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QTRM_Dec10.qxd:Layout 1 11/29/10 8:55 AM Page 3 DECEMBER 2010 3 we thought we would be better off doing our night riding through the deserts of Arizona, Nevada and California. So off we went around 8:00am. Even at this morning hour, it was bone- chilling cold coming through the mountains of the Caribou National The Forest. Fortunately, the sleepy commuters and black ice on those mountain roads held my interest well enough that I was able to ignore the ice forming under my arms until we reached Bountiful, UT. This small but pleasant town had lots of options for us to warm our innards Longest Day and get something to eat. As we crackled in to a local diner, the patrons looked at us like we were crazy to be riding bikes in these temps. Not only did we find that it’s couple of months ago the Iron Butt Association held their 2010 easy to screw up bacon & eggs here, but it was all served up with a National Meet here in Denver. Although I didn’t get a chance to go, generous side of surly. Fortunately, during the hour spent in the diner, it got me thinking about how I spent my first an only 1,000-mile the sun had warmed the air just enough so we could make our escape Aday on a motorcycle. All of my 1,000-mile days in a car or on a from this greasy spoon and less than friendly establishment. plane wouldn’t make great column material in this magazine. I’m not With full stomachs and gas tanks, we headed south. So, it was feet up sure my 1,000-mile on my ’04 Road King would either…but I’ll give it a and clutch out for the next 15 hours. Oh sure, we stopped to fill bike shot. For one thing, it was only 957 miles…I rounded off just a little. tanks and empty our own, raised our helmets once in awhile to jam in a sandwich from the gas station’s reefer that had been percolating in Normally I avoid piling up phenomenal mileage on a single day just to there for years probably and just gazed down the highway at a pretty do it. I fully support “Iron Butts” that want to do this, but I think these good clip. endeavors are best described as motorcycle endurance riding, not tour- ing, which I prefer to do most. And the best part of touring is taking Staying on I-15 for that long provided little in the way of excitement your time and stopping to smell the roses along the way, rather than except at night when the cop car came out of nowhere and passed us just sucking them out of the ground as you roar by. doing at least 100mph with no flashing lights. No one even saw him in their mirrors. When I was living in La Quinta, CA a few buddies of mine and I decided to take a long road trip up through Vegas, St. George, Zion National With all this being said about long distance rides in one day...I can’t say Park, Bryce Canyon, Salt Lake, by Bear Lake and into Pocatello, ID. We I gained much understanding about why a biker would want to under- saw some great sights along the way, endured some pretty mean thun- take such great distances in a short time. We had a great time riding to- der storms and chased (or should I say, ran away from) a tornado. After gether for about ten days…great scenery, rode through some cool small a few days of great riding, the group started to thin out for various rea- towns, some interesting people were met, all kinds of weather condi- sons. One guy said he had to go to Portland, OR (a mere 758 miles tions sustained and, of course, the biggest thing was the camaraderie away) to meet up with his girlfriend…another was heading to Denver with your riding buddies. (just 513 miles away) to meet some friends, another just missed his family in Laramie, WY (only 368 miles away). That left Ozzie, Joe & me. About 5:30am I pulled into my garage in SoCal and I realized that I had just ridden 957 miles. I was tempted to get back on and make it an even Waking one October morning in the Scout Mountain campground after 1,000 before hitting the rack. Touching my butt to the seat, the white- a torrential downpour, we looked at each other and said “OK…let’s just hot pain that resulted confirmed that go home…and let’s do it in a day” A couple of things conspired to get mine must be made of one of the us on the road for such a long trip home. One, we wanted to get home softer alloys. Lead maybe. for the weekend as we had a great ride and event planned for our HOG chapter and, two, for me, all my kids were coming out to La Quinta to Remember…Life is a Journey… spend a few days in the desert heat. Enjoy the Ride…the Rest is just Details. Averaging 50mph (with pit, gas & food stops), we figured it’d take about Ride Safe and Have Fun. 20 hours to make it home. If we left now, we’d be home about 4:00am tomorrow. Knowing we had some mountains to ride over and through, Bill QTCASW_Dec10.qxd:Layout 1 11/29/10 8:51 AM Page 4 QTCASW_Dec10.qxd:Layout 1 11/29/10 8:51 AM Page 5 QTRM_Dec10.qxd:Layout 1 11/29/10 8:55 AM Page 6 6 DECEMBER 2010 NOVEMBER 2010 There will be Door Prizes, Cold Beverages, Sales taxes paid for you! Tickets are just $100 Spicy BBQ, Live Entertainment, Raffles, a each. Drawing held at 11:55pm on November 25 Ride, Sales and Activities for the Children, and 12/31/2010 at The Buffalo Rose, 1119 Wash- Thanksgiving Potluck Feast - Susie’s Bar & much more! Proceeds will benefit the Craig ington Avenue, Golden, CO. Proceeds go to Grill, Golden. 303-278-9000 Hospital Foundation. the Golden Lions Community Betterment www.milehigh-harley.com, 303-343-3300 Fund. Need not be present to Win. Contact: November 26-28 [email protected] or call Rocky Mountain Rod & Custom Car & MC December 9 Ed Dorsey at 303-829-5195. See Show – Colorado Convention Center. 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