BigDogRick
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Good morning from Bushy’s Blue Sky Motel, Fowler, CO.
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2018 SW ride to the Gathering
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Great post! It was great meeting up with you guys! I will have to hit those canyons next time I am near Amarillo on purpose!Our trip back was not so fun. Decided to sissy out and trailer the bikes home. We did hit rain on and off but made it back home. The bikes are dirty as a sweaty whore. Will take few days to clean them up. The trip was fun and we will have to do it again. So we started with rain and ended with rain. Everything else in the middle was great.
There should have been a "Farthest Out of the Way to get to KS" award.
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Me and buddy Gene headed out to meet Rick on OK. We blasted out of DFW via US380. Its a suck road with all the traffic but once we got out of Decatur it was a ok. We hit rain right after first fuel stop, for 5 mins. Hit Seymour right before we started to head to Crowell, Tx.
Had lunch in Crowell at Tater's Cafe. Dang good burger. At this point we hit rain 2 times. The shinny bike was no longer shinny!
Time to hit the canyons. Clear sky with cool air. It was a fantastic ride.
This was the last photo until we hit Lake Mackenzie.
Then it was more of the canyons then flat roads until Claude, TX. WE decided to bypass Amarillo and head north on TX-207. Great ride with rolling hills and nice sweeping curves. Missed a turn onto 136. TX207 turned into a county road. It sucked. but still made it up to Guymon. Stopped in Guymon with Rick for the night.
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BigDogRick
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I just had a great chat with Bushy the owner of the motel. He’s a biker and a retired highway patrolman from eastern Kansas.Good morning from Bushy’s Blue Sky Motel, Fowler, CO.
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BigDogRick
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A perfectly righteous place for the bikes. Until I build a garage at our old Phoenix house, they wish they had it this good at home.
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Had this trusty sock for washing the windshields since Celeste’s stepmom’s yapping dog ate the other one.
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Taking a moment to see Royal Gorge
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Taking a moment to see Royal Gorge
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BigDogRick
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After the gorge, 60 miles to Salida with spectacular versions of this and a fantastic ride up the canyon.
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BigDogRick
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Monarch Pass and Continental Divide. 11,312 feet - time for another layer. So long Arkansas River/Mississippi shed. Hello Colorado River.
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BigDogRick
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The run down from Monarch Pass was magnificent (sorry no pics) to Gunnison and then the decent to Montrose. Fuel, hang a left on US 550 and climb to Silverton by way of Ouray (pictured here in our rear view mirror.
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Where we are headed.
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So.. when the switchbacks alternate from sun in your face to black shadows, what do ya do? Why... get a room at the historic Grand Imperial in Silverton!
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SB03chopper
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It was nice meeting you all, and now I have a face to go with the names and bikes. Maybe you should do lay outs of rides, as them seem to be the best I have ever seen.
Hey! I passed over the Canadian River in Oklahoma on my way there! Haha. I did think that was rather funny when I read the signMonarch Pass and Continental Divide. 11,312 feet - time for another layer. So long Arkansas River/Mississippi shed. Hello Colorado River.
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BigDogRick
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Rolled down into Durango after climbing up over Coal Pass. Will head SW to Flagstaff through Cortez and Kayenta in the Rez.
Pork belly burrito time.
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Yeah. Those are single bike parking meters. Grin.Rolled down into Durango after climbing up over Coal Pass. Will head SW to Flagstaff through Cortez and Kayenta in the Rez.Pork belly burrito time.
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Some Motörhead man cave inspiration
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KaptinAmerika
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Those are some great pics Rick.
Lisa and i had a great time meeting you and your wife at the gathering.
Those bathroom pics are giving me some great inspiration for my bathroom at the shop.
Now if I could just find some time to implement those ideas.....lol.
Lisa and i had a great time meeting you and your wife at the gathering.
Those bathroom pics are giving me some great inspiration for my bathroom at the shop.
Now if I could just find some time to implement those ideas.....lol.
SB03chopper
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Man those are great, and Curtis how about a rag can holder for the shitter they come with a lid.