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Colorado Cruise 2006 – Trip Preparation
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 …
Colorado Cruise 2006 – Destination: Telluride!
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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Colorado Cruise 2006 – Day 4: Telluride to Redstone
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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Colorado Cruise 2006 – Day 5: Redstone to Breckenridge
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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Colorado Cruise 2006 – Day 6: Day Rides
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) …
Colorado Cruise 2006 – Day 7: Rocky Mountain National Park
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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Colorado Cruise 2006 – Day 8: Heading For Home
Thursday, July 6 - Friday, July 7 Riders & their destinations: Paul & Grady: Tucson, AZ via Durango, CO Eric: Los Angeles, CA Trev: Seattle, WA via Las Vegas, NV Scott: Burley, ID to Seattle, WA Highlights: The Stanley Hotel Black, nasty storm clouds & plenty of hard rain for Paul, Grady & Eric Highway …
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Colorado Cruise 2006 – Post Ride Debrief
[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 …
Seeking the Sport in Sport Touring
While my 2005 Alaska Adventure gave the touring aspects of my Honda ST1300 a thorough shakedown and revealed a superbly designed motorcycle, the sporting aspects of this machine were left largely untested by that trip. The Alaska Highway and the paved roads throughout Alaska consist of one straight road after the next. The scenery was …
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