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Old Aug 18, 2013 | 05:03 AM
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My wife and I just completed our third bike trip around the US I hope you all realize how great your country is and what great roads you have, now I will bore you with the trip
Bought a 2009 FLHC started in Liberty SC rode through
NC,VA up the Blue ridge parkway Floyd VA for the flat foot dancing at the general store Saturday night - Cherokee to Gatlinburg
Maggie Valley - Dales wheels through time
TN -Nashville
KY -Lewisburg to Paducah
IL to Milwaukee to Cedar Falls - Sioux City-Yankton SD -Wall SD -Deadwood-Big Horn Canyon-Chief Joseph Hwy-Bear Tooth pass - Bozeman- Lake Polson MT -Apgar rode the Sun road the day it opened - Hamilton to Arco- Blackfoot ID- through Red Canyon to Vernal Utah-Moab into the canyon lands - Durango CO - Silverton -Ouray - Telluride- Cortez - Mexican Hat-Flagstaff-Wickenburg-Palm Springs-LA
Working on the next ride
 
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How many miles? ... How many days? ... When's the next "Tour" start?
 
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The bike we done the trip on,Steves Customs -Fishing Yankton style - Packing light
 
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Sturgis-Devils Tower-Bear Tooth-Lake Polson - Glacier National Park
 
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Arches NP Moab-Blue Ridge-Dales Wheels thru time-Pikeville TN-Bear Tooth
 
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Nashville-On the way to Flagstaff and we rode into storm-Drinking beer at Yankton with good friends-Iron Mountain Rd with MT Rushmore in the background
 
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Monument Valley-MV-Durango-Million Dollar Hwy
 
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