Tejon St. Bike Fest, 2014, Colorado Springs, CO.

Jo and I headed out south for short, "battery charging" run and then hauled back north to Colorado Springs, via I-25 to go to the yearly "Tejon Street Bike Fest", held in downtown Colorado Springs.  They block off a good portion of downtown and hundred's of bikers show up on all types and styles of scoots!! The have a stage for music, lot's of vendors and food carts so you can just "hang out" and soak in the atmosphere!

We went to Jo's sister, Sue's 40th. wedding anniversary the night before so after dancing for 4 hours we were a bit sore, LOL.  So we walked and gawked at all the cool stuff for sale, had a very excellent hot dog from a local vendor and even bought a "gremlin bell" for midnight (our 2014 H-D 883 Sportster Super Low) to ward off the evil road sprits! :)  It's been really rainy lately and the clouds were coming in low and dark so after 3 hours we headed back to the barn, yes, we did get rained on so we spent some time cleaning a polishing midnight, locked up the storage area and went to Wendy's for a chocolate frosty!  It was a short day but we had a lot of fun. The Fest seems to get larger every year and it's got every kinda of motorcycle eye candy you could possibly find!  Here's a few photo's:



My wife Jo, standing by the stage!

Father's Day Weekend Riding!!

Man, we had a great ride on Saturday, we rode south towards Canon City, CO. and then west thru Big Horn Sheep Canyon to the hamlet of Texas Creek and then northward on CO. Hwy. 69 to Westcilffe and down thru Gardner and into north area of Walsenburg, CO. Hwy. 69 is a mellow twisty two lane with fantastic view of the Wet Mountains of Southern Colorado.  We got to see a real treat as we were flying down the highway we spotted a HUGE bird in the middle of road, it was a Golden Eagle, we slowed and saw a second eagle come swoping down on a praire dog snatch him up and they both took off! Man that was just too cool.

The Hwy. is about 100 miles distance from Westcliffe to Walsenburg and with little traffic and fantastic views we were really enjoying the ride!  We came to stop to watch some real cowboys heading their cattle across the road to get to larger grazing grounds, it felt like we'd gone back 150 years! The sun was high and the air was warm, we were in the zone and enjoying it! We stopped to get a ice cold root beer in Walsenburg, then headed north via I-25 to Pueblo, CO. and a FREE lunch at Outpost Harley-Davidson, hosting there "Super Saturday" and bought out first piece of  Harley BLING! ;)  Jo picked us up a "Ride to Live, Live to Ride" gas cap cover for our 883 Sportster Super Low and gave it to me a "Father's Day" gift!! The dealership had really good Band rock'in in the parking lot and we munched meatballs and sauages while doing a bit of jig! ;)  After awhile we headed back home, stopped a Sonic and got a ice cream slush, what a day!

On Sunday, (Father's Day), we just headed out to Monument, CO. via Hwy. CO. 83 N. to have a good burger and a cherry/chocolate shake at Rosie's Diner. It was a very warm and WINDY ride but we still enjoyed the grub! We headed out to ride and double back on CO. Hwy. 105 from Palmer Park, CO. to Sedaila, CO. and the wind got to be a bit heavy! We headed back and then got gas and a snack then back to the Springs. What a great weekend, even with the wind, a total of 350 miles and lot of smiles, the best Father's Day weekend I've had in a Loooooooong time! :)

Sorry no pictures, the only bad thing about CO. Hwy. 69 is that there is not much in the way of "pull off's", hope you can get a chance to ride it one day! :)

Bishop's Castle

Jo and I finally got a "non-rain" day to do a decent ride so we headed out to see Bishop's Castle on CO. Hwy. 165. Jim Bishop has been building a fantasy castle for many, many years on his mountain property and it's quite the deal. Yes, there's a lot he still needs to finish but what's there is totally worth the trip and the views from atop the castle are stunning. It's a 150 mile RT for us from Colorado Springs but with some very sweet mountain twisty roads going up CO. 96 from Wetmore, CO. and then a rollercoster of a road up to the castle. Here's a few photo's, if your riding in So. CO. don't miss checking it out! :)

A view of the Castle from the parking area on CO. Hwy. 165

Jo on the first level of the castle, with stain glass window panes.

A view of the store and the Bishop's home on the grounds from the 2nd. level of the castle

LOL, the wide spot in the road in front of the castle were you can park!