Myron's 2012 ABC's of Touring

Juntura, Oregon 2011

Each year, the Harley Owners' Group (HOG) sponsors an activity where members can win prizes, the ABC's of Touring.

The idea is to win points by riding your bike to far off places.

Proof of the visits is a photo of your Harley in front of an official sign from each place.  In each photo, you must have your bike, the sign and a current year issue of a HOG magazine.  In at least six of the photos, you must also include yourself.

I have been doing this for some years now.

Below: Green indicates places visited, points scored
White indicates possible places yet to visit


1 point per country
Countries 1 Visited 1 or 2 Planned
United States

1/1/2012 
Canada
(maybe?)

1 point for each state
States 12 Visited
Arizona

5/21/2012
California

2/26/2012
Colorado

6/8/2012
Kansas

6/2/2012
Idaho

6/12/2012
Iowa

6/5/2012
Missouri

6/5/2012
Nebraska

6/8/2012
New Mexico

5/31/2012
Oklahoma

6/1/2012
Oregon

6/14/2012
Wyoming

6/8/2012

1 point for each city beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, 26 maximum
  Cities 25 Visited ~25 Planned
Atherton CA

1/2/2012
Belmont CA

1/2/2012
Cupertino CA

1/2/2012
Davenport CA

1/1/2012
El Granada CA

1/1/2012
Fremont CA

1/9/2012
Gilroy CA

1/7/2012
Half Moon Bay CA

1/1/2012
Indio, CA

5/21/2012
Jackson, WY

6/12/2012
Kingman, KS

6/3/2012
Los Gatos CA

1/1/2012
Monte Sereno CA

1/1/2012
Newark CA

1/9/2012
Omaha NE

6/7/2012
Pescadero CA

1/1/2012
Quartzsite, AZ

5/21/2012
Redwood City CA

1/2/2012
Saratoga CA

1/9/2012
Tres Pinos CA

1/7/2012
Union City CA

1/9/2012
Vacaville CA

2/26/2012
Woodland CA

2/26/2012
X
Yolo CA

2/26/2012
Zyante CA

2/18/2012
  (squares with no photos list candidate locations)

1 point for each county beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, 26 maximum
  Counties 18 Visited ~20 Planned
Alameda CA

1/9/2012
Butler KS

6/4/2012
Contra Costa CA

1/14/2012
Deuel NE

6/8/2012
El Dorado CA

2/26/2012
Ford KS

6/2/2012
Gooding ID

6/13/2012
Haskell KS

6/2/2012
I Jerome ID

6/13/2012
Kiowa KS

6/3/2012
Lincoln NE

6/8/2012
Monterey CA

1/28/2012
Navajo, AZ

5/29/2012
O Placer CA

2/26/2012
Q
Riverside CA

5/21/2012
Santa Clara CA

1/2/2012
Teton WY

6/11/2012
Union NM

6/1/2012
V W

X
(no counties known)
Yolo CA

2/26/2012
Z  

1 point each, max 5 of each, 10 planned
National Parks and Forests 6 visited
Parks Petrified Forest

5/29/2012
Western Historic Trails Center

6/5/2012
Grand Teton

6/11/2012
   
Forests Apache-Sitgreaves

5/29/2012
Santa Fe

5/31/2012
Bridger-Teton

6/11/2012
   
 

1 point each, max 10 (new for this year)
Harley-Davidson Dealerships
House of Thumder
Morgan Hill CA


1/7/2012
San Jose Harley-Davidson
San Jose CA


1/9/2012
Iron Steed Harley-Davidson
Vacaville CA


2/26/2012
Budd Stubbs
Phoenix AZ


5/29/2012
Scottsdale Harley-Davidson
Scottsdale AZ


2/29/2012
Thunderbird HD
Albuquerque, NM


5/31/2012
Santa Fe HD
Santa Fe, NM


5/31/2012
Dodge City HD
Dodge City, KS


6/2/2012
Loess Hills
Pacific Junction IA


6/5/2012
Frontier HD
Lincoln, NE


6/7/2012
 




Point Prize Thresholds (new criteria this year)

Awards  5-25 Points  26-51 Points  51-77 Points  78 and Over
Pin, Patch, Decal X X X X
Challenge Coin - X X X
Personalized HOG Cover - - - X
Sweepstake Entries * +1 +2 +3 +3 +1 **
* Sweepstakes for a free bike
** At 78 points, Separate Sweepstakes for a Trip for Two to Milwaukee

Total Points Achieved, ~70 Planned

72  


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Last Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2015 03:33 PM