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Old Jun 20, 2014 | 04:18 PM
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Tomorrow we will be headed out on our 4th major roadtrip, and for the 1st time my wife Ann will be riding her own Dyna Street Bob.

The general itinerary: We’ll ride from DC out towards the Black Hills, and then either head north towards Glacier or south towards Grand Tetons, depending on how much cold weather Ann feels like putting up with, and then head back east again. We have 24 days total.

The must-see list: Badlands, Black Hills, Devil’s Tower, Salt Flats. Baseball game in Milwaukee. Harley museums and plant tours. Breweries. Maybe some rafting, horseback riding, ATV rentals, cave tours, and hot springs.

Want to follow along? We set up a new website recently and you can find links there. www.softailscenery.com We’ll be tweeting from @SoftailScenery, instagramming from SoftailScenery, and who knows, maybe even blogging a few times.

Thanks for checking it out, and let me know if you like it.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2014 | 05:22 PM
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It all sounds good till you get to the horseback riding. Last time on a horse was on a fly fishing trip in the Absaroko area of Montana. The wilderness area and fishing was spectacular being on a horse for 3 1/2 hours to get up there was just painful. We will be riding in most of the areas you mentioned including the HD museum in Milwaukee and as far north as Jasper Alberta Canada then wander around in Idaho for a few days. Enjoy the trip and don't forget to put some pics on your site.
 
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safe travels and I will be following along!
 
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Old Jun 20, 2014 | 06:09 PM
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btw, the amount of pic's and quality will suffer. but hay, she riding too!
I see a lot more stopping...for pic's that is.
 
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Originally Posted by STARMAN223
btw, the amount of pic's and quality will suffer. but hay, she riding too!
I see a lot more stopping...for pic's that is.
We'll have to see, I have a GoPro and definitely setting aside time to do photo shoots. Now that she has been riding we can actually go longer between breaks then when she was a passenger.
 

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Who are the Brew Crew playing?
 
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Playing our hometown team, the Nationals
 
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