Pic Heavy 2016 Ride Report - 40 Days Following the Front Wheel
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05-27-2016, 12:03 AM
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Short first day on the road...80 miles of interstate, and 200 miles of country roads landed us in the Ozarks.
Leaving out this morning-
Thru a bit of Mississippi, then a tiny corner of Tennessee, and here we are crossing the Mississippi River into Arkansas.
This morning was 82* and muggy when we left, got up to 90* this afternoon, then started cooling off a bit as we got into the hills. All day was swapping out between threatening to rain on us....
...and being sunny!
We had a bit of interstate we rode in Arkansas before turning off onto secondary roads...
...not much traffic, and I don't know what car this is, but I know it's older that me!
Old building used for signage!
Didn't really get into too many twistys today, but lots of sweepers as we got close to...
....The Hub Motorcycle Resort in Marble Falls.
Almost every year for the last 15 we have met up with the same crew to ride either in the Ozarks, Kentucky or The Smokys.
Sure is good to meet up with them again.
The next couple of days we'll be eating, telling stories and riding the twistys.
Leaving out this morning-
Thru a bit of Mississippi, then a tiny corner of Tennessee, and here we are crossing the Mississippi River into Arkansas.
This morning was 82* and muggy when we left, got up to 90* this afternoon, then started cooling off a bit as we got into the hills. All day was swapping out between threatening to rain on us....
...and being sunny!
We had a bit of interstate we rode in Arkansas before turning off onto secondary roads...
...not much traffic, and I don't know what car this is, but I know it's older that me!
Old building used for signage!
Didn't really get into too many twistys today, but lots of sweepers as we got close to...
....The Hub Motorcycle Resort in Marble Falls.
Almost every year for the last 15 we have met up with the same crew to ride either in the Ozarks, Kentucky or The Smokys.
Sure is good to meet up with them again.
The next couple of days we'll be eating, telling stories and riding the twistys.
#13
05-27-2016, 06:41 AM
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05-27-2016, 10:45 PM
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Day 2-
Today was the first day of riding in the Ozarks...13 bikes, 3 of us are two-up.
One other Trike, a Can-Am, and more than a few metrics.
It rained last night, but was mostly dry when we left out.
John had a nice 200 mile loop he led us on, sweepers, twistys, nice country roads...
...and a ferry ride!
Mary really enjoys being on the water....as long as she can see a shoreline.
Waiting for our ride across the river into Missouri.
She took a "boatload" of pics while on the water.
On the other side....
...in the Missouri curves and twistys, headed toward Branson.
The roads in the Ozarks are some of the best riding to be had, straight flat roads are the exception.
More in next post.
Today was the first day of riding in the Ozarks...13 bikes, 3 of us are two-up.
One other Trike, a Can-Am, and more than a few metrics.
It rained last night, but was mostly dry when we left out.
John had a nice 200 mile loop he led us on, sweepers, twistys, nice country roads...
...and a ferry ride!
Mary really enjoys being on the water....as long as she can see a shoreline.
Waiting for our ride across the river into Missouri.
She took a "boatload" of pics while on the water.
On the other side....
...in the Missouri curves and twistys, headed toward Branson.
The roads in the Ozarks are some of the best riding to be had, straight flat roads are the exception.
More in next post.
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05-27-2016, 11:10 PM
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Day 2 continued-
We stopped in Forsyth, MO for lunch. While eating it started raining. Everyone put on varying degrees of rain gear...while Larry rode the pig! lol
Riding...
...in a bit of rain.
Since it did not look like it was going to quit, instead of taking the twistys back all the way, we did some miles on the interstate.
Paul & BabyGirl at 80 MPH-
Larry at 80 MPH-
Gas stop right about when it stopped raining. Most everyone shed their rain gear...
...then about 10 miles before getting back to The Hub it started back up again.
That's it for today. Tomorrow will be more twistys!
We stopped in Forsyth, MO for lunch. While eating it started raining. Everyone put on varying degrees of rain gear...while Larry rode the pig! lol
Riding...
...in a bit of rain.
Since it did not look like it was going to quit, instead of taking the twistys back all the way, we did some miles on the interstate.
Paul & BabyGirl at 80 MPH-
Larry at 80 MPH-
Gas stop right about when it stopped raining. Most everyone shed their rain gear...
...then about 10 miles before getting back to The Hub it started back up again.
That's it for today. Tomorrow will be more twistys!
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05-28-2016, 12:54 AM
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05-28-2016, 06:29 AM
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05-29-2016, 12:18 AM
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Day 3 Teaser Post-
We rode for 10 hours today! Not much time to post...riding close to that much again tomorrow.
Here are a couple of pics from today, will be posting more in a day or two.
The weather was perfect, the roads were great...
...a nice mix of sweepers and twistys.
Taking a look behind us.
More on today's and tomorrows rides tomorrow night.
We rode for 10 hours today! Not much time to post...riding close to that much again tomorrow.
Here are a couple of pics from today, will be posting more in a day or two.
The weather was perfect, the roads were great...
...a nice mix of sweepers and twistys.
Taking a look behind us.
More on today's and tomorrows rides tomorrow night.
#20
05-29-2016, 08:21 AM
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