Ridin' the Dragon...

Tail of the Dragon and Blue Ridge Mountain Trip

Last week Cathie and I hopped on the Road King and did a 6 day, 2,700 mile ride to Asheville, NC. We met our  trip buddy Doug Monday morning in Milwaukee. We rode down on I-65 through Indiana and suffered through a 12 hour, hot ride, stopping in Frankfort, KY for the night. The next day we headed to Asheville, NC, getting a room at the nice Renaissance Hotel for two nights. The next morning we headed for the Dragon http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/riding-tail-dragon-9088145  and Blue Ridge Parkway, getting back to Asheville about 5 PM. On Thursday we rode through Smoky Mountain National Park, riding all day and getting 93 miles from Asheville (it was a very scenic ride). Then on Friday we headed through Kentucky, taking I-24 into southern Illinois, stopping in Bloomington for the night. Finally, Saturday we headed up I-39 to Wisconsin, riding through Madison and Oshkosh on our way home.

 More photos can be seen at: http://picasaweb.google.com/sanderpjwi/SmokiesBlueRidgeParkwayTrip?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLI14XE746SfQ#

2009 final northern ride - for sure....

While I searched the side of the road for charging deer, we got out for one more ride today. It's the first day of hunting season and you're taking your chances...

But, after a good morning walk, we decided to get the bike out for one more ride. The weather station said 55 degrees, so we put the leathers on and headed to Algoma for lunch (20 miles south). We were only out for a little more than two hours but it was a good ride to savor until my next... Perhaps we'll splurge while in the Keys this winter and rent one, but until next April... Here's Cath at the Algoma waterfront. There wasn't much wind today...

Warm-up before Winter in the land of the frozen tundra

Great ride today. Swung through Footbridge, picked up friends Barb (1200C Low) and Barry (V-Rod), rode to Duvall for a heart attack special at Joe Rouer's, then to Green Bay to check out Tom, Dick, and Harry's. (It's close to a well-known place...) When we got home our weather station indicated it reached a high of 68.9...

Tomahawk Ride Sept. 18-19

We took an overnight ride to Tomahawk for the annual MDA rally. Perfect weather this year. After visiting Tomahawk we checked out the vendors areas ...



Cath went for a ride herself...







We heard there were 40,000 bikes cruising northern Wisconsin that weekend...

We then took a short ride north for lunch came back to watch the parade.








We then headed north for the night to Minoqua. In the morning we contiued north, stopping at Arbor Vidie H-D, then to Little Bohemia

http://www.littlebohemialodge.com/

Another beautiful day....

It was a great 600 mile ride with good friends...

Ride on.....

Harley-Davidson Museum

We took a quick trip to Milwaukee to visit my son and friends. One morning we went to the new museum - a great place. Cathie got a kick out of one of the late Felix Predko bikes...

She also liked the bike that one woman named Dot logged many miles on....

Plus she got to "ride" on an oldee...

Yours truly standing next to Felix Predlo's "King Kong"...

Chapter Two...

The Toyhauler and the Sporty have been sold but... Life is good. Rode my Road King Classic home today from H-D/Buehl of Appleton. Electronic Fuel Injection, Security System and best of all... Electronic Cruise Control. We will ride in comfort now!! Ride on....