| Author | Message | ||
     Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  doesn't suck. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  taken from the same place, looking back toward...shudder...Durango. still doesn's suck. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  well, it took us five glorious, unforgettable days, but with bittersweet emotions we're FINALLY leaving Colorado. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  hey, am i the only one who's starting to get a little bugged by Fozzie's type-A personality??? (cool bullet holes in the sign, tho, especially if you like dotting your o's and crossing your t's...) (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  your basic, boring northern New Mexico scenery. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  amazing what getting out of one's raingear (and getting out of Durango) will do for one's enthusiasm. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont. ok, you PhotoStitch freaks, let's see you sew THESE three pix together:  #1... (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont:  ...#2... (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  ,,,and #3. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY EIGHT, cont.  Fozzie - like ALL kids, i guess - likes riding in the front. gotta admit, at least he's a happy little goof. note the telltale signs of rain-riding on the windshield, and the very modest beginnings of bug splat jambalaya. more to come. sorry so few pix today - needed to cover some ground, and much of it was in the muck. if it's any consolation, we spent the night in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, and the most exciting element of our evening was the fact we got to do laundry. our steaks - at some little probably-used-to-be-cool-but-now-is-a-dump diner on Route 66 - were thin, pathetic and sad, and, alas, no Fat Tire in sight. well, there's always tomorrow. sleep. shower. ride. ride. TOTAL MILEAGE FOR THE DAY: 405.7 (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, Saturday 9/11/04:  spotted this place in Santa Rosa on the way to the world's thinnest steaks last night, and had to get some pix this morning before we blew outta town. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 25, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  i believe it's called "V-Strom Yellow"... (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  sumbitch, we did NOT have time to check this place out... (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  ...and in fact never set a boot on the checkerboard tile floor, knowing if we did we'd never leave. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. it would not be our last visit with Mr. Dean during this trip... (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  you'll pardon me for several obligatory "V-Strom amongst yellow flowers" photos? (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  thanks, i knew you would. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  beneath I-40, eastern New Mexico. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  some of I-40 in NM is also Route 66, and some of Route 66 parallels I-40. this is the latter. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  if you've been with this thread since the beginning, you know how thrilled we were to finally be here. seems almost silly in retrospect, but this hour or so in time was one of the highlights of my trip. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Pdxs3t |
Geez, its about time you got back this thread!  | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
couldn't agree more. DAY NINE, cont.  imagine this place back when it was THE place to get service on Route 66 in San Jon, New Mexico... (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  Texans really ARE a friendly bunch...right, Blake?  (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  we almost didn't stop here - "here" being the Cadillac Ranch just west of Amarillo, Texas - but i had to see what the fuss was about. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 25, 2004) | ||
| Pdxs3t |
Think your brother would have loved the museum. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
couldn't agree more. DAY NINE, cont.  it's kind of absurd, really, yet we were both excited to be here, and there was a steady stream of fellow Cad Ranchers coming and going who apparently felt the same way. i (being me) had to, um, circumvent the gate and actually ride out to the Ranch, all in the interest of photojournalistic integrity, you understand. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 25, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  it was a challenge getting the Strom's wide handlebars thru the purposely narrow gate - i had to have JB2's help, both coming and going - but i think this shot was worth the stress. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  several vans pulled up while we were there, and out poured several flocks of children. as an adult read scriptures from the Bible, each youngster was appointed to spray paint a verse on one of the Cads. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  seemed odd to me, but no odder than parking my bike in front of a row of beat up cars growing out of a west Texas field and actually being excited about it. i give thanks for my many blessings. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
DAY NINE, cont.  and as if to drive home the "spiritual" facet of this journey, just up the interstate in Groom, TX is A Very Big Cross. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on October 24, 2004) |
