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Update July-August/2006- The Jim Carlton-Ray Shedden "Tour of America" is added to the site

The "Tour of America 2006"

Jim and Ray do the "Tour of America":

Jim Carlton -  on a 2002 Harley FatBoy

Ray Shedden - on a 2002 Harley VROD

The Trip Completed
[8/12/06 (1am 8/13)-
~6,892 miles]
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Legend says a Bronsonator lives near Athens, GA near the mountains of western North Carolina - east Tennesee.   He tests your skills on US129 with 318 curves in 11 miles, he whitewater rafts with you, cheating death (hopefully), he snores like a bear in the next KOA cabin in Tellico Plains, TN.  He makes you eat Santa's BBQ (watch out for antlers!), he digs the gravel out of your road-rash wounds, he nicknames you if you deserve it.
 
Everyone who comes to ride with the Bronsonator will always remember it (some parts will be blurrier than others).

Jim Carlton and Ray Shedden do the "2006 Tour of America"
July 29 - August 12, 2006 - 6,892 miles, 18 States,  Rain/Lightning/Desert 115+temps/Swamps/Mountains/Prairies/Gravel-deathtraps - And No Trailers! - Just IronButts!

Click Here to See or Make Comments!

A few of the pictures along the way.....
CLICK HERE to see July 29-30 pictures

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These do not include "The Toothless Wonder" in Louisiana, nor the tractor trailer that tried to run over Jim.......nor the Florida rainstorm that drowned us for about two hours......

CLICK HERE to see July 31 pictures

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These do not include pictures of Ray going down in the gravel in El Paso nor the floodwaters which trapped our wet adventurers for two days......

CLICK HERE to see Aug 1 pictures

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CLICK HERE to see Aug 2 pictures

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CLICK HERE to see Aug 3 pictures

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CLICK HERE to see Aug 4 pictures

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CLICK HERE to see Aug 5 pictures

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CLICK HERE to see Aug 6 pictures

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CLICK HERE to see Aug 7 pictures
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CLICK HERE to see Aug 8 pictures
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CLICK HERE to see Aug 9 pictures
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CLICK HERE to see Aug 10-12 pictures
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 More pictures and videos.....All done with a CANON ELPH still camera and then compressed to minimize downloadsize

Videos at 320 x 200 Resolution

   
California desert ride to San Diego  
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Awesome Wind Turbine Farm in San Diego mountains
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San Diego Beach
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Crossing the Empiral Dunes, CA
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Dips crossing the desert to Salton Sea 
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Riding into Sedona, AZ
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Looking around in Oak Creek Canyon, AZ
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At the Grand Canyon south rim
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At Desert View in Grand Canyon
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Leaving the Grand Canyon
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New Videos at 640 x 480 Resolution!

Crossing another desert
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Young elk in Yellowstone, WY
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I stalk a buck elk in Yellowstone, WY...I keep the engine running....
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The baby buffalo runs off after scaring the crap out of me as we raced through Yellowstone, WY
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Boiling geysers in Yellowstone, WY
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Huge boiling geyser in Yellowstone, WY
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Geyser falls and steams in Yellowstone, WY
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Huge spurting geyser in Yellowstone, WY
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Small spurting geyser in Yellowstone, WY
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Growling hell-hole in Yellowstone, WY
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Old Faithful spurts every 53-125 minutes - and the tourists run screaming in Yellowstone, WY
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Riding to Cody, WY
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Arriving at Devil's Tower, WY
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Climbing Devil's Tower, WY
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Coming into the Wyoming mountains
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Cruising into Sturgis
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Downtown Sturgis goes by
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Overlooking bikes coming into Deadwood, SD far below
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JimC gives his impressions of the trip so far
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Threading the needle at the top of Needles Skyway near Mt Rushmore.
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I wrestle a Buffalo at Custer State Park, SD - next time I will stay on my bike!
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We visit the Badlands in SD....watch out for those damn rattlesnakes!
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A short video of Ray riding just one time without crashing (had to be a VERY SHORT video! 
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