Sooner State Valkyrie Riders

Its 7am on Tuesday and I’m just getting off work. You see, I work this crazy 12 hour shift…days and nights. As usual I’m just getting off work on the day I want to leave for a trip. Luckily I had the bike packed up the day before so all I had to do was get a quick 4 hour nap and I’d be off. I sure didn’t want to be half asleep as I was riding but 2 hours worth is all I could stand. I was ready to ride! Where are we headed in this journey? The Alabama State Rally at Cheaha State Park.

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By: Gary Milburn

Its daybreak, Tuesday April 19, everything’s packed and loaded and the weather is clear, running in the low 30’s.

I decided to take the back roads out of town to avoid any rush hour traffic in the big city. O.K. so there’s no heavy traffic at anytime but the back way is a little more scenic and does bypass the signals.

General plans:
Day 1 - take highway 160W with the plan of hitting Four Corners National Monument, Monument Valley, and ending up in Page, AZ for the night.
Day 2/3 - Hwy 89N to Kanab, UT with plans to stop for breakfast, move on to tour Zion National Park and then down I-15 to Las Vegas to visit my daughter for a couple of days.
Day 4 - head to Laughlin, make some rounds through the event and end up in Lake Havasu City in time for check-in and to meet some of the group; VRCC, Vermin, VOAI
Day 5 – maybe take another pass through Laughlin and begin the tour back home

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By:Ronnie Evans(lastdragon)

I took a fall ride to Mt. Scott through Red Rock Canyon yesterday (10-21-04) I left Yukon around 9:00 as the fog was lifting and traveled west on old highway 66 to El Reno. There I took Highway 81 south for about a mile where up ahead the road was covered with fresh oil where they were doing construction. I did a U and went back to El Reno and continued on old 66 west until it met I-40 then continued west to the Hinton exit, where I went south on 281 to Red Rock Canyon State Park.

The leaves were just turning, what a beautiful ride through the canyon. I left the park after a brief stay and needed a rest stop. I continued south on 281 through Lookeba and Binger to Anadarko, wher I fueled up. (Since it was Thursday morning I had the road pretty much to myself – nice being retired) After fueling up I continued south on 281 through Apache and Richards Spur to the Medicine park entrance. After a trip through Medicine park I drove up Mt. Scott. What a beautiful ride this time of the year. The shoemack? plants on the side of the road were fire red and the view was fantastic.

I believe I was in 3rd gear as I started up and it was doing good so I shifted to 4th, I couldn’t believe it was pulling so good so I tried 5th – I couldn’t believe it would pull the hill in 5th, but no problem – what a power house. At the top I took in the view and took a few pictures and had a guy take one of me and the bike. The ride back home was following much the same route arriving home around 4:30. What a relaxing and fantastic day.

Pics: http://community.webshots.com/album/204053310izPmKy

Highway 149N, The Silver Thread
By Gary Milburn

(Editors note. Gary, once a resident of Oklahoma is now residing in Colorado where he continues to antagonize us with his wonderful pics of beautiful southern Colorado)

Today’s ride was originally intended to be a Fall Colors ride. As you will see from the shots taken, I missed it.

My take off time was delayed since I had not yet made the adjustments to my handle bars to accommodate the new IS tank. Even with some pulling back, the wire clips still hit the tank on extreme turns. Yet I digress…

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*Note: I put lots of links in this writeup and they *should* open in a new window if you click them. I hope you enjoy our adventure.

Raymond and Rhonda (W0QNX) from Wichita, KS arrived at my home on Sunday Sept. 19. Early Monday morning we loaded the bikes and headed off on a week long adventure with a very loose ride plan that pointed us in the general direction of Alamosa, CO for the night. We headed out through the panhandle of Oklahoma through Guymon, Boise City and then to Clayton, NM. A quick lunch at the DQ and we were off again heading to Raton. We made a little side trip at Capulin Volcano which is right off the highway east of Raton. It is a neat place to stop if you are ever passing through. The Volcano Rim is right at 8000ft elev. with a great view of the surrounding area. After viewing the Volcano we made our way to Raton, north on I-25 to Walsenburg where we headed west again on Hwy 160 over La Veta Pass to Alamosa. Did I mention the wind was horrible all day? 30+MPH crosswinds ALL day long. Anyway, back to the story… We arrived in Alamosa and met up with Gary for a most excellent Mexican dinner. Great food, and great company!

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Author: Scott Oakes
Edited by: Gary Milburn
Published: 05-11-04

I awoke from a sound sleep at 7:10am. “I must be late, Gary is gonna kill me…” I thought as I squinted to see the alarm clock. Not the case this time as my internal ‘its time to go ride the Valkyrie’ alarm had gone off a little earlier than the real one. With the bike loaded for the weekend, I was off to meet Gary. After a good breakfast, we headed down I-40 to meet Tim(Rumblebee) and began our southern route to Robbers Cave State Park for “SixGuns Ablaze at Robbers Cave".

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By: Gary Milburn

On Good Friday, April 7th, riders from OK, KS and AR hit the road for a weekend of touring the Ozark National Forest’s scenic highways. While some managed to stay dry on Friday’s trip out, Scott and Gary made it through with just less then an hours worth of rain.

Staying clear of most of the dark clouds surrounding us, we still got in a bit of a scenic detour before hitting the Days Inn in Ozark, AR. Friday’s trip log for the west Okies - 380 miles.

We met up with Raymond & Rhonda, Curley Wolf & Sue, John & Patsy, Speedy & Dayna, Ryan & Betsy, and Jim in time to head out for some Mexican under dark clouded skies spitting light rain.

Friday evening provided a chance for some tire kicking, some good conversation, and a few cold ones under the as promised thunder and electrical storms. About the time we all turned in, the skies opened up and dished out its heaviest downpour. This leaving a big question mark as far as Saturdays ride plans.

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Six Oklahoma Valkyrie riders braved the elements to do their part in the VRCC Valkyrie Relay Across America. The group met at the IHOP on Meridian in OKC at 9am Saturday Feb. 7 to brave the elements(19° F) in route to Texas. BlackJack, Rumblebee, Mike, Joe, Gary, and Scott were in attendance.

After a brief greeting we blazed down I-35 with a first stop in Pauls Valley to thaw out. After a quick cup of coffee the group was back on the road with a second stop in Ardmore for gas and another warmup. The temps were up a bit finally as we made our way across to Durant, and then finally down to the Texoma Dam where we me the Texas group for a great lunch. After lunch, we made a group ride across the Dam, then down by the lake for the official handoff of the Banner and various photo ops. There were a total of 29 Valkyrie in attendance for the handoff.

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