Papa Bear made it Home.

[Papa Bear]

Well I pulled a long one yesterday and got home at 5:pm our time. I started out at 6:am in the previous time zone so it was a pretty long day for me.

I was slowed down by snow at least three times that I remember and on the last mountain pass while it wasn't snowing there was a lot of sand and gravel on the road to slow me down.

I ended up with a total of 4656 miles round trip (7493 klm).:)

Thanks again to Terry and everyone else who made the experience a good one.:D


PB

[alan]

Wow :hotpepper :hotpepper quite a ride. Happy to hear you made it home safe. I was wondering about snowy passes on your way home.

[Mellow]

Welcome back, hope you took pictures.

[motomac]

Glad you made it safe Pete and great to meet you. I didn't get home till yesterday, but I didn't encounter any snow other than what we saw in Casey.

[Coop]

I'm glad you made it home okay Pete. Did the tire hold up or did you have to get a new one? See you next year!!

[dr1954]

Glad you made it home safe. I was telling my wife about this crazy Canadian who rode to moonshine. She just shook her head!

[acara1796]

Glad to hear you made it home safely. I was thinking about you.

[NoBull]

Quite the ride Pete, if you get some time I would enjoy a write up of your travels. I bet it was an adventure. Wish I could have said hello in Moonshine, I did look for Canadian plates....Glad you're home safe...

[Biddyman]

Glad to see you made it home safe and sound! When you get a chance, email me that pic with your bike covered in snow for the website.

[sirepair]

Way to go Pete! Glad you're safely home.

Though our Moonshine meeting was quite brief I am proud to have met you! I'll be sure to tell Breann and Annette that you made it home safely!

Hope to see you again next year!

[Austin city limits]

Good to see ya make it home Pete!!!

Tell you what,,, next years winner will have a VERY hard time getting more miles than you!!! :bow1: Well,,, unless,,, you decide to return and take a warmer route south that is... ;)

Thanks for coming!!! As you already know...

"We ride to Moonshine to eat a Moonburger,,, but we all take so much more than that home"

[Papa Bear]

Thank you everyone for your well wishes.

Joe I did take a few pictures but for the most part I'm one of those people that gets home then spends the next week kicking them selves in the butt for not taking more.

Biddyman I can't figure out how to attach a pic to your e-mail in ST-Owners so if you could PM me your address I will send you one.

Nick I was disappointed that we didn't meet up, I asked around but no one I asked had seen you.

dr, thanks for taking all the pictures, I downloaded some of them onto my laptop to show my wife and friends.

Coop, yes I did buy another tire to make it home. Once I started thinking about it, it was preying on my mind like an ice cold bottle of beer at the end of a long dusty day.

While I won't be making next springs Moonshine I will be going to another one sometime in the future. Hopefully I will meet you all again there and get the opportunity to trade some more riding stories.

Terry when I showed my wife the picture of you congratulating me for the LD award she asked me if you were tearing up, I told her that's what happens when a man has a heart of gold, they just can't hold there feelings in.

Thanks again,
Papa Bear.

AKA Pete Rogers

[Austin city limits]

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Terry when I showed my wife the picture of you congratulating me for the LD award she asked me if you were tearing up, I told her that's what happens when a man has a heart of gold, they just can't hold there feelings in.

Thanks again,
Papa Bear.

AKA Pete Rogers

Yes,,, Yes I was... After 4 years,,, I still average about 4 good cry's a day Pre/During/Post MLR... :o:

To be standing in front of riders who rode through all that they did to fill that huge room??? Then,,, to be able to give an award for over,,, WELL over 4,000 miles Round Trip to a very humble rider willing to ride to this wacky idea I came up with??? How can I not tear up???

Even a dreamer like me,,, never dreamed of so many,,, coming so far... I can see tears for at least the next 10 years... ;)

[TOM BOGNAR]

Good to see you made home alright. Hope the winds blew you back and not off the road like it did on the Friday before Moonshine. Hope to see you down the road. You are one hardcore rider:bow1: .