CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[RockHop_imp]

New month, new year, new photo challenge for those able to get out and about this time of year.

The challenge is interesting river names. What is interesting? If it got your your attention, that's good enough. In my example, it's a tiny river with a very big name. The sign is about as wide as the river.

BTW - it doesn't need to be fancy official sign.

 

[the Ferret]

Great idea Rockhop. Does it have to be a river or can a creek count too?

 

[RockHop_imp]

Great idea Rockhop. Does it have to be a river or can a creek count too?

A creek sounds good to me. Also stream, brook, etc.

Bet your creek will be bigger than my river lol

 

[the Ferret]

We have lots of creeks, but only 2 rivers close to me. The OHIO, and the Little Miami, neither of which have great names lol.

 

[tuareg]

I just came back from riding a 100 km route on the Lake Constance shores. Lake Constance is 14 km wide at is widest point and IS part of the Rhein river(Rhein flows into and out of it). The whole idea was, the weather being just above zero and no black ice on the roads, to give the CB a nice warming up before the winter oil change So I change the oil, clean the bike, check the forum and see this post
I'd have taken a few pictures, but then again they probably wouldn't have qualified anyway :dodgy:
End of blabbering

 

[emptysea]

I’m submitting this because it’s the only river I crossed on my 15 mile New Year’s Day ride. There is nothing particularly interesting in the name, “Des Plaines River” except that we pronounce both S’s in it and yet we do not pronounce the S in “Illinois”. If this is the first submission, I do not think it is truly worthy of consideration of meeting the challenge.

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[Cormanus]

No wonder your toes were cold MTC!

 

[Ben70_imp]

You can't get off that easy, MTC! That is definitely a qualifier, especially considering the conditions.
Great subject, RockHop!

 

[use2b_imp]

Tide is out in this picture as Soldier Creek is brackish with only salt water fish .

 

[Mscb1100_imp]

Coldest 55 degree ever, felt more like 35
I decided to take all bikes out to charge the batteries and get the oil hot.
The CB and V Strom got their pictures made but it was too cold by the time the sun was setting to snap a quick one of the BMW

 

[emptysea]

Very nice, mscb. I know those "feels colder than it is" days very well.

 

[3rdbike_imp]

As a disclaimer, I want y'all to know I'm a Kansas farm boy. Transplanted to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

I rode around today and took photos of our two local 'rivers'. First is the mighty Rio Grande:

It's purty shallow right now. Snow melt from the north will bring it up this spring. Wait a minute, we haven't had any snow yet down here!

We have cricks in Kansas bigger than this!

And this sign denotes the mighty Rio Puerco!

Yup, that's the Rio Puerco. Those are not ripples on the water's surface. Those are tire tracks in the sand.

 

[the Ferret]

Wow not a lot of water in that last one lol.

So how are the bars?

 

[3rdbike_imp]

Wow not a lot of water in that last one lol.

So how are the bars?

The bars are perfect! I have these same bars on my 850 T3, so I wasn't sailing in uncharted waters when I chose them for the CB. The grips (besides their fitting issues) are also just what I was looking for.

We've gone for over 90 days without any precip down here. That sets us up for forest fires this spring.

 

[RockHop_imp]

Nice pics 3rdbike

Hoping NM gets some moisture soon. Fire season is starting to look pretty bad.

 

[the Ferret]

Got out to get some pics. I live in the SW Ohio hills. There are a number of creeks which flow from these hills down hill to the Ohio River. Creeks meander. Probably why we have so many curvy roads since the roads parallel the creeks. Anyhow here's a few from todays ride

a stream? really a creek lol

also thought this was cool. Technically not a named creek but this waterfall froze thanks to 13 days in a row of below freezing temps

 

[emptysea]

Great pics, Ferret. They really had a flow to them .

 

[RockHop_imp]

Got out to get some pics. I live in the SW Ohio hills. There are a number of creeks which flow from these hills down hill to the Ohio River. Creeks meander. Probably why we have so many curvy roads since the roads parallel the creeks. Anyhow here's a few from todays ride

a stream? really a creek lol

also thought this was cool. Technically not a named creek but this waterfall froze thanks to 13 days in a row of below freezing temps

Only eight plus a waterfall? Slacker!

Some pretty cool names as well. Good job, ferret :biker:

 

[the Ferret]

Bullskin creek didn't have a sign but it's also a major feeder creek for the Ohio

 

[use2b_imp]

very scenic photos guys with no leaves on tree's and especially the frozen water fall after leaving the facets drip for two nights last week ....
3rdbike thanks for showing the Rio from Albuquerque , i have a few Los Pollos Hermanos T-Shirt's