Big Dog Motorcycles, the leader in the high style cruiser niche and number 2 American V-Twin motorcycle manufacturer, unveiled its complete 2007 model line and made another giant leap forward in the premium motorcycle industry with fatter tires, new styling features, and new technologies.

“Big Dog Motorcycles created the benchmark by which other custom manufacturers are judged,” commented Nick Messer, company president. “As the competition continues its crusade to catch up, we continue to set new, higher standards in terms of design and performance.”

Palo Duro Lookout 2

Bill & I snuck off work a little early on a beautiful Wednesday evening and rode out to the rest area at Palo Duro Canyon south of Claude on TX207.

This is my favorite afternoon ride because it's only about 80 miles round trip for me. For Bill, it's about twice that.

The Glass Chicken Tour

Bill & I rode to Mobeetie, Cheyenne, Woodward, and Canadian over the weekend. We visited battlefields (Washita), museums, and cemeteries (Elmwood and Gage) and broadened our historic horizons. In addition, Bill has come to greater appreciate the power of the Glass Chicken Phenomenon, having come across both a natural, spontaneous Glass Chicken with regard to Temple Houston and the movie "Cimarron", and a rare sighting of an actual fired, glazed, "glass" chicken at a grave marker a few feet away from Temple Houston's.
Also, while at the Pioneer Museum at Woodward, Bill found a book containing a photo of my great grandparents and grandmother (on my mother's side) that I had never seen, which I copied and reproduce here.
Later, we stopped in Canadian where as if to add to the irony of Sam Houston's youngest son migrating to Woodward, OK, we found a big screen TV and watched as Texas lost to Oklahoma 21-28.