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Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

picky — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:21:29 GMT

Steve: I am glad to know that you are home again, safe and sound. I've sure enjoyed reading about your travels and seeing the photos. Thanks for all of the posting! I'd heard you were in Indy last weekend after talking with Roger and I sure wish we'd been there to see you, but we were picking up my rebuilt Eico amp from Craig (NOS Valves) at his house up north. We're still hoping to drive out your way some time in late September or October. -Glenn

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

dtel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:36:24 GMT

Great pictures, and glad you mad it home safe, now it's going to feel strange to drive and sit on anything else for a while, great trip.

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

ace168516 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:12:41 GMT

Dig the pic of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge...that is one of the nicer more scenic areas to look at in all of central IL, unless you like looking at corn and soybeans (I live here, so of course I do) You passed about 5 miles away from my house at the 39/55/74 interchange...and I don't think you missed the sign...I took 74 to Indy to pick up my cornwalls and I never recalled seeing one either. Thanks for the pics, they are awesome.

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:33:40 GMT

LarryC:

customsteve01:
This thread is pretty much a copy of the real thread on a Harley forum.
Steve, how do I find them on the HD forum, and on photobucket? Thanks.

Larry,

The HDTalking forum is where I wrote the posts and copied them here. Here ia a link http://www.hdtalking.com/road_trips_touring/17487-coast_to_coast.html

My Photobucket album is here. http://s388.photobucket.com/albums/oo328/LoneStarAcres/?start=0

Steve

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:29:12 GMT

Day 25 07/29/09 Last Day

Left Indy in the rain and it looked like I would be in and out of the rain all day. I can not complain tho this will be the only day in the rain out of 25. I also never put on my heavy leather coat.
Left Indy on I-70 to Dayton, OH then turned South on 35 to Charleston, WV. The entire ride on 35 ended up being in a heavy rain that stopped as soon as I got on I-64. It was just patches of rain the rest of the way home. Turned off I-64 onto Route 60 to Powhatan, VA (home)

I could only take pictures when it wasn't raining and I really didn't want to stop. I made the 640 mile trip in just under 11 hours. I arrived home at 9:15 PM

Leaving Indy

Charleston, WV I was really glad it was dry thru here. This is a blast on a scooter.

Hello VA

Blue Ridge Parkway, only a little over an hour to go............

Closer but going to get wet again

I thought I was going to get in a downpour for sure. even had a Lightning bolt hit so close that there was hardly any delay in the crash sound, that was scary.

HOME

The total miles were 8,832 and my back tire still has meat on it with 14,759 total miles on the bike.

I will post more about the trip later

Steve

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:24:55 GMT

Day 24 07/28/09

Today was a short day only went from Madison, WI to Indianapolis, IN. About 380 miles. I took I-39 to I-74 into Indy. Went to dinner with friends and crashed at one of there houses. Had Some Guys Pizza which is really good.
I missed the Illinois and Indiana state signs.

I liked the pumkin head topper on this silo.

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:22:17 GMT

Day 23 07/27/09

Left the land of bugs (Valley City, ND) We did stop at a car wash to try and get most of the bugs off. Stopped into an auto part's store to get some prewash bug remover and the guys at the counter said the bugs were not as bad as usual. I don't know but I have never had or saw a bike with that many bugs on it.

Stayed on I-94 all day today. Made a quick stop at Fargo Harley then headed into Minnesota. Went thru the Minneapolis/St. Paul area right in rush hour traffic, but it wasn't too bad. Stopped for the night in Madison.

Daylight pictures of the bugs.

All Clean

Lakes/ponds that produce all the bugs.

Fargo Harley

Minnesota

Lots of farms

Wisconsin

More farms (Dairy)

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

colterphoto1 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:14:03 GMT

Steve stopped by Tuesday and hung out with Roger and I for Some Guys Pizza. We took in some music and viewed some of his 2,000 images. This morning he got suited up in all his rain gear for the wet trip back home to Caroline. First day of rain since the day he took off. I think he was ready for some cooler weather though.

He should be getting home any time now....I have a few pics of his stop here that I'll post tomorrow.

Michael

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

LarryC — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:37:51 GMT

customsteve01:
This thread is pretty much a copy of the real thread on a Harley forum.

Steve, how do I find them on the HD forum, and on photobucket? Thanks.

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

LarryC — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:42:55 GMT

Totally awesome! Spectacular Lower Falls pic.

A dream trip to include out-of-the-way Mammoth HS, Dead Indian P/Sunlight Basin, Clarks Fork canyon, Beartooth P, etc.

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:55:09 GMT

I want to appologize to you guys (my friends) for not keeping you up to date on my little adventure. To be honest This thread is pretty much a copy of the real thread on a Harley forum. I had gotten about three days behind on that thread and only today got caught back up.

I am in Valley City ND and am going to try my hardest to get as close to Indy as I can tomorrow. Its over 800 grom here to Indy and I know I can get at least 600 behind me tomorrow.

Mike I will call you sometime tomorrow while getting gas.

Sput, Sorry it didn't work out to get to meet you, I really wanted to.

Amy looks like Devil Duck will be back home on Tuesday.

I am having a great time and have seen so much it is truelly unreal to me.

Steve

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:45:37 GMT

Day 22 07/26/09

Left Billings on I-90 and took the I-94 split toward North Dakota. Speed limit was 75 and only one 5 mile spot of road constrution and it only slowed down to 65. Had a really strong cross wind coming out of the North that made it interesting but later in the day it deminished. Road 500 miles to Valley City. Really though it was going to be a down pour a little before Miles City, MT. You could tell it was raining hard up ahead and when the road got wet, pulled over and suited up and put the rain covers on all the bags. I think stopping let the rain move on out. Only road in light sprinkles and the spray from the trucks as you passed them. Stopped in Miles City to gas up and eat a bite, it was still sprinkling after lunch so left the suit on, only to stop 30 miles down the road to take it off. The sun went down before getting to Valley City and the bugs were out in full force. I have never riden through bugs like this before. You could watch on the windshield and just see them spatter in multiples. i will shoot some better pictures in the AM before I wash them off. I'm only 1500 miles from home.........

Leaving Billings

Rain clouds

Cleared up after lunch

North Dakota Line

Oh, I took the exit to the scales by accident (they were closed) they had a digital readout in the window so I rode across and stopped. I don't know how accurate they are at lower wieghts but it said I wieghed 1300 lbs. Didn't think about taking a picture.

A really big cow.

A cool mirroe sunset picture. I think it would have come out better if the mirror was clean.

Bugs....................................

Till next time.

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:43:12 GMT

Day 21 07/25/09

I have taken some unplanned excursions and extended my trip by several days. Until yesterday I was kinda wishing I had headed home instead. There have been lots of people that I have talked to tell me that you have to ride through Beartooth pass. Since so many people recominded it, headed North out of Cody on 120, turned left on 296 "Chief Joseph Hwy" and over Dead Indian Pas, at the T turned left onto 212 an over Beartooth Pass, then through the town of Red Lodge (which is pretty cool) to I-90 and into Billings. This Ride took all day because I took so many pictures and pretty much stopped at every pull off and stopped in the middle of the road sometimes.

Note:
IF YOU ARE EVER IN THIS AREA YOU MUST DO THIS RIDE, PERIOD.

Like I said, I took tons of pictures and only uploaded a few to photobucket. There are alot more pictures in my photobucket albums than I have posted here if you want to see more you can go there.

Also on another note. The weather started out great and deminished as we got over beartooth. So some of the pictures later in the day ar not as good as earlier. I think that just is what you get with point and shoot cameras.

Ok lets start with the hotel from last night

Heading out of Cody

Chief Joseph Hwy

Met some friends up in the mountains

MMMMMMMMMMMM "twisties" say it like its a dirty word.......

Looking off a bridge overlook

Some people drive things other than bikes up here. he said it has 100,000 miles since the restore. "56 Chevy"

Road construction

some people brought snowboards up and would ski down and hike back up, I didn't get a picture of anyone skiing tho.

You can see the road down from heere

Red Lodge

Wasn't that a SWEET ride?

I'm only 2,000 miles from home. I'll post as I can.

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:36:07 GMT

Day 20 07/24/09

Left our camp and had breakfast before entering the park. Spent most of the day in the park and only went from the North gate down around the little loop and out the East gate. We didn't go all the way down to Old Faithful dure to traffic and road construction, I don't think we would have made it out of the park in a day if we would have tried to make the big loop. Saw Mammoth springs, Obsidian creek, Geyser Basin, Lower Falls, Yellowstone River and Yellowstone Lake. Left out of the East gate and headed to Cody where we spent the night.

North Gate entrance

Elk at the park headquarters. I think they must be on the payroll some how

Area around Mammoth Hot Springs

Geyser Basin

I really thought Lower Falls were great.

I hiked the 3/8 mile trail right to the top of the falls. It was ok going down but the 600 foot elevation change going back up was tough. I think it was worth it for the view.

Bison

Yellowstone River.

Heading East on 16,20,14 to Cody. there had been a fire here at some time.

My camera battery died again, was only able to get one partially charged this morning.
spent the night in Cody

Re: Where's Steve?? Re: "Devil Duck goes Cross Country" or "The Adventures of Devil Duck"

customsteve01 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:30:47 GMT

Day 19 07/23/09

Left Drumond with a full stomach, had a great breakfast at a little cafe. Jumped on I-90 east to Butte and stopped at the Harley shop just to say we did. Found out that the Evel Knievel Days were going on starting today. Just had to go.... Lotgs of street venders and the highlight was the stunt bike guys were practicing. Left Butte and headed east again thru Boseman and then headed South on 89 toward Yellowstone Park. We arrived in Gardiner (North Gate of the Park) about 8 PM, the rangers said all the campgrounds in the park were full and directed us to Eagle Creek Campground, which was up a 2 mile dirt road from Gardiner. We that campground was full to but a friendly guy from Texas told us to pitch our tent in a grassy area near his fifth wheel. After setting up camp we headed into town to get something to eat. We stopped at K-Bars and got a pizza and some brews. We found out tha K-Bars was the local hangout for alot of the people that work in the park and the rafting companies. We had a good time talking with them about what to see and do.

I-90 east out of Drumond

Butte Harley, notice no sign on the front door side

View from the Harley shop

Entering the town of Butte

I wish I would have grabbed Devil Duck from the bike and he could have played with his yellow cousins

They were raffleing off this custom Street Glide

The stunt bike riders were cool to watch. They were just doing a warmup

I took some pretty good video of them too.

Heading to Bozeman

another windshield pic.... pretty cool lean huh??? This was at 75 mph.......... The Ole Ultra will stick in a corner

Yellowstone Harley in Bozeman

89 South headed to Gardiner and Yellowstone Park

a little prong antalope right by the entrance to the park

Town of Gardiner

I didn't get a picture of the campsite my battery died and the new camera doesnt use just regular AA's. I did get the lady at the laudry mat - shower place to carge it