Monument valley (2nd attempt!)

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Loaded up yesterday, fully packed, helmet on and ready! My gloves were covering the key, which i left on, and killed the battery. So, a day recharging and installing usb’s
Cant wait for a njght in my tent at Gouldings !
So, packed up again, sucking down a coffee and im gone!
I have five days to boogie around. Im curious about northern Colorado and am thinking ill have time for a peek! Rode by the valley of the gods the other day, for example.
And, lets not forget mt evans!
So, we shall see! Im effing pumped!
 

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There's one iconic spot to get a picture of your bike on Hwy 163 through Monument Valley and that is the spot where Forrest Gump stopped running. There is no marker of that, at least there wasn't in 2014, but there is a large gravelled section off the right side of the road, as seen in my picture heading southward. Beautiful scenery!
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Bush said:
There's one iconic spot to get a picture of your bike on Hwy 163 through Monument Valley and that is the spot where Forrest Gump stopped running. There is no marker of that, at least there wasn't in 2014, but there is a large gravelled section off the right side of the road, as seen in my picture heading southward. Beautiful scenery!
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And, that is now a speed trap. It dropps from 55 (?) to 30 there.
 
Pop-Pop said:
And, that is now a speed trap. It dropps from 55 (?) to 30 there.
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Are you serious?!
Straight empty highway for (looks like) fifteen miles, and drivers are forced to toodle and plod around at 30mph?!
Some county's coffers must need topping up. That's absurd.
 
Sadlsor said:
Are you serious?!
Straight empty highway for (looks like) fifteen miles, and drivers are forced to toodle and plod around at 30mph?!
Some county's coffers must need topping up. That's absurd.
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That is a very busy stop and everyone wants to pic in the middle of the road where gump stopped running.
 
Bush said:
There's one iconic spot to get a picture of your bike on Hwy 163 through Monument Valley and that is the spot where Forrest Gump stopped running. There is no marker of that, at least there wasn't in 2014, but there is a large gravelled section off the right side of the road, as seen in my picture heading southward. Beautiful scenery!
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There is a marker now, a huge marker and a state highways sign commemorating the end of Forrest's run. The place is now formally named "Forrest Gump Hill".
 
Pop-Pop said:
Loaded up yesterday, fully packed, helmet on and ready! My gloves were covering the key, which i left on, and killed the battery. So, a day recharging and installing usb’s
Cant wait for a njght in my tent at Gouldings !
So, packed up again, sucking down a coffee and im gone!
I have five days to boogie around. Im curious about northern Colorado and am thinking ill have time for a peek! Rode by the valley of the gods the other day, for example.
And, lets not forget mt evans!
So, we shall see! Im effing pumped!
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Mt. Evans's name was changed to Mt. Blue Sky and you need a reservation to go up. I was just up at Echo Lake today and there was a line of cars waiting to get in.
 

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Bush said:
There's one iconic spot to get a picture of your bike on Hwy 163 through Monument Valley and that is the spot where Forrest Gump stopped running. There is no marker of that, at least there wasn't in 2014, but there is a large gravelled section off the right side of the road, as seen in my picture heading southward. Beautiful scenery!
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You better go get another picture. In the movie he didn't stop on the curve of a road.

Oh look at my avatar pic taken in 2009!

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Bozo said:
There is a marker now, a huge marker and a state highways sign commemorating the end of Forrest's run. The place is now formally named "Forrest Gump Hill".
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That explains the 30 mph zone then. The sign has brought tourists to a location that was relatively unknown previously.
 
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