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| Left over from the 4th of July |
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| Motel provides us breakfast at Olsen's Bakery across the street |
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| Don (VSP) has slicked up his goodies real well |
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| A fine Bakery |
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| You have a roll of your choice to lather up with butter and jam, then a pastry of your choice, topped off with very good coffee. (or milk) |
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| For the Darksiders |
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| And cookies and candy |
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| Fudge, etc. |
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| A bucket of cookies to go |
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| Flying Willy, James and Cat |
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| A British Morgan replica, with an S&S engine |
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| Very cool1 |
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| Our motel |
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| We need one of these at all VROC rallies |
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| Ryan (Boomer) says this place is making him swell up |
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| Wisteria Arbor at the motel |
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| The Boomer and Shannon |
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| A lot of CARBS, but very tasty |
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| After the Laverner farm, it was nap time |
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| The lack of water in California has changed this whole area. Never have seen it so brown and dry |
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| Under the Spreading Live Oak tree...no more green grass, they aren't allowed to water it |
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| Very relaxing temperature today. High 80's with a nice light breeze |
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| We stopped along the road and found some ostrichs |
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| Very rare bike, from New Zealand Only a couple left in existance. All hand made |
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| Most expensive bike on the floor. 500cc Isle of Mann bike that was owned by Mike Hailwood. Worth over a million bucks |
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| Virgil Elings owns all the bikes. A scientist, inventor and professor. We had the pleasure of meeting him again today. He has too many credentials to even mention. |
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| Took over a hundred pictures today, it was really tough to only post a few |
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| The old H2. Some of us owned one of these in the 70's |
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| A Norton with a Rotary engine. One of the last ever made |
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| He doesn't favor any brand |
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| A rotary engine on the wheel. Everything on the floor runs and is ridable. He has about this many more in his shop that he rotates out of, and is constantly restoring his new purchases |
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| The Flying MerKel |
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| Very nice Harley |
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| Yvette's new bike |
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| This Crocker and I are the same age. I think the bike is in a little better condition than my old body |
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| Always a favorite. The Crocker is cool! |
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| For 1905, this bike has a lot of up to date renovations |
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| Nice |
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| One of Virgil's newest. Very few of these bikes still around. He was out bid at an auction...then went to the high bidder and made it worth his while to sell it :-) Very cool bike |
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| There is a lever on the left side to raise and lower the little wheels |
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| Virgil and his long time assistant |
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| Virgil demonstrated how everything works. He has ridden this bike, as he has most of the bikes in his collection |
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| Cheryl, Shannon, James, and Cat. |
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| Grand National Champion Bubba Schuberth's helmet |
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| He signed this one for Virgil |
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| The helmet manufacture put this signal on the helmet, not exactly like the real thing |
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| Shannon and Ryan admiring the Crocker |
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| One of the customers that touched a bike |
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| You traveled a lot lighter back when this bike was popular |
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| Coffee shop in Los Olivos, CA |
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| Lunch on our ride |
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| We were a little late. The guy leading the ride got lost |
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| For only $250, you can buy this painting |
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| A happy Shannon |
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| Nice little town in the local Wine country |
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| Helmet. Autographed by....no one |
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| Ray, a Rose, and Shannon |
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| I take a picture of this every year for Romy |
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| The gift shop has changed some, but still have nice things |
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| My Carbohydrate splurge of the week! Love this stuff |
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| Laverder crop isn't as good as some years, but it's still going to be a good year |
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| Spreading Live Oak tree |
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| They keep the crop wet, but lack of rain has really taken a toll on this part of California |
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| Our transportation |
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| Purple bag purchases. Maggie Valley has nothing on us! |
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| There are some new plants this year |
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| Getting ready to roll |
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| The gift shop |
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| Dinner at Anderson's Pea Soup Restaurant |
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| Linda, Howard and Phil |
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| Boomer sneaking a peak |
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| Portions were generous |
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| After dinner conversation |
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| Katie is Phil's friend |
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| Shannon and Boomer are fun people! |
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| The end! On for more fun tomorrow |
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