Fly in Craig Scott's birthday outfit. This is early morning, he may have been here all night! Back in the Saddle again!

As the sun sets over Kanab, UT, the RRR is almost history. Jack & Barb,Karl and Bev, all did a lot of work. Others helped too, It was an excellent rally. The buffet line tonight was plentiful and good. As with every VROC gathering, old friendships were renewed, and new ones made. A few have left, but most will ride out in the morning, in all different directions. There are forest fires all around us, and more thunder and lightning storms are in the forecast. I'm sure there will be a lot of interesting trip reports posted in the next few days as people return to home and their computers. The next time I'm able to get on line, there will be a new blog called: http://kanabtocoosbay.blogspot.com. There's nothing on it now, but there will be soon. Thanks for the nice comments I've received about the pictures. I'm sorry that I didn't get everyone, but my brain can only handle so much. If you're not here, it wasn't intentional.

Piper, Lucy and Mary. Waiting for the crowd to finish dinner so they can start selling vroc goodies.

Bev and Karl, Sag, Jim and Chelsea.

Skid, Flaco and Tony D. Good eats!

Jerry "Pop Pop" and a table full of happy VROC people

Big Dave, Beth and Deb at the Last Supper

Cargo, Skid, and Scooter, Just hanging out on Saturday afternoon.

A quiet Saturday afternoon. Most of the rides have returned, people are resting and mapping out their route home. Only a couple more hours until the Bar B Que starts. Krazbob lives in Carson City, so he doesn't have too far to get home.

This in the the parking lot of the Parry Lodge. They let us use it for all the meals.

Howard (Jazzman) and Rosie, enjoying some chicken at the Friday night meal.

Fart taking a little snooze. He was working on Fly's laptop. There are 2 perfectly good beds in the room, but I guess in New Zealand they prefer to sleep in chairs!

Slots is giving Phyliss a ride! tc looks on. This is the last of the shots of the Friday night Birthday party for Craig Scott. I't's passed my bedtime, so....tomorrow's another day. The RRR will be winding down.

Chunk and Deb. What serious people! Just snapped the camera between laughter I guess

Linda and Howard (Nitelite)

Bev, Teresa and Jake, and Chelsea

Brillo in his new "dorky" mesh jacket . Next step is a Gold Wing. We're working on him!

Batman showed up this afternoon, came in on a Thunder storm!

Slash (Kelly from Texas) sporting her new favorite shirt.

Six pack Jack showed up from Georgia. He's down to a "2 pack" today! Doctor Jack is another of our "hard riders"

Ace. Another of our Canadian contingency!

Captain Kirk and Buckey. The starship just rolled in today.

Slots is enjoying his new "Retirement life", Cat gives him a hug.

Jim Segilar snd Craig Scott. These Canadians are weird! Craig says "there are many used for this stuff" as he takes a squirt of WD-40.

One of my "all time favorits" for this rally! Toa and Roxie!

Blondie and Teresa. They only met a couple of days ago, VROC help devolop good friendships!

Malichi and Mark Brown (Trout) Open your eyes mark!

Jest. You can count on those Californians to get tacky! What a guy! I guess this means we're "Bosom buddies" now.

Scorpion~ with his lovely wife Mary. He's been keeping her a secret from us for too long. Mary, it's good to see you at a VROC event!

John (formerly Pugg) watches Ham and Rocketgirl. They have only been in town a few minutes, still in their riding clothes.

Karl Guzzo working on the buffet line. He and Bev have been a big help to Jack and Barb, making use everything is going well. And they have all done a fine job!

Skid and Ham...The new owner of Sherm's Cycle Products. He and Rocket Girl just rode in.

One of our favorite VROC couples, and they came all the way from New Zealand. Toa and Blondie.

Jim Lohman and his daughter Chelsea. Good riders, both!

Lisa and Mark. Good VROC friends from Holbrook.

Steel City and Texas! What a crew! Nickels, B-man and Yummie.

This is Kelly (we have 3 of them here, at least) His nic is Shoeless, and for those of you that don't know he has a brother named Hotsauce.

Fly with his official RRR shirt, and Jerry "Pop Pop"Zimmerman.

Toa doing his thing of introducing the birthday boy, as tc looks on. Meanwhile the cake is about ready to catch the barn on fire!

Barb and Phyliss watching the buffet line.

Watching Craig blow out the candles!

Craig is "full of wind", at least he was before blowing out all 50 candles in one shot! TC is holding the cake.

Barb 4E presenting Craig with some things for his big 5-0 Day.

The group photo. There were dozens of vroc'ers that weren't here for this picture, many out eating or playing or riding, but this is a good representation. You don't have to look to close in the shot, I broke it down into sections down the line here.

The guest of honor, Craig Scott, right in the center of the picture.

And this is the "starboard side of the group shot.

This is the "amidship" shot of the group picture.

This would be the "port" side of the group shot.

The birthday boy Craig with Teresa and Blondie. He says "take your time" any one else want to go to their room for a camera?

The "Man of the Hour". Craig Scott is 50 today. In about 10 minutes we're having a surprise party for him! There will be lots of pictures later. I'm out of here now, time to go socialize and do some more "snapping". Oh, Bucky just stopped by and said we should make up a calendar of VROC ladies. What a novel idea!!! That girl needs to read the newsgroup more!

Fart rode to Bryce Canyon today, He's showing off some of his pictures. He'll have a lot to show everyone back home in New Zealand!

Tom Miller is signing the "famous tank".

EZ getting ready to hit the pool (In the rain!) He's had that swimming outfit since 1927. He should trade suits with Fly (as you'll see in a later picture)

Cargo on his Nomad. This is the parking lot of the Parry shortly after a small Thunder shower! Cargo is washing his bike!

J-Willy and Chelsea

Sterling, Crystal, Normie, Skid, Sandy, Gary

Yvette and Malichi, from Colorado.

Gary and Mrs. Mitchel from Rapid City, SD.

I know it's hard to take, but Fly is on is way to the pool. Kanab will never be the same!

Scotty and Wiliedog. The Small and Large of VROC! Oh, maybe we should have found Don (VSP) to flank Thomas on the other side.

Scorpion bought a cool mount for his GPS, but the unit popped off on a bump and he broke the face. Still works, that's a good thing.

Oldman with a nose bleed. Those flat land Texans aren't used to these mountain elevations! But he's happy anyway!

Slash and Oldman returning from a ride.

Sag is fitting right in with this weird bunch!

Fly is having another good day!

Sandy say's, "I could get used to this". Feels like a Gold Wing seat!

Sterling taking her turn in the Chinese Harley.

Leaving China! We were all pretty hungry, it was after noon by now. We had a "so-so" lunch here. Guess it was allright for Utah

Sandy and Skid. True Pioneers!

A hummingbird's nest. She was flying around, but I couldn't get a picture of her. There are either eggs or babies in there.

Sterling and Sag rest and watch a hummingbird attending her nest up in the ceiling.

This was an old outhouse. Me and my new friend were taking a rest. Sandy does the duty with the camera on this one.

More of the old movie set buildings. Skid is quite a movie buff, and recognized some of them from the movies.

Sterling is on the platform, Skid is helping her adjust the noose. Her mom is saying "Don't fall! Don't fall". She didn't

This building was used in the movie "Josy Wales"

Boot hill. Some of these markers were pretty funny. Supposedly real saying, but who knows?

Skid the ex "bean counter", can't pass up the opportunity to count a few! A side note here, as I sit in the room posting this, there was a loud crack of thunder, and it looks like the sky is falling outside! It's 4:43 PM. Hope most of the rides are back, but I know a few will be caught in this. Glad I'm in here right now!

A street on the movie set.

Kokopelli on a bike!

Sterling and Crystal. My, what funny clothes they wear!

This is the front of a large collection of movie sets. We walked through it, very interesting. Some of the movies go back to the 40s', many into the 60's and 70's, and a few newer ones. A large mess hall with lots of signed pictures from the actors that have worked there. A nice gift shop too. Just full of Kokopelli things. When I first read about and started learning about Kokopelli, he wasn't even popular. During the last 10 years, he's become the most popular figure of all the rock writings in the South West.

Directly across the street from the Parry. The town is full of tourist stores, and we saw 3 nice looking Thrift Shops on the main street, several cafe's and Restaurants, local entertainment attractions, and 3 museums. It's a perfect place for the rally. Another thank you to the 4E's and also Karl and Bev Guzzo for all the work that went into this.

This is the Kaw Pasture. We have a lot of rooms in this large complex. They have been all booked up for months! That's Sterling, Sandy, Crystal and Skid walking to get their pic taken, but this one turned out better than the one they posed for:-)

This would be fun, it's 1/2 block from the Parry. But, can't find anyone that wants to to with me tomorrow. Will have to be some other time.

Sag and Brillo. Brillo worked hard changing Piper's tire, so he's enjoying a morning beverage. Sandy looks on.

Wiliedog is cleaning a lot of Western dirt off his Rogue. It's going to rain again today Thomas!

This is the Aiken Motel. A lot of VROC is staying here.

Sixpack Jack is the "sidewalk supervisor" while Brillo strains to remove the axle nut from Pipers bike.

Brillo is really getting with it. I heard him ask for a bigger hammer! The pop is spraying, but didn't come out in the picture.

Not being a "giant of a man" myself, it love standing next to Don! :-)

Brillo is figuring out the best way to get Pipers flat tire off, using EZ's trailer as a bike lift. The cooler under the frame is full of soda pop, and when we lowered (yes, I even helped) one of the cans broke and sprayed coke. I don't know who the cooler belongs to, but it won't be very functional anymore!

Don VSP is getting ready for another day of "hard riding"

Deb and Sandy are in the parking lot supervising the maintenance projects. Slid is in the lobby working on his computer, they can't pick up wireless in their room.

Fly has the Concours all apart, chasing a small electrical problem, which he's already found and is now (hopefully) getting it back together.

Oil changes, adjustments, and even more serious things are being done in all the motel parking lots. It's early morning, getting ready for the days rides and activities!

Friday 24 June. Fly and Fart doing "parking lot maintenance".

Jim and Lanny. This was a good evening for people to get acquainted. There were lots of small groups having conversations.

Jim, Utemike and Bucky.

Yep, this is the Texas contingency!

X and Jim, This looks like the "Texas" Corner!

Beverly, Sag, Chelsea, Tony D., Teresa & Jake, and Paul. Enjoying the evening in "The Barn"

Jack and Barb, and Slots. The parking lot was full, the barn was full, and all the little overhangs were crowded when the short rain storms came through.

Bucky and Chip Taylor.

A happy Howard (Nitelite). He's standing in the rain too!

KrazBob and Barb, Montene and Wompus.

Jim (Rev) and Carol. They just arrived from Southern Arizona, Close to a 600 mile day. They made it this time without killing any Javalinas! What a great couple! And, they have their little Pom in her carrying case on the back.

Biglefti and Jim Beau are in deep thought. This is the only picture I have of Lanny (Biglefti) where is isn't showing his pearly whites in a happy smile. Jim must be depressing him!

Snake's tank! It's filling up fast, and the rally hasn't even started! This is the bike that Snake threw together in a hurry so Fart would have something to ride. The engine is the one that Steve and Guy built for the Green Machine, but it found a new home in this Nomad instead.

Bucky, an early number VROC'er finished her degree a year ago, and is now working as a Civil Engineer in Colorado. Congratulations Bucky!

Chunk just got in on his Concours.

Fly and Fart. They have put over 5000 miles on the bikes since left last week sometime. Fly lives in Iowa, Fart is here from New Zealand.

Tony D. say "It just don't get any better than this"! The rain and hail had just stopped.

Tony D and Sag. We ran into some heavy rain, lots of lightning, and Hail. The other stopped for cover, and we kept on going. I stopped just to get a picture.

Cat in all here glory! She's put a lot of miles on to get here.

Slammer on his 650 Silver Wing. I'm going to ride this bike tomorrow!

Epibunny wet herself down, she was in riding with the group heading to the Grand Canyon.

This was part of our little riding group, we were waiting for the others to catch up. It wasn't long after this that we latched up with the Steel City Boyz.

This is for Joker. Kelly spotted this logo on a "bike in a box" chopper, and said I had to take a picture of it.

First Gas stop for the group that didn't go to the Grand Canyon. We split up. some of us just couldn't wait to get to Kanab! This is Phyliss, Barb, Lisa, Mark and Beverly.

We met up with Tony D., Jake, and Teresa in Flagstaff.

Almost ready to pull out. Waiting for Phyliss, then well be on the road!

Kelly will be riding Karen's old 800 (now Jack's bike) and they will be hauling the rented Honda. Jack has his pickup full of things for the rally.

Rosie, Karen, Beverly and Howard. Waiting for everyone to arrive so we can leave for the RRR!

Outside of Jack's Body Shop, early Thursday morning, staging up for the trip to Kanab. That's tc's VStrom, with Jazzman looking on.

I took this over my head. That's Thrillseeker behind me, and a bunch of bikes.

Cat rolling down the road. She took the Long way to get to Kanab! We haven't heard about her trip yet, but she seems to be enjoying the new 1600 Nomad!

We met up with the Steel City Boyz and girls, Cat and some others. They were looking for a gas station before they went to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We rode with them for awhile. Slowest part of the trip since we left Coos Bay, they were being conservative to save gas. Booooooring!

Tony D. on Hwy 89 toward Kanab.

Phyliss brought in a ton of Mexican food. She's having one of Jazzman's hamburgers.

Phyliss brought in several good Mexican dishes. She's explaining the difference between green and red chili to Toa. Lisa and Karl look on.

Loose Canon and Lisa, There was just tooooo much here to eat!

Sag enjoying his hamburger.

Kelly with her bib.

Sag, Jack and tc. Three Old Hippies!

Jack on about his 4th plate. Too much good food, too small a tummy!

EZ, Scooter, Loose canon, Crystal and Sterling enjoy the food.

Lowside and Highside. She's eating for 3!

Beverly, Karl, and Barb. Winding down from dinner. Bev and Karl made an excellent green chili!

Karen (Blondy) For a "petit" lady, she's a good eater!

Howard (jazzman) He did the grill work and made the burgers.

Phyliss and Lisa.

On our way! Early morning on I-40, East of Holbrook. Barb Foree is leading 8 bikes (10 people) on a ride to the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest. We had a great ride, and a perfect tour guide! The school teacher came out in Barb, and we all enjoyed it a lot!

Barb and Kelly, On the road. Almost to the South West entrance to the Park.

Crystal and the crew behind here. I shot this over my helmet without looking back.

Every year there are more books about Route 66 and the South West in general. I'd like to have them all, so didn't buy any!

A beautiful T-shirt. If I accompany Fly next year on his Route 66 ride, I'll have one of these!

"So, and your point is?.............." This was a group from Norway, they were traveling Route 66 with a film company and chase truck. Riding rented Harleys. They said to Kelly a couple of times..."you're riding Japanese bikes???. And Kelly said, YES, and your point is?................She didn't get an answer.

Kelly is waving to Karen. This is Karen's old bike. The new 750 she rented has a stiff throttle, and the 800 is more comfortable to ride.

Everyone bought their passes at the gift shop, but we still had to check in. My Golden Access pass was the only one that was waved on through. Being old and disabled has some benefits!

Kelly and Barb, Already into the Park and waiting for the rest of our group.

Kelly, Barb, Highside, Crystal, Sterling, Cargo, Julie, CB, and Sag.

Some of the painted desert. There are acres and acres of different colors. We were there in the late morning, not a good time. Early morning and evening just before the sun goes down is best. More color caused from the shadows. Pictures don't do it justice.

Barb is leading us in some parking lot calisthenics. Uh one, Uh tow, Uh three, Uh four!

Kelly and Cargo, We're on a trail to see some ruins from several hundred years ago.

Some rock figures. This was taken before we got to newspaper rocks, where there were even more. Lots of real petroglyphs in this area. I remember seeing a Kokopelli around here on a previous trip, but didn't see him today.

Sag. He looks like the "old man of the desert". He's been my riding partner for this trip, and we've been having a fine time together!

High Side, Low Side, and the "twins". This young couple brought the whole family from back east somewhere. The twins will be making their appearance sometime in December. Maybe on me birthday!

Sterling is showing us a balancing act on the ledge above a cliff. Her dad, EZ, wasn't with us, or he may have been a little nervous.

Cargo. He's still wind burned from the trip out from the East. He's out bouncer. If people knew how good natured he was, he wouldn't be able to get a job with us as "protection"

This is CB. Lose the "stach", and he cold be Mr. Clean!

Cactus Flowers. There were a lot of bees flying around, so they must have had a high sugar content in the nector. Had to snap this one in a hurry, I'm alergic to bees!

This is a skeleton of one of the Morman Crickets we saw earlier in the week.

CB, Sherm, Sag and Barb outside a curio shop in the Petrified Forest. We were waiting while the others shopped and ate ice cream.

Inside Phylis Romo's Restaurant in Holbrook. Phyliss will be riding with us to Kanab tomorrow, she's a Harley rider and good friend of Jack and Barb.

This is a first! Barbara is actually working in the kitchen! Not her normal thing to do. She's cutting up some pork loin for the Posali Mexican Soup. She's saying "Oh, Yuk". Crystal and Rose look on, while Loose Canon is working on some chili preparations.

Sterling, EZ and Crystal's daughter. She rode with them all the way from Georgia.

Jazzman, Karen (Blondy) tc, Barb, and Rosie! The Foree kitchen. The smell are starting to make the tummy growl. I can't say that too many cooks spoil the meal, they are all doing their part in something good!

Loose Canon is giving Crystal a foot message while Toa feeds her grapes! What a life. All part of the service at the "Casa Foree"

Start Day 7, At the Casa Foree in Holbrook, AZ. Big O, Loose Canon, Scooter, and Kelly. Some of those that stayed up the latest were up the earliest! Awww, the joys of youth:-). It's early, gets light here around 4 AM since Arizona doesn't observe Daylight Savings time. There are people in various places in the house, some slept outside. Low overnight temp was 76 degrees. Most of us have already eaten, and as soon as the others get around, we're going to ride throught the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest National Parks this morning before it gets too warm.

Wednesday morning, 6:45 AM. CB, Jack, Sag, and Big O. Steve and Jack cooked Chorizo and eggs, sausages, and other good stuff for breakfast.

Toa and Sherm, on Jack's patio. Both in the VROC chat group. Someone said "that's sick! Why don't they just talk to each other?" They just don't know the degree of addiction to the Forum! There's very few post tonight, everyone seems to be here or on the way! It's a beautiful evening here in Arizona, on the longest day of the year......................

Jack, Scooter, and part of Cargo.

Jack, CB, Kelly, Toa, on the patio.

Jack cleaning the grill with his welders wire brush.

Fresh Arizona corn on the cob. Cooked in beer and water. Very tender.

"Cheesecake". Howard "Jazzman" from New Zealand. Note the Oregon shirt he's wearing.

Jack cooking brats, hot links, and cheese dogs. The New Zealanders call them "bangers".

Dinner is in progress. The ladies out did themselves with the preparations.

Cargo and EZ.

Karl Guzzo. He really doesn't look this weird, but I just had to post this picture.

EZ. Just arrived with the group that rode in from the far SE. He's from Georgia.

This is our room in the "Casa Foree". This was a son's room, he painted the wall with this design. Very strong colors on this wll only, it's a nice room!

Toa put some potato peels down Barb's sink and clogged up the drain. He did a fine job playing plumber, and got it running again! What a guy!

Karen, Barb, Rose, and Sag. This is Barb's little car. They are on the way to the store for food to feed the masses. Sag is going to help carry the load.

Howard (Jazzman) and Rose in the lot of Jack's Body Shop. Shortly after this a very strong wind came up.

Tony D.'s leg! He's a Macho Guy!

Jack Foree. He's the "Man" for the RRR. We'll be staying in the Foree home for a couple of days before leaving for Kanab.

Howard (Jazzman) and Rose.

Toa,

Kelly, Barb,Karen, Lunch in Holbrook.

A wind burned Tom Miller, rode in from Kentucky with his Brother.

Mexican Cafe one block from Jack's Body Shop in Holbrook. The first "get together of the RRR" People are starting to come in to group up for leaving on Thursday morning for Kanab, UT.

This was beside the road on the way to Holbrook. A bee in the Thistle. In full resolution and size this picture came out great. Too bad the blot program reduces them so much!

Karen, Toa,Sag,Tony D., and Kelly on her new "Bike for a Week"

Kelly and Steve, The Original Pancake House. This was in our motel, waiting for the Bike Rental place to open so we can get on the road.

Kelly "Thrillseeker" almost meets her match with the "Bourbon Burger". It's amazing, but "She ate the whole thing!" The long flight from Florida today must have given her an appetite.

Flaco's back, Toa and Blondy. Look at those tans! And they've only been in Arizona for 3 hours!

Tony D., bursting out in song. If it wasn't dark, you could see the Diamond Back ball park right behind them. Kelly looks on, impressed? or, in shock?

Flaco, Toa and Blondy

Sag and Uncle Pirage. Now we know how he got his nickname! It was good to see him there, getting around good with his walker.

John (previously Pugg) working on a new nickname!

Toa and Blondy still look great after a long day of air travel.

Tony D. He's running his tail off being the "host" down here for the next few days. He'll be picking up Toa and Blondy at the airport, and a couple hours later Kelly (Thrillseeker) come in. We'll all meet and have dinner at the BOB (Bank One Ballpark) at the Front Row TGIF Cafe, up in the tower.

Start Day 5, June 20, 2005. The Eggery, in Scottsdale, AZ. We were to meet Tony D. here at 7 AM. It was 78 degrees when we got up a 5 AM. Didn't know how long it would take to get here from the motel, so left about 6:15, and arrived at 6:30. We had coffee and sat outside until Tony arrived. Note the Arizona riding leathers. Just too hot for much else. The breakfast was OK, the company was terrific! Thanks Tony.

Sag eating his dinner. We didn't have silverware of a can opener, so we sawed the cans open with his Swiss Army Knife (the largest I've ever seen!). You had to be tough getting around all the green stuff floating around in the can. These were on sale from Canned Food Warehouse, so the quality could have been in question. However, they were delicious!

The restaurant we went to was closed, so we returned to the room and cracked out the emergency rations. Sardines, Oysters, Vienna Sausages, and protein bars. Washed down with Wal-mart bottled water. Yum Yum.