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Tom Regan
Advanced Member
Username: Tomregan
Post Number: 532
Registered: 04-2004
Newtown, PA,USA
| | Posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 - 01:53 am: |
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Jason - I think that I am good shape with the maps. I have the Garmin and a bunch of paper maps. I am heading out in the morning for Loretto and expect to be in Georgetown Tuesday afternoon. Thanks for all of your help - see you Tuesday.
Tom |
Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1136
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 - 11:15 pm: |
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Guys, please send me your cell # in PM or email. So far I have the following
Paul Ward
Ron Epperly
Andy Purmals
John Browning
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Uncle Phil
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Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3905
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 09:46 am: |
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Off like a dirty shirt ...
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Moff
Moderator
Username: Moff
Post Number: 2429
Registered: 02-2005
Sittingbourne,UK
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 11:39 am: |
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Ride safe everyone, and enjoy. |
John Nagle
Site sponsor
Username: Saaz
Post Number: 2817
Registered: 08-2004
Canberra,Australia
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 12:23 pm: |
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Have a good (+safe) time |
Ron E
Advanced Member
Username: Ron_e
Post Number: 929
Registered: 03-2005
Orlando,United States
| | Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 02:39 am: |
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For those interested. We ran into a little rain today. Sprinkles and rain most of the day. But hey, we're burning gas and killing bugs, so we're having fun! Great grub at Jason's in-laws! Nice folks! Got to go for a ride in the dune buggy too. |
Ken Hendrix
Site sponsor
Username: Ckhkjh
Post Number: 629
Registered: 07-2002
Coppell, TX,USA
| | Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 04:06 am: |
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Ron-
Im sure there are others besides myself that are interested so report in when you can. |
Al Barclay
Site sponsor
Username: Al_b
Post Number: 390
Registered: 10-2005
Grand Forks,Canada
| | Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 04:14 am: |
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Deb and I are watching for updates from the ride. We wish we could have joined you.
Post some pictures of the motley crew if you get a chance and a camera that doesn't shatter trying to capture those images. |
David Whitley
Moderator
Username: Zebedee
Post Number: 1685
Registered: 03-2004
Dunfermline,UK
| | Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 09:53 am: |
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Photographs!!!!!!.....please |
Moff
Moderator
Username: Moff
Post Number: 2431
Registered: 02-2005
Sittingbourne,UK
| | Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 04:35 pm: |
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I am watching knowing just how much the PPP was in 2006.
Come, get some pics on here and more importantly air the dirty washing!!
I am in my caravan retreat in the Lake District, now with the power of broadband! |
Tom Wright
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Username: Twvtr
Post Number: 1702
Registered: 10-2002
Roebling,USA
| | Posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 - 01:43 am: |
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On my way to Virginia, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike I passed a Wineberry ST sitting on a flatbed tow truck. It was a construction zone and I spotted it too late to stop.
Any word if anyone is late turning up?
I think NeSTOC is going on also so maybe it was someone headed there. |
Tom McCrea
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Username: Tom_mccrea
Post Number: 666
Registered: 05-2003
Hurlock,USA
| | Posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 - 11:58 am: |
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Jan and I arrived in Grottoes yesterday and rode by the motel. It is abut ten miles from her brother's house, where we will be staying. There is a Honda dealership about a half mile north of the motel and a half mile in the other direction is a Mrs. Rowe's Buffet!! Can't get any better that that.
Today I will ride up to the Parkway and then to visit the Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg Battlefields. There is will stamp my National Park Service Passport and try to complete the Iron Butt National Parks Ride.
Ride safe everyone. |
Andy Derryberry
Junior Member
Username: Aldntn
Post Number: 12
Registered: 05-2008
Nashville,USA
| | Posted on Friday, May 29, 2009 - 06:44 pm: |
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Folks really know how to live in Kentucky.
Here's where the horses live:
Here's where people live:
Course we had to stay at the Microtel...
UP, Andee, and me gearing up to go over to Jason's house for a pre-pre ride.
We participated in a negotiation with Jason's oldest, Clay, to do a parade lap around the block, with him as leader on the tank of the blue Yammy. Otherwise he wasn't gonna let us go.
Had a great time in the afternoon running some of Jason's favorite local roads.
Next day the group totaled 15. Had a nice long day of great roads. Conditions were mixed: nice and dry to raining like crazy.
We ate lunch with a guy from Aerostich tours who was working hard scouting the area for good tour routes. Tough job.
At the end of the day we headed over to Jason's in-laws house. We were treated like family and fed like kings. What wonderful folks.
I had to bail and head back to Nashville before sun up next day so that's all I know. I'm sure there be some very interesting posts coming.
Slide show of all my pics:
http://www.artvilla.com/andy/photos/JJJ.wmv |
Ron E
Advanced Member
Username: Ron_e
Post Number: 930
Registered: 03-2005
Orlando,United States
| | Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 02:51 am: |
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The ST on the flat bed truck was NOT one of ours. We're all here at the Inn safe and sound, sorta. In and out of rain all day. Tomorrow is suppose to be nice with temps in the 80's (F). |
Craig Severson
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Username: Craig_severson
Post Number: 4600
Registered: 10-2002
Granville,OH, United States
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 12:31 am: |
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Someone must know the answer to this one. When I rode through Kentucky horse country a few years ago all of the horse farms had those classic white fences. Now they're all black. Why the change in color?
2001 Jincheng
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1137
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 03:11 am: |
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Craig - I don't know why the fences are painted black now - maybe so they don't show dirt/wear as easily? There are still a lot of them that are white, but the majority seem to be black now.
Big Thanks to everyone who joined the JJJ Ride. It was a great group and nice to see old friends and make new ones. Glad I could escort you guys through some of my favorite roads in the area. I had to teach some of these guys that 'round these parts it's acceptable to use a tree in place of a gas station restroom  pics to follow. My in-laws enjoyed having you all and Clay says those that took off without going for a ride on his buggy are chickens 
FriendSTOC went off without a hitch - BIG THANKS to Tom for putting it on another year. I used today as a day of rest. Went out and washed my bike, hung around the hotel, done some laundry and recharged the batteries for the ride home tomorrow. The others reported a great ride again today and will prob post pics I imagine. The dinner and auction were nice as well, I picked up a Cramp Buster for the ride home tomorrow (the FZ1 has a STIFF throttle spring) and a 'Winter Sucks' coffee mug.
Going to get off here and do some packing and get to bed for tomorrow. Sucks how the anticipation caused this trip to take forever to get here and the great fun with friends caused it to fly by so fast. Everyone have a safe ride home and I'll post pics when I get them resized to conform to the forum.
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Uncle Phil
Site sponsor
Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3908
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 01:10 pm: |
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And a big thanks to Jason for great roads and great grub (and a great buggy ride for those of us that weren't chicken!) Pictures will be forthcoming later since AT&T managed to destroy my dial-up internet connection at home. After all, it was a blazing 28.8 K ...
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Les Bishop
Intermediate Member
Username: Firstpeke
Post Number: 430
Registered: 12-2008
Dunoon,United Kingdom
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 03:08 pm: |
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Gee UP you must really live WAY OUT there....... 28.8kbps I thought only faxes worked at that speed now...... you trend setter you.....
All other road users are idiots, ride accordingly.
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Paul Ward
Moderator
Username: Wpward
Post Number: 2736
Registered: 08-2002
Wabasha, MN,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 07:26 pm: |
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I had a great time as well, thanks Jason! And remember..... ATGATT! |
Uncle Phil
Site sponsor
Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3909
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 07:28 pm: |
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LES - We're hoping to get sunshine piped into the Holler one of these days ...
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1139
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 07:41 pm: |
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Okay, here are some of the pics I took along the JJJ ride.
Taking the youngest for a ride while UP, Andy and Andeee suit up for the parade lap with the oldest. They'd both been very excited about the 'ST guys' coming to our house and wanted to ride with them.
UP leading the parade lap back in.
UP, Andy, Andeee and I stopping for lunch on the pre-JJJ ride.
The group had planned to eat breakfast at Cracker Barrel for the first day of the JJJ. I got there a few minutes early to warn them of our group coming. I sat out on the rockers enjoying a chew of Skoal waiting on the group to show up.
.... and waited....
... finally the group started to roll in.
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1140
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 07:48 pm: |
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Some ate at the hotel and the rest of us ate at the CB. Was a good start to a good day.
We hit some rain and a mix of wet and dry roads. This little road is very sweet. I stopped at the end for a pee break. I don't think the group was used to using the KY bathroom, but they all adapted pretty quick.
We stopped for lunch at a little hole in the wall in Owingsville. They had pretty good grub. A guy riding alone stopped in and ended up joining us for lunch. I didn't know it, but Andy said he was scouting for Aerostich Tours. He tagged along with us for a while but he should have stayed with us for a couple more miles instead of peeling off and he would have got to see the NADA Tunnel and the sweet road running through it. His loss.
The NADA Tunnel is a cool location to visit if you're ever in the area. RT77 still runs through it to this day. A sign at the tunnel reads......
Gateway to Red River Gorge, Nada tunnel (measuring 13'x12'x900') was constructed to haul logs via narrow gauge railroad from timber operations in the gorge. Construction began in Dec. 1910 and was completed in Sept. 1911. Rock and dirt were removed by dynamite, steam drills and hand tools. One man was killed during tunnel construction when he attempted to thaw frozen dynamite which exploded when he set it near a fire.
A 25-ton and a 35-ton Climax locomotive were used to haul logs through the tunnel starting in 1912. The first load of logs became jammed in the tunnel and had to be dynamited free. It was enlarged to accommodate the large logs common to the area.
The railroad carried the logs 15 miles to a mill at Clay City. At one time it was the largest sawmill in the eastern United States.
Here's a good inside pic I found of the tunnel on the web. I have some I took somewhere but can't find where I put them.
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1141
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 08:00 pm: |
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The head of the group got to NADA Tunnel and took some pics...
.... and another pee break while waiting on the rest of the group.
The rest of the group showed up and brought the rain with them. We learned that Paul had lowsided on one of the wet curves. Thankfully he and the bike were in good shape. The rain really unloaded on us shortly after this pic and would continue to dump on us for the next several miles.
We ran into dry roads a little later and had a good ride on in to my in-laws spare house over in town. My father-in-law's grandpa built this house in the early 40's and it's been in the family ever since. We had the cookout here since it's got plenty of parking and room to have a crowd over.
Some shots from the cookout.
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1142
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 08:06 pm: |
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Picking the group up at the hotel for Day 2 of the JJJ.
Stopping for a break at a cool old general store in Martha, KY. This is a classic store where you can buy anything from food, ammo, shovels and washers, dryers and kitchen stoves.
Second stop of the day at an abandoned gas station outside Inez, KY.
Paul's bike came out of his spill with only a few scratches.
We had lunch at Grandad's in Inez, KY. Good grub was had here. UP's tails had everyone's attention.
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1143
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 08:09 pm: |
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Rolling into Gilbert, WV a National Guard truck lost a part of it's load of water in the road. This area had been hit HARD by recent flooding.
There are some great roads in the area, just remember to share the road with the coal trucks.
Following John for a bit trying to get some good pics of him.
Over the shoulder shot of the group.
Got a good shot of John on the roll.
And a not so good shot of Ron. Sorry Ron.
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1144
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 08:12 pm: |
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Sitting in traffic in Gilbert, WV while the Guard cleans up the road. This little town got hammered by floods. I was wishing I had a gallon of the water that was laying in the road a few miles back right about now.
It's gonna take a while to recover from all the damage in this little town.
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1145
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 08:16 pm: |
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Sure felt good to get in the wind again.
Following Paul a bit trying to get some good pics of him.
We ran up on a BAD wreck just minutes after it happened. Didn't want to rubber neck at them, but a few people must have got hurt pretty good cause we passed several Ambulances headed that way a few miles down the road. Sure pray that everyone was okay.
Another stop for break.
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1146
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 08:25 pm: |
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I didn't get any pics of dinner on Day2 cause I forgot my camera in the hotel.
Lunch stop on Day3. Charlie led us to this place and it was GREAT food.
I skipped dinner on Day3 when we arrived at FriendSTOC. I was full from the lunch we ate earlier and beat and just didn't feel like getting back on the bike.
I also skipped the group rides on Saturday. I thought about going out solo and running across the mountains on 250 a few times but decided to wash my bike and do some laundry and just chill out at the hotel instead. It was a nice day of rest. I did take a couple pics of some neat buildings in Harrisonburg though.
Nice and clean again. It ain't the ST for all day comfort on the slab, but #509 wet sure is nice on the backroads.
I also let my camera in the hotel for the dinner and auction cause I knew there'd be plenty others taking many pics.
I stopped for gas on the way home today at a cool old store in WV. When I walked in my shoulders rubbed both sides of the door they were so narrow. The lady behind the counter said it was built in 1854 when WV was still VA before the civil war. I sat on the porch and drank an orange pop and just though about all the people who have sat there over that many years, all the lies that have been told on that bench and how the men who built it would never imagine that many years from then a guy from KY riding a two wheeled machine with the
power of 125 horses would be sitting there while on a trip covering 425 miles in only 7 hours.
This one's for you Mike. The boys love their 'ST shirts'. Thanks again.
That's it.
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Allan Bool
Advanced Member
Username: Whistler
Post Number: 743
Registered: 03-2007
Christchurch,New Zealand
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 09:53 pm: |
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Great piccies and comment, Jason. Thanks for getting them up for us to enjoy. 
Cheers,
Allan
STOC #6872
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Andy Derryberry
Junior Member
Username: Aldntn
Post Number: 13
Registered: 05-2008
Nashville,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 10:07 pm: |
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Jason, thanks for the great riding and the pics. Sure hated to bail out, but sometimes ya gotta. The route you gave me to I64 worked great. Nice wide shoulders...an excellent "deer avoidance" road which is what I needed heading out before daybreak. Had a nice easy ride home...a little rain around Lexington.
One of the chickens.
AD |
Paul Lingard
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Username: Alphafang
Post Number: 935
Registered: 01-2008
Wakefield,England
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 11:28 pm: |
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Great pics and write up Jason
Enjoyed that cheers matey
Paul
Teenagers, brake failure,brick and bird strikes scare the living **** out of me MCR
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The Black Knight
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Username: Chrisk
Post Number: 441
Registered: 07-2002
Sutton,USA
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 03:07 pm: |
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Looks like you put on a great ride Jason ! Nice pics, cute kids !
Wish I could have been there.
Chris K. |
Tom Regan
Advanced Member
Username: Tomregan
Post Number: 533
Registered: 04-2004
Newtown, PA,USA
| | Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 12:09 am: |
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Jason - Thanks for the pictures and for all the work you put in on the JJJ Ride. There are some really nice roads in Kentucky and West Virginia. After 4 months of not being able to ride, I can't think of a better way to get back in the saddle! |
Tom Wright
Site sponsor
Username: Twvtr
Post Number: 1709
Registered: 10-2002
Roebling,USA
| | Posted on Friday, June 5, 2009 - 12:31 am: |
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Nice pictures and write up, Jason. Cute kids too. |
Uncle Phil
Site sponsor
Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3923
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Friday, June 5, 2009 - 10:02 pm: |
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Well, I've got the first 3 days worth of pictures posted here for those that are interested. More to come later (including commentary) ...
http://www.unclephil.us/TripleJ2009.htm
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Reg Siemens
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Username: Reg_siemens
Post Number: 3138
Registered: 07-2003
Winnipeg,Canada
| | Posted on Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 03:48 pm: |
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Awesome pictures folks! Wish I could have been there! Maybe next year...
So how was this years venue? Any discussions about where next year might be? |
Uncle Phil
Site sponsor
Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3928
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 10:44 pm: |
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REG - Peter and I both really like the Village Inn. It was a great location and nice facilities.
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Dan Baynes
Advanced Member
Username: Dan_baynes
Post Number: 888
Registered: 03-2003
Williston, Vermont,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 8, 2009 - 03:12 am: |
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Me Three ! |
Uncle Phil
Site sponsor
Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3934
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 8, 2009 - 06:15 pm: |
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Well, finally got the rest of the pictures up.
http://www.unclephil.us/TripleJ2009.htm
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