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Here are some photos from recent day trips or just riding around. All
of the images are links to larger photos. Click the image to view the large photo. The large
image will open in a new window on most browsers. Web sites for destinations that have one may be
visited by clicking the link below the photo or in the text of the section.
Many of the sections will show GPS coordinates in the title. I try and remember to save the
coordinates when I arrive at a site, but sometimes I forget to do so. In those cases I get
the coordinates from the GPS software on my computer and show them as "+/-" to denote that they
are not exact.
Most of the photos were taken by me, but some were taken by friends and other riders. ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHTED
AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE OWNER
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January, 2010 |
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Yeah, January. The whole stinking month of January ;( As I write this on January 29 I have a whopping total of
208 miles on a bike this month. Of course, looking at the bright side, that's 78 miles farther than I rode in
December! This has really been a cold, wet, sloppy winter and riding a motorcycle much has just plain been out of
the question. It snowed about 4" today and the forecast is for another 4" or so overnight. By Sunday morning
the temperatures will be in single digits again. Note that I said "again". We have already seen single digits
more than once this year, and for several days this month the temperature never got about 20°. While that might
be balmy weather in parts of the country it isn't around here. So, for me, not much riding since November.
I have gotten out though, just not on my bikes. I've shot 1,600 photographs this month, a few of which were even
pretty decent, so even though my bikes are sitting idle waiting for warmer (or at least drier!) weather my camera has
not been idle. I've spent a lot of time at Centennial Park taking photos of the birds and ducks there, as well as
Radnor Lake. I also visited the Lane Motor Museum here in Nashville and took a number of photos of the
snowfall. As I said, I have been getting around and enjoying myself, just not on a bike.
Centennial Park Photos
Radnor Lake Photos)
Lane Motor Museum Photos
Snowfall Photos
At some point this cold, wet winter is going to end and I can get back on a motorcycle. I've got a lot of miles to
make up and a lot of places I want to visit. For now though I'll leave the bikes on the battery tender and just play
with my camera until the weather decides to give us a break.
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February, 2010 |
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Yeah, February. The whole stinking month of February ;( Much like January this has been a really
lousy month for riding. In fact I didn't even get as many miles in this month as I did in January! I
haven't checked my odometers but I think it's somewhere around 100 miles for the whole month.
The only bright spot the whole month was the weekend of 2/20-2/21, and that's when I got the 100 miles
in. It was a beautiful weekend and the first time we have seen temperatures in the 60's since
November, I think. We got about 6" of snow on January 31 followed by several days of really cold
temperatures for this part of the country. The highs wree around 25 for several days with lows at
night in the single digits. As I write this on February 23 there are still piles of snow in some
parking lots left over from that one.
Oh well, March is coming I think.
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March 6, 2010 - Old Stone Fort - Manchester, TN |
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Saturday - March 6, 2010
Finally, a decent weekend is in the making! This is only the second weekend this year that we've been
able to get out and enjoy the weather a little bit. Mid-50's with clear skies is so much preferable
to gray skies and mid 20's.
Last weekend I drove to Old Stone Fort State Park in Manchester, TN to take photographs of Blue Hole
Falls. I didn't realize that there were two relatively decent waterfalls until I got back home so
this weekend I rode my VFR back to get photos of the second water fall. A few of the photos are
included below and there are a few more, as well as photos of Blue Hole Falls, on
This Page of my site.
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Big Falls
Old Stone Fort State Park
Manchester, TN |
Big Falls
Old Stone Fort State Park
Manchester, TN |
Big Falls
Old Stone Fort State Park
Manchester, TN |
Big Falls
Old Stone Fort State Park
Manchester, TN |
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Sunday - March 7, 2010
I rode my V-Strom down the Natchez Trace Parkway today because, once again, the weather was
fantastic! After the cold and gloom and rain and snow of the past 6 weeks it just felt
so great to get out and ride without freezing.
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I'd like to point something out though. To the left is a photograph of a plague mounted on a granite
pedestal at the Gordon House along the Natchez Trace Parkway. I took the photograph in November, 2009
so the plaque had been there for 18 years.
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Here's a photograph of the same plaque today. Obviously something is missing. I seriously
doubt that the brass plaque fell off or got up and walked away or was removed for maintenance. I
suspect that some worthless prick stole it.
It's absolutely amazing what some people these days will do. Why some idiot would think it's "Cool"
to steal a plaque from a historic site is beyond me. I guess whoever it was felt it was more important
for them to have it than for everyone to see it, or perhaps they felt it would be more useful hidden in their
house than mounted on the granite pedestal where it belongs. Some people are just plain worthless.
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