Harley Owners Group #1665 / Antelope Valley Chapter at Ridgecrest CA
 

Yosemite Ride 2012 Pics & Videos
June 22..24
 

Posted: Wednesday, 11 July 2010, 10:30 PM

 
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Links to Five YouTube Videos of
Bill and Tracy
Splicing Tracy's Rear Brake Line:

YouTube 1 of 5 [2:43] (Go...!)
YouTube 2 of 5 [0:53] (Go...!)
YouTube 3 of 5 [3:37] (Go...!)
YouTube 4 of 5 [1:37] (Go...!)
YouTube 5 of 5 [10:41] (Go...!)
 
 
 
Meeting at Pearsonville....
Wade just rode up to see us off...!
What...no donuts...?
Last year...Barb and Stan and their pooches brought donuts...!
Scooter and wife Sue ready to ride...
WITHOUT A WINDSHIELD...
a subject Scooter wanted to talk with us about...?
Judy's so happy to see Teri (and you too Bill)...
and to hear Judy tell it...she says she can't dance...!
Stan bringing Stella two quarts of gas...
in safety approved bottles...
just in case a ride leader forgets...and she runs short
on her trike-conversion with limited legs...!
Vicki...Barb...Debbie...!
"...and don't you forget who's the 'Best Bang in Town'...Buster...!"

Katie and Scott...consoling Vikki and Dwight...
who take their cage to Yosemite...since Dwight is still
a bit sore from being hit on his pink Springer
a few weeks ago...!
That's Billee and Bland on their way north...!
See...?
Headed north of Bishop...toward Tom's Place
 
Moving right along...Lake Crowley
 
Stella's trike-conversion in the foreground...
and Barb's new Harley trike...the 3rd Harley behind Stella's...
At the Mobile Station already...just south of Lee Vining
See...?
Katie and Scott
 
Some of us eat at the little hamburger stand in Lee Vining for a change...
having eaten at the Mobile Station numerous times...!
See...? Some of us...! Tisk...
And...more of us...! ;)
 
Barb's brand new trike...!
Yes...we finally shake Billee and Bland at HWY120...!
 
Teri's arm...Dwight...Schoolmarm...and Doug at...
The Tioga Gas Mart (Mobile Station)....
Heading west toward Tioga Pass -- Elevation 9945 feet...!
 
 
 
 
 
Yosemite Park's Tioga Pass Kiosk -- Elevation 9945 feet...!
Judy and I love our 2004 Road King...!
Vikki and Dwight block traffic...
as our group merges back onto HWY120 west
 
Yep...57°...a wonderful chill in the fresh air...!
 
Oh...a bit of explanation: I see a deer in the meadow...
and pulse Judy...who whirles around and takes this pic...
over-her-shoulder...on-the-fly shot...!
Did she get it...?
Yep... ^ ...there it is...clean shot...!
Olmsted Point Overlook
<3 Life is good...! <3
Yes it is...!
 
Schoolmarm...proud of her customized Street Glide:
Schoolmarm Takes
First Place
Women Riders Division
Thunder on the Lot
The Shop in Lancaster, CA
10 June 2012
Stella and Amy...buds...!
Debbie and Tracy: Loving every minute...
and then some...!
 
This guy is hiking with a real live baby on his back...!
It's all riding...don't cha-know...? ;)
 
 
Outstanding infrastructure...to be proud of...!
 
Crane Flat for Gas...and ice cream...!
What a country...!
El Capitan...Half Dome...and Bridal Veil Falls...and Harley-Davidsons...!
 
Look...no windshield...!
Schoolmarm...Judy...Stella...!
<3 Spunky Dreams Happening... <3
Can you imagine this much womanhood in one place...in the wild...?
Celebrating life...!

Nearing Oakhurst...passing the
"Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad"...
where we'll be tomorrow evening for their...
BBQ...train ride...bond fire and sing-along...!
Cool: Green and Purple...right where they count...!
 
 
Can you say..."Bread Pudding"...?
I thought you could...!
Will...one of our newer members...WELCOME, WILL...!
Don, Sue, Bill, Judy, Scooter, Stella, Schoolmarm,...
Amy (leaning forward), Scott, Doug, Debbie, Tracy and Will...!
 
Ah...relaxing conversations...with a drink or two...or etc...!
 
 
 
Judy and Vicki (from Lancaster...and likes us)...!
Saturday morning...some will ride thru the Yosemite Park...
to Glacier Point and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.
A second group decides to ride instead to Jamestown...
north on Historic HWY49...!
Co-Lady of Harley Stella...and Co-photographer Teri...
looking good...spirited...ready to ride...and doing themselves proud...!
 
Barb and Stan stayed behind...getting some alone time...
without anything special to do...but relax...and enjoy...!
Stella / Teri / a Harley...sort of has a tingle to it...doesn't it...?
Yes sir...ole timer with the appreciative smile in the background:
You too can be a part of this American Dream...!
Will's not letting time pass him by...!
Much to see on Historic HWY 49...!
 
 
Approaching this overlook is a bit dicey for Debbie and Tracy...!
Debbie/Tracy leading...safely cross
the oncoming lane of traffic to this overlook...
only to find that Tracy's back brake peddle
goes to the floor...without any braking force whatsoever...!
WHOOA...!
Tracy's rear brake line has a hole worn in it...!
We ride to Jamestown...where Bill and Tracy
make emergency repairs...!
In the meantime: Stella...Teri and Judy...take potty breaks...!
 
 
 
 
 
That may or may not be an original historic Chinese rock wall...
for which California is famous...!
 
<3 One of the Jamestown attractive attractions...! <3
;)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tracy and Bill need a "truck" to haul parts they buy at NAPA to splice Tracy's rear brake line in Jamestown, CA. So Tracy borrows Stella's trike-conversion. WOW...does Tracy have an immense respect for Stella's riding abilities...
who handles tight curves (pun intended)...
left- or right-handed...at  2-wheeler speeds...with "grace and courage"...!

Tracy sporting a respectful smile for Stella...
after riding her trike conversion...!
And you don't get respect from Tracy without earning it...! ;)
 
This is the shady "garage" where Bill and Tracy
make repairs to Debbie / Tracy's rear brake line.
 
Teri showing the offending piece of rear brake line
with hole worn in it. Bill cut this chunk out...
and splices in the repair.
Those'd be Debbie's...the other's...! Tisk ;)
After the brake line repair is made...
it's time for lunch...!
 
 
Out of the blue...Will secretly paid for our lunches.
Guess it's just something he wants to do...!
Thanks...Will...! <3<3
 
Headed back to Oakhurst...and the Sugar Pine Railroad...!
 
Will and Paul (Vicki's husband from Lancaster...)
 
Vicki and Judy
Vikki and Barb...!
 
 
 
 
 
Barb and Stan...!
 
Good honest ole fashion entertainment...!
...and good food...!
 
 
 
 
Dwight...Scott...Amy...saving our places...!
 
 
<3 Sometimes you just reach out with joy and excitement...! <3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teri and Bill's...and Judy and Don's...rides...!
 
No beard...? You got a hair on your b*tt...?
 
"All aboard...?"
 
 
 
 
Vicki's been here before...and brings a warm blanket...!
Look who is rested...? ;)
Katie and Scott...enjoying our experiences...!
Now...how often do you see Amy and Scott smile like this...?
ANSW: Lots...!
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Toot toot...!"
 
;)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cheers...!
What a blast...!
One can sense the ghosts of the ole lumber jacks...
amongst us...smiling at our appreciation for their histories...!
 
Cozy...are we...?
 
 
 
 
 
Can you say "Sing-along...toot toot"...?
 
 
 
Sunday morning...time to head home...!
Some leave super early...some in a group...some by themselves...
some as couples...! It's up to you...as it should be...!
As it happened...Vicki and Paul (from Lancaster)...
and Judy and I ate breakfast nearby...and left together...!
 
 
 
 
Crane's Flat for gas...and breakfast ice cream...! ;)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<3 A cute young couple...with lots of years ahead of them...
appreciating God's country...!
Her blouse is a matrix of lips...
and that's why Judy impulsively took this picture for you...! <3
"...it should never end...!"
 
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