summer_trip_2006 Photo Gallery by iamflagman at pbase.com

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I'M ALL HOOKED UP, LOADED AND READY TO GO	HERE'S MY BIRMINGHAM STRIPE CREATED WHEN AVOIDING BEING HIT BY A TRUCK ALONG SIDE ME I CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CURB	WHILE AT HWH GETTING THE LEVELERS MOVED THEY HAVE FREE HOOKUPS TO USE	THE ELY K-9 TEAM START THEIR DEMONSTRATION (PHOTO BY GUST)
"TAZ" GOES TO WORK ON HIS VICTIM (PHOTO BY GUST)	"TAZ" APPREHENDS HIS VICTIM (PHOTO BY GUST)	PART OF THE HOGAN RUN CROWD WATCHES THE K-9 TEAM AT WORK (PHOTO BY GUST)	THAT'S KEVIN IN THE ORANGE SHIRT, I MET AND RODE WITH HIM LAST YEAR IN MENOMONIE, WISC. (PHOTO BY GUST)
MY CAMPING SPOT AT SEMERS PARK ON THE LAKE IN ELY, MINN. (PHOTO BY GUST)	I'M READY TO EXPERIENCE MY FIRST SIDECAR RIDE, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN	HERE'S GUST AT WORK AS VIEWED FROM THE SIDECAR	A VIEW FROM THE SIDECAR
A VIEW FROM BETWEEN THE SIDECAR AND THE BIKE AT SPEED	HERE IS WHAT YOU SEE FROM THE SIDECAR LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD	AS YOU CAN SEE THE CAMPSITE AT MILLERS RIVERVIEW PARK WAS VERY SHADY WHERE I CAMPED, THUS NO SATELLITE TV	MY 'BIRD AND TRAILER JUST FIT INTO THE CAMPSITE, AS I HAD TO PARK BEHIND THE TREE TO CLEAR THE DRIVE
THERE WAS A VARIETY OF RIVER TRAFFIC TO VIEW OUT THE FRONT OF MY 'BIRD THIS TOW OF BARGES IS GOING DOWN STREAM	HERE'S AN EXCURSION BOAT AND SOME SMALL BOATS	HERE'S A TOW ON ITS WAY UPSTREAM	FIELD OF DREAMS BASEBALL FIELD
FIELD OF DREAMS FARMHOUSE AND FIELD	I USED TO SEE THIS US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS STEAMBOAT WORKING ON THE RIVER WHEN I WAS A KID	JUST ONE OF THE PADDLE WHEELS OFF OF THE STEAMBOAT	BUDDY RELAXES AT OUR FISHERMAN'S CORNER US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAMPSITE
BUDDY DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST	MY CAMPSITE AT ARROWHEAD CAMPGROUND IN NEOLA, IOWA	SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS GATHER IN FRONT OF OUR GRANDPARENTS OLD HOUSE THAT IS STILL BEING USED	THE OLD CEMETERY ON THE FARM SITE WAS UNDER THESE TREES
THE GRAVES WERE MOVED TO THE TOWN CEMETERY WHEN THE FARM WAS SOLD	LOOKING ACROSS THE FIELD AT THE END OF THE TREE LINE WAS WHERE THE OLD FARM HOUSE WAS LOCATED	UNCLE BOB AND AUNT ALICE LOOK AT ONE OF THE OLD PHOTOS THAT WERE ON DISPLAY	THE FOOD WAS PLENTIFUL AND GREAT
A GROUP PHOTO OF THOSE ATTENDING THE CASTER FAMILY REUNION	THERE WAS GAMES FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY ALSO		MILDRED (COREY) MADSEN, RAYMOND MADSEN, CHARLEY MADSEN, JIM FINN AND AGNES (NEWENHAM) FINN POSE LIKE THEIR CHILDHOOD PHOTO
SOME OF US GATHER AT THE GRAVE SITE OF OUR GRANDPARENTS	WE ALSO VISITED OUR GREAT-GRANDPARENTS GRAVES NEARBY	MY $4.00 ELECTRIC HOOKUP CAMPSITE AT THE TOURIST REST STOP IN TAYLOR, NEBRASKA	MY CAMPSITE AT ANGOSTURA STATE RECREATIONAL AREA NEAR HOT SPRINGS, SD
RICKY AND I START TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE BUFFALO HEARD	THIS BISON WAS JUST RELAXING ALONGSIDE OF THE ROAD IN CUSTER STATE PARK	RICKY, JOHN, KAREN AND SANDY AT MOUNT RUSHMORE	IT WAS A DAMP RIDING DAY WHEN WE WENT TO MOUNT RUSHMORE, THUS THE RAIN SUITS
I POINT OUT ON THE MAP JUST WHERE WE ARE AT, AS JOHN AND SANDY PAY NO ATTENTION TO ME ...AS USUAL	MOUNT RUSHMORE	A LITTLE CLOSER	WE ARRIVE AT THE CRAZY HORSE MONUMENT
SANDY AND RICKY WITH CRAZY HORSE IN THE BACKGROUND	CRAZY HORSE MONUMENT	SANDY AND KAREN GET A CLOSER LOOK AT CRAZY HORSE	THE INDIAN DANCERS AT CRAZY HORSE
FINALLY SANDY GOT A BIGGER CONE FULL OF ICE CREAM THAN BIG JOE DID AT MYRTLE BEACH	THE CRAZY HORSE SCULPTURE WITH THE UNFINISHED, WORK IN PROGRESS MONUMENT IN THE BACKGROUND	I PICK OUT A STONE FROM A RECENT BLASTING AT CRAZY HORSE	THE STONES COULD BE PURCHASED FOR A SMALL DONATION, THAT I'M MAKING HERE
KAREN GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THIS STUFFED BISON	DOWNTOWN DEADWOOD, SD.	TOO CHEAP AND TOO TIRED TO WALK UP THE HILL TO THE GRAVE SITES OF BILL CODY AND CALAMITY JANE, WE SETTLED FOR THIS PHOTO	WE TOOK A RIDE UP TO STURGIS, SD BEFORE THE BIG RALLY STARTED
THE TOUR OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AT THE MAMMOTH SITE IN HOT SPRINGS, SD	MORE OF MAMMOTH	MAMMOTH REPLICA	ME IN THE FOREGROUND AND JOHN FORD IN THE BACK
ME BEFORE THE RAIN STARTED	KAREN GEE SUPPLIED THE PHOTOS WITH THE DATES ON THEM, THANKS KAREN	CRAZY SANDY AND CRAZY HORSE COMPARING PROFILES	A SCENIC THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSAGE ON A ROAD IN CUSTER STATE PARK
	WE PULLED OFF OF THE ONE LANE ROAD TO TAKE THESE PHOTOS	RICKY STOPS FOR A PHOTO INSIDE OF THE PASSAGEWAY
WAITING MY TURN TO GO THROUGH THE ONE LANE ROAD THRU THE ROCKS	THE ROADS WERE GREAT TO RIDE ON HERE KAREN GOT A SHOT OF ME GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE CURVES		WE GATHER FOR THE COOKOUT BEFORE JOHN FORD AND RICKY HEAD BACK TO NORTH DAKOTA
CHEF SANDY FIXES THE BEST HAMBURGERS	SANDY AND KAREN AT THE BADLANDS	MORE OF THE BADLANDS	SANDY GETS HIS HARLEY AND TRAILER READY TO LEAVE A WET HOT SPRINGS, SD FOR THEIR TRIP TO YELLOWSTONE
HERE'S MY CAMPSITE AT PIONEER VILLAGE WHERE I SPENT THE NIGHT AND VISITED THE VILLAGE	PIONEER VILLAGE HAD MULTIPLE BUILDINGS	SOME HAD AUTOS AND OTHERS FARM EQUIPMENT, ETC..
	OTHERS HAD ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLLECTIONS FROM FURNITURE TO APPLIANCES	TRAINS TOO
AN OLD FASHIONED MERRY-GO-ROUND TOO	THIS IS A HOMEMADE MOTORHOME CHASSIS BUILT ON A WHITE TRUCK CHASSIS		INSIDE OF THE MOTORHOME
THERE IS ALL KINDS OF DISPLAYS THAT ALMOST BOGGLE THE IMAGINATION			LOT'S OF FARMALL'S AND McCORMICK DEERING TRACTORS JUST LIKE MY DAD HELP MAKE
A ROCK ISLAND TRACTOR BUILT IN ROCK ISLAND, ILL, I NEVER KNEW THEY BUILT THESE, BEFORE FARMALL'S	THE FRONT OF THE ROCK ISLAND TRACTOR		TRUCKS
PLANES		THE CARS WERE DISPLAYED IN SUCCESSION OF YEARS AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE
	MY DAD'S FIRST CAR WAS LIKE THIS '38 BUICK, BUT BLUE IN COLOR	A BUDDY OF MINE HAD ONE OF THESE WHEN WE WERE IN THE AIR FORCE, IT WAS AMAZING HOW MANY OF US GOT INTO IT AT THE SAME TIME	REMEMBER THESE? YOU PLACED ICE INSIDE OF IT AND THE WIND POWERED THE BLOWER, THUS CHEAP AIRCONDITIONING.
YOU WOULD HANG THESE ON YOU DOOR, WITH THE VENT INSIDE OF THE ROLLED UP WINDOW	MOTORCYCLES		A VERY ROOMY SIDE CAR, I BET THAT GUST WOULD LIKE THIS FOR HIS VIRAGO

	NOTICE THE TRACKS ON THE MODEL A, IN THE BACK, AND THE SKI'S ON THE FRONT AXLE, IT WAS USED FOR WINTER DRIVING		STEAM POWERED MACHINERY
	MY CAMPSITE WITH AGREAT VIEW OF THE LAKE AT RATHBUN LAKE IN IOWA	A VISIT TO THE SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME IN KNOXVILLE, IOWA	THESE CARS CAME FROM A RACE SHOP IN DAVENPORT, IOWA


NEXTEL DRIVER DAVE BLANEY DROVE THIS SPRINT CAR		JAY DARST'S 'BIRD ON THE LEFT AND MINE ON THE RIGHT AT CARL SPINDLER CAMPGROUND IN EAST PEORIA, ILL	SARA DARST FLASHES A BIG SMILE AT ME, AS HER DAD JAY ON HER RIGHT, WATCHES THE RACES AT THE PEORIA GRAND NATIONAL TT RACES
WE SAW GREAT RACING AT THE PEORIA GRAND NATIONAL TT RACES	HENRY WILES #17 MAKES AN INSIDE PASS FOR THE LEAD THAT HE NEVER GAVE UP	HENRY WILKES #17 ON A HONDA RIDES TO WIN HIS THIRD PEORIA GRAND NATIONAL AGAIN BEATING NATIONAL CHAMP CHRIS CARR #1, ON A KTM	A VIEW OF MY CAMPSITE DURING MY SECOND STAY AT FISHERMAN'S CORNER
I PURCHASED SOME ROPE LIGHTS THAT I STRUNG UP UNDER THE AWNING AND THE RAILS	BUDDY RELAXES IN THE SHADE AS A YACHT PASSES BY ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER	THIS WAS MY VIEW OF THE RIVER FROM MY CAMPSITE AT FISHERMAN'S LANDING, I SPLICED TWO PHOTOS TOGETHER FOR THIS VIEW	THE BARGE IS JUST ENTERING THE LOCKS AT THE DAM
HERE IS THE BARGE INSIDE OF THE LOCKS, READY TO DETACH SOME OF THE BARGES TO LOWER IN THE POOL	DUE TO HIGH FENCES AND OVERZEALOUS SECURITY, I COULD NOT GET PHOTOS OF THE VINTAGE RACES	I DID MANAGE TO GET PHOTOS OF THE BIKES THAT WERE IN THE SHOW COMPETITION	A BIKE SIMILAR TO THIS WAS BEING RACED ON THE 1/2 MILE FLAT TRACK, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND ALMOST PRICELESS IN VALUE
WE CAUGHT THE SMITH TWINS CATCHING SOME ZZZ'S BEFORE THE ROCK ISLAND GRAND PRIX GO-KART RACES	DAD RON SMITH COACHES KLINT ON THE LEFT AND KYLE BEFORE THE RACES, RON AND I RACED EACH OTHER BACK IN THE LATE 60'S	CORNER 1 AT THE ROCK ISLAND GRAD PRIX GOT VERY CROWDED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH RACE AS THE KARTS WENT FOR POSITIONS	KYLE DRIVES THE GREY #33 KART MID-PACK UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG ON THE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE
KYLE LEADS THIS GROUP, JUST BEFORE HE FLIPPED THE KART LANDING ON HIS HEAD A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THIS CORNER	KYLE WEIGHS IN AFTER HIS FLIP AND A RIDE ON HIS HEAD NOTE THE BLACK PAVEMENT MARKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HELMET	KLINT DRIVING HIS GREY #15 RUNS MID PACK IN THIS RACE	KLINT #15 COMES BACK ON THE "KART MEAT WAGON" AFTER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS STOPPED HIS RACE
HERE THE INJURED KYLE #33 LEADS THIS GROUP, WHILE HIS BROTHER KLINT FOLLOWS IN HIS GREY KART	KYLE FIGHTS THE NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN FROM HIS PREVIOUS ACCIDENT, WHILE FINISHING HIS FINAL RACE OF THE DAY	THE SHIFTER KARTS WERE VERY FAST, WITH SPEEDS OVER 100 MPH AND THE RACING WAS CLOSE	THE BARBER MOTORSPORTS VINTAGE MUSEUM IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE
THIS IS A VERSION OF THE BIKE THAT I LEARNED TO RIDE ON IN 1962 A HARLEY DAVIDSON "K' MODEL	THIS '59 BONNEVILLE WAS JUST LIKE NEW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BIKE INDEED.	MY FIRST BIKE LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE THE FIRE AND REBUILD IT'S A '59 TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE	MY INTEREST IN LAND SPEED RACING STARTED WHEN I'D RIDE MY FIRST BIKE OUT TO WATCH RACES ON THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS
A REALLY NEAT '58 IMPALA CONVERTIBLE WITH ALL OF THE EXTRAS	A MOTOR POWERED BICYCLE	ON THE RIGHT IS A TRIUMPH CUB SIMILAR TO MY OLD ONE AND OUTSIDE YOU CAN SEE MOTORCYCLES RACING ON THE TRACK	ME AND MY TRIUMPH CUB FLAT TRACK AND TT BIKE NEAR POCATELLO IDAHO
			HERE IS A '65 NORTON ATLAS, MINE LOOKED LIKE THIS BEFORE I MODIFIED IT FOR DRAG RACING
ME (YEP, THAT'S ME IN 1965) AND MY '65 "SNORTIN' NORTON" DRAG BIKE AND THE FIRST TROPHY THAT I WON WITH IT
THIS MODEL OF HARLEY IN THE FOREGROUND WAS USED FOR YEARS ON FLAT TRACKS, IT WAS VERY FAST	TWO GURNEY MOTORCYCLES WITH THE LOW SEATS
A GROUP OF DIFFERENT MODEL AND YEARS OF LOTUS RACE CARS	HOW ABOUT A STUDEBAKER POWERED BELLY TANKER FOR THE SALT FLATS		SOME OF THE BIKES WERE ON A FLOWER TYPE CONFIGURED DISPLAY THAT SPANNED ALL SIX FLOORS
SOME SMALLER FLOWER TYPE DISPLAYS	ANOTHER TYPE OF SIX FLOOR DISPLAY OF BIKES	THE BASEMENT RESTORATION AREA HAD A LOT OF VEHICLE BEING WORKED ON, ALSO BEHIND THE GLASS	LOOK CLOSE AND YOU CAN SEE MORE MOTORCYCLES BEING RESTORED BEHIND THE GLASS IN THE BACKGROUND
I RECOMMEND THE WANDERLODGE OWNERS GROUP FORUM AT www,WanderlodgeOwnersGroup.com

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