On January 10, 2009 Darrel called and said that we were going to the bike show. Wide Open Bike show to be more specific. Show opens at 10am I have to work first but then away we go. Darrel brings his son Nicholas. I was surprised that I kept running into people I knew. A lot from the American Legion Rider (ALR) group, some from Patriot Guard and then some from HOG. One guy walked up to me because we had chatted at the Central dealership once when I was there. I was getting hugs everywhere. People that know me know [View Full Entry]

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++ In DEC 09 I found a bunch of my old Xmas letters so I thought I would post them here in my blog. This is the letter that is send with my Xmas cards. You can find each one posted on Xmas day for that year. 03,05, 06 & 08 ++ Greetings, Its that time of year again, not that I have been very good about getting Christmas cards out the last couple years. I hope this card finds everyone in good health and prepared for the on coming season. I am looking forward to Christmas as Scout is coming [View Full Entry]

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On December 20, 2008 Central Harley Davidson had a fundrasier for a local family who had a child die from a Wilm’s Tumor. The medical bills were high and this was a way to help. So the plan was to get teams of 3 people (young or old) to ride through a set course. Only one team on the course at a time and each team is timed. The dealership had cleared their upstairs warehouse and there was plenty of room for the relays and all the spectators. The cookies and punch provided by the dealership added a sugar fix on [View Full Entry]

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The whole Harley Mom travel blog has been about trips with my 2005 Harley Sportster Effie. With only a few exceptions, well, this one really blog isn’t about traveling either, but about the motor service done on her at 107,000 miles. Effie’s extended warranty is running out at the end of FEB 09. She was seeping oil from about every gasket that was used on the motor. So as the weather turned cold, but before she was snowed into the shed she stays in, I thought I should get her into the guys so they can do their miracle work. She [View Full Entry]

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Today a friend Melany and I headed out from KC and did a 700 mile loop through KS, OK, AR and MO to get ABC’s of Touring points and some Presidential Race points. She was on her Harley and I was on my 2005 Harley Sporster. We had a blast. But one of the things we pulled over to enjoy was the “Little House on the Prairie House”. Riding on HWY 75 we saw the sign and I asked Mel if she was up for a ‘drive by’ to see it. With a smile on her face she says “sure”. It [View Full Entry]

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Most of these blogs are about trips I have taken with my Harley Davidson Sportster. A 2005 883cc Low model I have travelled the US with it. It makes travel much cheaper as it gets 50MPG, but anyway this is a day trip I took from KC on a Wednesday. I had been wanting to get back to Greensburg but just hadn't made it so I decided to do it the first decent day that I could get off. So in 2007 I ran through Greensburg KS and Mullinville KS on the way home from Colorado. I stopped and took pictures [View Full Entry]

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In late 2007 I wanted to make it back to Greensburg KS to see the rebuilding. If you recall Greensburg was totally wiped out by a tornado the first week in May of 2007. In late June I had rolled through Greensburg on the way home from a trip to CO and stopped to take pictures. Here is the original blog . Well I didn’t make it back in 2007 and all of the summer of 2008 I wanted to go, but that trip always seemed to get sidelined for other trips. I had been watching the ‘Greensburg’ TV series on [View Full Entry]

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I went on a Poker run this morning. I took the Jeep. Yep, I wussed out and took the Jeep. Yesterday we had 6.5 inches of rain. Its been raining for 3 days. It rained all night and was still raining this morning. I thought about taking the bike, but decided it was not worth the risk of going down. So I took the jeep. I had promised the shriners that I would cover the poker run for Thunder Press or I would not have gone at all. I had to go into work at 6am on Saturday so I could [View Full Entry]

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The continuing saga of my exploits with Effie my 2005 883 Low Harley Davidson Sportster. This is our 2nd endurance rally. The first one was the Cape Fear 1000 which is in another blog: . I was one of 79 entrees in the Not Superman Rally (NSR), The NSR is a long distance endurance rally which started and ended at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau, MO. The brain child of the rally master Jim Puckett, the NSR proved to be challenging to experienced ralliers and to the first timers. At 6AM Friday morning riders equipped with a numbered flag and [View Full Entry]

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This set of blogs is another Group Vacation. Our 2008 trip was from KC up and around Lake Superior into Canada and then a slight detour to Milwaukee for a few days for the 25th and 105th celebrations for HOG and Harley Davidson. The blogs are broken into sections, each being a day in the trip. The first blog of this trip is here Day 11 Monday The day starts early and as I am waiting for them to finish up I realize that I really don’t need to wait to pull out with them, after all at the end of [View Full Entry]

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