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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)
