Alice and I moved to the MountainHome area in 2000 from Batesvill where we had lived for 24 years.  Originally, I am from east Tennessee (Knoxville area) and Alice is from Clinton, Indiana.  We both have been members of GWRRA since 2001.  We are retired now and spend our time travelling on the bike and fishing the lakes and rivers.  We have been married for 37 years and have a son, Paul.  He and his wife Kristy and their two sons live in Bergman, Arkansas.

    My first bike was a 1964 Honda 305 Super Hawk.  It was my only transportation and I rode it over 48,000 miles in 3 years.  I didn't ride for a long time, then in 1999 I bought a used Yamaha Virago.  Since then we have had 3 Goldwings.  Our current bike is a 2004 GL 1800 and a Bushtec trailer.

    We have enjoyed trips to Spearfish, South Dakota (3,425 miles), Honda Hoot (3 times) and the Honda Homecoming twice.  In 2007 we took the long way home from 'The Hoot' via Key West, Florida.  It was a good trip.  We were gone 10 days and rode 3511 miles.

     We rode old Route 66 from Springfield, Missouri to Barstow, California in 2006 (5,100 miles) in 19 days.  We decided then to ride the entire Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California in 2007.  It was a great trip and we were on the road for 22 days and rode 6,035 miles.  Another very good trip was the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natches, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee.

     This year we plan to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and travel several states in the northeast.  We hope to ride all of the lower 48 states some day.  So far we have ridden 27.  We normally ride 10,000 to 12,000 miles a year but last year we rode almost 19,000 with the Route 66 trip.

    The GWRRA safety program is very good and we have taken courses at the Rider's Ed Weekend in Morrilton for the past 3 years.

Norm & Alice