Miscellaneous Dog Trails
I was asked if I wanted to go with the Custer County Art Club on a field trip to the Denver area. Why not? It turned out to be a great trip with about 16 kids. we visited art museums, the symphony, a play, the Federal Mint, Neon sign shop, candy factory, specialty casting factory, butterfly museum and several other interesting places. we stopped at a couple of colleges and visited their art centers and classrooms. we ate at several different types of restaurants and in all it was a very interesting trip. I liked having some contact with young adults although they were sort of afraid to talk with me after I was introduced as Professor Rex just back from a motorcycle trip to South America.
The Bus
Art center
casting company
computer milling machine
Neon shop
lighted
colors available
old signs
Candy factory
old candy machines
butterfly
beetles
big spider
bronze horse
driftwood bronze horse.
the group
wolf attack
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I went over to Bob's Motor Werks and found Bob changing his image from a bad ass biker to one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet by riding this Honda. This was a Primo BMW shop but now???
Charles Ringer was there on his new to him R100GS that Bob arranged for him
to buy.
I left my dirty yellow dog there to be serviced. You might notice the
difference in cleanliness.
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Before I left last fall I was able to buy this older R80GS from Jim Everhart down in Colorado.
what a nice machine.
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Sam stopped by for a quick visit. He came with wet pants and bare feet. He
had been hunting turkeys down on the Yellowstone river. He continued on the
hunting trail down to Broadus.
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I went to Redlodge and stopped by to see the new Solar house that my friend
Pat Doppler built. It is a really cute house and utilizes solar for hot water
and heat as well as solar panels for electricity.
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I took a trip over to Twin Falls, Idaho to deliver some long horn cross
bulls that my friend Mark Weeding raises. He had room in the rear of his trailer
for a couple of bikes, so he invited me to go and ride for a couple of days.
yeah, sure thing, not much else to do.
The son had a road bike and took us to see Shoshone Falls which was running
over the falls which it hadnt had enough water to do this in several years. He
has a custom high quality Harley.
He had a few toys too. this is a $34,000 snow machine with a $15,000 titanium
frame.
another hundred thousand dollar car he built.
Mark meets the man who founded Twin Falls area
The mountain roads were wonderful
first look at the sawtooth range
The elk herd we camped near.
The Stanley area.
hot springs along the road
rock walls
we stopped by to see the craters of the moon and this is a developed site
for sheep only.
looking down a crater
the moon surface.
loading the bikes after a wonderful ride. What was really nice was that
there was almost no traffic since it was before summer vacation season
started.
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Sheila came for a visit and told me I couldn't shoot the head off a bunny
I pointed at. Well, I went and got my little 22 rifle and taught her how to shoot it.
She is, or has been, "Anti-Gun", but after a couple of minutes of training, she
shot this target. As you can see, she is a natural marksman.
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I stopped by to see Craig Whitely and check out what was happening in his
Blacksmith shop. He is a talented artist and always has several complicated jobs
in process. He is a serious bike guy and it is always interesting to see what is
new in his possession. He and his son are planning on taking a similiar trip to
South America this winter. He welded up my scrapped up aluminum panniers form
both my accidents, a road rash doctor!!!!
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I stopped by Bob's to drop off my little R80GS for him to do a service on
it. It so happened that Bob needed a break from work and we both NEEDED a ride
up the Beartooth pass outside of Redlodge. It was a beautiful day and we had the
road almost to ourselves.
Bob on top
Bob's R100S and my black dog R90/6
view from the top
Valley view
Bob
