NAFO Ride (dcarver)

[FJRONAMISSION]

great view out that window for lunch!!! looks like another grand day with sweeper turns and friends...

 

[dcarver]

[SIZE=12pt]NAFO to Montrose, Co [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]When this trip started, I thought it would be cool to see if I could find my Grandma's old house in Grand Junction, CO. Of course I had no address, but certainly I could find it, hell, it's only been 35 years, and it's kind of on the way![/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Then again, I wanted to run as much of GZ's SS1k route as possible too. Hmm, need to be back at work Monday, another 1k miles out of the way is going hurt; but screw it, when I'm old(er) and gray(er) I won't remember the pain but will remember the ride and fotos, so off I go.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]And for those of you who ran the SS1k route and would like dvd copy, please PM me.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Leaving NAFO.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]TurboDave's ride.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Highlander's Alaska ride.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Hard to miss Toe's bike.[/SIZE]

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I70 west bound. So long NAFO, it's been great!

 


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[SIZE=12pt]Some interstates have scenery:[/SIZE]

 


[SIZE=12pt]IIRC, this is the Eisenhower tunnel.[/SIZE]

 


[SIZE=12pt]SS1k riders, remember Minturn?[/SIZE]

 


[SIZE=12pt]And this mining operation?[/SIZE]

 


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[SIZE=12pt]How about this road?[/SIZE]

 


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[SIZE=12pt]Cool bridge.[/SIZE]

 


[SIZE=12pt]And where the bridge is located too![/SIZE]

 


[SIZE=12pt]I can see why all the SS1k riders were raving about how bitchin the roads were..[/SIZE]

 


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[SIZE=12pt]I stopped at a WWII memorial for high altitude special warriors.[/SIZE]

 


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[SIZE=12pt]Typical Harley guy..[/SIZE]

 


[SIZE=12pt]Road construction.[/SIZE]

 


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[FJRONAMISSION]

DON.... :thumbsupsmileyanim: Great report dude.....

 

[FJRONAMISSION]

Your steed must feel like she's got new legs!!!

 

[Taff]

Super pics and report Don.

You were so cool hanging off the bike to take the photos (downhill on Mt Evans).

 

[Taff]

Super pics and report Don.

What about the "restaurant girl", if you know what I mean wink wink!!

 

[dcarver]

[SIZE=12pt]Leadville, CO.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]If not for the snow, I could live here..[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]FarirLaners next rig![/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Letting the GPS lead the way:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]All alone on the hiway, the theme from ‘Then came Bronson’ ringing in my ears…[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Approaching Monarch Pass.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]More mining photos.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]Entering Gunnison,CO.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Monarch Pass divide, the last time I was here was 79?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Met this really nice guy riding an Airhead BMW, name of Don![/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]On the way to Lake City, CO; George said the most rain would here for the SS1k riders..[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]And plenty of great roads to ride too.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Want to become a farmer?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]I have a house for rent! Please PM for details.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]High clouds.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Circular farming – I wonder if the farmers just have a rope that spools out or simply set the tractor wheel to 5 degrees left?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Does it get any better than this?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Arriving in Lake City.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Hey SS1k guyz, remember this sign? [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Or this road?[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Approaching the Continental Divide.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Headwaters of the Rio Grand river.[/SIZE]

 

[FJR_pig]

[SIZE=12pt]Well said Mr. Taff, well said.[/SIZE]
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Oh. Yeah...I guess Taff is in that photo now that I look at it a few more times...

 

[dcarver]

[SIZE=12pt]More great roads.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]The sun and I were both fading, so MickeyD's took care of the food issue and sun drew longer in the sky.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Self-check in the rear view mirror:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Darkness is coming soon, must fight off the urge to ride too fast and settle in for night.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Near Durango, saw this couple having fun. Check out their faces..[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Durango,CO.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]So now I'm having fun again! Even called RenoJohn to tell him much fun I was having, while he was home, for once![/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]The narrow gauge RR train out of Durango.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Right when it's not possible to get better, an rainbow built just for me![/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Coalbank summit.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]BIG forest rats are everywhere; they would become a real challenge later in the night.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]The Lime Creek burn.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Bike portrait near Molos Pass.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Molas pass.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Where you end up after being to the bar..[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]How pretty is the area from Durango to Silverton, riding in twilight?[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]Oh ****, pulled over. The officer was really nice; said I blew through a no left-hand turn, which in fact I did. Explained I must be tired, to miss a sign like that, and were there rooms in Leadville? That honest and open admission turned the entire conversation around. No paper hung, shook the man's hand will be sending a Thank You note to his Sargent.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]-more later, got to sleep now.[/SIZE]

 

[FJR_pig]

Don, that bar "Lefty's" is actually a breakfast/lunch place for the most part and caters to those that work around the Capitol Mall. My office (until this past weekend's transfer) was about two blocks away and I'd eat there about twice a month. Small world...

 

[FJR_pig]

I'm pretty studly, but I think that stud was actually 650Cent, who's even more studlier. I know, who woulda thunk it possible?

 

[weekend rider]

D. C. I remember the slumgullion pass I went over it on the way home back to cali. It is an awesome road. I also snapped the sign and about two turns down the road there were two forest rats on the road got slowed down and they took off down the mountain.

It is a great road

 

[Ari Rankum]

Once again, great pics, DC.

I have two uncles that have lived in Leadville for about 30 years. I've never been to see them. What the hell have I been thinking?

 

[Niehart]

Hey DC, thanks for great reports & pics! Feel so bad that I didn't get to go but did get to go through you guys. Guess I should not be whining because I'm just going out the door to spend a week wondering through WA, ID and MT but .....

You and Craz8 take care.

 

[FJRONAMISSION]

D..... you ride too damn much!!! I can't take it all in.... stop it!!....... :lol: now I am

gonna have to waste more company time reviewing all your post... it's all your fault.

 

[FJRONAMISSION]

Bookum Danno!!.... the way your bike is loaded, he can see you are on a mission.. a lie would of got ya a memento

 

[FJRONAMISSION]

DUDE.............. me thinks ya out posted yaself.... :lol: great stuff... your face must hurt... careful or it may get

stuck that way

 

[FJRONAMISSION]

......... .... great report Dcarver

 

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[dcarver]

[SIZE=12pt]Torrey Utah to Home [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Yesterday afternoon I saw a FJR pilot taking fotos of his scooter with the Colorado river in the background. I stopped, met a stranger from NAFO, some guy named Heuretic . He turned out to be a real nice guy and we rode on into Capitol Reef state park where he was looking to camp.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]We took several photos, and I continued on to Torrey, another 10 or so miles up the road for a hotel. I checked in, then headed back out to beautiful downtown Torrey for a Subway sandwich and beer; and who do I find in the parking lot but Hueretic! [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Heuretic explained the campground had no shower, and injury to insult, the camp lawn had just been watered. I suggested the 'Affordable Inn' as it was the cheapest and newest in town. We talked a bit, then I headed to the room for a good Jacuzzi soak and a good night sleep for the hot ride awaiting me in the morning. My early departure meant, most likely, I wouldn't see Heuretic so we said good by that night.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]So, bright and early the next morning I promptly went the wrong freakin' direction, all the time the GPS saying 'Make a U turn, Make a U-turn in .3 miles, When possible, make a U turn'. Well, I didn't believe it until I was 25 miles down the road and finally broke out a paper map. Sure enough I had road past hiway 12 on the way to the hotel…[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Made U-turn, and 25 miles later saw Heuretic packing his bike. I was too embarrassed to stop, so I snapped this foto instead, and kept on riding.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]My goal was to ride the infamous 'Hells Backbone', a road built literally on a ridgeback. On the way to the backbone:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Artistic foto taker dcarver:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Just outside of Torrey, the road climbs up into Aspen trees and higher than tree level. Torrey Ut is a place I could live.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]By now ya'll are tired of bitchin' road fotos, but you'll just have to stand a few more..[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]In case you didn't know what happens to rain..[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]In Boulder, UT, I found a really cool little resort and had a fantastic breakfast![/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]Welcome to Boulder, UT.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]All about Boulder.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Grand Escalante, UT.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]The Backbone starts![/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]Beauty comes in many shapes and forms..[/SIZE]

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[SIZE=12pt]Boynton overlook:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Vote for Bill Dew; you too can have affordable housing![/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Shortly after the Backbone, ran across a Beemer guy and his bud from Florida, riding an FJR. The Bmw pilot had a custom plate 'Bmr Chef' or something close to that. He also had a very special passenger, check this one out.[/SIZE]

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https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/... 2008-8 -Torrey UT to home/M2-BmrChefDog2.jpg

[SIZE=12pt]Onward to Cannoville, UT.[/SIZE]

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