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JB Taylor............. ..Count me in!Glad to be there! flynguzzi@yahoo.com
Faith no more .... OK , Faith is still around , but we will be dealing with a new mayor this year , and a couple of new council members . The new mayor knows us , it will be interesting to see if HE works as hard as Faith has over the years to make this thing work... Dusty
Can't be any worse than the storms and flooding at the Guzzi National I was at more than 30 years ago in Abilene, Ks. I should be there barring unforeseen events.
You mean this is a "Guy-type" mayor? Who is going to make all of those good deserts for the tour of the museum on Saturday? Oh, This could be very bad. So far, I have the event on my Touring Calendar. I want to make another trip to see the USS Batfish (SS-310) in Muskogee on one of the weekend days. My goal this year is to see as many of the WW II diesel submarines as possible while I'm on the road to motorcycle events.
In the depth of winter you have me thinking about this event, what would be a good route from the Pacific Northwest, camping of course, I'm too cheap to motel it.
From Kiwi_Roy:Any reason to have to start out from the Pacific NW? Weather is going to be possibly a very significant problem as you would be crossing a lot of mountains and high altitudes, ice, snow and even blizzards are very much a possibility let alone the cold, even in May. A southern route leaving form southern CA would be much safer and more comfortable INHO.GliderJohn
Kiwi Roy - I assume you want to avoid interstate highways, but I70 from Grand Junction to Denver is a beautiful drive. If you go that way, you could meet up with some of the Colorado riders in Denver and ride the rest of the way together. I’m planning on going this year if I get good news from the oncologist in February.
SmithSwede,If you have interest in the WW II submarines, check out the book "Final Patrol" by Don Keith. It's a soft back book and good, used copies are available for <$10. I had our local book store order one for me. It discusses the history of (16) US submarines that are currently located around the country and available for public viewing. It also discusses the U-505 which is in the museum in Chicago. I have seen it also but it was a school trip decades ago and I remember little about it.Thanks for the info on the Batfish. I'll do some checking to see if it is available for tours. I saw it a couple of years ago but, as I said, my goal this year is to see as many of them as possible, and it is on the list.FYI, another one that's close to Cedar Vale is the USS Razorback (SS-394). The book says it is located at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum in North Little Rock, Arkansas. I'm trying to figure out how to route my trip in that direction, either going out or on the return, to see it. Once again, thanks for the information and ride safe.
Why would anybody want to serve on a boat that sinks on purpose, Ha!
My motorcycle club takes a ride there from OKC once a year. The ride leader served on a nuke sub in the 60s and likes to give a tour. I can give out the dates of the ride and tour this year if you're interested.
I have to agree, but..The Kid's sweetie Nora's dad Fritz (RIP) was on the sub that is docked in Pittsburg during the Cuban missile crisis. When I talked to him about it, he said he'd do it again in a heartbeat. "One of the best times of my life.."He was an aviator, too.. and Nora's first passenger when she got her license. Great guy.
I would like to see it again.
This resulted in a casualty rate of 22%,
A few years ago, we toured the US and Russian subs which are moored in San Diego. Both are amazing ships. The tour guide on the Russian sub told us that the US submariners were all volunteers, but that the Russians were draftees. What if a Russian submariner-draftee was claustrophobic (claustrophobia comes to mind as soon as you enter a sub)? He was told, “Get over it.”
