I participated in the Ridin’ the Rockies HOG Touring Rally that was held June 25-28, 2007. The plan for the week was to spend some time with my cousins before the rally started then take the long way home after the rally. I rode my 2005 833 Sportster from KC to the rally and back home. The following is a ride report of the ride. Friday 29 June 07 Friday morning was the start of my journey home. I wanted to take the long way home. Every year I try at least once to return from CO by way of NM, OK and TX, reentering KS in the southwest part of the state. The ride toward Wichita, KS on Hwy 54 is awesome. I have not traveled on Route 66, but from what I read ... read more

Cripple Creek Route Cindy Dietz I participated in the Ridin’ the Rockies HOG Touring Rally that was held June 25-28, 2007. The plan for the week was to spend some time with my cousins before the rally started then take the long way home after the rally. I rode my 2005 833 Sportster from KC to the rally and back home. The following is a ride report of the ride. It is divided in to parts because of the pictures. Wednesday 27 June 07 Slept in until 8 am this morning, hey I’m on vacation! One of the neat things (few neat things) about this Days Inn is the carports. They have a bunch of car ports that are first come, first serve for the hotel guests. I managed to get a car port every night ... read more

I participated in the Ridin’ the Rockies HOG Touring Rally that was held June 25-28, 2007. The plan for the week was to spend some time with my cousins before the rally started then take the long way home after the rally. I rode my 2005 833 Sportster from KC to the rally and back home. The following is a ride report of the ride. It is divided in to parts because of the pictures. Monday 25 June 2007 Left Denver by 9am, after Kay and I ate the last of the left over pastries from Dieters. A jackknifed semi on I-225N caused a 30 minute delay as they had closed the interstate in the section the accident was. We were routed up on side roads, I followed another motorcycle that was heading to KS via ... read more

I participated in the Ridin’ the Rockies HOG Touring Rally that was held June 25-28, 2007. The plan for the week was to spend some time with my cousins before the rally started then take the long way home after the rally. I rode my 2005 833 Sportster from KC to the rally and back home. The following is a ride report of the ride. It is divided in to parts because of the pictures. Saturday 23 JUN 07 I had set all the clocks on the bike to Mountain Time (I live in Central Time), before I left KC. The only clock I forgot to change was my wristwatch. So this morning when my alarm went off I got up and got ready. The plan was to leave the house by 7:30AM. We had the ... read more

For the 3rd year the OZ HOG Chapter of Topeka, KS spearheaded a ride to the Muscular Dystrophy Association summer camp at Tall Oaks Conference Center located near Linwood, KS., and OZ once again asked the Central Midwest HOG Chapter to join them. It is Tuesday and while the campers are discovering Italy, 26 kid friendly Harley Davidson motorcycles came to camp to join in the fun. The camp theme this year is traveling aboard a cruise ship. The campers discover a different country every day. Monday was Australia, Tuesday is Italy, Wednesday is going to be Japan, Thursday is to be Spain, the destination for Friday seemed vague. When you are that young, Friday is just too far off to worry about. The evening started with a ride to Linwood. The two HOG groups always ... read more