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Hey, Mawsley Damned glad to meet you. Damned gladder to hear you are over the hump on Covid. I think you always have to joke about life - good or bad. My own mom (89) and her 82 yr old boy-toy are coming down the backside of their infection. Mom never event went into the hospital with it. Her husband was hospitalized with it. He went thru - on oxygen and feeling good, to full oxygen and probably not going to make it, finishing up with "I'm not dead yet!" and is home recuperating. There is hope!!!

That was a quick start, soon to be edited. I see that Stephen took down previous videos. not sure why, but they were just as great. I want to do justice with the Odom Point story, as that was done for a friend's friend. Here is another of the AGALOS band's take on Odom Point - http://nyemoto.com/index.php/2017/08/15/billysride/ This is Billy. Billy would destroy sport bikes on Tail of the Dragon, while on his GS. Billy would do anything for anyone. Billy is the kind of guy you would erect a monument to him, on top of a 12000 foot mtn, in Colorado. The story of Odom Point will blow your mind.

We "discovered" Colorado back around 2012. We being a friend from TN, Frijole (trying to get him on here), and some good ol boys from Louisiana. Names you might know. Camped at Ridgeway and decided to check out Engineer pass, having heard of it from other sites and reports. Should have listened to the people warning us we would "die" riding up to the Pass, from Ouray side. We didn't die, but it felt like it. Trips back almost every year since. We've slowly roped in more and more people to these trips (check out the excellent Steven Gregory video). The place has become so special, that Frijole spread the ashes of a great friend at the top of Engineer, and BJD had a sign prepared. That's a separate story I am still trying to put together, to capture the spirit of riding with friends. Video: While out in Ridgeway, we also took a side jaunt to Moab (that's the weird red rocks you see in pics)

I'm getting used to picking it up ?

kind of was, wasn't it? so many peeps, trips and stories ago. Last I heard you were in the US, now it looks like back in the UK?

thanks all! let's get this party started! stay tuned for some riding stories.

uh, oh. Ian is here? How many know how nice he really is? ? (rode with you in New Mexico, 2010)

I've had other bikes since last seeing you, too. And, finally made my maiden voyage to Europe. Did the Edelweiss Extreme Alps Tour, followed by the Pyrenees and then France. Found a great tour company in Tours, France and will holler out when next over that way. In the meantime, come to the states when the quarantine is listed and we can ride some good asphalt in California!

yep, this be Rick Giroux! Great to see all y'all again! Some cabin boy pointed me to this forum. Great, modern look to it! For some reason, the busboy is obsessed with the world's only GSA with flames.

Some of these names look familiar ? Good to see em again!