I rode the 450L around the Spring Creek/Locust Grove area of northeastern Oklahoma. The rain came in the afternoon and ended my ride early.
Where did you ride today?
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Some posted a similar picture in the last few weeks and it inspired me to get it off the list.
Hate it when that happens.My gaze wants to go out and appreciate the scenery, while that sign tells me to pay attention.
I took a ride around Casa Grande before heading to the house and took this picture.
Smudgemo
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Just got back from a multi-pass trip in the Sierra Nevada. Carson, Daggett, Ebbetts, Donner, Sonora passes over five days, plus some dirt riding from Truckee to Sierraville.
drrod
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Currently in Normandy. Following where the Cdn troops went from D day to VE day.
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Port Hood NS to Bar Harbor ME
Da Bear
Ask me about my cat...
Out to Bend Oregon from the Portland area last week, to pick up some hard to source aquarium plants for my 180 gallon tank in my greenhouse. The guy gave them to me for free when he found out I rode the bike out to get them.
Averaged 62 mpg. Hit a thunderstorm with large hail on the way back over Mt. Hood.
Rode to a "First Open Appointment" with a doctor other than my GP 16 miles from here on Friday.
It seems I may have broken my neck again. Possible compression fracture of the C2.
"Stop riding the bike" Yeah, uhhhh there's a week of good weather left. That advice can wait...
The car goes in for a minor exhaust repair, and a new GPS touchscreen stereo unit this week, so the bike is all I'll have for a few days. I have X-rays tomorrow, and and CT scan and an MRI, ASAP. I'll ride to those as well.
Averaged 62 mpg. Hit a thunderstorm with large hail on the way back over Mt. Hood.
Rode to a "First Open Appointment" with a doctor other than my GP 16 miles from here on Friday.
It seems I may have broken my neck again. Possible compression fracture of the C2.
"Stop riding the bike" Yeah, uhhhh there's a week of good weather left. That advice can wait...
The car goes in for a minor exhaust repair, and a new GPS touchscreen stereo unit this week, so the bike is all I'll have for a few days. I have X-rays tomorrow, and and CT scan and an MRI, ASAP. I'll ride to those as well.
I was busy with home projects today but this evening I went for an ice cream run at Sonic.
increasing
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Early cool autumn morning here and a trip to the dentist on 2-wheel 
Saturday's ride was to my favorite ice cream shop at Crescent Beach. Celebrating being able to ride after Chemo for blood cancer, yes feeling better than I have for years. So wow ,two flavor with a waffle cone $13.99 , but wow tasted great. G
tnbill
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$13.99 for an ice cream cone, WOW that some expensive ice cream.
Mophead
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Left last Monday for a trip to Wisconsin to ride the driftless area. Stayed in Wisconsin Dells which I did not know is a tourist attraction similar to Branson. Duck boats, Tom Foolery's Adventure park, Kalahari resort, etc. Lot's of ways to take your money. After vacation season has come and gone the rates were excellent (IHG hotels on points) so stayed for free.
The alphabet roads are really cool to ride. Just pick one. Started out jotting down notes of each alphabet road taken and soon gave up on stopping every 20 miles to keep up with the roads so when they say just take an alphabet road, just jump on and enjoy the ride.
Some of the roads have double letters, FF, PF, ZZ. Seems those roads have lesser pavement but nothing to skip over. No dirt or anything like that. Just had a blast riding those roads for a couple of days.
Did pull up Lambeau Field and it was under 200 miles from where I was at so headed to Green Bay to visit that shrine. Washington played there the next day.
Being from the Panhandle of Texas I was amazed at how farming looks in Wisconsin. Rolling hills covered in Corn, Alfalfa, and Soybeans. There would be a huge corn field with huge swaths of open area in the corn. Could not figure out why all that land was not growing corn. After seeing this over and over again it started to click. Those open swaths were growing alfalfa or soybeans. Sometimes all three. Saw more than one field where the farm was growing corn, alfalfa,, and soybeans at the same time. Different for sure for what we are accustomed to where I live.
And to the corn on rolling hills I would love to see them combine that corn. It ain't flat folks and combines seem to be top heavy, so do they have four wheel drive combines with outriggers to keep from toppling over on those hills?
Lots of farm operations that are unique to my eyes anyway. Out in this part of the world we have huge grain elevators for grain storage about every 30 miles. Wisconsin farms have their own grain storage on site. Two, three, sometimes four storage bins at each farm. No huge concrete storage elevators anywhere in sight. AO Smith seems to be the Cadillac storage bins there. Other storage bins seemed to be showing their age where they once stood proud, now, not so much.
Did take a road over to Ferryville to ride along the Mississippi river. Could not believe how big the river is at that town. I expected a stream but the river there has to be over a mile wide. Looks more like a lake than a river. Did not see any barges like you normally see on the river so guessing it is shallow?
Wonderful area to ride in so if you are ever close to that area just jump on a letter road and enjoy some fantastic riding.
Leaves weren't turning yet but did come across one that deserved a picture. The rest are at Lambeau.
The alphabet roads are really cool to ride. Just pick one. Started out jotting down notes of each alphabet road taken and soon gave up on stopping every 20 miles to keep up with the roads so when they say just take an alphabet road, just jump on and enjoy the ride.
Some of the roads have double letters, FF, PF, ZZ. Seems those roads have lesser pavement but nothing to skip over. No dirt or anything like that. Just had a blast riding those roads for a couple of days.
Did pull up Lambeau Field and it was under 200 miles from where I was at so headed to Green Bay to visit that shrine. Washington played there the next day.
Being from the Panhandle of Texas I was amazed at how farming looks in Wisconsin. Rolling hills covered in Corn, Alfalfa, and Soybeans. There would be a huge corn field with huge swaths of open area in the corn. Could not figure out why all that land was not growing corn. After seeing this over and over again it started to click. Those open swaths were growing alfalfa or soybeans. Sometimes all three. Saw more than one field where the farm was growing corn, alfalfa,, and soybeans at the same time. Different for sure for what we are accustomed to where I live.
And to the corn on rolling hills I would love to see them combine that corn. It ain't flat folks and combines seem to be top heavy, so do they have four wheel drive combines with outriggers to keep from toppling over on those hills?
Lots of farm operations that are unique to my eyes anyway. Out in this part of the world we have huge grain elevators for grain storage about every 30 miles. Wisconsin farms have their own grain storage on site. Two, three, sometimes four storage bins at each farm. No huge concrete storage elevators anywhere in sight. AO Smith seems to be the Cadillac storage bins there. Other storage bins seemed to be showing their age where they once stood proud, now, not so much.
Did take a road over to Ferryville to ride along the Mississippi river. Could not believe how big the river is at that town. I expected a stream but the river there has to be over a mile wide. Looks more like a lake than a river. Did not see any barges like you normally see on the river so guessing it is shallow?
Wonderful area to ride in so if you are ever close to that area just jump on a letter road and enjoy some fantastic riding.
Leaves weren't turning yet but did come across one that deserved a picture. The rest are at Lambeau.
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Today's ride was to the Cascade lookout in Manning Park, 435.7 kilometers round trip.
We have a Monday night meet and dinner for our motorcycle group. I rode to that, no pics though. But earlier, a neighbor brought over his latest restoration project and I did get a pic of it.
Mophead
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drrod
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Oberloon, NL.
The museum there has a very large collection of WW2 hardware and some excellent videos. I just can imagine what the troops(in all sides) went through during this time. Very sobering.
The museum there has a very large collection of WW2 hardware and some excellent videos. I just can imagine what the troops(in all sides) went through during this time. Very sobering.
ChucksKLRST
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Just took a small 102 miles ride into the foot hills to just burn some miles and twist some twisties. Two and a half hours of fun and smiles. Rode the V-Strom 650 today, hope to get out tomorrow in the NT1100
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Ken Caryl to 18499-18435 E Hampden Ave
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ChucksKLRST
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Rode down to Sprucewood to see if the restaurant was open. Guess not. The NT got the call minus the panniers and top box. 101 miles round trip.
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Hampden Ave & S Tower Rd to 16538-16750 E Broncos Pkwy
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