Eureka Springs Arkansas

We left BG on 9/17/09 and headed for Eureka Springs to meet up with other members of our Cave Country HOG Chapter. The trip down was nice, but we headed into light rain as we approached Eureka Springs. We rode across the border so Kirby could set foot in Oklahoma and headed back to meet up with our group for our evening meal. We had a nice ride on Friday through the Ozarks stopping at the Thorngrown Chapel and lunch at the Cliff House Inn and Restaurant. On Saturday Jerri and I headed out alone to visit the War Eagle Grist Mill (a working water powered mill) and a stop at the Susie Q Malt Shop. The weather wasn't the best, but we enjoyed the trip. We headed home on Sunday with a stop overnight in Sikeston MO and lunch at Lambert's. Our mileage for the trip was 1442.

2009 Sturgis Trip - Part 2

We stopped at the Mammoth site in Hot Springs and headed for our stay in Custer State Part. The riding through the Black Hills was excellent and we enjoyed seeing the bison and wild burros again. We rode to Mt. Rushmore for the lighting ceremony at night and had a wild ride on the winding rode back to the campsite. We left the Monday the rally began and headed to ND (a state Jerri and I had not visited). The badlands of ND were nice, but not as impressive as the badlands of SD. We rode to Bismarck ND and headed to Pierre SD (a 90 mile stretch on which we saw 2 other vehicles). From Pierre SD we followed the Native American Biway as saw Sitting Bull's grave and Sakakawea monument. We headed east through SD and a rolling hills section of western IA and home to BG on 8/7/09. We traveled sections of the Pony Express, Oregon, Mormon, and Lewis and Clark trails. Our trip was 14 days and 4423 miles and we stayed off interstate most of the trip west of MO.

2009 Sturgis Trip - Part 1

We left BG on 7/25/09 at 6:00 and traveled west through IL and MO with a nice visit to the Pony Express Museum in St. Joe and 2 Pony Express stations in KS. A tire issue caused us to stop at the H-D in Lincoln NE for a tire change. The ride through NE was beautiful (not all of NE is flat) with stops to see Oregon Trail ruts, Chimney Rock, and Scott's Bluff (don't miss the ride to the top). We headed to Cheyenne and Laramie WY and over the Snowy Range where Jerri and I saw our first moose in the wild. We stopped at Ft. Laramie (only original western fort) and on to the Fur Trader Museum in NE. On our way to Sturgis we stopped at the SD Wild Horse Sanctuary which was worth the stop.

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.