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Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
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Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

World traveler, Hash House Harrier, and Harley enthusiast...not necessarily in that order. Meer informatie🇺🇸Cincinnati
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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2025 Taco Run & MCGTTXNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    MCGTTX Day 1

    13 april 2025, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F

    I had a nice ride today, short and hot, but good. I didn't leave the hotel until about 0930, which was just fine with me.

    Before I knew it, I was in Amarillo where I stopped to see the Slug Bugs, which is like a smaller Cadillac Ranch. Then I headed up to Kansas to see Dorothy's House from the movie "Wizard of Oz." Pretty cool.

    I was headed back south through Guymon, OK, when I saw a bunch of name brand hotels. I pulled over to see what one would cost for the night and....

    One thing I learned from my Hoka Hey challenge in 2022 is that when you're tired, you ALWAYS put your kick stand down when you stop, even if it's just for a few seconds.

    So today, really hot and really tired, when I pulled over to check hotel prices, I put my kick stand down. Good thing, too, because then I forgot to put it in neutral before I let go of the clutch. So, because of a habit, instead of falling over when I popped the clutch, I just fell on the kick stand. Yay!

    That clutch pop sealed the deal on staying here for the night, and so I am now sitting in a sports bar having a meal before crashing...into a bed.

    It really was a good day.

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2025 Taco Run & MCGTTXNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
    Couple of goodies left on my bike 🤣

    Tacos With Friends

    12 april 2025, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    What a great day we had today at Small Mountain Street Tacos! Got to see lots of Hoka Hey riders and met several new ones getting ready for 2026.

    As always, the tacos were the bomb! I had the shrimp, coconut shrimp, chicken mango, and ground beef. 🤤🤤🤤 Delicious!!

    It was also cool to see all the bikes with long-distance mods, like in the attached pics.

    The only downside to today was that the tiny town of Medicine Park also had a Volkswagon car show/gathering, which crammed waaay too many vehicles into the narrow streets with very little parking. But Susan found a spot for her trike, and I was able to park by the Harley store, so it worked out.

    We headed back to the hotel just after 14:00. After a short rest, we walked across the street to the same Mexican restaurant we went to last year for a few drinks, then had a nice meal at McAllister's Deli down the street. Back to the hotel, and we were both in bed before 21:00 🤣.

    Great day!!

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2025 Taco Run & MCGTTXNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
    Small Mountain TacosDiamondback HD, Medicine Park OK

    I Did It!!

    11 april 2025, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 63 °F

    I have arrived in Medicine Park OK after a grueling 1,619-mile ride over 34 hours (26 hours riding time)!!!

    We left Susan's house a bit after 0400 this morning and beelined South along I-55 to the Lynyrd Skynyrd Memorial, one of HOG's 15 Rides for 2025. Then we backtracked up to I-20, soon swooping over the top of Shreveport and up to Texarkana and I-30. Then it was on through Paris, TX, through the Choctaw Nation, and on to I-40, which took us into Oklahoma City. Our last leg was dropping South to pop out in Medicine Park. Awesome day!!!

    10 Apr 25, 13:00: Starting mileage 26,305
    10 Apr 25, 20:30: Arrived friend's home
    11 Apr 25, 04:00: Departed friend's home
    11 Apr 25, 22:00. Ending mileage 27,924 😁

    I'm exhausted. Going to crash now.

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2025 Taco Run & MCGTTXNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    At My Friend's

    10 april 2025, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F

    I made it to my friend's home north of Memphis in about 8 hours. Other than the truckers not looking before they change lanes, the interstates were pretty smooth.

    Unfortunately, I hit some scattered showers at the Kentucky - Tennessee State line, and they stuck with me all afternoon, but I didn't soaked. Yay! I could see the last squall coming at me just east of Jackson, TN, so I stopped at a Love's Truck Stop for some food while it poured down for about 5 minutes. Great timing! 👍

    We're up at 03:30 to leave by 04:00. Next stop: Lynyrd Skynyrd Memorial, then Medicine Park, OK!

    ✌️

    493 miles so far on the bike odometer.    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2025 Taco Run & MCGTTXNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    BunBurner 1500 Attempt...For Tacos!

    10 april 2025, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

    At just after 13:00 Cincinnati time I will begin my first attempt at riding 1,500 miles in 36 hours, which is affectionately called a BunBurner 1500 😉.

    You can follow my progress here:
    https://spotwalla.com/trip/59ef-3c6889a-5554/view#

    After achieving this, the plan is to complete the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas over the next two weeks, pick up a few of HOG's 15 Rides for 2025, and stop at as many HD dealerships as I can without going too far out of the way. 🤔 Is Colorado too far? 🤣

    Huge bonus...I get to see my brother and sister-in-law on Easter!

    Wish me luck!!

    ✌️

    P.S.: I've added links below to these different challenges, if you dare 😈

    Motorcycling Rule #1:
    🚫WHINING🚫

    - Iron Butt Association: https://www.ironbutt.com/

    - MCGTTX: https://motorcyclegrandtouroftexas.com/

    - HOG Ride365: https://members.harley-davidson.com/HOG/HDMN_Ri…    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat BonetarHashing With The PharoahsNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    Glad I came, but really glad to leave

    16 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ 🌙 48 °F

    We are finally leaving this shit hole. More to follow, and I'll add a couple of footprints about earlier days, but our trip is over. Thank god.

    I will never come back here. Ever.

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat BonetarHashing With The PharoahsNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    Finally Resting

    14 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F

    John and I have been sick with terrible head colds for several days now. I know it's partially because we got very little rest during this last week 😡.

    We only got out of bed on the 13th to get a late lunch, then it was straight back to bed until today. We plan to hit a pharmacy in walking distance to get some meds tomorrow.

    Now, it's back to bed.    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat BonetarHashing With The PharoahsNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    The Longest Day

    13 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ 🌙 57 °F

    Alarm at 0345. Must have eaten something bad because I was throwing up. John went on the hot air balloon with the others while I went back to sleep.

    I had just gotten up when they got back at 0730, and we had be out of our cabins by 0800. We had the foresight to pack last night, so no problem. Luggage out then a delicate breakfast before sitting around until the bus left. First it was going to leave at 0900, then the organizer pushed it to 0930, which meant we didn't leave until 1000. But had to leave our luggage in the reception area on the boat (not secured).

    Valley of the Kings. Finally we weren't rushed to see everything. Well, not everything. Your entry ticket gets you entry to only 3 tombs, and you must buy separate tickets for King Tut, Ramses V&VI and Seti I. But what we saw was absolutely incredible. The colors that remain on the wall are stunning. I can only imagine how gorgeous they must have been when first created.

    Afterwards, we went to the tour guide's family's Alabaster shop so they could sell us more crap.

    Fortunately, we had a delicious lunch at Restaurant Paris (best meal of trip).

    Then it was back to ship to sit for over 3 hours 🤬.

    At around 1800, we finally left the boat for Luxor Airport. Our original flight was at 1950, but apparently we all were bumped to the later to the 2130 flight. The organizer didn't bother to tell us that.

    We landed at Cairo and it was 2330 by the time we retrieved our luggage and got on the bus. We left one lady at the airport because she had a flight, and she will eat the hotel room she paid for 🤬.

    We finally got to the hotel, where no alcohol was allowed and no food or drink allowed to be brought in 😱. It was a clusterfuck trying to get us all checked in, yet again 🤬. We just got to our room (almost 0100) 😭, but many folks will only get a couple of hours rest before they have to get back on the bus to go to the airport for their follow-on trip to Morrocco 🤬.

    This Hash trip is over, and we are finally done with the organizer and the tour company.

    Absolutely terrible 🤬🤬🤬.    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat BonetarHashing With The PharoahsNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
    Ramses II's temple at Abu Simbel
    Corn and wheat irrigated from the NileSarab, The Desert Mirage coffee shop 🤣Pigeon roostSand, rock, and more sandThe view from our cabin

    Abu Simbel

    10 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ 🌙 72 °F

    We were up at 0300 and ready to get on the bus with our box breakfasts at 0330. I put in my earbuds and was immediately back asleep, but John wasn't as lucky. We were about 30 minutes late leaving (yet again).

    The bus stopped once about 2.5 hours later at another milk the tourists bathroom and coffee "shop." We spent about half an hour there, then arrived at Abu Simbel at 0900 (an hour late).

    We were given only until 1030 to experience the two temples. Our guide explained how important the departure time was because we had to be back at 1400 for lunch and so the boat could depart. (Hold that thought.)

    The two temples are simply stunning. Ramses II's tribute to his wife Nefertari is a wonder in itself, but knowing UNESCO actually MOVED these temples in their entirety is even more incredulous than the pyramids.

    Read more here:
    https://egymonuments.gov.eg/en/archaeological-s…

    I could have stayed all day, but time was short, and it was important not to be late. We got back to the bus at 1025, and everyone was ready to leave on time. Except the tour guide, who brought trinkets on the bus to sell for a woman standing outside 🤦. We didn't get rolling until after 1100 🤬.

    We were slowly making our way back, and obviously not going to get back by 1400, but at least we were moving. Then our accompanying van ran out of gas 🤦. Very luckily, it stopped not very far from the only gas station for 100 miles, but the whole episode cost us almost another hour 🤬.

    We got back to the boat at about 1530, but it had repositioned, so it looked like we missed it 😲 😡. We found it though, and they still had the lunch buffet going 👏. John opted out of lunch for a rest in the room; he got almost no sleep on the bus.

    We got underway while I was eating. I was looking forward to sunset on the pool deck while we were moving downstream, but I got back to the room and decided to take a shower, which made me really tired. I laid on the bed and haven't gotten up yet...not even to visit Kom Ombu Temple where we've just arrived. I'm really glad John went, but I'm just too tired.

    Read more here:
    https://egymonuments.gov.eg/en/monuments/kom-om…

    He should be back in an hour or so, then we plan to grab dinner. The alarm is set for 0445 😭, so I know I won't be hanging out tonight 😔.

    Another great day because of the sites, but really frustrating 😞.    Meer informatie

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    Peaceful Day

    9 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ 🌙 64 °F

    We had a very nice late wake-up at 0800, followed by a lovely buffet breakfast. We chose not to go with most of the group at 1000 to visit an essential oils store, so we were able to stay in the room an extra hour to relax.

    At 1100, the bus was running over half an hour behind schedule...shocking. We were picked up with our luggage around 1145 and dropped off with our luggage 5 minutes later and less than half a mile away. We could've easily walked instead of being worried about being late 🤦.

    Because of the way things have been going, John and I also decided not to go to the Nubian village with most of the others. They left as soon as lunch was over, while we sent an invite for drinks in our room 😁. A couple of folks popped in, then everyone pretty much drifted up to the pool deck where we hung out until dark.

    At 1830 and just as the big group was getting back, another Harriette and I laid ADHD H3 Run #2 through the boat, out on the docks where John had a shot stop for them, then back through the boat ending on the pool deck. A short but meaningful circle ensued, and we had another great evening.

    After a beautiful buffet dinner and hilarious conversation, we made it back to our cabin and are just going to sleep. We're hating the 0300 alarm already 😭.    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat BonetarHashing With The PharoahsNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
    For Sale Or Rent, Just John, and SmartarseRoom 609 😲View from room 609!

    ON-ON to Aswan

    8 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    At 0330 this morning 😭, we left the beautiful Hilton Heliopolis Cairo and jumped on a plane. By 0800, we had landed in Aswan 😁.

    We loaded the bus, then drove over and walked around the High Dam. After visiting the Hoover Dam, it wasn't so impressive. However, it's creation and resulting Lake Nassar (the largest man-made lake in the world, according to our guide) meant UNESCO had to move 14 Egyptian temples to keep them from being submerged, which Egypt would not have done on its own 😥. As a result, five temples are now located in other countries, including one in New York City.

    One that remains in Egypt is Philae Temple, the temple of Isis. Badly vandalized when Christianity swept across the region, and even graffitied by Napoleon's troops, it was still a glorious site to behold 😲.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae_temple_com…

    After about an hour at the temple, we arrived at our hotel around 1330 😲😲😲. Holy cow how amazing!!!! We were straight to the pool, which was icy cold. John loved it, but I couldn't catch my breath 🤣. We settled poolside with a few beers and we're relaxing when a Hasher explained he was.going to lay a trail 😲. Yay! Hashing by the Nile at last!

    At 1630, about 30 of us showed up for the "run," which was a short walk around the hotel grounds with one drink stop (gin and tonic 🤤) and the ON-IN at someone's room 🤣. It was so much fun! Huge thanks to Smartarse and For Sale Or Rent for haring the inaugural Aswan Dam Happy Days Hash House Harriers (ADHD H3) 👏👏👏!!

    After that, it was a few more beers then delicious dinner at the hotel, followed by a well-earned sleep (albeit on a rock-hard mattress 🤣).

    We don't have to be up at the crack of dawn, so we're looking forward to a bit of a lie-in for a change 😌.

    Good day 👍.    Meer informatie

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    Giza Plateau & Egyptian Museum of Cairo

    7 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F

    OMG OMG OMG. Today was a day of dreams come true...mostly.

    We left the hotel at 0800 bound for the Giza Plateau. At 0930 we had entered the park with the Pyramids 😲! 45 minutes later, we were still standing there, still looking at the big one while the guide was still talking 🤬. I interrupted and demanded to be let loose to go inside, and at 1015 we were given 45 minutes to walk around the huge area, including the time to climb up inside the big one 🤬.

    The inside was very bare with no hieroglyphics, just as I knew it would be. I didn't know, however, how humid it would be, so I was sweating pretty good by the time we had scrambled to the one inner chamber you're allowed to enter. A few pics and amazement at the expertise it took to construct such an edifice 😲, then we were down again.

    Knowing that the Sphinx was visible from the overlook 😲, I and about 10 other Hashers quickly headed down the side of the big one to get a quick pic before going back to the bus. The Tourism Security Officer escorting our group decided he would single me out to yell at, then graciously allowed me to go take my pic before herding us back 🤬. I did ❤️, we did ❤️, and we all got back to the bus before the tour guide 🤬.

    We drove up to an overlook behind the three pyramids for most people to ride camels (we didn't), buy trinkets (we didn't), and take pictures with all 3 pyramids visible (we most certainly did 😲).

    Then we were down to the Sphinx 😲 where we had 30 minutes to walk around a tiny area 🤬. Everyone was back to the bus early, and we were off to a shop where they showed us how to make papyrus paper, then tried to sell us everything we could carry 🤬. John and I were the first one out of the door.

    At 1330 it was finally time for lunch...at the worst place ever 🤬. They took us to a floating restaurant on the Nile 😲, which would have been awesome if the food had been what they said it would be and we didn't have to pay twice what it cost on their menu 🤬. I refused to eat or pay for the food, but I did have an amazing snack with the bus driver in the road outside. Half a pita lined with a type of creamy cheese and stuffed with a hard-boiled egg and a couple of tomato chunks 🤤. The men didn't even make me pay for it 😲.

    It was 1500 when we left "lunch" with everyone bitching and still hungry, but very soon we were across the river and at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo 😲.

    When we arrived, we were given only one hour to see the entire two-story museum 🤬, so I asked someone how to get to the one display you absolutely must see...King Tut 😲😲😲.

    King Tutankhamun's funeral mask and burial items are on display here 😲. How absolutely jaw-dropping incredible 😲. I actually verged on tears looking at the mask 😲. I couldn't take pictures, but the link below tells about him and may have pictures (I haven't listened yet).

    https://m.soundcloud.com/tutankhamun-be/sets/ht…

    Then it was back to the bus. Another drive and we arrived at another boat, a Felucca (with motor not sail), where we met some of the Cairo H3 Hashers for an hour tour of the river 😲. Most everyone had to pee first, so we had to dodge traffic to get across the street and into the Four Seasons, then go through the x-ray machines, then queue for the toilets, then go back across the street to the boats 🤬. Needless to say, we didn't leave the dock until almost dark, but still had a decent time even with nothing to drink or eat 😥.

    We got back to the hotel at 1900 after some serious discussions with the tour guides 🤬, but just in time for happy hour in the Executive Lounge where they have food and drinks for free 😁. A beer, some nosh, and some more bitching with the group, then John and I were off to the room to pack.

    We leave the hotel at 0330 in the morning 😭 for our flight to Aswan. Wish us luck 🤞!    Meer informatie

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    Friday Is A Hashing Day

    6 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F

    Today, we had a slow start, not leaving the hotel until noon. An hour later, the Cairo Hash House Harriers graciously took us on trail in Wadi Degla, a former ocean now desert set aside as a sort of park or recreation area. This was John's first hash run, so he and the other "virgins" were "inducted" into the Hash 🤣🤣.

    We got back to the hotel around 1700, where we cleaned up and met in the pub for happy hour. Many of the group got back on the bus to go to the Ace Club for the On After party, but we decided to stay at the hotel. We didn't stay out very late, though, because in the morning we are visiting one of the top tourist spots in the world...the Pyramids!!!!    Meer informatie

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    Museums & Dinner on the Nile

    5 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

    A dozen of us left the hotel at 1030 (an hour late) to visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum. Between the two we had a very rushed but delicious buffet lunch. We were so far behind schedule that we practically ran through the GEM, which I truly could've spent all day in 😥. Both museums were excellent.

    At 1615 we were on our way back to the hotel; we were over an hour away and supposed to be there at 1630 🤦. Because we were late, the 40 of us were late leaving the hotel to make it to our dinner cruise another hour away, but luckily they held the boat for us. Another buffet and a terrific show, in which John got to play a little part. What a good sport!

    Then we were back to the hotel for drinks and fellowship. The last group member finally arrived around midnight!! The trip officially begins tomorrow!!!    Meer informatie

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    Friends Everywhere

    4 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F

    Today John took a tour to Alexandria. I wanted a sim card, so hung until the shop down the street opened, picked one up, then grabbed a chicken shwarma on the way back for lunch.

    After a short rest, I grabbed an Uber to visit an old friend who now lives in Cairo. We last saw each other when he and his family came to my retirement ceremony in 2018.

    I got back to the hotel at 1800 and several of us met for drinks. John's tour didn't get back until 1900, then about 10 of us had dinner at the hotel's Lebanese restaurant. Yum!

    We called it an early night to try to get on the local time schedule and kick the jet lag. Hopefully we'll sleep well tonight.

    So long (for now), and thanks for all the MOSQUES! ✌️    Meer informatie

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    Top of the bucket list!

    3 december 2024, Egypte ⋅ 🌙 63 °F

    John and I left Cincinnati yesterday at 1100 in 18°F 🥶. We had a lengthy layover in Chicago, then took an overnight flight to London. With only an hour and 15-minute layover, I thought we would miss our connection, but everything went very smoothly and we made the flight to Cairo with time to spare.

    The tour operator met us right as we came off the plane and guided 6 of us through immigration, baggage claim, and customs. Easy!

    We got to the Hilton Cairo Heliopolis around 1900.

    TBC...    Meer informatie

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    That's All, Folks

    1 december 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 30 °F

    My riding season has officially come to a close. The bikes, Luci and Michael, are already safely tucked away out of the weather and appreciative of a long recuperation. Meanwhile, I'm settling into the Northern Kentucky area for winter...although since today is the second straight day of below freezing temperatures, I am questioning my decision to live here 🤣.

    If you just want my stats, scroll to the bottom. What follows next is a recap of my season. Brief for me; probably not so brief for you 🤣.

    I had an incredible adventure this year. I left Cincinnati on 26 February bound for the San Francisco area. After getting snowed in both in Amarillo and north of Las Vegas, it was wonderful to arrive in sunny Cali, where I made my first Babes' Ride Out, then tootled around for about a month.

    On 29 March I attended the Spring Heat in Arizona HOG Touring Rally, which wasn't hot but did end in Phoenix. I didn't stay for Arizona Bike Week, though, because I high-tailed it to Austin for the eclipse weekend. What a party!

    I left Austin on 8 April, making a 3,700-mile loop of Texas and Louisiana to get to Oklahoma on 4/20 day and Small Mountain Street Tacos's Annual Taco Run and Hoka Hey meetup. Yeehaw!

    By 26 April, I was in Key West for the Conch Republic Independence Celebration. Thanks to my awesome friends who saved me a seat on the boat, I got to participate in the Great Sea Battle reenactment in the harbor and the surrender ceremony at the bar. Hell yeah!

    I arrived in Pensacola on 15 May, where I met up with old friends for the 9-day Tour of Valor HOG Touring Rally that finished in DC. How freakin' cool that was! Here's a video about it: https://youtu.be/qZqNLcDMILg?si=EBK8G_m_sY-Qgbr2

    The day after the rally ended, I was headed further northeast, but I lost the belt on the bike and had to UHaul her back to Cincinnati. Once back, I decided to rent an apartment there and hung out until my partner and I flew to Anchorage for the Last Frontier HOG Regional Rally. We both picked up our Alaska 50 Rides, One Nation photo, which was #50 for me 👍. We also grabbed one of the 10 Rides for 2024 photos...which meant I had better get off my butt and get the other nine down in the Lower 48.

    On 27 June, just three days after we got back from the Great White North, I picked up the bike and took off an aggressive run to complete the Pacific Northwest Grand Tour. Planned for 18,000 miles over 40 days at most, I made it 12,000 miles in 22 days until the bike became too unreliable to continue.

    By 20 July, I was back in Dallas with Luci the El Diablo in the shop. Less than a week later, I was riding my first Road Glide, a 2020 Limited I named Michael (an angel to balance my devil). And by the beginning of August I had ridden him back in Cincinnati, leaving Luci in good hands at Texas HD.

    A little rest and laundry, then on 10 August my partner and I hit hit the road together bound for New Hampshire for the East Meets West HOG Touring Rally a.k.a. Posse Ride. We took a week to get there and enjoyed most of the ride. [My partner will never ride in NYC again 🤣.]

    The Posse Ride began on 19 August and took us through (in order) NH, VT, MA, CT, NY, PA, MD, WV, KY, IL, MO, KS, CO, TX, NM, and AZ before we arrived in San Diego for Labor Day. 2,200 miles to get to the start and 5,100 miles to get to the end. Then 3,000 more miles to get us back to Cincinnati. "Epic" just doesn't do it justice.

    We left SoCal on 4 September, stopping at Tombstone, El Paso, Big Bend National Park, San Antonio, Dallas, and Memphis before making it back. I took the next month off the bike to just not be on the bike 🤣. But I still had one bike in the shop in Dallas, so I had to keep going.

    Because I wasn't sure if Luci would be up for it, I towed Michael to Texas so I would have at least one bike to ride for the Texas Independence HOG Touring Rally. So on 10 October, Michael and I began our final stretch. Over the next nine days, I wrapped up my entire riding season, then towed both bikes back to Cincinnati.

    By the time I got home, I was exhausted, elated, appreciative, surprised, and proud to have accomplished almost all of my riding goals for the year.

    Here are the stats:

    - Total miles on the bikes: 54,149 (Wyoming and Nebraska were the only two Lower 48 states I didn't touch.)

    - Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas: 50-Stop Finisher [50 of 50] (4th year in a row)
    - Pacific Northwest Grand Tour: Finisher [25 of 30 stops] (1st year)
    - HOG's 10 Rides for 2024: 10 of 10 (4th year in a row)
    - HOG's 50 Rides, One Nation: 50 of 50 (completed 2021-2024)
    - HD Dealership Check-In Challenge: 394 (Top 3 finishers will be announced next year 🤞)
    - Tour of Honor: Finished 2nd overall in total visits with 485, 10th overall in annual sites with 151, and Four Corners Ride Finisher (see pics and previous footprint)
    - Iron Butt Association Rides: Lap of the 48
    - Ride To Eat: Abandoned challenge after the first month or so

    Not too shabby. Not too shabby at all there, chica.

    So long, and thanks for all the fish! ✌️    Meer informatie

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    One Last Loop...

    11 oktober 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F

    Yesterday morning about 05:00 I left on a 1200-mile loop in Texas to pick up more Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas stops, Harley dealerships, and one last Tour of Honor stop.

    My final Tour of Honor stop was definitely honorable as it was the Buffalo Soldier Memorial in San Angelo. My final stats for the TOH are:

    - State Memorials: 151 in 37 states (completed AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, MS, MT, OR, TX, WA, and WI)
    - 9/11 Memorials: 69 (goal 50)
    - K9 Memorials: 51 (goal 50)
    - Doughboy Memorials: 50 (goal 50)
    - Gold Star Family Memorials: 50 (goal 50)
    - Hueys: 51 (goal 50)
    - Madonnas of the Trail: 12 (goal all 12)
    - Veteran Cemeteries: 51 (goal 50)

    Additionally, I unintentionally completed their Four Corners ride by making at least one stop in CA, WA, ME, and FL. Sweet as!!

    The MCGTTX stops took me to a fantastic Davey Crockett mural, the Geographic Center of Texas, an old Sinclair gas station, a newly built courthouse (the old one burned down), the Presidio de San Saba, and one of my favorites: the San Jacinto Battleground memorial. Too bad the park was closed, but I was trying (unsuccessfully) to beat Houston's rush hour traffic.

    Houston never fails to live up to my expectations. The hotel shower water came out brown and never got even close to warm. Meth head drivers are everywhere in every lane (mostly straddling the lines actually), and the road surfaces are total 💩 (but not with a smiley face 🤬). I'm hoping I won't have to go there again for a very long time. Oh, and the HD of Kingwood is permanently closed, BTW.

    Despite him being huge and me running his brights 24/7, Michael and I had a lot of near misses, but only one play on a contact sport today. One of those meth heads in a beat to shit, bright yellow Mustang convertible with a shattered windshield tore out of a gas station and crossed 5 lanes of traffic to get into my lane...which I was using. Her front left touched my right highway peg, but only enough to bend it up as it would normally bend. I didn't even realize she had actually hit me until later. I didn't feel any impact, but I remember my right leg trying to get on the left side of the bike 🤣. With a tall curb on my left I had nowhere to escape. So I'm glad she heard my horn (maybe?) or saw me (maybe?) before coming any farther over. The prison-tatted, bone-thin bitch wouldn't even look at me when she had to stop right by me at the next light. She was too busy writing in a spiral notebook. Probably trying to calculate when she would come down so she'd be ready with another hit. She was SO busy writing, in fact, that when her protected left turned green, she didn't go despite being in such a hurry. Fucking idiot.

    If it's not paranoia when everyone really is out to get you, then it's not road rage if everyone driving around you is trying to kill you, right? Right. 🤣

    Anyway, Michael and I are safely back. He's cooling down in the garage while I've already showered off the 95°F "fall weather" and opened an adult beverage 😁. 

    One more HOH rally and that will be a wrap on my 2024 VROOM VROOM. I'll post again in about a week or so. Until then ✌️.    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOMNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    My Ride is Almost Over

    2 oktober 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 63 °F

    Although I haven't quite finished my riding season, I have already accomplished a couple of my goals and am quite close to wrapping up the rest of them.

    One very important goal was to complete the Iron Butt Lap of the 48 (https://www.ironbutt.com/themerides/rat48/). I did, but it took two Harleys and 5 months to make it to all nine stops 🤣. My certificate says I am the first person to accomplish this ride. I guess everyone else does the RAT48.

    Another goal was to complete the Pacific Northwest Grand Tour. I ended as a Finisher with 25 of the 30 stops (8 WA, 7 OR, 4 ID, 3 MT, 3 CA) (https://pnwgrandtour.com/). That 21-day trip covered 12,500 miles and cost me two scheduled services, two break-downs (not the nervous type although it was touch-and-go for a few days), and one tow before I had to give up on the El Diablo and head back to Texas. Still, mission accomplished.

    In June, I flew to Alaska and completed Harley's 50 Rides, 1 Nation Challenge, albeit in a car, and grabbed one of the 10 Rides for 2024. I only have 9 of the 10 so far, but will pick up the last one during HOG's upcoming Texas Independence Rally in a couple of weeks. This will be my fourth year in a row to complete the 10 Rides annual challenge 😁.

    When I get that last 10 Rides photo, I will also be finished or very nearly so with the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas's 50 stops for the year (https://motorcyclegrandtouroftexas.com/). 🤞 This will make my fourth year in a row for that challenge as well . As of today, I am already a Finisher with 30 stops, but I want all 50, naturally.

    My next goal was to "do well" on the Tour of Honor (https://www.tourofhonor.com/index.html). This was my first year and I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I met my two personal challenges of:
    1) Make at least 50 stops in the 6 Additional Rides as well as visit all 12 Madonnas (https://www.tourofhonor.com/pages/extremerides.…) [I finished the Madonnas during HOG's East Meets West Posse Ride]; and
    2) Visit as many 2024 State Memorials as possible [I have one more in Texas I want to get to finish the state]. I'm no longer in first place, but am still hanging on to third right now (https://www.tourofhonor.com/pages/totalvisits20…). I truly enjoyed this event/challenge because of the out of the way locations it took me to and the respect I could pay along the way. Here are my personal achievements:
    https://www.tourofhonor.com/pages/ridersummary2…

    And finally, there's my goal to win Harley's Dealership Check-In Challenge. I have placed second in the nation for three years running and really, really want to break that streak with a big fat First Place 🤣. As of today, I have 380 total dealership visits. I still have a few more up my sleeve, but I'm hoping this will be enough . Wish me luck🤞!

    And with that, my friends, I wish you a wonderful Fall and a bloody awful Halloween 😉.

    Until next time ✌️!

    Spotwalla:
    Part 1: https://spotwalla.com/trip/f0bc-3a6d752-34a2/view
    Part 2: https://spotwalla.com/trip/728b-3d6b152-794e/view
    Part 3: https://spotwalla.com/trip/c6af-260ca92-a7fd/view    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOMNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    IYKYK...On The Road With Michael

    19 augustus 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F

    Sorry I've been away for so long, but here's a quick recap of the past month.

    I rode Luci the El Diablo back to Texas and put her in the shop to figure out the electrical issues. Then I bought a 2020 Road Glide Limited FLTRK and named him Michael the Archangel to balance out my little devil.

    I left her in Texas and rode Michael back to Kentucky. I'm really loving the tour pack.

    On 10 August, I left Kentucky headed for Maine to get my final Lap Of The 48 picture, then meet up with 250 other HOG riders in New Hampshire for the East Meets West Posse Ride. Our final destination is San Diego on Labor Day 😁.

    Michael has been great and I'm really loving the tour pack (did I say that before?) 🤣.

    ✌️    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOMNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    The End (For Now)

    18 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 95 °F

    I am very sad to say that my whirlwind tour of the Pacific Northwest has come to an end. After having more electrical issues this morning in the middle of nowhere Oregon (bike started and runs fine), I have made it back to civilization (I-84) and have reluctantly decided to head to Texas for extensive service.

    These 21 days have been very successful despite some setbacks. I am very happy that I completed all of my goals except the last 5 stops for the PNW Grand Tour. A summary of my trip stats is below, and I expect to get a few more HDs and maybe a TOH state stop or two on the way back to Texas.

    Out for now.

    Trip: 12,453.5 miles total
    - Daily average: 566 miles (goal was 550)
    - Two break downs with one tow
    - Two scheduled services

    Lodging: 20 nights
    - 12 nights freecamping
    - 8 nights paid lodging for total cost of $851.17

    PNW Grand Tour 83%: Total 25 of 30 (8 WA, 7 OR, 4 ID, 3 MT, 3 CA)

    Lap of the 48 100%: Sault St Marie MI, Warroad MN, and Neah Bay WA

    Harley Dealerships 100%: 90

    HOG's 10 Rides for 2024 100%: SD, WY, and OR

    Tour of Honor 100%:
    - States Completed: Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin
    - Other State Stops: SD 3; ND 4; IN 4; ID 3; IA 2
    - Additional Rides:
    1) Searching for the Lost Generation (Doughboys): 14 for a total of 50
    2) Gold Star Family Memorials: 6 for a total of 50
    3) Veterans Cemeteries: 10 for a total of 50    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOMNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    Day 21: Three Weeks In

    17 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 72 °F

    Well, Day 21 has passed. Right now I'm camped at Cutsforth Campground near Heppner, OR. Yes, I'm still in Oregon 🤦. I've had a shower, changed most of my clothes (only the one pair of jeans), and set two alarms just in case I sleep too well.

    Today was the closest I've come to quitting these challenges and just going straight to Texas. Here's a very short summary because I'm too exhausted to elaborate. Plus, I've complained so much lately that I feel like I'm starting to whine. And we all know that there is NO WHINING allowed in motorcycling. Here goes:

    1. A semi pulled straight into me forcing me into the shoulder to avoid him and he didn't even move back over when he saw me.

    2. Another 100°F+ day in Oregon 🥵, which put me almost to sleep until I hit a turn way too fast. I had gone about 10 miles with no recollection of it 😳. I stopped in the next town to take a nap in the shade.

    3. A river rafting guy backed his trailer into the bike while I was parked 🤬🤬🤬. I didn't get my nap 😭. It crunched the fairing, but I'm pretty sure it's purely cosmetic, so there's that at least.

    4. I hit an 8.7-mile stretch of gravel road this evening, which exhausted me even more 😔.

    All of this is why, after dodging a few deer and at 2000 in the middle of nowhere Oregon (did I mention that I'm still in Oregon? 🤦), I did a u-turn when I saw this campground.

    But I did finish my veteran cemeteries photos today 💪, I had a lovely view of the Columbia River 📸, and I met Don and Kathy the campground hosts. This is really a nice place and they were über helpful with making sure I wasn't going to ride through any active forest fires tomorrow.

    As I lay here, I'm not sure if it was a bad day or a good day. Maybe it was just one of MY days. I do know, though, that things could be much worse, and I'm very glad they aren't.

    Thanks for your 🤞 and keep them coming, please! I'm using them up! 🤣

    Out .✌️

    Miles: 559.5    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOMNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    Day 20: Back In Oregon

    16 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    I slept sooooo well last night in Eureka at my favorite hotel. I was gone before 0630--breakfast wasn't until 0600--and at my first stop in Ferndale by 0700.

    Ferndale, California, is a quirky little place noted for its antiques and gorgeous gingerbread homes made from the giant sequoias in the now protected Redwood Forest. Many of the homes still have the original wood because the redwood withstands the moisture. The town is definitely worth a visit if you're in the Redwoods.
    (https://maps.app.goo.gl/1MVLS8DQpJrikrqt6)

    By the time I got to Ferndale, I was very cold again. My heated gear jacket and gloves stopped working late yesterday, but I think the problem is really with the jack that connects to the battery. Maybe it came loose during those other issues.

    I'm trying to get to a Cycle Gear that has the wall plug so I can test the gear out. My jacket is still under warranty. I got to a store today, but he didn't have the wall plug. He did have the waterproof backpack I keep my camping gear in. I just bought it in March and in April the zipper busted on the front. Again, it's under warranty, so now I have a brand new waterproof bag.

    Back to being cold. And damp from the misty fog. I was tired enough of the weather on the coast to cut out three Harley dealerships. I would have had to ride an hour further south down the coast to get to the first one, and I was ready to go inland. So I headed back through Eureka and then East towards Redding.

    After the Cycle Gear and HD in Redding, I headed even further East to the North end of Lassen Volcanic National Park, but just to the sign for the photo. It's a beautiful ride through the park, but I was headed North on California 89.

    That popped me out on I-5 just south of Weed, California. Yes, they do all the puns and there is a dispensary every 50 feet 🤣. I filled up there and had some lunch, then rolled out about 1530. What a crazy rest of the day it turned out to be.

    I only made maybe 15 miles north on I-5 before I hit twisty roads forever and ever. I am exhausted. Very slow going on steep, switchback, no guard rails, partially gravel, desolate roads for hours.

    In fact, I rode 4.5 hours and 215 miles from Weed, CA to Grants Pass, OR, before my low fuel light came on, which meant I still had 1 gallon left in a 5-gallon tank 😳. Other than 3 photo stops and one hop off to ask if the road was paved (most of it was 🤣), I was in the seat the whole time. It may be iron, but my butt actually hurts 🤣.

    Did I say I was exhausted? I'm camped at D&S HD 🤫. Out. ✌️.

    Miles: 624.7    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOMNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    Day 19: Cold and Hot and Cold Again

    15 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F

    This morning began like usual with me breaking camp as fast as I can after my 0500 alarm goes off. I'm usually rolling before 0545, but this morning took a bit longer because it was only 50°F when I woke up shivering 🥶. After semi-donning all my heated gear including the insoles, I finally hit the road to the nearest gas station. I say semi-donning because I only put everything on enough to get me to the nearest bathroom (gas station) where I then have to take everything off 🤣.

    No other issues today except around 1100, it hit over 90°F, so all my heated gear came off. But by 1730, I was back on the coast and it had dropped to the low 50s again. With the mist and the cold, I opted for a hotel in Eureka. By sheer luck it just happens to be one of my favorite hotels anywhere: Best Western Plus Humboldt Bay Inn 😁.

    I just got out of the giant Jacuzzi with a waterfall. It's cold out and I'm barefoot because I'm not unpacking my flipflops. Oh, and I didn't bring my swimsuit, so everyone got a good look at my bike shorts and sports bra 🤣. I just hope they dry before morning . Dang, if I had worn my socks it could have been a laundry day 🤣. Well, maybe not. I really don't want to get barred from this awesome place.

    Okay, I'm out so I don't get sick (maybe sicker?). ✌️

    Miles: 638.7

    P.S.: Oh! I finished my Doughboys today and only need one more cemetery!! 💪    Meer informatie

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  • Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar2024 VROOM VROOMNancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

    Day 18: Big Day

    14 juli 2024, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 68 °F

    Today was terrific!!

    First, I finished all of my Doughboys and Gold Star Family Tour of Honor stops, 50 each! I only need 2 veterans cemeteries and the remaining Madonnas of the Trail to be completely finished! Yay!

    Second, I got my 8th of 9 stops for Iron Butt Association's Lap of the 48!!! I made it all the way out to Neah Bay, Washington 😳. One way in, same way out, on a terribly misshapen road. The pavement was in great condition, no potholes or many road snakes (tar strips), but the slides and slips have lifted, twisted, and bent it all out of whack. Exhausting.

    My other stops were mostly for the PNW Grand Tour. I've already been to enough of the 30 stops to qualify as a finisher, but I'm trying to get them all to be a grand finisher or something like that. Go big or go home 🤣.

    I'm in my tent again tonight, this time at Paradise HD in Portland (Tigard) 🤫. I should be in NorCal big trees tomorrow, which I adore 😁.

    Out. ✌️

    Miles: 769.7

    P.S.: Luci is doing great 👍.    Meer informatie

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