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creg-ny-baa
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So, how'dja get the 1971 aged Kodacolor effect in the pix?
Cav47
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Top_Speed1
Panama Canal Crosser
The real question here is...
Were Griff and Oface ready to deport you after this ride Josh?. And, did you actually wear gloves this time?
Were Griff and Oface ready to deport you after this ride Josh?. And, did you actually wear gloves this time?
creg-ny-baa
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The one "The Spin Begns," and the first one of the Mississippi River bridge (and a couple others) have that amber tinge. Prob'ly a white balance issue, but it does look...vintage.
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Cav47
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I see what u are talking about now. Just pulled it from photo bucket. All of my pics are IPhone 5. I usually mount it on the X-grip and just hit the button.
I have ZERO artistic or photography skills. If it looks vintage, it was purely operator error. But If someone likes them, I will take the credit. JSNS.
0Face
Well-known member
I had a riot, that's all I know...
Top_Speed1
Panama Canal Crosser
Gramps
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Cav47
Adventure Seeker
Okay, A couple of snow days kept me from getting to my computer.
As Promised before a Roadside Strip Tease. Cue the Music Gerald, Fred, and Top Speed....... Zilla will certainly say that Beemerdon has a private collection of these photos.
In all seriousness, I am so thankful that the guys let me jump into their ride. I learned a lot, had a great time and made some new friends along the way. Complete Success ..........................regardless of what happens later..
Back to the real report.
Here is the Ice Cream Shop that O-Face had a laser lock on for the day!!!
It is not much to look at, but as Top Speed said, "we had ice cream" While riding some great roads and great company.
After crossing the Bridge into Iowa, we headed south along the Mississippi.
Some of the pictures are not the greatest. (none of mine really are with an I-phone) but you get the idea of the great time we were having.
Here is that Antique look that you like Doc!! Artistic for sure. Maybe accident.
After a few awesome miles heading south on the River Road.
My screen is getting a little buggy. But that is OKAY. A buggy screen doesn't get that way by sitting still. And we were moving at times.
Check the leaves out in this one.
I think it was somewhere around here that we may have been slightly above the limit and a radar detector went off and we slowed down right in time to wave and roll by the Po-Po.
We crossed back into Wisconsin across this newer version of a bridge. The structure and surface compared to the last one made me feel much more confident.
Nevermind the distortion of the screen, The bridge stays are really not that wavy.
I think this was just coming off the bridge. Gramps and Griff back there.
We rode up to a park, I do not recall the name. My phone has it marked as Hovie Island.......We did not pull a Top Speed and ford the Mississippi....but it was close to Prairie du Chien.
The parking lot had a few leaves built up Gramps has the right bike for off roading too.
The owner of the Jag took our picture later.
Griff with his now Cannibalized beauty.
After a short walk over to the lookout area we got a nice view.
Then the view was completely ruined.
Time to head back towards the Dells. Some apple orchard traffic here. I also recall it being a little windy and cooler up at this elevation.
That was the best of the ride report. Then next narrative is about the accident.
I won't bore you all with the details, but the quick version is this. Firstly, no one was physically injured. I was emotionally bruised for sure. ( I expected to be physically injured after Rider #1 got up and slapped me for hitting him.)
We were about 25 miles from home and making a left hand sweeper. I was riding 2nd in the group in the right hand half of the lane and a guy jumps out from by his car and walks out in front of the #1 rider who is riding in his half of the lane. That causes the #1 rider to move to the right side of the road, I start to go around while braking on the curve. When I start to go around to the left of Rider #1 who was in the right side of the road now, Crazy,Old, Delirious dude thinks he should now step out in front of me. I can't go into the oncoming traffic lane or hit the guy, so I wind up trying to squeeze past in between Rider #1 and Old guy who is standing on the centerline trying to take a "charge" --Basketball style from me. Well, I don't squeeze by and hit/bump/graze Rider #1 my right bag to his left bag. It was a hard glancing blow that knocks over a stationary Rider #1. My bag falls off and I look in my mirror to see Rider #1 Slow mo falling over. I turn it around and get stopped. By the time I am stopped, Rider #1 already has his bike picked up and is surveying damage. I am ready to puke at what just happened. All the riders sprung into action and got the scene under control. To make matters worse, Rider #1 has a small nail in his tire that we notice as we try to get his bike started and squared away.
The old guy was trying to warn us of an accident up the road on top of the hill. We eventually went up there after and the accident was not even on the road, but up into the woods. There was a fire truck and police car visible for at least a quarter mile on top of the hill. The guy is still trying to stop cars.
We make some repairs to my broken bag, got re-set and rode to the hotel. There are not other pictures on the way back because I was too busy cussing myself out in my helmet. All 3 other guys never beat me up and I was thankful for that. I am just so glad no one was hurt.
The Insurance saga is still ongoing because Dudes insurance and he are not even communicating with mine. He also now claims that the fire department was asking him to "warn" traffic of the accident. We know that is a lie, because we asked him exactly that.
Okay, Rant over.
Back to the report in a few.
As Promised before a Roadside Strip Tease. Cue the Music Gerald, Fred, and Top Speed....... Zilla will certainly say that Beemerdon has a private collection of these photos.
In all seriousness, I am so thankful that the guys let me jump into their ride. I learned a lot, had a great time and made some new friends along the way. Complete Success ..........................regardless of what happens later..
Back to the real report.
Here is the Ice Cream Shop that O-Face had a laser lock on for the day!!!
It is not much to look at, but as Top Speed said, "we had ice cream" While riding some great roads and great company.
After crossing the Bridge into Iowa, we headed south along the Mississippi.
Some of the pictures are not the greatest. (none of mine really are with an I-phone) but you get the idea of the great time we were having.
Here is that Antique look that you like Doc!! Artistic for sure. Maybe accident.
After a few awesome miles heading south on the River Road.
My screen is getting a little buggy. But that is OKAY. A buggy screen doesn't get that way by sitting still. And we were moving at times.
Check the leaves out in this one.
I think it was somewhere around here that we may have been slightly above the limit and a radar detector went off and we slowed down right in time to wave and roll by the Po-Po.
We crossed back into Wisconsin across this newer version of a bridge. The structure and surface compared to the last one made me feel much more confident.
Nevermind the distortion of the screen, The bridge stays are really not that wavy.
I think this was just coming off the bridge. Gramps and Griff back there.
We rode up to a park, I do not recall the name. My phone has it marked as Hovie Island.......We did not pull a Top Speed and ford the Mississippi....but it was close to Prairie du Chien.
The parking lot had a few leaves built up Gramps has the right bike for off roading too.
The owner of the Jag took our picture later.
Griff with his now Cannibalized beauty.
After a short walk over to the lookout area we got a nice view.
Then the view was completely ruined.
Time to head back towards the Dells. Some apple orchard traffic here. I also recall it being a little windy and cooler up at this elevation.
That was the best of the ride report. Then next narrative is about the accident.
I won't bore you all with the details, but the quick version is this. Firstly, no one was physically injured. I was emotionally bruised for sure. ( I expected to be physically injured after Rider #1 got up and slapped me for hitting him.)
We were about 25 miles from home and making a left hand sweeper. I was riding 2nd in the group in the right hand half of the lane and a guy jumps out from by his car and walks out in front of the #1 rider who is riding in his half of the lane. That causes the #1 rider to move to the right side of the road, I start to go around while braking on the curve. When I start to go around to the left of Rider #1 who was in the right side of the road now, Crazy,Old, Delirious dude thinks he should now step out in front of me. I can't go into the oncoming traffic lane or hit the guy, so I wind up trying to squeeze past in between Rider #1 and Old guy who is standing on the centerline trying to take a "charge" --Basketball style from me. Well, I don't squeeze by and hit/bump/graze Rider #1 my right bag to his left bag. It was a hard glancing blow that knocks over a stationary Rider #1. My bag falls off and I look in my mirror to see Rider #1 Slow mo falling over. I turn it around and get stopped. By the time I am stopped, Rider #1 already has his bike picked up and is surveying damage. I am ready to puke at what just happened. All the riders sprung into action and got the scene under control. To make matters worse, Rider #1 has a small nail in his tire that we notice as we try to get his bike started and squared away.
The old guy was trying to warn us of an accident up the road on top of the hill. We eventually went up there after and the accident was not even on the road, but up into the woods. There was a fire truck and police car visible for at least a quarter mile on top of the hill. The guy is still trying to stop cars.
We make some repairs to my broken bag, got re-set and rode to the hotel. There are not other pictures on the way back because I was too busy cussing myself out in my helmet. All 3 other guys never beat me up and I was thankful for that. I am just so glad no one was hurt.
The Insurance saga is still ongoing because Dudes insurance and he are not even communicating with mine. He also now claims that the fire department was asking him to "warn" traffic of the accident. We know that is a lie, because we asked him exactly that.
Okay, Rant over.
Back to the report in a few.
Intech
Mr. Camping Meet
Glad no one was hurt. I would have wanted to kick the *** of the ******* that jumped in the road.
SwollenRaccoon
Well-known member
10-4 on that, Intech. I would have beaten him with the damaged saddle bag. What an a-hole.
ionbeam
2 FUN
Glad it turned out as good as it did, without personal injury or a murder. Police and emergency personnel don't ask civilians to perform traffic control just for the very reason this a-hole demonstrated. To think about it, this turd caused an accident while trying to warn people not to have an accident farther up the road. 100% fail. Hope it all gets sorted out with a quick and positive outcome!
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Cav47
Adventure Seeker
The guy never was an ostentatious jerk. He just was clueless. I hope I did not paint him as a "bad guy". I think at one point. One of the 3 guys I was with actually ushered the guy out of he road. He wa unaware that he was actually doing more bad than good. Trust me, we were all pissed off, but I was grateful no people injuries occurred. Just some plastic was hurt.
Gotta go back to class. More Later!!!
Gotta go back to class. More Later!!!
hppants
Well-known member
Thoroughly enjoying the thread, except the accident part. But very glad to read no one was injured.
You're doing much better with the food ****. That day 2 breakfast was spot on. For Pants, it would be a horse food snack mid day, and I'm good until late in the evening with that kind of breakfast, man.
I've heard the Miss. River road in those parts is a good ride. Down here, it's also a good ride, but you can't see the river because the flood levee is in the way.
More please....
You're doing much better with the food ****. That day 2 breakfast was spot on. For Pants, it would be a horse food snack mid day, and I'm good until late in the evening with that kind of breakfast, man.
I've heard the Miss. River road in those parts is a good ride. Down here, it's also a good ride, but you can't see the river because the flood levee is in the way.
More please....
Redfish Hunter
Gone Fishing
I was thoroughly enjoying this RR and was actually enjoying the "vintage" iPhone pics as well but it was bittersweet because I knew there was a crash coming somewhere. I hate crashes.
You were riding with some valued and respected forum members. If they are willing to ride with you again...then it is all good. I wish I could have been an accepted member of that ride. Your RR took me along and I appreciate that. That is what a good RR does.
It sounds like your "Accident Warning Guy" was just clueless. If he were spending his time trying to warn others of an accident up the road he was probably not an *******. He sounds more like a *******. Did he realize he actually just caused an accident all by himself? Did he realize he was endangering other motorists and himself? Flagging/Directing traffic usually does not involve using your body to physically stop oncoming traffic. That generally results in a Darwin Award.
Good luck getting your bike fixed.
You were riding with some valued and respected forum members. If they are willing to ride with you again...then it is all good. I wish I could have been an accepted member of that ride. Your RR took me along and I appreciate that. That is what a good RR does.
It sounds like your "Accident Warning Guy" was just clueless. If he were spending his time trying to warn others of an accident up the road he was probably not an *******. He sounds more like a *******. Did he realize he actually just caused an accident all by himself? Did he realize he was endangering other motorists and himself? Flagging/Directing traffic usually does not involve using your body to physically stop oncoming traffic. That generally results in a Darwin Award.
Good luck getting your bike fixed.
airboss
Well-known member
For what it's worth department.
Met up with the crew at the motel Saturday evening after riding up, on some very tastee alphabet roads.
No one was laying anything on Cavs doorstep over the accident, although a few choice expressions concerning Mr. Cluess in the middle of the road.
Met up with the crew at the motel Saturday evening after riding up, on some very tastee alphabet roads.
No one was laying anything on Cavs doorstep over the accident, although a few choice expressions concerning Mr. Cluess in the middle of the road.
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Top_Speed1
Panama Canal Crosser
Great pics Josh, and you sure did accent some of those as 1950's looking images... I hear that was an awesome era, I'll have to ask my good buddy DonS!
Since enough has already been commented on the ***** jumping out in front of ya'll, I'll just say how great the fun looked!. You reminded me of when me and the ole Steamer tracked down the Mississippi after NAFO. I really enjoyed that along with your awesome pics and RR!
Now plan on getting yur lame *** to the SE-Ohio Ramble (or most likely across the river in WV) ...on May1st. It's close to being a done deal.
Since enough has already been commented on the ***** jumping out in front of ya'll, I'll just say how great the fun looked!. You reminded me of when me and the ole Steamer tracked down the Mississippi after NAFO. I really enjoyed that along with your awesome pics and RR!
Now plan on getting yur lame *** to the SE-Ohio Ramble (or most likely across the river in WV) ...on May1st. It's close to being a done deal.
hppants
Well-known member
I hear about these "alphabet" roads as well up there. Me thinks that a SW Ohio ride needs to be included on the bucket list.
0Face
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