[one_half padding="0 10px 0 0"] Trip Maps Eric - 2,609 miles Scott - 2,926 mile Trev - 4,234 miles Paul & Grady - 2,277 miles Trip Preparation Grady's office pool - "Will he make it?" Planning where to meet up & avoiding wildfires Preparing & packing the bikes Destination Telluride! Thursday, June 29 - Saturday, …

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[one_half padding="0 8px 0 0"] Paul "Pablo" Espensen  His ride: BMW R1200GS Where he parks his ride: Tucson, AZ ODMC Southwest Chapter President ODMC Merit Badges: Three Week Tour Adventure Touring (Riding in hail, snow, dust storms, rain & high winds) Trip Planner Monkey Butt (500+ miles day) (Click on photo to launch slideshow) Grady "Bilbo" Lonigan …

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Let's go riding! I had not planned to meet up with my brothers, Paul and Eric, to do some motorcycling in 2006 due to conflicting agendas. I thought my new boating hobby would use up most of my vacation time. I was having visions of going for week long cruises around Puget Sound in my …

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Thursday, June 29 - Saturday, July 1 Riders: Scott & Trev: Day 1: Seattle, WA to Boise, ID / 513 miles Day 2: Boise, ID to Moab, UT / 565 miles Day 3: Moab, UT to Telluride, CO / 138 miles Paul, Grady & Eric: Day 1: Eric - Van Nuys, CA to Greer, AZ …

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Sunday, July 2 Riders: Scott, Trev, Paul, Eric & Grady Distance: 229 miles Highlights: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Redstone, Colorado Dining at the Redstone Inn Camping under the aspens in McClure Pass above Redstone There are zero facilities at our campsite so there will be no showering or sprucing up and tooth brushing …

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Monday, July 3 Riders: Scott, Trev, Paul, Eric & Grady Distance: 143 miles Highlights: Applewood bacon! Independence Pass Crossing the Sawatch Range Leadville, CO We awaken to a lovely Colorado day. We pack up and head to Redstone looking for breakfast but nothing is open yet so we proceed to Carbondale where we locate a top …

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Tuesday, July 4 Riders: Paul & Grady: Dual sporting day ride to the top of Mt. Baldy & over Boreas Pass to Como & Fairplay & back to Breckenridge via Hoosier Pass 53 miles Eric & Trev: Day ride: Breckenridge, CO to Hoosier Pass to Fairplay, CO & back 64 miles Highlights: Hoosier Pass (paved) …

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Wednesday, July 5 Riders: Paul, Grady, Eric & Trev: Breckenridge, CO to Rocky Mountain National Park, CO 149 miles Scott: Breckenridge, CO to Burley, ID 647 miles Highlights: Rocky Mountain National Park I decide to head for home today as I don't know how my back will hold up to all the superslab miles ahead …

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[one_half padding="0 10px 0 0"] Pablo's Ride Highlights Having our bikes named by a Navajo Indian when we stopped for gas: Blue Horse - Eric's Yamaha FJR1300 Angel Horse - Grady's BMW R1150GS Sky Horse - Pablo's BMW R1200GS Bringing along a new ODMC candidate and watching that person absolutely loving ODMC adventure touring. Initiating …

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