Kentucky State HOG Rally - Paducah

We had a nice time at the Kentucky State HOG Rally in Paducah 6/11/09 - 6/14/09. We managed to avoid getting wet during the rally and enjoyed our stay and the riding in the Paducah area. We had a nice ride on Friday to the Garden of the Gods (similar to Coopers Rock State Park in WV) in IL. Jerri and I did ok in the field events on Friday making it to the 3rd round in one event. Jerri had the real adventure riding as a passenger with another member as she nearly rolled off the back of the bike after a successful run through the ball drop. We also figured out how to travel with our dogs. On Saturday we visited old town Paducah and rode to Lambert's (home of the Throwed Rolls) in MO. Saturday we rode to the Casino in Metropolis IL of Superman fame. We had a nice relaxing ride home on Sunday.

Bourbon Country

On Saturday April 25th our Cave Country HOG Chapter Women of Harley organized a great ride to Bardstown. 26 bikes left Bowling Green for a great ride through the KY countryside. We toured Heaven Hill Distillery and had a great time sampling the wares. The parking lot was filled with corvettes and harleys which seemed appropriate for a beautiful spring day. After lunch we headed back to Bowling Green after a memorable 233 mile ride.

H-D Enthusiast & Move to Bowling Green

We submitted a write-up to the H-D Enthusiast and it was published in the Summer 2008Edition. Since then we had spent 13 weeks in Texas as reflected in our posts; and made our move to Bowling Green, KY. Our bike arrived from Texas a few weeks ago and we managed a few rides even with the rather cool temps. We attended our first Cave Country HOG meeting this week and we are looking forward to the rides the Chapter has planned.

Sand Dunes and Roping

We took a motorcycle trip from 10/14 through 10/15. Our first stop was at the Permian Basin museum in Midland and a nice visit and lunch with Barbara and Ron on Friday. On our way up we experienced a west Texas dust storm. Going into Midland I think visibility was down to less than a mile. After lunch we headed to Commemorative Air Force museum and on to Monahans for the night. On Saturday morning we headed to the Monahans Sand Dunes State Park. What a nice park! We rented saucers to ride the dunes on snow white sand and very fine quartz sand. The drive through New Mexico to Hobbs was very pleasant. We went to the cowboy museum and the national steer roping event and had a great time. Sunday morning we headed to Snyder Texas and saw the famous White Buffalo Statue and a herd of antelope. We rode 550 miles and enjoyed our meals at local restaurants along the way.

Motorcycle Ride to San Antonio 10/31/08 - 11/2/08

We had a nice ride to San Antonio this past weekend. We left San Angelo on Friday after Jerri got off work and rode 1 1/2 hours to Junction, TX. Saturday was very cool when we left at sunrise. We stopped in Kerrville for a coffee stop and to warm up. San Antonio greeted us with nice warm weather as we arrived at around 11:00. We stayed at the Drury Plaza, a very nice and reasonable Hotel which was originally the Alamo Bank building. It was right on the riverwalk so it was a great place to stay. We spent Saturday visiting the Alamo and other riverwalk area sights. Sunday we visited the 4 other Spanish Missions on the south side of San Antonio before heading home and a nice ride through the hill country.

San Angelo Roping

San Angelo Roping Fiesta 10/26/08

We attended the San Angelo Roping Fiesta on 10/26/08 to see both steer roping and double mugging (1 cowboy roping a 700 lb. steer and that cowboy and a second taking the steer to the ground). We had a great time on a beautiful day in San Angelo. We also included a ranch entrance picture and San Angelo snow.

Big Bend Motorcycle Trip 10/17/08-10/19/08

A few more pictures.

Big Bend Motorcycle Trip 10/17/08-10/19/08

Jerri and I had a wonderful trip to the Big Bend to attend the Ride For The Trails 2008 Motorcycle Rally sponsored by the Friends Of The Big Bend. We covered 950 miles in 3 days and, as usual here in Texas, there was not a cloud in the sky. We traveled to through Fort Stockton to Alpine and on to Big Bend. Jerri was able to find the cemetery where her Grandparents are buried. The pictures I've included don't do justice to the area because impressive is an understatement. You'll have to guess which pictures is mule ear mountain. The picture with Jerri and the motorcycle is the where her Grandfather ranched in the Big Bend. I also included a picture that I know will be Kelly's favorite.

Big Spring

We had a nice visit with Aunt Mary Lee last weekend. For lunch we went to a model airplace meet at a local park and had Texas brisket.

A Few More Texas Pictures

Texas Here We Come

We made it to Texas even with the challenges of traveling with Redz and Buster. We had a nice and relaxing visit with Austin in Nashville. We made arrangements this morning to have the motorcycle shipped to Big Spring so we should be back riding in a few weeks. We've posted a few pictures from our trip and from aroung San Angelo.