JPG 2010-03-21

swap art
Patty and Stephan Pike shared artistic talents as Patty showed off her paint. Come to find out, 35 years ago Stephan had a old Panhead Harley. 190.JPG 2010-03-21

Bisbee yard art
One of may artistic expressions found everywhere in Bisbee, Arizona.  136.JPG 2010-03-21

Bricks were in
Old brick buildings along alley ways with a variety of shops in Bisbee, Arizona. Look at the wall pictures painted on them from years ago.  138.JPG 2010-03-21

Horsey art
More "art" on the streets of Bisbee, Arizona.  If it is a flower or a horse, Patty will take a picture of it.    134.JPG 2010-03-21

Typical Bisbee
This picture of the back alley way shows the brick construction of many years ago, and how it was rather extensive.  139.JPG 2010-03-21

Fire proof
Another brick alley way with fire proof doors and windows. This town would never burn down.  140.JPG 2010-03-21

Day4 to Chandler
Day 4 AZ Interstate Highway 10 is about the only good road to Phoenix from souther California. Quartzsite, Arizona is usually filled with mobile homes staying the winter, but not this year. Excuse the incorrect date on the camera, but us retired types seldom know what day it is.   187.JPG 2010-03-13

Day5 Az Hwy 202
Day 5 Highway 202 toward Globe.  006.JPG 2010-03-16

Cool SW Hwy art
Many overpasses and walls on Arizona's major highways have very pretty art scenes and sculptures, utilizing a wide variety of Southwest artforms.    012.JPG 2010-03-16

Day 5 Hwy 60
Day 5 Chandler to Payson 029.JPG 2010-03-16

Nice ride Hwy 60
Day 5 - All started fine with Darrell,Tom,Patty and I enjoying a beautiful ride on Az Hwy 60. That is until the road I had chosen to take later (highway 288) turned into a half gravel and half dirt road. We rode in dirty, dusty, very rough, but also very scenic conditions for 45 miles and it took the rest of the day. 035.JPG 2010-03-16

Scenic Hwy 60
Day 5 Az Hwy 60 close to Superior. We will be riding in those mountains soon. 041.JPG 2010-03-16

Day 5 Globe, Az
Day 5 Globe is an old historic mining town in the Tonto National Forrest.    109.JPG 2010-03-16

Day 5 Globe, Az
Day 5 Globe is an old historic mining town in the Tonto National Forrest.112.JPG 2010-03-16

What Pavement???
Day 5 This highway 288 started out to be a beautiful ride in the Tonto Mountains. Until nice blacktop turned into dirt. What is really confusing is that there is a town called Young and it is 25 miles in on this dirt road where the highway becomes nicely paved for several miles before going back to dirt for another 18 miles and finally ending at Highway 260. Great scenery, but the bikes turned into a nice shade of brown from all the dust.  145.JPG 2010-03-16

Lets discuss it
Day 5 hwy 288 the old dirt road was still full of easy on the eyes scenery.  135.JPG 2010-03-16

Hwy 288 wins!!
Day 5 Hwy 288 was not a good choice on my part, since we did 45 miles on this road and it was pretty rough, but that is what I get for looking at an unfamiliar map and then not reading the road legend. 239.JPG 2010-03-14

Day5 Tonto Mts
We may have been riding on a dirt road, but the views were still spectacular. 155.JPG 2010-03-16

Day5 Tonto Mts
Day 5 another nice scenic view off of the dirt road Arizona Highway 288 between Globe Arizona, and Payson, Arizona. Snow was as high was 6 feet deep in places off of the road. 178.JPG 2010-03-16

Day 6 Flowers!!!
Day 6  flowers are still present in this desert scenery.   073.JPG 2010-03-18

Day 6
Day 6 - Scenery between Payson to Hon Dah   126.JPG 2010-03-15

Roosevelt Lake
Day 6 scenery at Roosevelt Lake between Payson and Globe, Arizona.  133.JPG 2010-03-15

Why a bike wash?
Day 6- after riding 45 miles on a pretty rough dirt and gravel road on day 5, we decided we must stop at a car wash in Globe, Arizona, and find our bikes again. They all went from a light brown color to their original colors.   040.JPG 2010-03-17

Day 6 Tom
Day 6 To on the road from Payson to Hon Dah.   149.JPG 2010-03-15

Day 6 Darrell
Day 6 - Darrell on the road from Payson to Hon Dah.    153.JPG 2010-03-15

Day 6
Day 6 - Payson to Hon Dah 168.JPG 2010-03-15

Day 6 Dave
Day 6 - Payson to Hon Dah 021.JPG 2010-03-17

Day 6
Day 6 - Payson to Hon Dah    028.JPG 2010-03-17

Whiteriver, Az
Day 6 - Living conditions on the Apache Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona   190.JPG 2010-03-15

Day 6 Ft Apache
Day 6 At Ft. Apache between Payson to Hon Dah. This was the fort where the US cavalry and Apache scouts stayed.  

Flora- Ft Apache
Day 6 At Ft. Apache between Payson to Hon Dah. This was the fort where the US cavalry and Apache scouts stayed. 057.JPG 2010-03-17

Day 6 FT. APACHE
Day 6 At Ft. Apache between Payson to Hon Dah. This was the fort where the US cavalry and Apache scouts stayed.    060.JPG 2010-03-17 

Day6 At Ft Apache
Day 6 At Ft. Apache between Payson to Hon Dah. This was the fort where the US cavalry and Apache scouts stayed.  062.JPG 2010-03-17

Day 6 At Ft. Apache
Day 6 At Ft. Apache between Payson to Hon Dah. This was the fort where the US cavalry and Apache scouts stayed.  065.JPG 2010-03-17

Day 6 At Ft. Apache
Day 6 At Ft. Apache between Payson to Hon Dah. This was the fort where the US cavalry and Apache scouts stayed. This building was for the cavalry officers.   083.JPG 2010-03-17

Day 6 At Ft. Apache
Day 6 At Ft. Apache between Payson to Hon Dah. This was the fort where the US cavalry and Apache scouts stayed. 089.JPG 2010-03-17

Day 6 Fort Apache
Day 6 we stopped at Fort Apache which is an old cavalry fort used during the Indian wars in the late 1800's. This was the first place to utilize Apache Indians as scouts for the cavalry. It is located on Highway 73 on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.   166.JPG 2010-03-16

Swim anyone?
The Hon Dah Resort and Casino pool was outside and had several feet of snow around the edges. Looked too cold for my taste  081.JPG 2010-03-18

Come on in......
Another look at the Hon Dah Resort and Casino's outdoor pool  007.JPG 2010-03-18

HonDah avalanche
The entrance to the Casino was still frozen when this was taken, but later in the day as the snow on the roof melts this will become a downpour or water and an occasional snow slide from the roof. They had signs warning about possible avalanches off the roof.   004.JPG 2010-03-18

Day 7 hwy 260
Day 7 hwy 260 from Hon Dah to Hwy 180 was a ride across the top of the world at an elevation of 8500 feet. temperatures were in the 30's but was dry enough to feel like mid 40's or better. The snow was deep and perfectly white when looking out through pristeen meadows and valleys.   091.JPG 2010-03-18

Snow is deep!!
Day 7 Hwy 260 toward hwy 180 and into New Mexico. Darrel had cautioned about the Coronado Trail (Hwy 191) being very steep, curvy, and mainly all downhill so we had planned on bypassing it, but it was closed due to snow anyway, so we can now say we weren't allowed the thrill of riding it  .096.JPG 2010-03-18

Day 7 Hwy 260
Day 7 Hwy 260 with lots of snow.   094.JPG 2010-03-18

Nature's touch
Day 7 Hwy 260 where a creek had melted away the snow into a cool looking formation.  111.JPG 2010-03-18

Over the summit
Day 7 Hwy 260 with Tom cresting the summit and starting the downhill ride out of the snow.   114.JPG 2010-03-18

Day 7
Day 7 - Hon Dah to Benson 021.JPG 2010-03-18

Road less travelled
Day 7 - Hon Dah to Benson 139.JPG 2010-03-18

Day 7
Day 7 - Hon Dah to Benson.    049.JPG 2010-03-18

Day 7 Hwy 191
Day 7 As we entered Hwy 191 a considerate trucker let us go first. Except he was going as fast as we were and he followed us all the way up and down hills toward Safford. Darrell said he was hauling chemicals for the mining processes.   079.JPG 2010-03-18

Snow to desert
Day 7 desert scenery between Hon Dah and Benson, Arizona.   163.JPG 2010-03-16

Desert and flowers
Day 7 desert scenery between Hon Dah and Benson, Arizona.190.JPG 2010-03-13

Desert with hills
Day 7 desert scenery between Hon Dah and Benson, Arizona.  224.JPG 2010-03-14

Desert and water?
Day 7 desert scenery between Hon Dah and Benson, Arizona. 229.JPG 2010-03-14

Nice!
Day 7 desert scenery between Hon Dah and Benson, Arizona. 237.JPG 2010-03-14

Nice days end
Day 7 desert scenery between Hon Dah and Benson, Arizona. 238.JPG 2010-03-14

Day1 on our way!
Day 1 We left with the bikes loaded on the trailer, much to my chagrin. I wanted to ride!! But oh no, we had to load them up on our trailer.   004.JPG 2010-03-12

Day 1 I-5 South
Day 1 iT'S REALLY WET! So I am thinking maybe using the trailer wasn't so bad. But I wouldn't tell Patty that!   016.JPG 2010-03-12

Day 1 I-5 South
Day 1 Well the rain stopped and the pavement is drying out, but it is drying ever so slowly, and the clouds do look a little threatening. Maybe snow??  030.JPG 2010-03-12

Day 1 Cold!
Day 1 Ok, it really cold outside and we get into occassional snow flurries mixed with rain, so by now I have officially announced my acceptance of using the trailer, and I have agreed her idea was better than mine.    038.JPG 2010-03-12

Day 1 Ashland
Day 1 You know you can really appreciate how pretty the snow covered trees are when you are inside a vehicle and all nice and warm.   041.JPG 2010-03-12

Day1 California
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Day1 California
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Day2 Los Banos
Day2 finds us south of Stockton on I-5 and with sunny skies.    056.JPG 2010-03-13

Day 2 citris
Day 2 we find the orange trees are cut flat on top.... we assume for harvest.    064.JPG 2010-03-13

Day2 California
Day 2 The clouds are back, but no rain and we will clearing the mountains soon.  070.JPG 2010-03-13

Day2 neat cloud
Day 2 getting over the mountains heading east out of Bakersfield finds the end of the storm front, and a cool cloud formation. We have found the sun again!   073.JPG 2010-03-13

Day 2 Eastward
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Day 2 Mohave
Day 2 finds us crossing the Mohave desert before Barstow, but no rain and the sun is out!    074.JPG 2010-03-13

Day2 Palm Springs
Day 2 coming off the hill into the Palm Springs area below.  094.JPG 2010-03-13

Day2 Windmills
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Day3 Tom's Home
Day 3 The most relaxing backyard I have ever seen.   115.JPG 2010-03-14

Day3 Tom's Home
Day 3 relaxing at Tom and Sue's beautiful home.  Look at the flowers and sunshine!!   114.JPG 2010-03-14

Day3 Tom's home
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Day3 Tom's Home
Day 3 washing off the dirt from all the rain on the trip down to California. Getting ready to ride to Chandler, Arizona.  110.JPG 2010-03-14

David's-no metal
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David's fender

After masking off the flag area where the art is going to be, I cover all the areas I want to protect.  Spray the flag area white. cover stripes and stars that I want to protect when I shoot blue and red.

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Davids Bags & lids
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Davids bag & Lids
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David's bag lids
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Davids fender
Davids rear side of the front fender flag taped and in final stages   026.JPG 2010-03-04

Davids tank
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Davids Bag lid
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Bag, lid & fender
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First coat-silver
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First blue candy
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More blue candy
More blue candy. Patty asked me when it was blue enough, and I was in a panic because I had no clue when to stop.   054.JPG 2010-03-06

Paint complete
The paint is finally done....poor Patty, she worked really hard and long to get all thirteen pieces of my bike painted for our trip to Arizona. 060.JPG 2010-03-08

Together again
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Finished
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Spokane, Washington
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Spokane, Washington
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Eastern Washington
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Never ending roads!
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Portland Stove
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Pretty Desolate Towns

Eastern Washington

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Coffee at last! Everywhere !
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Douglas Washington
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Cashmere Washington
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Apples Everywhere
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Huge Flowers
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Leavenworth Washington (Bavarian)
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Tons of Flowers - Leavenworth
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Flowers of Leavenworth
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Masses of Flowers

the little hole in the wall we like to eat at has some of the most beautiful flowers.

 

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Leaving Leavenworth

Considered the Alps of the Northwest

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Skagit Harley Davidson
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Nasty Traffic Out of Vancouver British Columbia

thank goodness we wre going in the opposite direction!

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Border Boundry
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Point Roberts, USA

Only land access is thru British Columbia to get to this piece of property that the US owns.

 

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Real Berries
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Last Point - Point Roberts
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Border Boundry
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Canada side flowers
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British Columbia
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Point Roberts, USA
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Peace Arch

Peace Arch at the USA/Canada crossing at Vancouver, BC

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USA Flowers
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Blaine, Washington
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Blaine, Washington

Thought they did their signs up very well

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Other Last Point - Blaine, Washington
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Free Crab
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Port Townsend, Washington
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Close to Annacortes, WA
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Foggy ?
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Naaaahhhhh!
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Yet Another Last Point - Neah Bay
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Uncle Bobby and Aunt Marcy Salisbury
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Bob and Marcy Salisbury's property

Up at Loomis Lake out of Long Beach Washington - home of many a family reunion!

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Bob and Marcy Salisbury's property
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Cranberry Bogs - Long Beach Washington
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OceanSpray Cranberry Juice
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Columbia River
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Astoria, Oregon Bridge - WhooooHooooo!
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Columbia River - Where it meets the Pacific Ocean
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Astoria Bridge over the Columbia River
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Lots of Logs in Longview Washington
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Brown -

Everything was so brown here!

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Vancouver, WA to Portland, OR Bridge
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Portland Oregon - part of!
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Grammy and Gpa Nichols

Boy were they suprised when we showed up on their doorstep!

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My Suprise

Grammy thought I needed some color for when I got home - so when I pulled in to the driveway - lo and behold they had came out and hung up some pretty flowers just the day before!

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The End!
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Day 100 - August 22 - Billings to Livingston, MT
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Poor Patty's Bike !
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Flat Tire - Pits !
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Livingston Inn Motel
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Odd Bird
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Great Western Store
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Great Art
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Old Signs & Painted Ones
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Main Street View
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Livingston Glass Tiles on Building
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Great Old Store

Private Saddle Collection downstairs - by invitation only.

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Livingston Montana
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Livingstson Homes
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Paradise Valley
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Paradise Valley
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Wilsall, Montana
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Mick and Patt - remember ?

Found this place many many years ago on a trip with Mick and Patt - had been freezing our rears off, but we were all too cool to cry uncle.  finally stopped and found that this old hardware store was converted to a little expresso/deli type place - oh thank goodness... neat old building on the inside.

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Yellowstone River
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Big Windstorm
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Glacier National Park
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Glacier's stunning views
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Glacier's stunning views
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Glacier's stunning views
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Glacier's stunning views
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Road Construction !
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Tight fit
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Glacier Waterfall
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Flag and Sunset
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Cows - wildlife?
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Hiking - ya right!
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Glacier Tour Bus
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oops - Helmet down the hill!
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Gorgeous Montana Rainbow Rock
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Montana Rainbow Rock
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Deep intense clear watercolor
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My Little Flower!
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Coeur d Lane Harley Davidson
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Our Rick May !
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Sculpture
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Drive In - Literally
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Biker Bar
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Fun Center
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Maryland sign
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Montana Sign
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Saskatchewan Sign
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Idaho Sign
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Backroads to Deadwood
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Deadwood Harley Davidson
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downtown Deadwood South Dakota
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Broken Spoke Saloon
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North Dakota

Note the frozen looking Patty!

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Full Throttle Saloon - Sturgis SD
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Badlands of North Dakota
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For Jane!
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Antler, North Dakota Entry
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Manitoba
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Massive sunflower fields
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Ken and Rae Starnes
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Cousin Ken and Rae's Treasures
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Bowed Wheels
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Manson Memorial Garden
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School House Top 1917
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Old Home donated to Museum
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Rae's Wild Roads

This was actually the back way in to their property, which is officially a road, but this section is not maintained!

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Cleaning bottom of car
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Ken and Rae's Home
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Big Doubles
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You can see FOREVER!
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Darn Thunderclouds
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Abandoned
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Cool Gate
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Shelter from the elements
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Saskatchewan
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Saying Adieu
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Nasty Border Crossing
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Gramma Sharon's Mosquito Free Dining!
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flower baskets
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Missouri River
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Missouri River
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Montana - whooohoooo!
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High gas prices
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and whats wrong with this picture?
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Becky saves the day!
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Hummmmph......
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8-18-09 123.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 125.JPG
8-18-09 125.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 127.JPG
8-18-09 127.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 129.JPG
8-18-09 129.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 132.JPG
8-18-09 132.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 135.JPG
8-18-09 135.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 142.JPG
8-18-09 142.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 145.JPG
8-18-09 145.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 147.JPG
8-18-09 147.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 149.JPG
8-18-09 149.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 151.JPG
8-18-09 151.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 153.JPG
8-18-09 153.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 155.JPG
8-18-09 155.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 157.JPG
8-18-09 157.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 159.JPG
8-18-09 159.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 161.JPG
8-18-09 161.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 163.JPG
8-18-09 163.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 167.JPG
8-18-09 167.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 170.JPG
8-18-09 170.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 172.JPG
8-18-09 172.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 005.JPG
8-18-09 005.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 006.JPG
8-18-09 006.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 007.JPG
8-18-09 007.JPG 2009-08-18

8-18-09 008.JPG
8-18-09 008.JPG 2009-08-18

Day 90 - August 12
8-12-09 085.JPG 2009-08-12

Yes it was a sunrise
8-12-09 087.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 007.JPG
8-12-09 007.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 019.JPG
8-12-09 019.JPG 2009-08-12

Typical Farm Equipment Passing
8-12-09 031.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 036.JPG
8-12-09 036.JPG 2009-08-12

Chimney Rock National Park
8-12-09 037.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 038.JPG
8-12-09 038.JPG 2009-08-12

Wyoming
8-12-09 050.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 069.JPG
8-12-09 069.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 096.JPG
8-12-09 096.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 103.JPG
8-12-09 103.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 109.JPG
8-12-09 109.JPG 2009-08-12

Lots of coal trains
8-12-09 117.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 124.JPG
8-12-09 124.JPG 2009-08-12

big cattle country
8-12-09 134.JPG 2009-08-12

8-12-09 143.JPG
8-12-09 143.JPG 2009-08-12

red roads
8-12-09 148.JPG 2009-08-12

Douglas, Wyoming
8-12-09 154.JPG 2009-08-12

Day 91 August 13th
8-13-09 298.JPG 2009-08-13

Exciting Wyoming Roads !
8-13-09 002.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 012.JPG
8-13-09 012.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 016.JPG
8-13-09 016.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 028.JPG
8-13-09 028.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 236.JPG
8-13-09 236.JPG 2009-08-13

Coal Truck
8-13-09 068.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 070.JPG
8-13-09 070.JPG 2009-08-13

Coal
8-13-09 078.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 096.JPG
8-13-09 096.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 109.JPG
8-13-09 109.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 148.JPG
8-13-09 148.JPG 2009-08-13

South Dakota
8-13-09 273.JPG 2009-08-13

Bavarian Inn
8-13-09 179.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 191.JPG
8-13-09 191.JPG 2009-08-13

Hill City, South Dakota
8-13-09 193.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 196.JPG
8-13-09 196.JPG 2009-08-13

Great Tool Art
8-13-09 200.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 218.JPG
8-13-09 218.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 203.JPG
8-13-09 203.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 205.JPG
8-13-09 205.JPG 2009-08-13

Hill City Harley Davidson
8-13-09 206.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 209.JPG
8-13-09 209.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 212.JPG
8-13-09 212.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 216.JPG
8-13-09 216.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 217.JPG
8-13-09 217.JPG 2009-08-13

Alpine Inn - Filet Eating Place
8-13-09 220.JPG 2009-08-13

8-13-09 276.JPG
8-13-09 276.JPG 2009-08-13

Crazy Horse
8-13-09 287.JPG 2009-08-13

Badlands South Dakota August 14
8-14-09 293.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 072.JPG
8-14-09 072.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 017.JPG
8-14-09 017.JPG 2009-08-14

Just Great!
8-14-09 028.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 034.JPG
8-14-09 034.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 040.JPG
8-14-09 040.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 041.JPG
8-14-09 041.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 058.JPG
8-14-09 058.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 087.JPG
8-14-09 087.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 096.JPG
8-14-09 096.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 157.JPG
8-14-09 157.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 160.JPG
8-14-09 160.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 162.JPG
8-14-09 162.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 164.JPG
8-14-09 164.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 289.JPG
8-14-09 289.JPG 2009-08-14

8-14-09 291.JPG
8-14-09 291.JPG 2009-08-14

Black Hills
8-15-09 402.JPG 2008-01-01

8-15-09 029.JPG
8-15-09 029.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 038.JPG
8-15-09 038.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 039.JPG
8-15-09 039.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 048.JPG
8-15-09 048.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 069.JPG
8-15-09 069.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 080.JPG
8-15-09 080.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 132.JPG
8-15-09 132.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 144.JPG
8-15-09 144.JPG 2009-08-15

Bucks in Velvet
8-15-09 173.JPG 2009-08-15

Peggy's Diner
8-15-09 187.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 189.JPG
8-15-09 189.JPG 2009-08-15

Wildlife ?
8-15-09 203.JPG 2009-08-15

Christmas Store in Hill City
8-15-09 236.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 242.JPG
8-15-09 242.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 246.JPG
8-15-09 246.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 277.JPG
8-15-09 277.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 279.JPG
8-15-09 279.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 282.JPG
8-15-09 282.JPG 2009-08-15

Eye of the Needle
8-15-09 285.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 291.JPG
8-15-09 291.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 297.JPG
8-15-09 297.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 339.JPG
8-15-09 339.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 340.JPG
8-15-09 340.JPG 2009-08-15

Trotting down the road !
8-15-09 345.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 352.JPG
8-15-09 352.JPG 2009-08-15

Pretty Wild Animals
8-15-09 363.JPG 2009-08-15

8-15-09 371.JPG
8-15-09 371.JPG 2009-08-15

Day 82 - August 4th
8-04-09 229.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 005.JPG
8-04-09 005.JPG 2009-08-08

Missouri
8-04-09 012.JPG 2009-08-08

Shelf Cloud - Nasty
8-04-09 024.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 030.JPG
8-04-09 030.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 037.JPG
8-04-09 037.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 058.JPG
8-04-09 058.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 064.JPG
8-04-09 064.JPG 2009-08-08

Tad bit muddy
8-04-09 070.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 072.JPG
8-04-09 072.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 073.JPG
8-04-09 073.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 099.JPG
8-04-09 099.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 115.JPG
8-04-09 115.JPG 2009-08-08

8-04-09 124.JPG
8-04-09 124.JPG 2009-08-08

Day 83, 84 - August 5, 6
8-05-09 078.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 007.JPG
8-05-09 007.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 010 (2).JPG
8-05-09 010 (2).JPG 2009-08-08

more amish
8-05-09 018.JPG 2009-08-08

Nichols Street
8-05-09 026 (2).JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 027.JPG
8-05-09 027.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 033.JPG
8-05-09 033.JPG 2009-08-08

Branson Missouri
8-05-09 035.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 044.JPG
8-05-09 044.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 047.JPG
8-05-09 047.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 058.JPG
8-05-09 058.JPG 2009-08-08

Outback Resturant
8-05-09 062.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 065.JPG
8-05-09 065.JPG 2009-08-08

Clay Cooper Theater
8-05-09 095.JPG 2009-08-08

Spirit of the Dance and Irish Tenors Theater
8-05-09 098.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 100.JPG
8-05-09 100.JPG 2009-08-08

Spirit of the Dance and Irish Tenors Theater
8-05-09 102.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 104.JPG
8-05-09 104.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 105.JPG
8-05-09 105.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 109.JPG
8-05-09 109.JPG 2009-08-08

David Shopping?
8-05-09 112.JPG 2009-08-08

Denny's HD - Floating HD Shop

Only one in the World

 

8-05-09 118.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 120.JPG
8-05-09 120.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 123.JPG
8-05-09 123.JPG 2009-08-08

The Landing Shopping area
8-05-09 125.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 128.JPG
8-05-09 128.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 135.JPG
8-05-09 135.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 145.JPG
8-05-09 145.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 151.JPG
8-05-09 151.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 157.JPG
8-05-09 157.JPG 2009-08-08

Dixie Stampede Stables
8-05-09 161.JPG 2009-08-08

Dixie Stampede
8-05-09 163.JPG 2009-08-08

Decor at Dixie Stampede
8-05-09 170.JPG 2009-08-08

8-05-09 176.JPG
8-05-09 176.JPG 2009-08-08

Spirit of the Dance Theater
8-07-09 001.JPG 2009-08-08

Branson Traffic
8-07-09 003.JPG 2009-08-08

Ozarks
8-07-09 030.JPG 2009-08-08

8-07-09 041.JPG
8-07-09 041.JPG 2009-08-08

8-07-09 054.JPG
8-07-09 054.JPG 2009-08-08

8-07-09 065.JPG
8-07-09 065.JPG 2009-08-08

8-07-09 075.JPG
8-07-09 075.JPG 2009-08-08

Branson Steep Hills
8-07-09 079.JPG 2009-08-08

Dixie Stampede
8-07-09 080.JPG 2009-08-08

8-07-09 091.JPG
8-07-09 091.JPG 2009-08-08

Branson Theme Parks
8-07-09 099.JPG 2009-08-08

8-07-09 103.JPG
8-07-09 103.JPG 2009-08-08

8-07-09 114.JPG
8-07-09 114.JPG 2009-08-08

Patty made me go to another Harley Dealer!
7-24-09 060.JPG 2009-07-24

Connie - Jim Baileys HD Ft Wayne Indiana
7-24-09 062.JPG 2009-07-24

Day 86 - August 8
8-08-09 051.JPG 2009-08-08

Ozark riding
8-08-09 004.JPG 2009-08-08

Mark Twain National Forest
8-08-09 006.JPG 2009-08-08

8-08-09 013.JPG
8-08-09 013.JPG 2009-08-08

8-08-09 022.JPG
8-08-09 022.JPG 2009-08-08

8-08-09 035.JPG
8-08-09 035.JPG 2009-08-08

8-08-09 052.JPG
8-08-09 052.JPG 2009-08-08

8-09-09 256.JPG
8-09-09 256.JPG 2009-08-09

Kansas City Missouri
8-09-09 006.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 047.JPG
8-09-09 047.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 033.JPG
8-09-09 033.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 037.JPG
8-09-09 037.JPG 2008-01-01

Kansas
8-11-09 100.JPG 2009-08-11

Kansas City Kansas
8-09-09 038.JPG 2008-01-01

Mission Kansas
8-09-09 067.JPG 2009-08-09

David's childhood neighborhood
8-09-09 021.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 202.JPG
8-09-09 202.JPG 2009-08-09

Davids Childhood Home
8-09-09 205.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 204.JPG
8-09-09 204.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 210.JPG
8-09-09 210.JPG 2009-08-09

Backyard
8-09-09 063.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 212.JPG
8-09-09 212.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 022.JPG
8-09-09 022.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 023.JPG
8-09-09 023.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 027.JPG
8-09-09 027.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 014.JPG
8-09-09 014.JPG 2008-01-01

8-09-09 215.JPG
8-09-09 215.JPG 2009-08-09

Defunct HD Shop, Shawnee, Kansas
8-09-09 108.JPG 2009-08-09

Leavenworth State Prison
8-09-09 125.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 234.JPG
8-09-09 234.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 158.JPG
8-09-09 158.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 141.JPG
8-09-09 141.JPG 2009-08-09

Cousin's Jerry and Edith Ketter
8-09-09 193.JPG 2009-08-09

View out back of Edith & Jerry's
8-09-09 189.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 185.JPG
8-09-09 185.JPG 2009-08-09

Jerry's inherited pony!
8-09-09 192.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 220.JPG
8-09-09 220.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 243.JPG
8-09-09 243.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 013.JPG
storm 013.JPG 2009-08-09

8-09-09 255.JPG
8-09-09 255.JPG 2009-08-09

Cool fern basket
storm 012.JPG 2009-08-09

We were in for it!
storm 015.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 021.JPG
storm 021.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 024.JPG
storm 024.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 067.JPG
storm 067.JPG 2009-08-09

eerie sky
storm 073.JPG 2009-08-09

incredible but still eerie!
storm 075.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 079.JPG
storm 079.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 233.JPG
storm 233.JPG 2009-08-09

Loved the lightning
storm 433.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 482.JPG
storm 482.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 511.JPG
storm 511.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 526.JPG
storm 526.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 637.JPG
storm 637.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 666.JPG
storm 666.JPG 2009-08-09

neat storm colors
storm 791.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 009.JPG
storm 009.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 018.JPG
storm 018.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 068.JPG
storm 068.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 086.JPG
storm 086.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 510.JPG
storm 510.JPG 2009-08-09

storm 662.JPG
storm 662.JPG 2009-08-09

Day 88 - August 10th
8-10-09 022.JPG 2009-08-10

8-10-09 009.JPG
8-10-09 009.JPG 2009-08-10

Pony Express Town
8-10-09 010.JPG 2009-08-10

Have some fog!
8-10-09 016.JPG 2009-08-10

Nebraska
8-10-09 018.JPG 2009-08-10

8-10-09 035.JPG
8-10-09 035.JPG 2009-08-10

8-10-09 004.JPG
8-10-09 004.JPG 2009-08-10

Grand Isle HD - Nebraska
8-10-09 024.JPG 2009-08-10

North Platte, Nebraska
8-10-09 029.JPG 2009-08-10

8-10-09 031.JPG
8-10-09 031.JPG 2009-08-10

8-11-09 030.JPG
8-11-09 030.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 057.JPG
8-11-09 057.JPG 2009-08-11

Colorado
8-11-09 130.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 006.JPG
8-11-09 006.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 010.JPG
8-11-09 010.JPG 2009-08-11

Amazing huh!
8-11-09 070.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 016.JPG
8-11-09 016.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 017.JPG
8-11-09 017.JPG 2009-08-11

Even weeds are pretty
8-11-09 021.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 042.JPG
8-11-09 042.JPG 2009-08-11

Artistic Purple house

Purple everything!

8-11-09 058.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 061.JPG
8-11-09 061.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 068.JPG
8-11-09 068.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 076.JPG
8-11-09 076.JPG 2009-08-11

Crossed paths with this train several times
8-11-09 090.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 094.JPG
8-11-09 094.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 108.JPG
8-11-09 108.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 114.JPG
8-11-09 114.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 117.JPG
8-11-09 117.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 142.JPG
8-11-09 142.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 145.JPG
8-11-09 145.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 157.JPG
8-11-09 157.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 180.JPG
8-11-09 180.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 183.JPG
8-11-09 183.JPG 2009-08-11

8-11-09 186.JPG
8-11-09 186.JPG 2009-08-11

7-29-09 072.JPG
7-29-09 072.JPG 2009-07-29

Old town Milwaukee
7-29-09 084.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 089.JPG
7-29-09 089.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 210.JPG
7-29-09 210.JPG 2009-07-29

Harley Davidson Museum - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
7-29-09 012.JPG 2009-07-29

# 1 Harley
7-29-09 028.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 032.JPG
7-29-09 032.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 061.JPG
7-29-09 061.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 071.JPG
7-29-09 071.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 104.JPG
7-29-09 104.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 112.JPG
7-29-09 112.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 117.JPG
7-29-09 117.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 118.JPG
7-29-09 118.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 122.JPG
7-29-09 122.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 127.JPG
7-29-09 127.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 148.JPG
7-29-09 148.JPG 2009-07-29

Otto Walker
7-29-09 165.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 037.JPG
7-29-09 037.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 177.JPG
7-29-09 177.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 180.JPG
7-29-09 180.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 181.JPG
7-29-09 181.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 189.JPG
7-29-09 189.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 191.JPG
7-29-09 191.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 195.JPG
7-29-09 195.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 198.JPG
7-29-09 198.JPG 2009-07-29

Miller Stadium
7-29-09 222.JPG 2009-07-29

7-29-09 066.JPG
7-29-09 066.JPG 2009-07-29

Known for Circus Start
7-29-09 226.JPG 2009-07-29

7-31-09 113.JPG
7-31-09 113.JPG 2009-07-31

7-31-09 004.JPG
7-31-09 004.JPG 2009-07-31

7-31-09 007.JPG
7-31-09 007.JPG 2009-07-31

7-31-09 013.JPG
7-31-09 013.JPG 2009-07-31

Minnesota
7-31-09 026.JPG 2009-07-31

7-31-09 033.JPG
7-31-09 033.JPG 2009-07-31

7-31-09 040.JPG
7-31-09 040.JPG 2009-07-31

7-31-09 052.JPG
7-31-09 052.JPG 2009-07-31

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monster flowers!
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Take Turns ?
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Iowa
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Mark and Joanne Dostal
8-02-09 075.JPG 2009-08-02

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Mark's Mom Lillian's Trumpet vine
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Meeting up with Cousin Monty
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Cousin Monty? Really?
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Bad Hair Day!
8-03-09 161.JPG 2009-08-03

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Horse Farms

These guys have 30 employees that do nothing but cut grass, weed wack under pretty white and black fences, and clean up the flower beds.

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Stud barn

I know it looks like a rich and famous home, but this is a horse barn for studs that can charge $250,000 to breed one mare.

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Shakertown - Kentucky
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Shakertown - Kentucky
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Shakertown - Kentucky
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Shakertown - Kentucky
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Lebanon ?
7-23-09 071.JPG 2009-07-23

Limestone rock

All the rock fences in Kentucky come from this kind of rock that is about 3 foot under the soil. There are miles of fences made from this rock

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Not many hills
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historic old buildings
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historic old buildings
7-23-09 119.JPG 2009-07-23

Towns

The towns once away from the big city are all this rural two story brick buildings. Most here in Kentucky and Indiana were started in the early 1800's.

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Indiana
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Neat home

Cool homes like this are everywhere in the east and central US. But they seldom are the same design

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Fog bank

We went from clear and sunny to foggy in an instant in central Indiana

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Soybean & corn fields
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Typical town
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Benson HD - Muncie, Indiana
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Stones HD Marion, Indiana
7-24-09 053.JPG 2009-07-24

Jim Bailey's HD Ft. Wayne Indiana
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Jim Bailey's HD Ft. Wayne Indiana
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Michigan
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Back country roads

Still lots of soybean fields

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Michigan International Speedway - NASCAR
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Speedway

Patty got the guard talking and he took us up so we could see the track. Pretty neat

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Town and Country HD - Cement City, Michigan
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Patty's attempt at art and a corn field
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Devil's lake

This is in the Irish Hills area in Michigan where there are 50 lakes within a 15 minute drive. They are all small lakes, and many have houses built surrounding the lake so there is no public access

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Michigan University's Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake

This lake is in the Hidden Lake Gardens maintained by Michigan State University students. In my inexperienced opinion of flowers, it was on the same level as the gardens in Victoria, and Portland

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Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake Gardens
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Hidden Lake Gardens

The grounds in the park were great fun to ride through. The scenery was really soft on the eyes

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Tecumseh HD. - Tecumseh, Michigan
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Tucumseh, Michigan

This town was started and named after an old Indian Chief. It had the friendliest people

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Tucumseh, Michigan
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Adrian, Michigan
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Adrian, Michigan
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Adrian, Michigan
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Adrian, Michigan
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Reflections
7-26-09 355.JPG 2009-07-26

Neat house
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Amish Country Again!
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Wildflowers
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Gerber Baby food ad

Remember that??

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Lake Michigan

The water was two tone tourquoise and blue.

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Lake Michigan
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Lake Michigan
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Clouds tell

We couldn't see Lake Michigan much as we rode by because the beach area is largely private owned around here, but we knew where it was by the clouds.

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Harbor in New Buffalo, Michigan

We couldn't even get to the lake as the parking lots were full, so we took pictures of the ritsy harbor

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HD of Michigan City , Indiana
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Pumpkins?

They must sell pumpkins in October

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really old historic barn!
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Cool bushes
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Tough!
7-27-09 264.JPG 2009-07-27

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Typical midwest farm homeplace
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Lots of cornfields
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A little unkept

But I thought it looked neat, and lived in.

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abandoned old church
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Water shed

They have a park by this water shed, but the mosquitos were pretty thick.

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Water shed
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More corn fields

I took lots of pictures of these fields, and believe me Patty did not include many, because we could ride for miles and that is all we would see.

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Maze on the highway
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Wide Load

The police out here in many states get involved in road construction traffic control, as well as wide load hauling

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Wide Load
7-27-09 248.JPG 2009-07-27

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Sunset in Remington, Indiana
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Illinois
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Soybeans in Illinois

The fields were definately larger in Illinois than in Michigan

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Typical Farm outbuildings

Very neat and clean

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Another Pumpkin grower
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We made Wisconsin
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Patty waiting

Patty waiting for me to take the darn picture at the Wisconsin state welcome sign

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Red Barns for a change
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Finally a hill!!!!
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Middle America
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Letters instead of numbers
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Wildflowers
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