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Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills - September 5-8, 2024

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Tears Β  Guess I'm not coming. The bike has developed a weird grinding noise when making a right hand turn. It's got progressively worse in the last 2 days. I've spent the last 2 days trying to find it. It's bad enough I don't trust it not to break down out on the road 500 miles from home. And no one to come get me.

I'll start a new thread about it after I quit crying cause I can't make the trip.

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Hope you all have a great time.


 
Posted : September 5, 2024 2:29 pm
Thane Lewis
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Well, crap!Β 


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Posted : September 5, 2024 3:17 pm
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There's an interesting landmark relatively near the Flint Hills Rally site that is the geographic center of the US near Lebanon, KS.Β  It is the starting point of the Smackdab Summer Solstice Run that connects the geographic center of the lower 48 states and the geographic center of North America in Rugby, ND.Β  The run will be on June 21 (Solstice day) 2025.Β  There's a pretty good party put on by the good folks of Smith Center KS the night before on behalf of the participants.

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To my knowledge (and the knowledge of the organizer) there have been no sidecars participate in or complete the run.Β  I intend to correct that deficiency next year to commemorate me being the first person to complete the run in 2015.Β 


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Posted : September 5, 2024 3:40 pm
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Looking forward to seeing everyone in the morning.Β  Long hot day.Β  Decided to get a hotel for the night.Β 

Long cool shower & a comfy bed.Β Β 

What an epic two days it has been.Β 

Weisbrod Air & Space Museum was awesome.Β  Very hands on. You can even climb through some of the planes.Β  Great volunteers with a lot of knowledge, and fun to.listen to.Β  One of the guys I was talking to there has 25 hours in a t-34. He had some epic stories of flying it.Β  Definitely worth the visit if you are near Pueblo Colorado.Β  Would be a great place to bring kids.Β  Just make sure everyone is up to date on tetanus.Β 

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Pictures: * 1990 Ural because every Air Museum should have one.Β  *B-27 you can crawl through. * One of two hangars, and there are a bunch of planes & equipment outside as well.Β  A lot of unique stuff I hadn't seen before.Β  * Parking lot & entrance for scale.Β Β 

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Today I went up to Bonner Springs Kansas, to the National agricultural center and Hall of Fame. Another really awesome place that is well worth the visit. I was curious to know what an agricultural Hall of Fame would be. Reading all the plaques it makes perfect sense. It's kind of a synopsis of the who's who that brought advancements in farming, equipment, science, nutrition, and government support that has made the US agricultural industry what it is today.Β  The museum is pretty awesome too.

https://www.aghalloffame.com/

Pictures: *Half the "Hall of Fame" plaques.Β  * Smith house plaque. * They moved the whole house to this site.Β  It is a walk through attraction setup like a fully equipped house.Β  I couldn't find the dishwasher or beer fridge though. * The detached garage.Β Β 

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Posted : September 5, 2024 7:00 pm
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Thanks for taking us along the journey (especially for us office-bound folks).Β  Looking fwd to more.


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Posted : September 5, 2024 7:17 pm
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As the 2024 Joyce Canfield's Sidecars in the Flint Hills RallyΒ  draws to a close,Β  with only a Bisquits & Gravy breakfast, and SundayΒ  morningΒ  servicesΒ  stillΒ  on theΒ  agenda,Β  IΒ  can report...it has been aΒ  blast.Β  From theΒ  excitement ofΒ  meetingΒ  new friends,Β  greetingΒ  olde friends,Β  exploring theΒ  smallΒ  town ofΒ  Council Grove,Β  Kansas,Β  the fun roads out to theΒ  campgrounds,Β  all theΒ  sidecarΒ  games (some whichΒ  wereΒ  embarrassinglyΒ  fun), all theΒ  awards, theΒ  door prizes (whichΒ  were so many,Β  some folks got a 3rd drawing,Β  but everyoneΒ  gotΒ  at least 2)...thisΒ  has once againΒ  beenΒ  an excellentΒ  gathering ofΒ  Sidecarists.

Want toΒ  give a specialΒ  Thank You to allΒ  thatΒ  hosted, organized,Β  and supportedΒ  thisΒ  fine event.Β 

I know thatΒ  Dana @DirtyDR, and John @spat....and Thane @thane-lewis, and myself...all took home severalΒ  awards and ribbons each for our hooliganΒ  antics in theΒ  sidecarΒ  games, as well as IΒ  collected theΒ  plaque for Longest DistanceΒ  sidecar pilot.Β 

This morning,Β  after Bisquits & Gravy, the Church services,Β  Thane and I willΒ  skeedaddle northward toΒ  BrokenΒ  Bow, NE, where he resides, then tomorrowΒ  morningΒ  my tentative plan is toΒ  cannonballΒ  it back toΒ  Washington State.Β  It'sΒ  just shy ofΒ  2,000 milesΒ  to homeΒ  for me,Β  so totalΒ  mileageΒ  on thisΒ  adventureΒ  will be veryΒ  close toΒ  4,000 miles.

One of theΒ  best experiencesΒ  of attending this event,Β  was meetingΒ  Scott @sheath. Love his enthusiastic adventurousΒ  spirit,Β  and his SYZ sidecar.Β 


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Posted : September 8, 2024 5:14 am
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Sure wish we could have been there. Maybe next year.


 
Posted : September 8, 2024 5:50 am
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What a great time.Β  The hosts worked tirelessly to make this awesome.Β  It was also awesome to put more faces with names, and catch up with a few from Iuka.Β  Thanks to all who made this such a welcoming & fun event.

It is a stunning part of the country as well, and (knock on wood) there was only a very light breeze.Β Β 

Great participation in the games with good ribbing for all.Β Β 

Awesome dinners,Β  cool movies, beautiful night skies filled with stars and something big that burned up in the atmosphere last night.Β 

Pictures:Β  *people starting to roll in.Β  *Atomic Annie. *A couple more very cool rigs.Β 

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Side note:Β  Miles (aka Fling Monkeys @miles-ladue) is as fun and irascible in person as he is here.Β  Oh man did we have fun.Β  Cool Β 


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Posted : September 8, 2024 2:01 pm
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Scott @sheath, I have to ask.... what is a

"Fling Monkeys" ???

I mean....Y......Y man ! ? ! ? Excitement Β 


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Posted : September 8, 2024 4:05 pm
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Posted by: @miles-ladue

Scott @sheath, I have to ask.... what is a

"Fling Monkeys" ???

I mean....Y......Y man ! ? ! ? Excitement Β 

Oops!Β  Flying... Flying.

Or maybe it was the way we were flinging barbs & jokes around? 😉 🤣Β 

Good time! 😎Β 

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Posted : September 8, 2024 5:55 pm
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To quoteΒ  Forrest Gump...."I'm reallyΒ  tired. IΒ  think I'll go home now "

Today wasΒ  765 miles. Started out cool, cooled down toΒ  54*, then by the end of the day it was 95* for the lastΒ  hour of riding.Β 

"May" try to make itΒ  homeΒ  tomorrow. JustΒ  anotherΒ  790 miles to go Excitement Β 

Total mileage for thisΒ  tripΒ  will beΒ  rightΒ  at 4,000.


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Posted : September 9, 2024 9:15 pm
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Thane Lewis
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Hard to like that one, Miles.Β  You're in our prayers.Β  Don't push it.Β 

We really appreciate you having spent some time with us in Bow.


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Posted : September 9, 2024 10:33 pm
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It's not a race, Miles.Β  At least, I don't think it is.Β  Take your time.


 
Posted : September 10, 2024 1:44 am
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safe travels on your home stretch Miles. Glad to have traveled the early portion with you. I'm happy to have reached home yesterday, just heard from Dana he is over Vail pass with minimal snow. We traveled the same southern 2 lane roads home, reaching I-70 at the hiway entrance we crossed paths with Colleen and Stephanie merging right in with them as if it were planned they took I-70 from Junction City. Quick lunch and motored back to Denver area together. Great time seeing and meeting all.Β 

First arriving Miles receiving words of wisdom and our random meeting

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Photographic send off to Miles and Thane

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Till next time

Spat

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Posted : September 10, 2024 2:40 pm
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Pretty epic gentlemen!Β 

Safe travels Miles!Β 

Just completed Day One of the "Lewis & Clark" National Historic Trail.Β  Three Stops:. National Parks Headquarters in Omaha.Β 

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Council Bluff (first official meeting between Lewis/Clark & Indians)

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Sergeant Floyd's monument in Sioux Falls.

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Posted : September 10, 2024 6:38 pm
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