Great summmary, Bungie, so which one was Mom and which one was Dad?Oddly I felt I was riding with both my mom and my dad the entire time.

Roadrunner Roadrunner runs down the road all day..
#181
Posted 02 October 2010 - 08:49 AM
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You don't go to Freddy Beach for the beach....
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#182
Posted 02 October 2010 - 12:23 PM
Great summmary, Bungie, so which one was Mom and which one was Dad?
Oddly I felt I was riding with both my mom and my dad the entire time.
LOL I'm glad I wasn't drinking milk when I read that!
wwwooooohhhhoooohhhoooo...that's a lotta throttle
We have time to think of the ones we love while the miles roll away, the only time that seems too short is the time that we get to play"
Why yes , I think I've been there.YES! Don Stanley is my friend. I'll miss Don. So long Petey.
#183
Posted 02 October 2010 - 05:30 PM
Confucius say: "No matter where you go ..... there you are"
#184
Posted 02 October 2010 - 06:41 PM
A truly great ride report. It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to ride with you at the CFR, WCR & NAFO this year even with your rotten sense of direction. Having put some time in the saddle myself this year I feel I know something of the reflection on life that one goes through. IMHO there is no better place than on a bike to put everything into perspective.
Amen.
Griff
Griff (Canucklehead) '06 FJR1300AEV, '08 KLR650E
"Sometimes I wonder: 'why is that frisbee getting bigger?' ... and then it hits me!"
IBA#53874, CBA# 26 (if Carver ever gets around to updating the CBA list!)
NAFO '08, '12; CFR '09, '10, '11 '12, '13; WCR '10, 11
#185
Posted 02 October 2010 - 07:10 PM
As you travel the highway and meet the locals you always get the feeling they want to go with you, be with you. I loved the look on the faces of folks when after asking "Where Y'all coming from/ going to?" And we would spill out our destinations and time on the road for them to digest.
That pretty much sums up a great part of what, for me, riding is about... the adventure, the road less traveled, the people along the way... and they almost always enjoy the paths crossed as well... just makes you smile on the inside, y'know?

As I travel along the road, alone in my thoughts, I marvel at how much of my thoughts are about my family. I've not always done the right thing but I've always done what's best for them. yes I think overall they are happy. As happy as I feel I am.
None of us is perfect and we all do the best we can... sounds like you've done a fine job, Rob, on many different levels... even though you hang out with some strange people!

Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly.
A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.
#186
Posted 07 October 2010 - 05:13 AM
With that being said, I present to you the Slideshow from Hell!
Open up your favourite beverage, put your feet up, get a pen and paper to keep notes, and kill about 20 minutes of your life.
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#187
Posted 07 October 2010 - 07:50 PM
CFR 2008,2010,2013/Greens&Whites/NAFO 2010/EOM 2012,2013
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Posted 08 October 2010 - 05:50 AM





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#190
Posted 08 October 2010 - 06:48 AM
Funny how incent those 3 Canadian Amoebas look. Sometimes pictures are very deceiving.

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page, [Saint Augustine). RIP Don Stanley"
#191
Posted 08 October 2010 - 07:02 AM
There is only one overused word to describe it: Awesome!!
Very nice photo work, boys!! Especially for three single celled organisms.
Where the heck do you carry the cameras?

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#192
Posted 08 October 2010 - 06:49 PM
Nice slide show. I don't know how you keep track of which pictures are from where.
Actually a very good question Greg that I gave some thought to before the trip started. I dumped all the pics in folders by day. I knew where I was each day (usually) and for pictures I wasn't sure about, I just matched up the timestamps on the pics to my Spot Tracker. Voila! Reasonably accurate locations.
I just wish I hadn't forgot my little point 'n shoot that I keep dangling around my neck. Quite a few of the pics from the first week are from Rob's camera. He was a REAL good sport with me buggin' him to snap a pic of this or that - especially the pics from around Victoria. Right after our tour of Victoria, I ran into the Walmart from hell (Underground parking at Walmart! Have you ever seen how people drive in a normal Walmart!) and picked up another point'n shoot and a memory card for under a $100.
That worked great until I noticed crossing the desert out of the North Rim and taking, perhaps, a 100 pics, that the damn batteries had fallen out!
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#193
Posted 23 March 2012 - 11:24 AM
I often find my mind wandering and something triggers a memory from those days on the road. Last night I got to reading a ride report with a route that was very close to ours through western states. Fortunately, the writer stopped more than we did to take some pics for the future. The airplane museum near GreyBull, Craters of the Moon Ntl Park, the painting on the wall in the Occidental Hotel, the lone tree out on the prairie that has absolutely no business being there, the smell of the ocean and desert.
Doing a trip like that changes you. If I were to speculate, it rejuvenates your soul. I don't think it's distance or the duration, it's the quality that does it. Riding season is either here for you, or rapidly approaching. Get out there. Push your boundaries, get back in touch with the real you.
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#194
Posted 23 March 2012 - 11:31 AM
18 months have passed. It doesn't seem like a lifetime ago, it seems like it was somebody elses story. Did we really do that?
I have that same feeling from long trips that I've made.
Even with all the pictorial evidence it seems unreal...glad I have what I have...otherwise it would be gone like the sands of father time.
I agree...get out and do it while you can. We each have a finite set of breaths...lets use them under the faceshield of our helmets tracing out the curves of our favorite roads...that we haven't ridden yet.
#196
Posted 24 March 2012 - 06:19 AM
Push your boundaries, get back in touch with the real you.
Word.







#197
Posted 26 March 2018 - 08:08 AM
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18 months have passed. It doesn't seem like a lifetime ago, it seems like it was somebody elses story. Did we really do that?
I often find my mind wandering and something triggers a memory from those days on the road. Last night I got to reading a ride report with a route that was very close to ours through western states. Fortunately, the writer stopped more than we did to take some pics for the future. The airplane museum near GreyBull, Craters of the Moon Ntl Park, the painting on the wall in the Occidental Hotel, the lone tree out on the prairie that has absolutely no business being there, the smell of the ocean and desert.
Doing a trip like that changes you. If I were to speculate, it rejuvenates your soul. I don't think it's distance or the duration, it's the quality that does it. Riding season is either here for you, or rapidly approaching. Get out there. Push your boundaries, get back in touch with the real you.
Almost 8 years have passed. Many many miles have passed under my tires. These words are still true today.
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