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Back home after a visit in Sunriver this morning, thank you all for a fun, safe no ticket weekend :wheel:

Made it down to meet the group in Baker city yesterday, while coming down hit another milestone http://youtu.be/xwDeB0GdDmk Beautiful morning, looking forward to the ride to Bend

Meet you all in Baker City

"I noticed most of you have not added the Icon to your event ride merit badges, what gives?" hasn't happened yet....that is why I haven't But it will be on there soon Looking forward to next week

These last days will be very distracting at work. This is when we start counting down the sleeps. BTW, how come you are not riding down with us? Time away from work....I guess that I am more important than I thought....

I have a room booked in Bend and am looking forward to meeting up with you all in Baker City in less than 3 weeks

Just Reserved a room at The Bridge Street Inn, Baker City, that is where I will be joining you al l Before I call the Red Lion in Bend, is there anyone who wants to share a room? Looking forward to enjoying the Great roads in Oregon!! Gary

What I use for grip glue is haispray, it dries overnight, works well and leave very little residue behind. much easier to work with than Super Glue Hope that helps.....

Posted 18 May 2014 - 05:41 PM We now have a perfect marker for finding the stone we set that marks where Rich came to rest! Head up Mary's Peak Road off of Hwy 34 until you come to Parker Creek Falls. Turn around and go back down maybe 150-200 yards. Exactly where he left the road, there is now an "ELEVATION 3000 FT" sign. In the photos below, you can see the sign, and my GS is parked directly above where the stone was placed, about 30-40 feet down from the road. You will see a large log, maybe 4' dia., lying at the base of the tree that it snapped off of. From the elevation sign, angle down to the left and you will find the marker stone just above the log. Pretty neat. There's even room to park a few bikes in the grass by the signpost. The forest is always changing, and the pine needles and duff have built up around the coffee cup and shoes, which are taking on a nice green from the moss. I cleared away the sticks and such, but left the natural buildup of things. It doesn't seem like 8 years have passed, but they have. As for me, I'm doing just great out here, and continue to have adventures on the GS, aka Shrek or The Horse or The Big Pig depending on what I'm traversing at the moment. I continue to check in here from time to time, and it seems things are carrying on in fine order, typical fashion. I may have to show up at another VFRD event to check in with old friends. One of my great memories is having 33 VFRs parked in my driveway when we had you all here in Newport in 2006. So if you go up to Mary's Peak and you were a friend of Rich's, or even if you never met him, now it's easy to find his marker. Remember, he loved his coffee, so if you pack a thermos, spare him a drop or two in his cup. Afterwards you'll need to go down to Alsea and have pie at Deb's. Keith, Thanks for the location! I will definately get down there soon, meeting and talking with Rich was a pleasure that I am grateful to have had. That was a very memorable meet!! Gary