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Ready to go

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Space 13 at Mt. Home KOA: Where Norm and I started riding together in 2005

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Fred, Norm, and Bill on UT 28 after connecting in SLC

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Rest stop on UT 28

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Old farm house on UT 24

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Orchard and red sand stone in Capitol Reef NP

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Early settler - Elijah CutlerBehunin's -restored cabin - 10 family members lived in this house

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A store built into a rock in Hanksville

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Picturesque ride through sandstone of Glenn Canyon NP

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Norm spelunking in Glenn Canyon

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Northern end of Lake Powell on UT-95

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Looking back on UT-95

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Natural Bridges National Monument - Sipapu bridge

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Sipapu enlarged

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Kachina Bridge

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Kachina Bridge

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Odd structure in Bridges NM

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Owachomo Bridge

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Church Rock at the east entrance to Canyonlands NP

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Newspaper Rock in Canyonlands

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Native Americans and settlers left messages here for those who followed

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Newspaper Rock close up

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Canyonlands

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Canyonlands - Norm, Bill, and Fred

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Wooden Shoe at center on the skyline

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Close up of Wooden Shoe on the right

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These rock structures showed the path when hiking in Canyonlands

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Needles in Canyonlands

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Bill and I explored this small passage way

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I couldn't get all the way through but Bill did

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Big Spring Canyon Overlook - Canyonlands NP

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Same.

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More.

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Wilson Arch off US-191: You see visitors under the arch

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Closeup of Wilson Arch and visitors waving

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Campsite in Moab, UT

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Views on UT-128

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UT-128

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Norm on UT-128

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Closeup

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Norm, Fred, and Bill on Rim Rock Road in Colorado National Monument

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Overlook on Rim Rock Road

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Balanced Rock (center-right) - Colorado National Monument

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Independence Rock

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Toponas General Store, Toponas, CO in the rain - Note that Norm's bike is missing

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Bill, Fred, and Bruce (owner): We were wet and wondering if we would find norm (no cell coverage)

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It poured off and on while we, hopefully, waited for Norm to return

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The rain let up, Bill and Bruce's wife outside Topogas General Store

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Norm returns

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Rocky Mountain National Park - Viewpoint 1

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RM NP

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Ester - Woman adventure rider had been on the road for weeks riding around the Colorado Mountains.

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Ester leaving a view point 2

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Norm, Fred, and Bill at view point 3

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Rocky Mountain NP View point 3

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Outside the park, Norm got stung several times by a wasp/hornet

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Lunch in Estes Park, CO after riding the park

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A huge thunder and lightening storm threatened us on the ride along CO-14

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New digs for the National MC Museum in Anamosa, IA

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Steve McQueens Indian and his actual sleeping bag

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Harley pocket valve bike

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A 1906 Curtis V-twin with 5 hp

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1912 Pierce inline four - 43 cubic inch and 4 hp

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1974 Benelli Tornado

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Military diesel KLR 584cc

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Triumph "Parasite" - two 650cc engines

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Check out the gas tank

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1974 Harley Davidson Bronson Tribute bike

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Bill, Darwin, Fred, me (all served on Midway) in Anamosa, IA

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Leaving JC's in Naperville, IL: Norm, JC, Fred, Bill

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US-12 Bar & Grill in Fox Lake, IL.

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Great place. Good food and cordial owners.

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HD Museum in Milwaukee, WI: Hill climbers

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HD Museum: Oval track display

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HD Museum: Gas tank display

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HD Museum: Poster celebrating repurchase of HD Company

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HD Museum: 2003 FLHTCUI 100th anniversary signed by employees

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HD Museum: photo and video display

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HD Museum Garbage Wagon

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HD Museum

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HD Museum

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HD Museum

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HD Museum

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My new ride

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Captain America (comic/movie) bike

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WLA (WWII Military Harley) Bobber typical of the Booze Fighters era

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This HD hot rod fits Dianne

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It fits!

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Chuck, Dianne, me, Bill, and Fred at the Iron Horse Hotel near the HD Museum

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The Mississippi River shot from The Great River Road

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Mississippi River along the Great River Road (GRR)

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Lilly pads on the Mississippi

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Lilly pads in bloom

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Heron in the bayou

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Norm and I take an alternate road into Buffalo Chip

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A short break on the alternate route

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More of the alternate route

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abandoned building along the alternate route

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Tom and I in the Buffalo Chip amphitheater

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Mt. Rushmore

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Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, SD

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Dave, Kathty, Tom, me, and George

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Scale model of the Crazy Horse Memorial

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Our camp in the Buffalo Chip

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Needles from Mt. Coolidge Fire Tower

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George Washington on Mt. Rushmore from Mt. Coolidge

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Crazy Horse Memorial from Mt. Coolidge

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Mt. Coolidge Fire Tower

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Buffalo in Custer State Park

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Custer SP: The park ranger carries a whip rather than a gun

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Custer SP: Antelope near the road

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Custer NP: Antelope

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Custer SP: Antelope

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Custer SP: More buffalo

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Windy Cave National Park: Prairie Dog

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Wind Cave

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Wind Cave

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Wind Cave with Flash

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Cardboard

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Wind Cave: Box work structures

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Wind Cave: Box work structure

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Wind Cave

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Wind Cave: Popcorn and fost structures

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Wind Cave: Popcorn structures

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Wind Cave: Close up of popcorn

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Wind Cave

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Wind Cave: Box work

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Needles Highway curve

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Needles Highway: waiting for single land traffic at cave 3

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Needles Highway: Cave 3

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Needles Highway: Our turn

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Needles Highway: Needles

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Needles Highway: View from Needles view point

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Needles Highway: Needles

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Devil\'s Tower: Bate and Micah\'s hand prints

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Jeremy on \'67 Shovelhead he put together

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JD, Fred, Bill and Waitress in Billings, MT

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A Peacock in the Billings KOA Kampground

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Erik in Billings KOA

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First KOA

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Beartooth Highway: Chipmunk feeding

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Beartooth Highway: You can see some of the squiggly road

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Beartooth Highway: Talked adventure riding with these two

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Beartooth Highway: Beartooth Pass

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Beartooth Highway: Beartooth Lake near the summit (El. 10947\')

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Beartooth Highway: Pilot and Index peaks with Graeme, Stella, and Pilot\'s hand prints

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A buffalo rolling in the dust 10 yards off the road. I only took one photo.

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Bill and Fred outside the Ho-Hum Motel in West Yellowstone

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Blue on the bike

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Boone on the bike

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Boon, Blue, Jatu, and me in Idaho Falls

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My new ride

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Blue, Michael, Boon, and Jatu: They actually ride this way

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Number Hill in Challis, ID.

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A 91 year old tradtion by seniors who would paint their graduating year on the hill side

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Forest fire smoke on ID-75 headed to Stanley

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ID-75: Rafters on the Salmon River

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ID-21: Sawtooth Mountains through forest fire smoke

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ID-21: Sawtooth Mountains

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ID-21: Water tanker helicopter

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ID-21: Fire camp

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ID-21: Forest fire

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Horseshoe Bend, ID: View from Old Riverside Depot Inn B&B veranda

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Horseshoe Bend: Old Riverside Depot Inn and Restaurant

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The Bed and Breakfast

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The owner, Kit, took good care of me. Lots of rafters give it and the restaurant high praises. So do I.

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Cabbage Hill, Pendleton, OR: Old US-395 view point

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Home with little to spare

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\"Arly and Marley on a Harley\" - Chuck and Diane\'s son brought Marley to visit (Bill\'s bike and Fred\'s photo)
