especially in such beautiful countryside. I love the mountains and the woods. 'S why I was not thinking about stopping and just ignored the cold until it was painfully obvious that I was having a difficult time handling the controls. Soo.--- Whatamidoin in flat Louisiana????? Stanley
________________________________ From: Joseph Letourneau <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:49:26 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday LOL!! A cold ride is still better than no ride. :-) Joey --- On Wed, 9/9/09, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: >From: stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> >Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >To: [email protected] >Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 6:17 PM > > >Last time I was there was spring '68 when I rode through on my Honda 160. >There \were lotsa taters and not too many cars. Passed one truckload of >them and realized why I saw so many... >Then I cut across Montana and there were all these trucks carrying logs, so >lotsa bark flying by. Not the four legged variety, just silent and painful at >speed. >Beautiful country, but the higher I got the colder it got, and it was toward >sunset and my fingers were too frozen to light a fire and/or put up my tube >tent tent with my bike inside to warm me up a bit, so I broke down and rented >a room. I was so cold I could hardly talk to rent the room... > Shoulda pickied up a coupla those taters.... > > > > > ________________________________ From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 2:43:22 PM >Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday > > >I'm the only tater in the road mister ;)...... >----- Original Message ----- >>From: stanley/ Randolph >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:54 PM >>Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >> >> >>Yeah - just watch out for those potatoes in the road... >> >>Stanley >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:30:49 AM >>Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >> >> >>I can imagine! I'm going for a ride through the mountains here in Idaho this >>weekend. We have it all here...from high desert to great mountains since we >>are on the edge of the Rockies. It's great riding. HotrodMamma. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Joseph Letourneau" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:42 AM >>Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >> >> >> >>Speaking of antiques, or "treasure hunters": Nicholas Cage has a castle by >>Vilseck Germany about 15 min's from my old house. LOL! I've never seen him >>there, and honestly you can't swing a cat over here without seeing a castle. >>I'm really itching to get back to the states though. I really want to see >>places like Yellowstone Park, Mt Rushmore, the Blue Ridge Mt's, and the >>Badlands of South Dakota. >>The history here is interesting, and I love Europe but my heart belongs in >>the U.S.A. >> >>Joey >> >> >>--- On Mon, 9/7/09, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 5:27 PM >>> Where >>> would keep one if you had it ? >>> >>> --- On Mon, 9/7/09, Creative Residential Designs >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From: Creative Residential Designs >>> <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 5:20 PM >>> >>> >>> That's awesome! I would love to see some of those old >>> fortresses and >>> castles. I've been an antique dealer for a lot of years >>> and these things >>> appeal to me. Hotrod. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Joseph Letourneau" <[email protected]> >>> To: >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:50 PM >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride yesterday >>> >>> >>> Didn't get a whole lot of pics on the drive. That >>> is kinda difficult >>> especially at speed on corners. >>> >>> The citadel is a fortress originally built on orders from >>> Louis XIV. It has >>> been beat up quit a bit since then. >>> >>> The French love it because in the Franco-Prussian war of >>> 1870 the Citadel >>> held out against the Prussians even after all the rest of >>> France surrendered >>> (big surprise). Prussians still whooped the French >>> and the Citadel. >>> >>> The Prussians left the Citadel in 1918 (huh). They >>> came back a few years >>> later with a swastika. Allies beat/bombed the crap out of >>> the place and the >>> French surrendered the fort for last time in >>> 1945. In 1960 the fort was >>> given back to the townspeople. >>> >>> It's now a museum with a "Garden of Peace" >>> right below the southside walls. >>> The French are much better at sueing for peace than >>> prosecuting a war so the >>> garden seemed appropriate. >>> >>> Awesome countryside. Awesome villiage; they really >>> make great coffee and >>> bread. >>> >>> joey >>> >>> >>> --- On Mon, 9/7/09, Creative Residential Designs >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> >>> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride >>> yesterday >>> > To: [email protected] >>> > Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 10:32 AM >>> > >>> > PICTURES! >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Joseph Letourneau" <[email protected]> >>> > To: <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 3:42 AM >>> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Awesome ride >>> yesterday >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Took the 93 NH750 out through the Rhineland Pfalz >>> region >>> > (Germany) towards >>> > France, over into the Vogues Mt's and through the >>> old >>> > Maginot Line. Wound >>> > up at the Citadel, an old french fortress in the town >>> of >>> > Bitche. >>> Took >>> > nothing but back roads. What an awesome ride! >>> > >>> > Joey >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
