A Ride in the foothills west of Denver
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A ride out to the desert, testing out a route for an upcoming club ride. Tons of people were out enjoying the fresh crop of desert wildflowers. Took the long way home. 240 miles. Hot in the desert (85) dropping to 60*F at the top of the mountain (more or less Julien) and back to 72 just before hitting home.
And the wild flowers were worth it.
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2006 BMW R 1200 RT, aka "Artoo"
2003 Suzuki Burgman 400 - scooter, aka "Yoda"
2009 Kawasaki Versys 650, aka "DOOM"
Been a while (last summer) but that looks like the parking lot at Red Rocks IIRC.Originally Posted by co_g30
You are so lucky to live there.
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Here's my buddy Brad cruising the 138 outside of Gorman on our way to the Rock Inn yesterday.
Tom Moran
On the Road with SNC 1923
This is Xaque as we were leaving breakfast at Parker's Maple Barn, Mason, NH today.
Parking at Borrego Springs State Park Visitor Center. Short sleeve warm!
Just joined today, bought my first BMW about a month ago, what a lovely ride. Here's a picture at a municipal lake from this evening.
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i've seen the GS PDs in some interesting color schemes, but that one takes the cake.
welcome aboard!
04 GS ADV
Wish it were a PD, but its just the standard GS. thanks!i've seen the GS PDs in some interesting color schemes, but that one takes the cake.
welcome aboard!
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Life is a gift. The gift is great, but the Giver is greater!
Wickliffe Ky, close to the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio river. The cross which sits on the river bluffs, 90 ft tall, serves as a beacon for the hundreds of tows, and the thousands of men and women, that ply the two rivers.
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In 1780 during the Revolutionary War, General George Rogers Clark established Fort Jefferson on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River one mile south of present-day Wickliffe. The fort was intended to protect what was then the western boundary of the infant United States from raids by the British Army and Native Americans. It was abandoned in 1781 after a siege by the Chickasaw.
The site later served as a Union Army post during the American Civil War. General Ulysses S. Grant directed a demonstration against the Confederate-held position at Columbus, Kentucky, in January 1862. Troops from the post joined in capturing Fort Henry in February 1862. It served as a Union supply post for operations in the western theater of the war.
A 90-foot tall cross, the Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence, was completed in 2000 on Fort Jefferson hill.
Mark Evans
1974 R 75/6
"Life is a state of mind"
Took a quick ride between laundry loads as the Sun was out for a day in Seattle!
Just a quick jaunt up to Skykomish, WA... An old railroad town.
Images below are taken in the front of and the side of the Skykomish Hotel...
Closed for many years... I understand it was for sale to be torn down. For a recycler there are some great ornate wood items in there... All "Old Growth" too. Beams, flooring, etc.
-Anyway-
I ride to work year round and I've been on the 2 wheeler for a bit so I ran the hack just to give it some fresh air! Twas a nice hour plus ride.
"Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-correcting."
Here we are at the Williamstown, MA DD's. We left Niagara Falls 10 hours ago and have two more hours to get home.
Stretch stop at a pullout on Sr-74 just to the east of Hemet Ca. Fun road!
This is the last ride of the season for us down here in the desert. Packing up to go north tomorrow or Thursday.
Cheers
Dave, Dot & Freckles
I really this one, I take it it is a crop of the first one? The grain of the building really adds rather than detracts as it gives the building an "old time" look that is in keeping with the wooden structure and the contrast of the modern machine in much sharper details again adds to the overall effect and heightens the contrast of new and old.Took a quick ride between laundry loads as the Sun was out for a day in Seattle!
RM
"A man isn't totally drunk if he can lie on the floor without hanging on!" Joe Louis; comedian
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