Jeff "Pork Chop" Adams (Click a photo to launch the slideshow) Paul "Pablo" Espensen (Click a photo to launch the slideshow) Uncle John (Click a photo to launch the slideshow) Joe "Gimli" Betor (Click photo to enlarge) Scott "Sasquatch" Duncan (Click photo to enlarge) Go to Day 1: Touring The Gas Stations Of …
Author: Scott Bruce Duncan
Colorado Cruise 2003 – Day 1: Touring The Gas Stations Of The Northwest
Saturday Scott & Joe Seattle, WA to Burley, ID 655 miles How A Ride Gets Off The Ground My brother, Paul, calls out of the blue and said hey, let's go for another week long ride before the year is out. How 'bout we meet in Colorado? I groan and say that work is way …
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Colorado Cruise 2003 – Day 2: Arches National Park
Sunday Scott & Joe Burley, ID to Telluride, CO 549 miles As the Southwest ODMC Chapter is heading northeast from Arizona to Telluride, we Northwest riders are heading southeast through Utah. While they are getting pounded by three separate thunderstorms, Joe and I learn that one should not assume that towns shown on the map …
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Colorado Cruise 2003 – Day 3: Exploring Colorado
Monday Scott, Joe, Paul, Jeff & Uncle John Telluride, CO to Breckenridge, CO 351 miles The third day of a trip is always special. It takes two days to unwind enough and shed the tensions of work. One awakes on the third day to find a certain peace of mind forming. All you are thinking …
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Colorado Cruise 2003 – Day 4: Drying Out & A Day Off
Tuesday Breckenridge, CO to Hoosier Pass & back (Scott) 19 miles We spend a leisurely day around the house and in Breckenridge. In town, we find excellent coffee and top notch grub while our camping gear is drying. Mother Nature takes a day off and lets the high country dry out as well. Thanks, Mom! …
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Colorado Cruise 2003 – Day 5: Rocky Mountain National Park
Wednesday Breckenridge, CO to Rocky Mountain National Park and back (Paul, Jeff & Scott) 280 miles Wanting to find some thicker air to breathe, Uncle John departs for Tucson and Joe heads for his sister's house in Los Angeles. Paul, Jeff and Scott head for Rocky Mountain National Park. Mother Nature resumes dispatching thunderstorms across …
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Colorado Cruise 2003 – Day 6: The Middle of Nowhere
Thursday Breckenridge, CO to Ogden, UT (Scott) 530 miles It's time to head for home. Pablo and Pork Chop decide to visit the Harley dealership in Glenwood Springs and so I accompany them before heading Northwest for home. We kick some tires and then off I go heading West on I-70. The descent into Grand …
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Colorado Cruise 2003 – Day 7: Iron Butt Practice
Friday Ogden, UT to Seattle, WA (Scott) 850 miles I have no intention or need to ride all the way to Seattle today but the thought of seeing how far I can get comfortably and safely is intriguing. Joe and I are fans of the Iron Butt crowd, people who enjoy riding 1,000 miles a …
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Why Is There A Duck In The Backyard?
We awoke one morning recently to find a strange visitor in our backyard. This duck lingered for several hours before departing. We had no suitable food to offer but we did fill up Freya's kiddie pool in case it felt like going for a swim. It didn't. It just waddled around the backyard, quacking softly, …
Money In The Fridge
The strange happenings continue at our house. I opened the refrigerator to check the beer supply after our last open house only to find it fairly decimated and much to my surprise, a defaced ten dollar bill. Grateful guest? Mischievous elemental? Lord knows around here. Stuff has been disappearing and reappearing quite a bit lately. …
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