Day 6- Sunday. Man this was nice. We did nothing. We slept in and sat in the airconditioning all day. I was ready for that. It had been a couple days since I was on line so now I am on-line so I got to catch up on my email. Three guys are living here at the house so they played World of WarCraft and I got to nap and relax. I was beat. We had McDonalds. Life is good. We watch the three movies "Feast". What a hoot. I had only seen the first one, when it came out on [View Full Entry]

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Day 5 - Saturday - 19 SEPT The rest of the team was going in for another run on the salt, but my son was waiting and I had to travel 600 miles to get there. We said goodbyes that morning and took some last minute pictures. The guys headed to the salt before I left. They were gone before 6:30, I waited until sun up to start my journey from Wendover UT to 29 Palms CA. One of the first warning signs just a mile or so south of Wendover was an open range sign with a sheep on it. [View Full Entry]

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Day 2 - Wednesday It was a bit more enjoyable as I was traveling roads I had never ridden before. I had time to stop along the way to enjoy the views and take some pictures. Who wouldn’t want to take a leisurely ride thru CO. I left as Kay and Jackie were getting ready to leave. I wanted to get an early start so I was on the road by 7AM. It was nippy in the mountains 43F for a couple hours. By the end of the day I was HOT. There were several places that I pulled over to [View Full Entry]

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This is a last minute trip. Things worked out, I thought I might be able to get a magazine article written and check out things on the west coast. Day 1 - Tuesday The plan was to get to Denver early. But my schedule the week before I left didn’t leave me anytime to pack so I was up until 3am packing then back up at 7:30am to load it all on the bike. I was beat before I ever started. I didn’t have any real stops planned, it was going to be a straight shot there. I wanted to be [View Full Entry]

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I had a busy weekend. Friday I spent a couple hours at the Open House at the Kansas City Harley Factory. Spent some time in Garnett saddling horses for my Dad and a day here in KC fiddling with Effie. Melany and Willie asked if I wanted to ride out to the open house with them in the morning. Willie brought breakfast, what a sweetheart. I rode the new XR1200 they had in the demo rides. Wow what a fun ride. I am a little short in the inseam though. I could not engage or disengage the kickstand. The controls are [View Full Entry]

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It was 1972 and I was in Jr High. I could not remember a time when nightly updates on the Vietnam War did not happen. The popular phrase was "Make Love NOT War" and I didn't know the true consequences of either. But I got a little taste of the effects of the latter. The Peoples Theater we had in my home town of Garnett offered movies for a quarter, unless it was a Disney then it was 35 cents. None were new releases. They also brought to our little town POW/MIA bracelets and they were popular with my peers. There [View Full Entry]

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Its Sunday and time for The Ride to the Wall. Saturday evening I had asked Darrel if he wanted to go and if he wanted to get a group together to ride down for the riders viewing of the traveling wall in Garnett. They were offering a free BBQ lunch to all motorcyclist that rode in between 12 and 4PM. Darrel called his brother and we were all on for ride. At 10AM Darrel and I left KC and picked up Brian and his SO Joan in Paola on the way to Garnett. Brian and Joan was riding his new Yamaha [View Full Entry]

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I went to Garnett, KS on Thursday for the opening ceremonies for the traveling Vietnam War Memorial Wall. The wall was set up in front of the American Legion/VFW building at the south lake. The area is also known a Veterans Park. The ceremony started at 6pm I was there a few minutes for that. Garnett was very pleased that they could afford to have the wall stop there and they have made it a big affair. They are having a variety of programs until the wall is taken down on Tuesday. Friday was to be school day. Garnett is the [View Full Entry]

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I decided I needed to make it a priority to provide my Dad riding opportunities this fall. He isn't as strong as he used to be. He doesn't have the strength to saddle his horse or get it ready to ride, but if someone saddles it then he can ride until he is tired. Now for those that don't know Dad and his horses let me give you some background. Years ago Dad wanted to get a horse, he was raised with them and was somewhat of a horse trader when he was in high school. He is well versed on [View Full Entry]

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23 AUG 09 Sunday 6:31 A.M., oh, shit the alarm didn’t go off. I had set it but not turned it on. I use my phone as an alarm clock, I got in the habit of using it when I was traveling so much. Think about it, you would rarely forget to pack it, it keeps correct time for the area you are in and is unaffected by any power outages that happen. It usually works really well, except when operator error is involved. I now have a half hour to meet up with Marcia at the Mickey Ds about 2 [View Full Entry]

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