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Yall yankees is good ol boys even if yall caint speak English good as us ol southern boys. AL

Marc, it was great seeing ya and having a drink with ya at the Red Rock Resort. Couldn't believe how many HOG directors there were..1400 or so, eh? Any way, cool hooking up with ya again, and thanks for the invite to your HOG directors banquet..the open bar (meaning free) was awesome, as was the band. Thanks. Maybe I'll see ya in Reno this September.

Southern Girls

Here in Texas, we ride Harleys and the southern girls...LMAO

FLHTbiker, I'm amazed to hear that you ran into some of the NYC HOG guys in Vegas, small biker world I guess! I went to my first official HOG meeting when they announced the ride to Vegas and invited anyone along. I can hardly imagine that ride on a big bike, even less on my Sporty. Very cool to hear about you running into them. They've been generous (never condescending) with helpful tips to someone new to riding like me, and I really appreciate their help, as well as the great guys here at Bike Talk.

fa evah. Or at least a wicked long time.

Well, a bunch of years ago I had to take an Effective Speaking class. They explained that EVERYONE has an accent. But if you speak perfectly proper English with every word correctly annunciated, for the most part people will think you are from their region.

I have spent some time out west and in the southern states. I also know a few people from the mid western states. They all have their accents and region specific jargon. Some accents are just more predominant.

I went on a Veterans Day run and a Memorial Day run with hundreds of bikes when I was stationed in Korea. It was a lot of fun, but quite irritating at times as well. Mostly because Koreans can't drive worth a crap and traffic was horrifying.

Other than that, I usually ride alone or with my two cousins here in the states. I don't go out of my way looking for runs. They are mostly more hassle than they are worth.

My cousins say that they know a couple groups they occassionally ride with that are NOT HOG chapters or anything (use your imagination) that are just as bad however. They all want to drink and party and ride. Sounds fun until your face goes skidding down the asphalt.

I know my Dad used to travel all over. He claimed that Massachusetts was the only place that didn't have an accent since this was where the Pilgrims landed. LOL.

I've never been to Oregon myself so I can't attest first hand as to the accent.

I've rode through Oregon. Too many trees! Everytime I go through there it seems some forest fire is always burning up to the roadside, so the cagers all pull off (why? JUST KEEP GOING!) and I just ride on through. That, of course, is when it isn't raining cows and bulls!

Too many trees?! Aren't those the things that help us breath by giving off oxygen? :roflmao:

We have plenty of trees here in New England too but we don't have a whole lot of forest fires. Not like out west. They have been known to jump out at some of the newer riders that go a little too fast or those that have one too many wobbly pops.

My buddy's daughter moved out there a couple of years ago. I forget which part. I loved Idaho when I lived there briefly. Beautiful country out that way. At the time there was no work to be found so I ended up moving back east after about a year. That was in 85.

Once we rode from Phoenix up the North coast for the Redwood Run, awesome!. We decided to keep on going and check out Oregon. At that time Ca. was still a let those who ride decide state. We got as far as Crescent City and found out Oregon was a mandatory helmet state so that was where we turned around. Al

I lived in Eugene for a year my son was born there. I love it up ther but was starving to death and had to come home. I was there during gulf war I. The forrest was all but shut down because of the spotted owl. The week after I got home the state of OR called and said they had me a steam plant job at one of the Universties. I didn't have the money to go back.

I'd kill to live in the Grants Pass area. My best friend in the whole world lives just out of Selma.

There's a lot of Nevada that you haven't seen Marc. Not everything has to be green with moss growing on it to be beautiful. While I'd like to find a place on the Oregon Coast near Newport eventually, I love the terrain here in Nevada. Ever been down to Big Basin Natl Park in eastern Nevada? That's some beautiful country. My favorite ride over the years has been US50 from the California border to Utah..just an awesome ride of 7 mountain passes of twisties, and the road is in great shape..just ask Red.

The very northern parts of Nevada are pretty bare including southern Idaho, but there's beauty in all country in one way or another. I hate it when someone says a certain countryside is ugly (not saying you called Nevada ugly, but it's not a wasteland). Ever been across West Texas? Pretty bare out there, but it has a unique beauty to it.