Alrighty, last day of NAFO has myself, Duff and Nelly going to Rocky Mountain National Park. I know a ton of NAFO attendees did this ride so I won't beat it to death here. I was so happy to be back on the bike after 2 days off. We headed out of Golden on 6 which was a very cool road.
I was surprised how quickly we were seeing mountains with snow on them.
Heading into Estes Park, a cute little town I've been to once before.
The view from the major pulloff inside the park. Squeezer was behind me in line to pay at the park entrance and then Minuteman ended up behind me as we were winding our way up the road. Everyone pulled off to enjoy the view.
And we were all pretty happy to have missed this little rain cloud.
And we continued on, with the scenery changing as we passed the treeline. Every time I thought we were to the top, we weren't. I was very impressed with how high up most of the road is. It took you up quickly and you stayed up there for awhile.
Where's Duff in his yellow and black jacket? He just over the top of the hill.
And these are my last 2 pics of the ride as my battery died and I didn't have my spare on me like I usually do. That sucked.
I found it to be very comfortable up there even though the temp was in the 60s. We didn't have a lot of sun but it really didn't feel that cold. For my $10 I also saw a herd of reindeer right next the road, sorry no pics.
We then headed out and was trying to pick up the pace when I noticed my poor Geeps (GPS) was hanging sideways on the stemstand. One of the screws was loose so we found a little park to pull into and broke out some of Duff's tools and we were able to fix it. With everything now secure and the sky getting darker, we needed to make some serious time. We got back on the road and then found the construction. Hello Mr Asshole Construction Worker. :construction: But that's Duff's story so I'll let him tell it if he chooses. I just took my helmet off to make sure they knew I was female and shortly thereafter I was free to go. :spruce_up: Seriously though, I didn't cause the trouble so I shouldn't have been held. I took off and met up with Duff and Nelly a short time later, they were only 6 miles behind me after his chat with the Park Ranger. A quick fuel up and we were on our way. Right into the rain on the best part of the whole trip. Berthold Pass. I can now say I've done twisties in the rain and my Pirelli's stuck like glue.
Back at the hotel for the group pic, a quick shower and then onto dinner. And then my last responsibility for NAFO, the Evil Embarrassing Contest. Tires were up for grabs this year, as was some husband's hinders.
The wives were ready :yes: :
The husbands were too
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Here they come, blindfolded, looking for their husband's derriere! I don't think the guys enjoyed this at all! :swoon: (Thanks to Doug C for taking these pics with my camera, since I couldn't)
Well that round netted about a half dozen couples as these ladies are very observant. Now we need to identify another body part and make this a little tougher. So we opted to go with the nose. The ladies were blindfolded again and only allowed to use the tip of their finger to feel the guys' noses.
This round got it down to 2 final ladies. So it was down to a lightning round of Paper, Rock, Scissors to determine the winning couple.
2 rounds of the same outcome and we had to turn these ladies around so they didn't face each other anymore. And the winner was....
Mr. & Mrs. Hawk Pilot, locals from CO :clapping:
And with that, the drinks were on and the rest of the evening was spent splitting time between the bar and the parking lot. I'd like to give a big thank you to the 4 of you that left shots of your nether regions on my camera. I expect that y'all are going to be very very nice to me in the future as I know at least 2 of you who don't really want these shots to be seen. :dribble:
So here's a few of the last pics of NAFO and the fun and frivolity we had.
It was great to see Quigley again and no, Gun's hand isn't really touching me. It was an optical illusion...yeah, that's it!
Don't piss this guy off either or he shoot lasers at you! :lol:
My favorite crash king, Chick and the evil eyes guy:
Me and my Oklahoma homie, Okierider
Skooter and Beeroux, performing an Al Bundy, discussing earth moving topics
And that's it! I went home the next day and really enjoyed my solo ride though Colorado and into New Mexico. Trinidad to Ratone is very very pretty. After Ratone I played tag with Phil and his son Eric for awhile and then we finally hooked up and headed for Amarillo. We found MBottoms and Nosecone there and crashed with them. Dinner at Cracker Barrel and off to bed cause we were beat from the wind and heat. Up early and out on the road in the rain, home by 1 pm on Monday. Thanks for the company guys!
And that was my first LD trip on my FJR in a nutshell! :yahoo: