Pic of the week game

[Burque73]

Voting for Redman. I've been typing, editing and deleting my post for too long so, yeah Dave for me this week.

Good times!

[Redman]

If any of you are liking the pictures and the stories this week, you will probably like the thread :
"Influencing The GrandKids"

https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?243599-Influencing-the-grandkids

although is "influencing grandkids" in general, rather than "next generation riding", but about same idea, but more for grandkids and not specific to riding.

Maybe some of you might like to add to it.
Roger Burque's picture this week has been there for some time now.
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[cowboyup3371]

I know this isn't probably proper but I'm going to vote for my own picture solely due to the story even just it tells. The very scared look on her face quickly turned to delight and ultimately into not wanting to get off that day. In some ways, it mimics our life together since she was originally my girlfriend's daughter who wanted to like me but was scared to trust and then ultimately led to asking me to adopt her two years ago. We have gone many a mile since that day we took the picture and I have loved every minute of the time we've spent together over the last several years. I'm looking forward to the future.

[gustovh]

Burque73 for me, the picture tells a story.

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[storm 64]

I vote for KERRFUNK
marvinsc was a close second. I dig the Pink One Piece Racing Leathers the girl is wearing. What a ham☺

[Redman]

I know this isn't probably proper but I'm going to vote for my own picture solely due to the story even just it tells. .................

Scott, That is not at all unprecedented (and I can be accuse of it).

Very powerful story.

[Redman]

Saturday, Vote Tally.

I think most pic were taken just to be documentary, but given the subject, and given the audience (us), I think I can speak for everyone and say we all enjoyed them all. Thanks Jedz.

My tally this morning:
Burque 4, Me Redman 4, Kerrfunk 6, Cowboy 2 .
Anybody is welcome to check-confirm or comment further on my tally.

So, Mr Kerry Kerfunk and his turnbsignal riding daughter have the most votes.

Kerry, Can you tell us if she remembers that first ride....? Oh, And what you have for us next?

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[Baatfam]

Congrats, KF!

And Justin, this was a fun one....thank you.

You probably don't need this, as you've proven to be quite creative, but here is the year's list of themes and winners, for help...

Date	Theme	Created By	# of Entries	Winner	Winning Post #
1/21/2018	Low Light	Burque73	7	dorkburger	4
1/27/2018	Interesting/peculiar roadside attraction	dorkburger	7	Burque73	37
2/3/2018	On the border	Burque73	5	Mrs. Steve	65
2/10/2018	Slightly less than perfect riding weather	Mrs. Steve	7	Jedz123	?
2/18/2018	Bikes of GSR Rallys	Jedz123	5	Burque73	141
2/24/2018	Sports	Burque73	5	trevor	159
3/3/2018	Playing with sunlight	trevor	7	Redman	194
3/10/2018	Reflection	Redman	9	storm 64	232
3/17/2018	Motorcycle packed down	storm 64	8	Sandy	257
3/24/2018	Something twisty	Sandy	10	Steve	278
3/31/2018	Water	Steve	11	Baatfam	310
4/7/2018	On or near a bridge	Baatfam	11	Redman	371
4/14/2018	Lonely road	Redman	16	Burque73	409
4/21/2018	What's up?	Burque73	13	Redman	469
4/28/2018	Outstanding In a Field (or at least in view)	Redman	10	Sandy	509
5/5/2018	"Special Effect"	Sandy	8	Gustovh	558, 574(big)
5/12/2018	"...something different that includes a part of your bike…"	Gustovh	10	dorkburger	598
5/19/2018	your bike casting a shadow	dorkburger	9	Burque73	653
5/26/2019	Downtown	Burque73	9	Jedz123	693
6/2/2018	Live Action	Jedz123	11	kerrfunk	721
6/9/2018	Picture with a passenger	kerrfunk	8	trevor	749
6/16/2018	"…your bike with some form of 'Heavy equipment'."	Trevor	4	Redman	794
6/23/2018	Bike at the water	Redman	14	Jedz123	809
6/30/2018	Mountains	Jedz123	9	trevor	867
7/7/2018	Sunset	Trevor	13	gustovh	895
7/14/2018	Field repairs	gustovh	9	Baatfam	948
7/21/2018	Out in the rain	Baatfam	7	Burque73	988
7/28/2018	"…one or more farm animals…"	Burque73	8	cowboyup3371	1016
8/4/2018	"...your bike with any art."	cowboyup3371	10	Burque73	1037
8/11/2018	"…and interesting or really old church."	Burque73	11	Steve Murdoch	1072
8/18/2018	"...your bike with a flag."	Steve Murdoch	12	Storm64	1139, 1140(big)
8/25/2018	Aviation	Storm64	11	wacky941	1175
9/1/2018	Monumental	wacky941	10	Redman	1233
9/8/2018	"Bike In Unexpected Place"	Redman	14	Charlie G	1272
9/15/2018	"Places of Spiritual Meaning"	Charlie G	10	Downs	1319
9/22/2018	"...with a piece of emergency equipment."	Downs	10	Baatfam	1353
9/29/2018	Gigantic animal	Baatfam	9	Charlie G	1406
10/6/2018	High Places/Things	Charlie G	11	dorkburger	1469
10/13/2018	Halloween / harvest	dorkburger	8	trevor	1506
10/20/2018	"dusk"	trevor	13	trevor	1540
10/27/2018	"a panoramic photo"	trevor	11	Burque73	1622
11/3/2018	Bike, Night and Lights	Burque73	14	dorkburger	1694
11/10/2018	Nature taking over	dorkburger	13	Baatfam	1778
11/17/2018	"Glamour Shot," or "Print Ad"	Baatfam	17	Jedz123	1847
11/24/2018	Passing the tourch	Jedz123	14	kerrfunk	1913
12/1/2018		kerrfunk

[kerrfunk]

Thanks for the votes, y'all. As always, a fun contest, and a lot of stories this time!
I am probably way too excited that I won this week. Not only do I tell my wife about the weekly event, but I often tell my secretary and even the folks that gather for coffee before Sunday School.
Scott (cowboy), no worries about voting for yourself. I probably take voting too seriously, too! I was a little afraid to vote this time because I knew I was in the running to win, but I decided to go with the spirit of the game and vote for the one that I thought captured "passing the torch" well (I voted for Burque73).
My daughter does not recall her first motorcycle ride

Anyhoo. The theme for the first week of December: Here's Your Sign. Your bike with a roadsign. Could be a traffic sign, could even be something like "Welcome to Illinois" or "Welcome to Chicago" or "Welcome to the Grand Teton National Forest".

This pair of roadsigns is on southbound OH775 about fifteen miles from my house. It indicates a curvy road with a junction on the left and then a junction on the right. They forgot to indicate that it's on a hill. I just get such a kick out of these signs.

[marvinsc]

IMG_2960.jpgOnly this sign will do...…..

[Sandy]

Good theme this week again. I missed last week. Here's my entry for this week taken on the way to Yosemite N.P. a number of years ago. I have to pick from the archives as riding is definitely done for season.



by soates50, on Flickr

[Redman]

Seems like this should be another week with lots of photos. Good.
I suppose some folks will have pictures of peculiar signs. And some have nice roadside scene that include a sign. And if not any such, then lot of folks will have the picture of bike by the entrance sign to such-n-so park.

Kerry, I found your signs quite interesting. TO me they say "prepare to be confused next couple intersections and curves".
I was trying to figure out if what can see ahead on the left is the first intersection the signage is trying to describe. SO I think I found that section of road on google maps/ streetscape

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5310786,-82.3942679,3a,75y,145.81h,85.97t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sJY-wz5hM4081IFZ1Y3oBAQ!2e0!7i3328!8i1664!9m2!1b1!2i51

although the streetscape image is 2009, apparently before those signs.
But yah, that does look like the CR121.


I have been stopping along the side of the road for pictures of interesting road scene, and include the bike, for years now (as viewers of "went for ride" can bemoan). I have done that so much that I can be riding along on roads around these nearby counties, see a place to pull off for maybe an interesting picture, then realize that I have stopped there multiple times before... scheesch. (Not having as many interesting roads around here.)
THis summer I challenged myself and I made a point to try to include a road sign (M-22, Possum Hollow, whatever), so the picture told more of the story by itself. I found that got me into some trouble since I was stopping at places along side of the road because the road sign was there, not so much because it was an otherwise inviting place. Especially further north where the signs seem to be further off the road and on higher poles (snow plowing and snowbank concerns, I suspect). A few times I got stuck or about lost it in soft shoulder or found a bad slope under the weeds that was taking me into the ditch. And those occasions did not provide any interesting photo anyway.

Okay...... quit yammering and start looking through photostorage .... again.

>>later note: and there are two photos submitted just while I typed this
(you ever notice that people that call it "typing", do it slow...)

[Charlie G]

by Marvinsc Photo

[kerrfunk]

Yes, Dave, that's the spot! Southbound as you come to the second junction (171 to the right) if you're going too fast you'll get air cresting the hill.
I keep two on the road at all times.

[Redman]

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