Pic of the week game

[steve murdoch]

Dorkburger has my vote this week.
I have a similar story as we scattered the ashes of my Father in a lake up north.
When he retired in '85 we bought him a canoe and we used it that day.
I inherited our "family jewel".
A tiny bit of GS content.

[Charlie G]

I'll go with Dorkburger ths week.

[kerrfunk]

My vote is for Downs. Lovely photo.

[Redman]

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I inherited our "family jewel".
A tiny bit of GS content.

Interesting story and sentiment.

I would say this could qualify as a submission, has your bike in it, and the subject-theme-topic this week is just as observable as most of the other submissions. (meaning not at all observable).
Just that have missed a few voters already.

[BigD_83]

While they are almost too close to choose just one, I'm going to have to go with Burque's over Downs'...


Steve, I remember you posting that shot with the tanks awhile ago, but I can't recall the context, something about supporting the tanks while painting.

[Redman]

........................ a small creek............................. of my father's ashes are scattered here, ...........

Thanks for sharing.
Good that it was a creek with running water (as shown in your "context" photo).
I mention such to folks if I hear they are looking for a place, as the experience my brothers and I had with our mothers ashes at the side of a still pond was ... well, I dont want to try to describe it all.

[Steve]

The stories are great, the pictures certainly help punctuate them. As requested, they all seem to have significance, whether "spiritual" or not. Some of the pictures are simply good pictures, the context is what makes them appropriate for this week's entry.

All that said, I'm going with Downs this week.

Your tip over trying to get into a good spot for a pic is all too familiar. ... The 850 has tipped over four times that I can think of. ... Maybe that would make a fun theme sometime. I usually snap a pic of that moment just for my own recollection.

Roger, if you ever start a "bike on its side" theme, I'll just claim it right now.

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[storm 64]

I'll vote for the Dorkburger...

[cowboyup3371]

I'll go with Redman's this week; although I never got to meet the person, I think it is the most appropriate

[Burque73]

Great turnout for voting this week. It was hard to choose between what the pic symbolizes and the pic itself.

Tally for the week is:

Downs-6
Dorkburger-3
Redman-2
Mine-2
Trevor-1

14 votes in all.

Way to go Downs! You get the honor of choosing the next theme.

[Redman]

In the mean time:

........... I am standing where my 2nd great grand father stood a 145 years ago. ...........
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THis picture raises my interest.

Charlie, what is more of the story?
I suspect when your great great grandfather stood there 145 years ago, it was not behind a guard rail of a highway. So it makes me wonder about the rest of the story.

[Baatfam]

Congratulations Downs!
Here is this year's themes to give you some ideas.

Date	Theme	By
1/21/2018	Low Light	Burque73
1/27/2018	Interesting/peculiar roadside attraction	dorkburger
2/3/2018	On the border	Burque73
2/10/2018	Slightly less than perfect riding weather	Mrs. Steve
2/18/2018	Bikes of GSR Rallys	Jedz123
2/24/2018	Sports	Burque73
3/3/2018	Playing with sunlight	trevor
3/10/2018	Reflection	Redman
3/17/2018	Motorcycle packed down	storm 64
3/24/2018	Something twisty	Sandy
3/31/2018	Water	Steve
4/7/2018	On or near a bridge	Baatfam
4/14/2018	Lonely road	Redman
4/21/2018	What's up?	Burque73
4/28/2018	Outstanding In a Field (or at least in view)	Redman
5/5/2018	"Special Effect"	Sandy
5/12/2018	"...something different that includes a part of your bike…"	Gustovh
5/19/2018	your bike casting a shadow	dorkburger
5/26/2019	Downtown	Burque73
6/2/2018	Live Action	Jedz123
6/9/2018	Picture with a passenger	kerrfunk
6/16/2018	"…your bike with some form of "Heavy equipment."	Trevor
6/23/2018	Bike at the water	Redman
6/30/2018	Mountains	Jedz123
7/7/2018	Sunset	Trevor
7/14/2018	Field repairs	gustovh
7/21/2018	Out in the rain	Baatfam
7/28/2018	"…one or more farm animals…"	Burque73
8/4/2018	"...your bike with any art."	cowboyup3371
8/11/2018	"…and interesting or really old church."	Burque73
8/18/2018	"...your bike with a flag."	Steve Murdoch
8/25/2018	Aviation	Storm64
9/1/2018	Monumental	wacky941
9/8/2018	"Bike In Unexpected Place"	Redman
9/15/2018	"Places of Spiritual Meaning"	Charlie G
9/22/2018		Downs

[Charlie G]

In the mean time:



THis picture raises my interest.

Charlie, what is more of the story?
I suspect when your great great grandfather stood there 145 years ago, it was not behind a guard rail of a highway. So it makes me wonder about the rest of the story.

Dave, later in my life I became interested in family history and discovered much about the family of my surname whom I had very little contact with growing up. This grandfather served in the Union Army in Oregon during the Civil War and taught school afterward on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation for two years. This spot is on that reservation and is now where I have first stepped on it's soil. It is very scenic here and the gorge, which this bridge crosses over, is a sheer drop for several hundred feet. I have just come from visiting with my son on the Columbia river on the other side of Mount Hood and to reach this spot I drove up the east slope (right hand side) of Mt Hood. This stretch of road around the mountain in absolutely beautiful. Mountains are spiritual places to me and as I stood in this place, I reflected on the many journeys that have brought me here; mine, my son's and my many grandfather's. This is the sixth place my families have had historical contact with Native Americans that I'm aware of and each time I come to one of these places for the first time the hair on the back of my neck raises and I am in awe.....

[Redman]

............... This spot is on that reservation and is now where I have first stepped on it's soil. ......

Thanks. I can understand trying to connect to ancestors.

[Downs]

"Emergency!"

Your bike with a piece of emergency equipment. The more interesting the background the better. Fire Trucks/Engines, police cars, forest service dozers on fire duty, ambulance. Take your pick. Or find an interesting piece of emergency equipment that isnt your "typical" piece f of equipment.

This is just an example.not an entry.

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