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November 5-7:

Gulpha Gorge Campground on highway 70B (Gorge Rd.) which connects Hwy. 7 north to Hwy. 70 east, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Great motorcycling roads, autumn color, day trip mountain tour (optional) for those who want to ride the twisties, local mountain guided tour, poker hike to goat rock overlook, barrel bonfire (bring jokes), and even a local poet society contest. All brands welcome. No frills. Fee $1 + pay if camping ($10 per night but can share with 2 to 6). No rally food but plenty of restaurants nearby. Spa baths and inexpensive motels nearby. Web site http://www.geocities.com/hsrally

Paul Crow
(318) 868-2540
330 Wayne Drive
Shreveport, La. 71105
pauldette@peoplepc.com

The fall campout will be at Village Creek State Park , the weekend of Oct. 15-17. The park is about half way between Wynne and Forrest City on Ar. Hwy. 284. Campsites 7-11 have been reserved.

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Hannigan Homecoming Rally


30th Aniversary Hannigan Homecoming Rally October 8th & 9th 2004. To register here, Send us an e-mail with your name, address, phone number, how many people you are riding with to the rally and how many tents you will be camping with. Hotel rooms nearby available at the Paris Inn, 479-963-2400.

Hannigan Homecoming Rally


30th Aniversary Hannigan Homecoming Rally October 8th & 9th 2004. To register here, Send us an e-mail with your name, address, phone number, how many people you are riding with to the rally and how many tents you will be camping with. Hotel rooms nearby available at the Paris Inn, 479-963-2400.

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This was a reply I got about the campground at Adona. It is very close to where we are now.

Naturally B
emersHello and Good afternoon, yes I do not see a problem with that arrangement. I do not allow drinking or other drugs on the premise. We have electric at the park in most areas if you need electric.. We also have hot showers and bathrooms available. You can reach me at work 501-682-8725 or home at 501-327-4214. If you have any questions please let me know. If you would like to look the place over let me know and I could meet you there. Please feel free to call at any time. THANKS. lARRY & BEVERLY PALMER AT 77 AMITY ROAD, CONWAY, ARK. 72032

Here is something to note
APRIL 23 9th annual Spring Thaw at Emmet City Park Live music by the Cambell Family

ALSO May 8-9 Mothers Day Motorcycle Darag Races Prescott Raceway This is about 10 miles from Prescott on Highway 24. Almost to Bluff City.


Another thing is the May 14-16 rally in Perryville the same weekend as the Naturally Beemers Rally and only a few miles away

All this is in the April issue of Thunder Roads. Wonder where they came up with that name.

Well I am mostely crawling I think!
Missed you Saturday. I had to much work to do but I came any way so I am paying for it now. I have started building a laundry room on my house. Now for me that is a big job. I have forgotten some of my skills too. I just have to get it finished so I can get back to some other things I have not finished like fishing. I can never seem to get finished with fishing. Looking forward to some good riding in the weeks to come.

Hey Eddie,
Are you still kickin'?
Mike

http://www.motorcycleroads.us/ar.html

Just doing some looking and found this little url worth looking at.

I just picked up my new edition of Thunder Roads Magazine at the OLD 67 CYCLE SHOP in Emmet, Arkansas. Now Emmet is a small town 8 miles north of Hope and 8 miles south of Prescott. There a bunch of guys that like to ride. These guys liked motorcycles so much they opened their own shop just so they could be around them all the time. They are all friends of mine. One of them is a fireman at my station. They are all cruiser riders but just love it when I come into the shop because I ride a BMW. They are the dealers for the Voyager Trike Conversion http://67cycles.com/voyager.htm . Now this is a cool setup if you are verticality challenged or have some problem that keeps you from being able to ride a 2 wheel motorcycle. It adds an extra set of wheels making it a 4wheeler. The good part is it takes about 15 minutes to change it from 4 to 2 wheels. Go the url and look at it. Another thing I like is they have a spin balancer that will take the wheel up to 70 mph. I like that. During the super bowl thing they brought in a big screen tv and the cooker and we had a good party. The poker was fun the bar-B-Q was even better.
I did notice in Thunder Roads magazine a rally that starts on Thursday May 13 in Branson. Now I know our rally starts the next day but BMW is going to be there with demo rides. Sure is a shame they wont come on down to the river. The url for this rally is http://bransonmotorcyclerally.com/vendors.htm .

Some of the Naturally Beemers were out and about today. we had a great dual sport adventure and bumped into some of our comades unexpectedly on Winona Forest Drive at an overlook.
http://photo.tcworks.net/album162/Jan11_34

Hey Naturally Beemer Folks!
Just wanted to wish each and all a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!
Mike

Hello,
Looks like I am up and working on the Blog.
I am a new Naturally Beemers member. My name is Bill and I live in Conway. Jerry Reynolds dragged me kicking and screaming into this BMW craze. I have a R1100S for street and an XR650L Honda for off road and dual sport adventuring. I have been to last years new years day ride, and also I went to this years wilderness rally. Look forward to getting to know more of you.

Yeah I got the email. I had made plans already however. I hope it was hot chili as I had 20 degrees here on my cold meter. It wasnt to bad on the deer stand took my heater withme.

Hey Eddie,

Don't know if you got the e-mail message or not, but there's a campout planned for this weekend at Haw's Creek Falls, off Hwy. 123. Friday and saturday night, with Fred cooking his GS Chili on saturday.

Just wanted to give you a blog heads up!
MW

The Hot Springs Ramble was a blast. You could not ask for better weather and friends. Those of you who were not there missed a great weekend of riding and fun.

Google Search: prescott ar

I got the fork seals on and the bike is back running again. Just found out that my cousin in Texarkana wrecked his bike and in the hospital. The good news is he will recover. He was riding a small bike with a new helment and I think it was too big for him. Some how it caused the wereck. At least he was not on the k1200

I got your call last night, but when I tried to call back you weren't answering. At least this time, my cell phone told me it was you! I'm gonna pack up the bike tonite so I can head out tomorrow afternoon just as soon as the Chancellor's Investiture is over. Let me know if you need me to go by the dealership to pick up the seals should they be unable to ride them over.

Mike

I just called the Little Rock BMW store and James answered the phone. I wasn't expecting the boss. Those guys make you feel right at home. I was needing some fork seals for my bike and they came through like old friends. They are even going to bring them to me at the club campout!

Oh why do I need seals. Well it seems that after that ride home from HillBilly I had this nasty stuff all around my forks. I had noticed the front end was not as stable as it should have been. Now the job of getting them and putting them on. Got to top the fork off now so I can ride it to the campout.

I saw the same HOG guys looking somewhat like drown rats. Funny how those cruisers with no faring suck up the moisture like a sponge! I'll send some pictures of the Hillbilly. I've got a few good ones. See ya this friday or saturday. I've got to go to the Investiture of the Chancellor at 2:00pm friday, so when that's over I'm gonna run home and put on my riding gear and try and put Little Rock in the rearview. It'll be dark city when I hit Oklahoma.

MW

I ran into the rain at Delight. Just a light mist but by the time I made Prescott it was rain. I saw a lot of Hog riders with their crash sweats and crash rags on. I know they got cold in the rain. I made Prescott at 11:30 not bad for leaving at 7:30. Looking for some pics of the night.

Hey Eddie,
Did you hit any rain yesterday? I ran in a light intermitent drizzle for about forty miles. Not enough to get me wet so I never stopped to put on the rain gear. I'm glad I rolled out early though, as It got progressively worse throughout the afternoon.
MW

Wow Eddie,

The new homepage looks awesome! I'll send out an e-mail announcement so everyone will be able to have a look. Great work!
I'll see you next week at the Hillbilly. I should get there Friday around noon, as I'm taking the day off.
Ride safe!
Mike

I got the blogger fixed. Also James has his web page up at his new store in Little Rock. I have added a link to it on the link page. Go by and click on the picture to get there.

WOW for some strange reason the link on the page that takes you to all the post is going to somewhere else. You now have to type it in manually. Ithe address is correct but something is really wrong. Maybe the grimilins are working behind the scenes.

I changed the joins us page to include an email addy.

Eddie,

James Wilbanks, the owner of BMW Motorcycles of Little Rock, is offering a club membership to everyone that buys a bike. You might consider sending the Blog connection to James and ask him to encourage new members to log on to Blog.
Then at the fall campout in three weeks, we can get people to sign up.
Went riding last weekend up in the mountains. It was beautiful weather, and the mountains weren't bad either!
Mike

James' email address is: jamesw@bmwmclr.com

So far I have sent out 4 invites. I only know of these email addresses. Who else can I invite. Eddie

Hi Eddie!

This is Mike. I got your message and signed up with Blogger. Looks good to me!
MW

Lets go to the rally in Mo Sept 19
There is also a Grand Opening of a New accessory shop In Emmett Arkansas on the 13 of sept. You cant miss it. Probably the only thing going on there. There will be a poker run for Children's Hospital. Hotdogs and cokes frim noon until 3pm