RoadGliding

Monument Valley is where many Classic John Wayne westerns were filmed.
Including my favorite The Searchers.

Arches and Canyonlands are located around Moab, Utah and they are Spectacular !
Especially Canyonlands !

Later, we also went down to Marco Island in Southern Florida. Then we hit New Orleans on our way back.

We had a great time and took some really cool pictures.

I hope to get some more great shots on our upcoming trip to Hawaii.
We will be on Oahu and Maui.

It’s during whale season and we hope to get up close and personal with Moby Dick !

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Finally we pull into our hotel and kick back for a few.

This hotel was modeled after something you would see on Route 66.
Small mom and pop joint with an old Studebaker parked out front of the Office. Along with 2 old gas pumps that were really electric chargers.
Pretty Cool !
And to top it off they had a old time Neon Sign out front, just like you were riding on Route 66.

After we washed off the road dust, I contqcted my friend and we set off for downtown Salida to check out some of the cool shops in thier Art Distirct.

The Arkansas river runs along the north end of the town and there is a great restaurant that sits right on the bank.

What’s really neat about is that the current there is really fast and there are alot of people rafting, boogie boarding, and paddle boarding.
Right next to were we were eating !

It was really great seeing my friend again.

We haven’t seen each other in over 30 years. We went to the same elementary school and later traveled around together for many years with a band.
After the band broke up we lost touch until we reconnected on Facebook.

I am looking forward to doing some offroading with my new truck. Gonna start easy and work up to some really difficult trails

Can’t wait till our Sturgis trip begins.
Should be riding for two weeks on our bkes
Really looking forward to it

There is a lot of great rides going to and around Sturgis !
Check out my Website https://roadgliding.com/
for more cool Rides

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My new truck hauled our trailer and motorcycles up the Rockies with no problem at all !!!
I even had to slow down going up to the Eisenhower Tunnelat the continental divide.
Pretty Sweet !

It has taken a few days to get moved into our condo and to acclimate to living over 9000 ft.
Although it takes a while to get right, once you do, it feels great.

We are spending the first few days checking out the places around Copper Mtn that we really enjoy.
Like Frisco, Breckenridge, Dillon, and Vail.

We will be riding our motorcycles to Salida, Co. A really cool Artsy Town not too far from Copper Mtn.
Although it’s not too far, the ride is fantastic.

Also, going to meet a friend there that I haven’t seen in over 40 years.
Can’t wait.

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First of all, it was an amazing trip with many great spots that were just plain cool!
They were just as different as they were beautiful and it is hard to decide which was the best.
However, our time in Bora Bora with the over the water bungalow was just too sweet. The water colors and the amazing scenery, along with the how well we were treated at the resort. Just blew us away !!!

So, if you are ever want trip to paradise…

Like I said before, all the places we visited were totally different and that was the case with New Zealand and Australia.
The grass covered rolling hills and the snow covered mountain vistas of New Zea

land were sic !! Along with the Glaciers and the Fiords, New Zealand was as spectacular as advertised ! Truly a beautiful country !

We only got to see the east coast of Australia. We only had

2 weeks and Australia is very large, so we hit the some of the more iconic areas.
Sydney harbor with the famous Opera House, Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road.

At least we thought so…

As we boarded the plane we could not wait to get to our seats to see if our great plan would work.

Yeah Right !!

When we rounded the bulkhead we were met by a gentleman sitting right in the middle seat.

Okay, we thought, we’ll just ask him if would like the aisle seat and with the bulkhead seats we still had a lot of legroom. Not so Bad.

Yeah Right !!

This was going to be a long flight,13 hrs, and with the in flight entertainment we had plenty of movies to watch and I also had a book to read. Should be an easy ride.

Yeah Right !!

After a couple of hours on the plane and dinner, our traveling companion got a suitcase down from storage and informed us that he was going to set up his

“C-Pac” machine so he could get some sleep.
Then he requested a bassonet holder to be attached to the bulkhead to hold his device.

This really made the trip very uncomfortable.

The bassonet holder was positioned in the middle of our three seats and really restricted our space.
The funny thing about this, was that he really did not get a whole lot of sleep during the flight.
His machine only served to irritate his fellow passengers.

We promised ourselves after the flight, that we would never book a long flight that did not have 2 seats by themselves.

We finally landed in LA, but we still had another 3 hour flight to get back to KC and home.

We had a awesome trip but we were really ready to get back to our own beds.

It was a long trek and lots of great memories. The experience and the 3,000+ pictures I took will take alot of time to sort out !.

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The Gold Coast is a metroplitan area known for its long sandy beaches, surfing, cool inland canals and beautiful highrise condos. And the area was exactly as advertised.

The beaches were golden and the water was a intense green. The waves were looking pretty good and there were several surfers really cutting them up.

The coast was lined with tall gleaming highrise condos. We were able to go to the top of one and get some great views of the entire Gold Coast.

On the way back to Brisbane, we took an cool inland route around Tamborine Mtn. That offered some amazing views.

The Gold Coast was a very beauitful and a great way to end our stay in Brisbane.

Sadly, we will be flying back to Sydney for one more night in Australia.

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