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It is starting to feel more and more like the Colorado I have come to known. This morning when I woke up it was 43°. However the high is supposed to be 83°, but not until 3-4 PM. I will be heading to Gunnison, whose current temp is at 30° with a high of 74° around 5 PM. Looks like I will be bundled up! Even though it said 43°, I passed some farm land with the sprinklers on and it was a winter wonderland of ICE...last I checked it does not do that at 43°. Today had some good scenery, but bad luck. One of the pull offs that I stopped at, I dropped the bike. I bought it with damage on the guards on that side, so don't know that any more has been done but honestly haven't looked it over much. Next I noticed a couple of nice scratches on the tank, don't know where they came from and doesn't look like I could just buff them out. Leaving Black Canyon, the GoPro memory was full and got to see my first actual wildlife. There was a herd of about 12 Elk, assuming, they weren...

It is official, I am going to the H.O.G. Rally to Colorado & Black Canyon! I have my pre-trip booked and planned out, as it currently stands going to be about 14 hours and 932 miles, of a car ride with a trailer. I have chosen to trailer for a couple of reasons, saves on vacation, leaves me rested and ready for the actual ride, and that was the condition of being able to go :). A deal that I was more than willing to make to get to see CO and the Black Canyon again, on a bike. The bike is going to make for a great trip, taking advantages of all the twists and turns, I visited almost 2 years ago, Oct 2016. With everything booked and ready, it is only March and I'm losing sleep planning for this wonderful adventure! I have ordered the Butler Map of Colorado  to add to my collection of Regional Maps for the Ozarks, that I have been extremely happy with. Looking through the map we are hitting a lot of the suggested roads, making my anticipation grow. Pre-rally, I'm hoping to hit...

So I have a Touring HOG Rally in September that sounds like a lot of fun. Right now I'm in the planning phase, but looks like it's going to happen! Below are the details and a reference link for anyone interested. Outside the Rally, it is going to be an additional 2 days on the front and back for travel from AR to CO, unless I trailer, then I can probably just add an additional one day front and back. Either way it will make for some long days. RALLY DETAILS Four days, three nights: Denver, Glenwood Springs, and Gunnison, CO The Black Canyon H.O.G. Rally presents the Rocky Mountains in all their majesty. Spend a fun night in the Mile-High City before climbing into the mountains toward Glenwood Springs. Your second day offers a very special treat - a ride through the thrilling Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, over two million years in the making. Several canyons of the American West are longer and some are deeper, but none combines the depth, sheerness, narrowness,...