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HA! so, I google searched the flower you posted there and it came back: "best guess: flower". No kidding. Guess google doesn't know everything. Yet.
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anyone go for a ride today? Pics?
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Got into Muskegon, and down to the beach area as the sun was about to go behind clouds on the horizon, so no real sunset, but some color
A Harley rider stopped by there also. Was a friendly chatty guy, said he got the new bike for his retirement after having old bikes for a long time. He used to work here in my town back before I lived here so had somethings to chatt about. Seemed like a nice guy, said he wanted to keep the stock exhaust.
He was surprized to see that my bike was a Suzuki and then was more surprised when I told him it is an 82, then he wanted to take a better look,
Oh, a shaft drive he says, and Oh, four carburetors, he says
I could have gone for more of a ride. But I was enjoying not having any time contstraint, so just hung out there, chatting,.....
then the sun did peek thru a space in the cloud cover just above the horizon.
He stepped away to get picture of the sunset over the water.
I said "Here, let me get a picture for you of you and your bike and the sunset... so your picture is your picture, not like the other folks here tonight getting out of thier cars." He thought that was a good idea.
He offered to take my picture.
THis time of year, full sunset is almost 10pm here (on far west end of the time zone).
Got home about 10:30pm. SO had about a 5 hour adventure. Should do that more. Only about 120 miles, but enjoyable.
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A Harley rider stopped by there also. Was a friendly chatty guy, said he got the new bike for his retirement after having old bikes for a long time. He used to work here in my town back before I lived here so had somethings to chatt about. Seemed like a nice guy, said he wanted to keep the stock exhaust.
He was surprized to see that my bike was a Suzuki and then was more surprised when I told him it is an 82, then he wanted to take a better look,
Oh, a shaft drive he says, and Oh, four carburetors, he says
I could have gone for more of a ride. But I was enjoying not having any time contstraint, so just hung out there, chatting,.....
then the sun did peek thru a space in the cloud cover just above the horizon.
He stepped away to get picture of the sunset over the water.
I said "Here, let me get a picture for you of you and your bike and the sunset... so your picture is your picture, not like the other folks here tonight getting out of thier cars." He thought that was a good idea.
He offered to take my picture.
THis time of year, full sunset is almost 10pm here (on far west end of the time zone).
Got home about 10:30pm. SO had about a 5 hour adventure. Should do that more. Only about 120 miles, but enjoyable.
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My guess would some form of Tiger Lilly, some swamp/marsh variety, Marsh Tiger Lilly, is good enough guess for me.
That (and the deer) , just a short ways south of where when going east on River Road and turns north onto Holton-DuckLakeRd, but go south. Little Cedar Creek I see on map. Somewhat intersting place to stopp for a while... but, hey, you are in such an enviroment a lot on a routine basis.
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My darling and I hit the road today for a few hours, local mountain roads. Planned about 45 miles, and ended up going about 80.
At one point we were rolling along and we were at an intersection and there was a century old abandoned institution just sitting right there. Boarded windows and mowed lawns. We followed the driveway around back to the main entrance and parked. Every window was broken, the shattered glass right there on the pavement, and occasionally doors yawned wide open. We glanced in and saw old wallpaper and flaky paint and collapsed ceiling tiles and fallen CAUTION tape. I don't know a LOT about old buildings, but I had a stone church once that needed tuckpointing, and this sandstone building had mortar in excellent condition.
I pull up the google on my phone and we find that we are at the abandoned Morris Memorial Hospital, which was built in the 1930s to care for young polio patients. When polio got eradicated in the 60s the building and grounds was deeded to the local town of Milton WV, and it was turned into a nursing home and residence. At some point it housed nearly 200 people, but as of ten years ago it housed two dozen or less, and they closed in 2009.
It's eerie. You could easily walk in and around, although you'd be trespassing, maybe charged with B&E, I don't know, if you were caught.
Here's one link about the place. And here's another, and one more.
My bike is centered in the left half of the B&W photo:
Morris Memorial Hospital, Milton WV by Kerry Bart, on Flickr
Morris Memorial Hospital, Milton WV by Kerry Bart, on Flickr
At one point we were rolling along and we were at an intersection and there was a century old abandoned institution just sitting right there. Boarded windows and mowed lawns. We followed the driveway around back to the main entrance and parked. Every window was broken, the shattered glass right there on the pavement, and occasionally doors yawned wide open. We glanced in and saw old wallpaper and flaky paint and collapsed ceiling tiles and fallen CAUTION tape. I don't know a LOT about old buildings, but I had a stone church once that needed tuckpointing, and this sandstone building had mortar in excellent condition.
I pull up the google on my phone and we find that we are at the abandoned Morris Memorial Hospital, which was built in the 1930s to care for young polio patients. When polio got eradicated in the 60s the building and grounds was deeded to the local town of Milton WV, and it was turned into a nursing home and residence. At some point it housed nearly 200 people, but as of ten years ago it housed two dozen or less, and they closed in 2009.
It's eerie. You could easily walk in and around, although you'd be trespassing, maybe charged with B&E, I don't know, if you were caught.
Here's one link about the place. And here's another, and one more.
My bike is centered in the left half of the B&W photo:
Morris Memorial Hospital, Milton WV by Kerry Bart, on Flickr
Morris Memorial Hospital, Milton WV by Kerry Bart, on Flickr
Buildings that have done good and which could still be doing good but are abandoned always make me sad.
Great pics.
Great pics.
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went for an exploring ride and brought the slr along too:
Is there no end??
At the end of Tuesday's ride I noticed a pronounced clunking and movement of the fairing when hitting bumps. I thought maybe my repair of the frame mounting boss last year failed, but it was fine, so I put it ouf of my mind.
Same clunking during yesterday's ride. Got home and found the source. Seems to be a weak point. I have another that came previously repaired, The parts bike bracket is not broken, but shows signs of stress.
I know old bikes are not for the faint of heart or wrench, but this is getting old.
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20170708_064534 by Glenn Brenner, on Flickr
At the end of Tuesday's ride I noticed a pronounced clunking and movement of the fairing when hitting bumps. I thought maybe my repair of the frame mounting boss last year failed, but it was fine, so I put it ouf of my mind.
Same clunking during yesterday's ride. Got home and found the source. Seems to be a weak point. I have another that came previously repaired, The parts bike bracket is not broken, but shows signs of stress.
I know old bikes are not for the faint of heart or wrench, but this is getting old.
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20170708_064534 by Glenn Brenner, on Flickr
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Hitting the dirt
20170708_134909 by Rob Ert, on Flickr
20170708_135238 by Rob Ert, on Flickr
20170708_135419 by Rob Ert, on Flickr
Great day riding with friends. Can't beat that scenery.....
2017-07-09_09-39-24 by Rob Ert, on Flickr
20170708_134909 by Rob Ert, on Flickr20170708_135238 by Rob Ert, on Flickr20170708_135419 by Rob Ert, on FlickrGreat day riding with friends. Can't beat that scenery.....
2017-07-09_09-39-24 by Rob Ert, on Flickr
No. Just different time between such events.
I assume you mean the scenery behind you guys.
Oh.... Hi Trev.
Everyone says you should clear your head before getting on the bike instead of getting on the bike to clear your head. I think after my recent get off at Brown County I can now fully attest to the former and I ensured I did that today. However, I honestly feel that riding helps you relax even more so.
After working out a minor clutch issue yesterday and waiting on the two younger teenagers to get off work this afternoon, I ran out west towards Oxford Oh for my first ride in a month. I still need to work through the sore neck and am doing so with help of massage therapy but I really enjoyed the 120 miles I put in.
During the ride I passed three different covered bridges but I haven't been to this one, Black Covered Bridge, in a few years. It seems there's some damage to the supports though as there are signs stating it's under repair and closed to all foot traffic.
Black Bridge 2017 Ride by Scott Baker, on Flickr
Black Bridge Sign Back 2017 by Scott Baker, on Flickr
Black Bridge Sign Front 2017 by Scott Baker, on Flickr
After working out a minor clutch issue yesterday and waiting on the two younger teenagers to get off work this afternoon, I ran out west towards Oxford Oh for my first ride in a month. I still need to work through the sore neck and am doing so with help of massage therapy but I really enjoyed the 120 miles I put in.
During the ride I passed three different covered bridges but I haven't been to this one, Black Covered Bridge, in a few years. It seems there's some damage to the supports though as there are signs stating it's under repair and closed to all foot traffic.
Black Bridge 2017 Ride by Scott Baker, on FlickrBlack Bridge Sign Back 2017 by Scott Baker, on FlickrBlack Bridge Sign Front 2017 by Scott Baker, on Flickr
Thanks for the reminder, Scott.
Good to see that you have gotten back out. Bike repaired, new helmet and all.
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I was out working out the kinks on my newly acquired '81 1100EX and decided to photobomb my buddies bike shop.
MOrning ride.
Went past the long-ago-closed race track near Muskegon.
5 lane entrance, to three big huge parking lots -- empty -- with weeds growing thru the asphalt.
Made a strange scene to ride around in .
THis is one of the three big parking lots.
Rode around out of town, and then back into town, and down by beach.
Lot of cars and activity down there, Sand Soccer tournament or something.
Found a quite scene around the corner.
THings to do at home, before gets too hot, so short ride.
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Went past the long-ago-closed race track near Muskegon.
5 lane entrance, to three big huge parking lots -- empty -- with weeds growing thru the asphalt.
Made a strange scene to ride around in .
THis is one of the three big parking lots.
Rode around out of town, and then back into town, and down by beach.
Lot of cars and activity down there, Sand Soccer tournament or something.
Found a quite scene around the corner.
THings to do at home, before gets too hot, so short ride.
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I rode to a meeting yesterday at 3 PM. I needed to get the bike out, but hot damn tamale, Ahab: I lost four pounds by the time I got home at 5:30. I need to get up and not online and go for an early morning ride when it's only 80 out.
My wife and daughter and I caravan-ed on a shopping trip on Thursday. My daughter took this maybe an hour before the torrential downpour.
We passed a tire yard. It must be an acre at least.
Here's a satellite picture, with an arrow showing about where I took my picture:
We passed a tire yard. It must be an acre at least.
Here's a satellite picture, with an arrow showing about where I took my picture:
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I usually just go hang out at the bike shop I go to. The mechanic loves to talk, and I've learned quite a bit from that. Amazing how 34 years of technology produce such strikingly different bikes.
900F and GSXR by David Bigelow, on Flickr
900F and GSXR by David Bigelow, on Flickr