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Huggy, THANK YOU for posting this and asking for prayers for this young man and your family. Please let everyone in your family know that we will be praying for this 21 year old young man, his mom and and the rest of your family. You folks are not facing this alone!!! Tip and I will be joining the others here in lifting all of you up before our loving God. Prayers Up and Blessings Down Puc n Tip

was built out near the cross roads of Area 51 and the Nellis Air Base main runways. It is said that ol Blue and other early model MK1 1st Gen's that were part of the same goberment project were made from parts of an Alien spacecraft that had crashed near a town known as Roswell in New Mexico. Even though this was suppose to be a secret project, the purpose for the project was well known to have been an aggressive attempt to control

I think we should create a Yammer Dan's Sticker Fund to get him a sticker to finish off the project of restoring his crashed 2nd Gen named Silver.. I propose the sticker has ""sticks and stones may break my bones but whip and chains excite me"" written on it and an emblem that matches the emblem that Don put at the top of our Chat Room.. :thumbsup:

Thats probably because you tried to read it before I had a chance to proof read it and edit it Birdy.. I missed a couple "a"'s and "the"'s in there and have fixed it.. Now it should make sense

I LOVE this thread:clap2::clap2::dancefool: Thinking that @Larry1963 has got ol Puc's number:Bunny: THANK YOU for and and getting this started Lar!! You have no idea how many times I have heard those words in my life Birdy, over and over again:rotf: Thinking it all has more to do with the color of the lenses of life that each one of us see the world thru.. Here is a short story about one of the times I heard the words "it just doesnt make any sense" in my life.. While working for the Boilermakers welding tube at a new powerhouse on the shores of Lake Michigan I discovered that the buddy welder I had gotten teamed up with was a major sloth. He would disappear for hours at time when we were suppose to be working, probably out token on a number and diggin on the radio. Our job assignment was for each of us to sit on a side of the "wall" of tubes and pass the puddle to each other to wring the tubes out (wall had little window openings around each tube joint that was ready to be welded - had to have a "buddy" on the other side cause there was no way to reach around to the other side to weld the pipe together). The wall of tubing consisted of 2" diameter tubing (or "pipe" if its easier to understand) with webbing between the tubes to tie them together into a solid wall that formed the inside of the boiler. These "walls" were 40 feet long and 60 feet in height.. One day I got tired of sitting on my bucket for 4 hours waiting for my buddy to show up so we could get started in the process of doing our job. The "Trades" are an extreme Union environment and our Bosses (called a "Push" on the job site) were Union also so complaining to the Boss about a problematic fellow employee would usually get the complainer into more trouble that the person being complained about - make sense? I finally got sick and tired of the unethical practice of not giving my employer an honest days work for a fair days pay and I decided to do something that I knew would make no sense to anyone else (theres those off colored glasses I seem to own). I started welding my side of the wall. About 3 hours and 1/3 of the wall later my Push came up and started screaming at that top of his lungs "WHAT THE HECK (not his actual word) ARE YOU DOING BARNHARD!!" As he was beating his fist against the wall and pointing downward into the "pit" he kept saying over and over again "You got the bottom of this wall pulled out 2 feet and have single handedly ruined well over 40 hours of fitment work on the tubes down there - THIS JUST MAKES NO SENSE!! After he calmed down enough to quit asking me how I got so stupid followed by the words THIS JUST MAKES NO SENSE over and over again and while I was picking up my tools so I could go brass out (in a shop its called "punching out") for the last time (was in the process of getting fired) he finally said "I honestly thought you were smarter than this, you had to know what you were doing was wrong and that it was gonna cause that kinda damage didn't you?".. AHHHH HA, a chance to explain myself!! As we were walking down to the "Change Shanty" (place to slip out of the Carharts and eat lunch on sub zero days) to collect my belongings I explained to him the whole story of why I did something that JUST MADE NO SENSE to him. After listening to my story I could literally see the color of his lifes lenses change right before my eyes:missingtooth:.. Just as we approached the brass house (last stop before entering the parking lot and heading home with no job), he stopped - looked at me and said "Tommy did that?" (Tommy was my buddy welder). He shook his head in a strange - WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO JUST MAKES NO SENSE - kind of a way and told me to go back to work helping my pimp (that is what a welders helper is called in the field) grinding out all the welds I had done . In the end some other really crazy things happened that made no sense to a lot of other folks.. In the end, my act of making no sense on the job site ended up with a Union boss firing a Union employee (Tommy) and the Union employee being actually booted out of the Union (which in and of itself MAKES NO SENSE cause that NEVER happens) . Speaking about names, I ended up with the nick name of "Half Tube" because of that whole incident. Of all the nicknames of all the thousands of construction workers on the jobsites I worked for the Boilermakers thru the years, my earned nickname of Half Tube inspired more conversations between myself and other curious co-workers.. I cant tell you how many times I had someone walk up to me, stare at the words "HALF TUBE" that always appeared mysteriously on my Hard Hats and across the back of my Carharts. Those conversations more times than not would start out with a new friend saying "HALF TUBE? THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE:scratchchin:".. On a side note I would like to add,, I actually WON a BRAND NEW 1978 Harley Davidson Low Rider on the job site where I earned the name of Half Tube - this was AFTER I earned my nickname. I later took 2 months off my welding job and headed cross country on that bike - about three days into that journey my new Low Rider earned the name of "Hoglia" .. "Lia" and I spent many many hours with my feet propped up on her pipes while I slept by her side out trying to find lost Ghost Towns and Ghosts in far away strange places like Utah, Arizona, Montana, Maine and even New York City.. She protected me on the road, had my back under some bad situations by starting on the first kick, never let me down and totally earned her name.. At least thru my off colored glasses anyway.. If I ever end up with your Trike Birdy I will shorten her name to Hanni.. "2009 Yamaha RSV w/Hannigan trike kit" is just to long of a name for this old knucklehead to try call her every time I loose her in a parking lot = "HANNI":rotf:!!

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lop eared varmint. By the way, I am pretty sure that he is also somewhere here chasing the front wheel of his Blue 1st Gen in the land of Hammers and Sickles cause back there on the side of that back road I found some

Ok,, so here's some thoughts,, especially if you have younger children.. Make your way up to Michigan, stop and say hi at our house - camp in our yard, if we are home our place is child proof and we love kids, even if we happen to be out of town you are still welcome to camp in our yard - we are 2 minutes from Lake Michigan and the State Park with LOTS for kids to do and where you can dump your holding tanks if you need to. On the way to the Badlands from our house you could either take the Ferry across to Wisconsin (expensive) from Muskegon or you could go up Ludington and take the big Ferry across (a LOT cheaper than Muskegons) or you could go up, drive across the Mackinaw Bridge (WOW) and cross the Upper Peninsula (BEAUTIFUL) into Wisconsin or you can always drop down and go around Chicago and up to "90". A stop in Austin Minnesota at the place that makes Spam is really fun. They have an AWESOME free tour that the kids would LOVE. Stop in Blue Earth Minnesota for a night or two of free camping at their Fair Grounds - you can stay 2 nights with FULL hook-ups free of charge. Blue Earth is the home of Green Giant foods - they have an AWESOME park right next to the fair grounds with a HUGE Jolly Green Giant. The Fair Grounds also have hot showers, bathrooms and all that too. Chamberlain South Dakota is where the Missouri River crosses 90, before you cross the river gorge, pull into Chamberlain. On the North side of town there is a local RV park with a GORGEOUS swimming beach. Also has showers and full hook ups. Real neat town. Watch for "Draper" as your headed west on 90 toward the Badlands NP. Only a couple miles off the Ickspress-way - place is a step back in time - old cow town with dirt main roads. GREAT people!! The Badlands NP has an East and a West Entrance. Wall Drug is located near the West Entrance. Time of arrival would determine how I would play this one. The Badlands are UNREAL at night - the park remains open all night (the roadway from at the east entrance is also the main road leading down to the town of Interior) even though the Toll Booths close at 9ish - there are no closeable gates at the booths. Wall Drug would be boring at night for the kids. If it were later in the day when I came to the east entrance,, say after 5, I would take the East Entrance. There is a Prairie Dog place on the right hand side, place sells Prairie Dog food but the little buggers LOVE Pop Corn and Sun Flower Seeds (wink wink).. Your kids would LOVE em!! Actually biker named my Son after one,, P-Dog LOL.. Anyway,, driving thru the NP at night is a MUST do!! Warm canyon breezes coming up out of the Badlands are unforgettable!! So are the formations in the moon light. Park Rangers wont allow overnight camping in the pull offs (they wont kick ya out but will ask you to move LOL) BUT - about half way thru the park there are a couple of back roads that go North (South would be off the edge of the Badland canyons and you dont wanna do that) - not very far and your outside of the Park onto the National Prairie Lands where you can just stop and camp for FREE!! I can tell you exactly where this is if you would like.. Camping on the Prairie is the ULTIMATE!! Coyotes howling and all that great stuff!!! Talk about STARS!! Kids would love it!! Follow the rim of the Badlands headed west, you will exit the park, stay on that roadway - you will cross the ickspress-way and pull right into Wall Drug. Lots of gas stations, Subway right on main corner.. Turn left and another quick right and your on "Main Street" of Wall (towns name is Wall, Wall Drug is actually the name of the old Drug Store,, long story..). Drive down main street past all the tourist traps LOL.. End of Mainstreet you will come to last building on the right and will see a sign that says "Back Yard". Walk around the side of the building and they have a quick entrance into the Back Yard. Bring your camera and let them kiddies have ball!! LOTS of stuff for em to do!! Wont spoil your fun by telling you about it but trust me,, its a really fun place for all ages.. From the Badlands and headed to colorful Colorado.. I would head back to East entrance of the Badlands, go out of the bottom of the park and thru Interior. West under the Badlands toward Rapid City is gorgeous.. I would keep heading west and go right into the Black Hills and into Keystone. Up the hill to Rushmore. I would then take Iron Mountain Road down to Custer State Park (LOTS of animal life). There is small camp ground that is also open to RV's where a guy raises Timber Wolves - been there for years and place is AWESOME!! Very reasonable rates.. Keep in mind that you can also pull off anywhere and sleep for the night - South Dakota is an open camp state - you can even pull off on the prairie like some of the Sturgis Rally goers do.. Come out thru Custer, roll down to Hot Springs where there is an AWESOME mammoth dig, drop down to Lusk and straight south toward Cheyenne. Cheyenne to Loveland into Estes Park from the east side!!

I'd be more concerned about Bongo, Fool and Rbig running around in Toga's with loaded AK47's than I would with that whip snappin Venture riding Yama Mama.. Thinking Freebird should have stuck with Air Soft BB Guns when he went thru the selection of Chat Weapons

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After filling my tummy with a wonderful dinner and sharing a small portion of food with the other hungry Maintenance Day attenders, then going thru all the excitement of participating in the raffling off of the goodies, a fellow Michigander and good friend of mine who I call Raggy (his VR screen name is Ragtop69gs because he actually owns a GORGEOUS 1969 Convertible GS) came up to me and let me know that a huge storm was on it's way to the Oberlin area. Raggy let me know that he and the group he had ridden to the Rally with were going to head back to Michigan. Raggy knew that I had been having some medical issues and he was concerned with the potential of me having physical problems associated with getting cold and wet from the storms that were coming and he wanted me to know that I was welcome to follow his group back to Michigan. I could feel the storm coming and thought his offer sounded good so I started the sad process of bidding all my friends at MD good by.. Starfan, another good friend and one of the Rally attenders, walked toward Tweeks with me and he produced an envelope as we walked. As he handed me the envelope he said he and his wife had brought me something from his homeland of Iceland. I opened the envelope and found some GORGEOUS stickers. Tweeks purred as I cleaned off a spot on her windshield for her new Iceland sticker - her and I were both amazed by and grateful for the generosity of our new Icelandic friend. Tweeks LOVES her new Icelandic Flag sticker and wears it proudly to this day. I hope Starfan knows how much I appreciate his kindness. THANK YOU Jonas and Greta!! As I was admiring Tweeks new look that the Iceland Flag gave her, Reiny Rooster, another one of my new friends, came walking up and told me he had something for Tweeks and I too. While walking over to Reiny's motorcycle he began telling me about noticing in one of my stories that I was using a make shift Allen Wrench (it was actually a 19mm bolt with two 19mm double nutted nuts) to unscrew the caps on Tweeks front forks while doing some maintenance work on her. When we got to his bike Reiny pulled out a brand new 19mm Allen Wrench and gave it to me. I pulled a permanent marker from my pocket and asked Reiny to sign the wrench which he did. That wrench was greatly appreciated and now dwells in Tweeks maintenance department and is one of her favorite tools. THANKS REINY ROOSTER!! Walking back to Tweeks to show her the new Allen Wrench and to begin the process of breaking camp, I noticed Big Tom fooling around with something behind Tweeks windshield.. I walked up and found Tom with a Tank Bag he was holding above Tweeks breather cover. Tom told me he had won the tank bag in the raffle we had just had and he thought it would look really good on Tweeks.. I grinned at the outpouring of love my fellowmen were showing with all their thoughtfulness - it was just endless!! While standing there talking to Big Tom the thought occurred to me that I had purposely sought to show a form of that same kind of love in sending a raffle prize home to Yammer Dan and now it seemed like that act of kindness was being returned to me ten fold - karma is an amazing thing. THANK YOU BIG TOM!! As Tom was in the process of signing Tweeks new Tank Bag, another one of my dear friends came up with a really cool red Koozie Kup Kooler in his hand. I had met Monty down in Alabama at another VR Rally and he and I had talked a lot about a particular motorcycle breed that we both really liked - The Boss Hog. Monty is a fun loving southerner with a love for big horsepower and big motors just like me.. He is also the varmint who had won the Grand Prize in the drawing at Freebirds Maintenance Day there in Oberlin. Monty held out the red colored Koozie and told me that he had picked it up just for Tweeks!! After getting Monty to sign the Koozie, he and I took some tie wraps and attached the Koozie to one of Tweeks horns that adorn the ol girls fairing.. THANK YOU Monty!! Monty also invited me down to go test riding the Boss Hosses with him and someday, when the snow that is falling outside our home here in West Michigan stops, Tip - Tweeks and I hope to take advantage of that invitation!! The storm clouds that Raggy had warned me about were starting to gather off in the distance and the Michigan gang were all ready to roll so I finished packing Tweeks up. A fairly large number of friends had gathered around to watch the real life spectacle of how I get all that stuff on Tweeks back (they all offered to help too). After working up a sweat packing all that gear on Tweeks back, I looked at the group standing around looking at Tweeks and I like we were part of Ring Ling Brothers Circus act and told them they reminded me of group of crows sitting on a telephone wire. Tweeks and I had successfully done our first Freebird's Maintenance Day. We had finally had the honor of meeting the highly creative man who is the founder of the Motorcycle Club Tip, Tweeks and I belong to - VentureRider.org. Tweeks even got him to sign the Venturerider sticker that Squidley had placed on her windshield back in Texas many thousands of miles ago - what an amazingly wonderful couple Don and his lovely wife Eileen are - THANK YOU both for all you do in such a grand effort of uniting us rag-tag group of riders!! We had also met a whole gaggle of new VR friends and partied with almost as many of our beloved old companions. I leaned Tweeks loaded carcass up between my legs, reached down and picked up the Giant Snowflake Kickstand Coaster that my dear friend FlyinFool's Wisconsin White Washer had produced as an after affect from last years snow production and he had freely offered to all MD attenders (THANKS JEFF - THEY WORK AWESOME), stuck the coaster in Tweeks tank bag, touched her start button and the two of us idled out to get in line with the other bikes from Michigan. I could feel a new aspiration of pride in Tweeks as I stood up on her pegs and waved good bye to Oberlin as she clamored down the gravel driveway that had led EagleEye, Tweeks and I so gracefully into our first Oberlin MD experience. Our group of Michiganders had to make a quick stop in a nearby town so some of the riders could finish checking out at the motel they had been staying at. The rain had just started as we pulled out of the parking lot at the Motel. We did have a couple of small breaks in the rain drops during our ride homeward, just about enough for me to take some short video's of my friends on their motorcycles. As we approached the Michigan/Ohio boarder I decided to split off from the group that would be heading up into the Detroit area and begin the process of heading westward across my home State. I curled up behind Tweeks fairing to allow her another opportunity to take the abuse of the pouring rain and keep me dry. She led us both safely back to the comfort of her stable on the shores of Lake Michigan and the comfort of sleeping in our own beds. As I unpacked my treasures from Maintenance Day the day after we returned home, I was unable to locate the 4 gig card that I had removed from my camera when I installed the new one.. After unloading all my gear, turning Tweeks tank bag upside down and even unpacking her fairing compartments, I finally realized that the little card with all the pictures I had taken at Maintenance Day before I had replaced the card that I purchased to do the video taping on it was gone. The thought crossed my mind that I had probably dropped the little SD Card on the lawn at Freebirds house when I swapped the cards out. I was saddened by this until the thought occurred to me that my next visit to Oberlin Maintenance Day is going to include a careful examination of Don and Eileen's front yard where I highly suspect there is now a gorgeous SD Card Tree growing with pictures of all my friends taking the place of the leaves on more normal trees. Probably growing big and strong too because there sure was a lot of fertilizer inside that seed Card!!

:think:Was there some kind of city or something in that pic:hihi:? There's that flaw in my character again,, I think all I saw were those gorgeous outlying areas,, hills and trees and flowers and bee's all lookin like a picture post card tugging at my twitchin throttle twistin hand

You are one sneaky varmint Raggy:Bunny2:,,, I got this message in my Email: ""Get that thang away from me Raggy,, it gives me the creeps ---End Quote--- Sorry Puc, is this more to your liking?"" But when I came here to see what you were gonna show me to stop the nightmares I was having after seeing that other weird thang I found out I had been TRICKED!!

WOW ZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW:178:,, Tip, Tweeks and I GOTTA get back out to Arizona - SO MUCH TO SEE OUT THERE and biking is the ONLY way to go:clap2::clap2::dancefool: I saw so much endless soothing beauty in that rugged terrain it almost made me cry:sign green with env,,,, I also saw so many hidden camp spots that I had to stop counting:big-grin-emoticon: = BEAUTIFUL DAVID:clap2::thumbsup: Thanks my brother,, I needed that!!!

OUTSTANDING STORY RMAR:clap2:!! Any time a trail tale includes getting rid of some PMS by getting on the scoot, covering more miles than you expected - 148? FANTASTIC! , a little food and, BEST OF ALL - picking up the Grandson and you and Roxie taking him along for the ride - well THAT is just FABULOUS!! :dancefool: About the pics,, well,, because you were clearly apologetic and remorseful, this time there will be no citations issued by the VR Department BUT,, you might want to take a little time playing with getting pics posted because we wouldn't want give all our friends on the site the wrong impression by having set some form of precedence would we? Besides, ol Puc and Roxie aren't the ONLY ones counting on you Rmar,, so is that Grandson of yours (notice how I snuck that in there? Get the Grandchild involved - WORKS EVERYTIME :witch_brew:).. :lightbulb:If you cant figure it out just let us know, we are here to help!!

a varmint named Yammer Dan who we read about in a book called "The 7 Mystical Legends Of The USA". The rider laughed and said, I have heard of that character and think I may have even met him but I cant be sure because the Yammer Dan that I supposedly met wasn't even sure that he was

BEEEAUUUUTIFUL!!!:clap2: I see LOTS of potential for some exploratory chasing the front wheel in that pic Silv:7_2_104[1]:!! THANKS FOR THE PIC!!

coming soon

I have had problems like your talking about Larry and always came to the conclusion that its the world thats upside down - not me!! That 2nd Gen is GORGEOUS and I LOVE that look on your dogs face!!!!:dancefool:He has that look of "I agree with Puc,, it's the world that's upside down - now lets go outside and play!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way Lar,, if I had a bike like that it would DEFINITELY have a name!!

me too

Sounds like a BLAST you guys:clap2:!!! Someday Tip, Tweeks and I would LOVE to make this one:thumbsup: and meet more California mavericks:7_2_104[1]:!! Gotta say though,,, them Shuttlebugs - they should know,,, :big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon:

SOUNDS LIKE A BLAST!! How big is the Motorhome Ben? And how old are your childern?

Cowpuc has

I like it, it comes prestickered:Laugh:!!

This would work.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bandaid-Bumper-Sticker-Window-Decal-11-x-3-/161919038271?hash=item25b320733f:g:O9UAAOSw1S9WcDfs I LOVE this one brother.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-Bumper-Sticker-with-sayings-quotes-Vinyl-Awareness-Window-Decal-3-x11-/272106683377?hash=item3f5ad27bf1:g:3lcAAOSwFqJWme4r If it aint the truth.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Im-Diagonally-Parked-in-a-Parallel-Universe-bumper-sticker-11-Northern-Sun-NEW-/252013546394?hash=item3aad2d8b9a:g:DhAAAOSwPcVVlADU If all else fails.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gun-Control-Bumper-Sticker-THE-2ND-AMENDMENT-IS-IN-PLACE-3-X-11-/290883508838?hash=item43ba021a66:g:7FUAAMXQTghRSkrg