But Blogs are so....2006!

The 2010 riding season is finally here! I wanted to have a place to  write up and post pictures of some of this year's rides. I know, I know, blogging is so 2006 and I have not consistently blogged since our year and a half RV adventure in 2005/2006 that got us out of Michigan and led us to our very happy home in Denver. (go to www.bagittour.blogspot.com if you're interested to check out the past adventures) But, here it goes anyway. I hope you'll follow along.

Here is a look at some of the things tentatively planned for the coming months:

April

• "Mild Hogs Ride" through Delores Canyon (Parts of the movie Wild Hogs Filmed there). Denver to Durango, Grand Junction, Dinosaur National Monument, Steam boat Springs and return to Denver.

May

• Peak to Peak ride with BMW Club. Morrison to Estes Park.

• "Close Encounters ride" to Devil's Tower, Wy; returning through the Black Hills of South Dakota.

• Dual Sport tour of the Rocky Mountain fire roads.

June

• The Red Rock Rendezvous in Panguitch, UT with the Beehive Beemer club; Rides in and around: Capitol Reef, Zion, Bryce, Kodachrome, Cedar Breaks, Brian Head, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Devil’s Backbone, Grand Staircase.

• Saratoga Hot Springs, WY with the Colorado Beemers.

July

• Riding the bike back to Michigan for our annual July 4th Holiday trip. Coming into Michigan via the Ferry from Manitowoc, WI to Ludington, then on to the Detroit area.

• BMW Motorcycle Owners of America National rally in Redmond, OR. 7,000-8,000 of your closest friends packed into a county fairground!

• The Beemers of Colorado annual rally in Paonia, CO.

August

• The annual 100,000 ft ride put on by Foothills BMW, Lakewood, CO.

• The Bear tooth rally put on by the Montana BMW owners group in Red Lodge, MT.

• Overnight GS ride put on by Beemers and More up in Fort Collins

September

• The burning of Zozobra festival in Santa Fe, NM followed up by the Sipapu rally put on by the Northern New Mexico BMW group.

• The flatlanders ride to Goodland, KS for a car and motorcycle show.

• The Memorial ride to honor our fallen club members.

October

• The rest and relaxation ride to Pagosa Hot Springs, CO. The last overnighter of the year! Weather permitting, as you have to over at least 4 mountain passes to get there.

It's a pretty ambitious plan that will take me to 6 new states (on the bike, anyway): Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota. If I decide to make the trip to MI on the bike, I'll be able to add Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan to the list!

As always, life, work and the unexpected can change the plans at any minute. It's all tentative and will be fun to see how many of the trips I actually accomplish

See you on the road!
Rich