The long Hunt for the E - AlphabetHunt

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I think, this round of the #AlphabetHunt challenge of Barbara @barbara-orenya and her Feel Good Community was the hardest so far, at least for me: illustrate 6 words (or concepts) starting with the letter of the week.

This weeks hunt goes for the Letter "E".

The long Hunt for the E
#AlphabetHunt

Hive AlphabetHunt - Letter E

Actually I wanted to post a ride on my motorbike and photograph some of the E's I meet, but I have encountered once more one problem: I am only able to stop when my gas tank is empty. I am sure I would have found enough E-things at a gas station, but this was not what I wanted ;)

So I had to change my mind and now I want to tell you what I really enjoy to do: I enjoy riding my motorbike and to watch and photograph sunrises in the mornings and sunsets in the evenings.

Enjoy the Evening

Hive AlphabetHunt - Enjoy the Evening

My motorbike is all black and while riding on the highway and thinking of an "E" I looked at my gas tank and thought "hey this gas cap looks like an evil devil skull", and voilà - I had my next E word.

In the western countries the color black symbolizes the evil - do you see the evil skull on my gas tank?😈

Evil and easy riding

Hive AlphabetHunt - Evil

Sometimes I like to ride fast like evil when I know the road and when it's safe, but I am not evil - I even apologize when I notice that I accidently stepped on an insect.
So, most of the times I try to ride easy and careful, but I don't think I could be called an Easy Rider, because my whole style is quite a bit different from Wyatt and Billy, but thank you so much for the tip Jo @redheadpei 😊

I have found two more things on my Harley that start with an "E": the noisy Engine and the even louder Exhaust.
The Exhaust of my Harley is not the original one, but a Vance&Hines made in USA. It is Euro4 legal, what makes it louder than the original, but not as loud as the other Harleys you all might know.

Engine : Exhaust

Hive AlphabetHunt - Exhaust

Actually when I stand beside another Harley driver you wouldn't even hear mine most of the times, but when I'm alone the sound is quite nice ... and "loud pipes save lifes".

I like to eat, who doesn't? But I don't care much whether the food is healthy or not, as long as it tastes good. And I am never envy on others as long as there's enough left for me to eat ;)

Envy or Eat

Hive AlphabetHunt - Eat, Envy

This shot was taken quite some years ago during a family weekend in Vienna, when we also visited the Schönbrunn Zoo, the world’s oldest zoo (Tiergarten Schönbrunn).

When I was younger I had no fear of high elevation, but now that I'm older I am much more careful and I couldn't imagine anymore to climb a via ferrata in slippers and without any other gear like my dad did some years ago. He was about 70 when we climbed this via ferrata near my hometown.

Elevation

Hive AlphabetHunt - Elevation
Hive AlphabetHunt - Elevation
... but I have proper shoes ;)

While I was searching through my archives I have found this photo of my nephew who made a nice jump with his motorcycle in a motocross race, and thought it would suit the word elevation quite well too. He is the more elevated one behind the green rider ;)

Elevation Jump

Hive AlphabetHunt - Elevation

And last but not least I have found a beautiful and elegant black swan in my archives, which I have photographed in a small wildlife park in East Tyrol where we have been a few times with the kids.

Elegance

Hive AlphabetHunt - Elegance

This white swan I have met during one of my last walks at the reservoir. I think it is the same lonesome swan I have posted about before.

Hive AlphabetHunt - Elegance
Hive AlphabetHunt - Elegance

Information

Because some of these photos are older I have used several cameras over the years (Canon EOS R, Olympus E-500, Olympus E-510, Olympus E-5) as well as my helmet camera Sena 10c Evo. So I have decided that I don't add the camera names or settings to the images, but the Exif data should be stored with the images anyway, just in case someone would be interested.


I hope you enjoyed my photos which I have found searching for E-words. If so, I would appreciate an upvote, nice comment or maybe you want to share my post on your blog 😊 ... and maybe you would like to follow me, so that you never miss a post from me.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog,
have a nice evening,
Johann Piber
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2020-05-26

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Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
Week 7 of my contest just started...you can now check the winners of the previous week!
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Thanks a lot for rehiving my post, dear @pixresteemer, I always appreciate your support 🙂


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Nice pics you have and a nice bike. Oh, and a lot of gut, to walk on that cliff's edge. Can't even imagine myself over there, and neither at a zoo. Is your nephew still racing? I have friends with dirt bikes as well but I'm more of a fan of ATVs.

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Thanks a lot for the nice words, @acesontop, I appreciate your comment 🙂

Nowadays I take much more care and I certainly would have some gear like a safety rope with me, but because I have grown up in the mountains, height is nothing I really fear, but I respect it and I take care.
My nephew is still racing, but he is doing it only for fun, because he has a fulltime job and a family, so not much time for training or doing much more than a few races a year.

I haven't been riding motorbikes for about 30 years, but when we bought a motorbike for our son about 3 years ago my old love came back and when then I saw this little Harley my decision was made ;)
4 wheels are much safer, but it's such a great feeling to sit on 2 wheels only 👍😀


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Hey Johann! Great selections and shots of the “E” in relation to your motorbike.
Thanks for the mention while “easy riding.” 😊

I saw the evil skull on the gas tank and totally amazed at your father in those open shoes climbing the mountain elevation. I would need steel-toed boots and a helmet to start that climb.😗

Are the white bears called polar bears or are they the spirit bears. I think spirit bears are only found in British Columbia.

Swans are indeed elegant. Lovely captures of them.
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So, now I'm having the problems - that's the fourth time I try to send this reply ;)

You told me about the Easy Rider ;)
I have had so many ideas for this post in the beginning, but nothing worked as wanted, so I just wrote down some E-words and searched for photos, apart from the first ones with the motorbike ;)

Oh, you should have seen him at work with a chainsaw walking on roofs, also in slippers ;) He was really fearless.

Oh, I forgot to name the bears - they are polar bears - we call them Eisbär - icebear 🍦🧸

Thank you so much for your always nice comments, Jo, and as always I wish you a wonderful afternoon and a very nice evening 🙂


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Most welcome Johann. The alphabet Hunt will get harder with some letters but to write down words that start with the letter helps.

Your father had good balance to do what he did. He was like a cat.

Have a great morning! 😊

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Good morning Jo,

yes, some letters will be really ard and I should do what you suggest, but whenever I think of a word I think I'll write it down later ... and forget ;)

Sometimes I thought that he was so very careless, but he never fell, so he must have been careful too somehow, even when he was working with a chainsaw in slippers on a roof in 15 meters height ;)

Now, when you read this it is morning for you - so I wish you a great morning too 😉😉


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Very nice looking bike! I am sure you are a very good and experienced rider! You traveled very often and got lots of practice. Would love to see a video of your ride!

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I'm planning to make a video when I ride on a nice mountain road next time - I don't like video editing, so I don't do it often and it will be very simple ;)
After 30 years of not riding I bought this bike about 2 years ago and after riding over 30,000 kilometers since then I can say I am a bit experienced, but a much more careful rider than most 🙂

Thanks a alot for your nice comment, dear @kaminchan, I wish you a nice evening 🙂


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I'm planning to make a video when I ride on a nice mountain road next time - I don't like video editing, so I don't do it often and it will be very simple ;)
After 30 years of not riding I bought this bike about 2 years ago and after riding over 30,000 kilometers since then I can say I am a bit experienced, but a much more careful rider than most 🙂

Thanks a alot for your nice comment, dear @kaminchan, I wish you a nice evening 🙂


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You have a very cool bike, Johann! On it you can feel alive. But I beg you to be careful. However, we have already talked about this. No need to do levitation on it :)
But the mountains are definitely not enough for me. It is necessary to correct the situation.

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That's true, on such a bike you feel the life - you feel everything and it feels great :)

Oh yes, we have been talking about it, and I do ride very carefully, although I have to admit, that on some roads, which I do know very well, I ride a little bit stupid like I was 20 and not in the mid fifties ;)

Thanks a lot, @bambuka,
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Take care of yourself :-)

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Of course I always take care, and even when sometimes I ride a bit faster than I should I am very carefully, believe me 👍🙂


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'on such a bike you feel the life - you feel everything and it feels great'

I afraid one may feel himself too powerful and all-mighty and thus loose the feel of reality... and make some faulty decisions, hope this will not happen to you!

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Oh no, therefore my bike is too heavy (260 kilos without me) and too weak (only 53 horsepower) - any other bike is faster ;)

Thank you very much for you taking care of me, my dear friend @qwerrie, but I'm too old to act that stupid - my son has had 2 accidents - not too bad, but you'll see some scarfs his life long.
It's not nice when you see your child injured in hospital and this has definitely made me think different - this image is always with me when I'm riding and it makes me be much more careful than I would even have to be. You will see it when I soon will post the videos I am going to make 🙂


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Congratulations for such wonderful Efforts ! You finally got your hunt trophys and you shared with us some other pieces of your likings...😉
It took me some time to understand where was the evil skull, but indeed, it is where you promised us 😄 ! If by chance you found some F's on your road, I hope you collected them for the next hunt that will be soon here ...but really the E was not Easy and you made a really great job !

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That's right, I made my post almost in the last minute, because I don't know if I would have had enough time tomorrow 😁

I wanted to add a crop of the gas cap, but then I thought that way I can tell if the people really look at the photos ... and I think they do, just like you ;) lol

Oh yes, I have found quite a few F words - every time when a car driver came around a curve on my side of the road I thought of an F word, well I didn't only think of it ;)

Thanks a lot for your kind comment, dear Barbara, have a very nice evening - we'll meet in the F round at the latest I think 🙂


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You took your time and it was great, I still want to decide which is my favorite, I will decide on E NJ and the E vening.

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This photo is my favorite too because it includes both things I love most, besides my family of course ;)

Thank you so much for liking my post and for your kind comment, @truelovemom 🙂
Have a very nice afternoon and take care.


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I did see the skull on the gas tank, I had to zoom in almost to the full peakd zoom, but find it I did, nice subtle gas cap touch. Then engine exhaust photo does make a great full bike shot.

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Haha, I wanted to add a zoomed and cropped image at first, but then I thought I let the people search and from the comments I can tell who actually looks at the photos ;) lol
Thanks a lot for your comment and that you like the bike, @bashadow 🙂


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A nice collection of photos on the letter E. I must say that my first photo is my favorite. I can count how many times you set the sunset 😉 I think this is the second time 🤭 Evening and sunset with a motorbike ... beauty.
The rest are in line with you ... I like the choice of words and pictures. @johannpiber 😊 Have a nice evening..

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Yes, that's my favorite image too, @suzana72, it combines both of my favorite things (besides my family 😉).
Thank you so much for your kind word and that you like the images - the letter "E" was really hard for me, especially because I didn't have much time either ;)
Have a great Wednesday and take care, stay safe and healthy, @suzana72 🙂


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You're welcome @johannpiber 😊
I believe you....Thank you very much ...Have you great Wednesday and take care and stay safe too ☀️

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Good morning and thank you so much for curating my post, @theunion, I appreciate your support a lot 🙂


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Hey! You came up with an excellent entry here @johannpiber! You also made it look easy..lol. Seeing the climbing in slippers made me wince a little though. Love all of your entries especially..well too many to mention! 😉 💖

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Good morning @deerjay 🙂
thank you so much that you like my post, I appreciate your nice comment a lot.

Yes, my dad is a bit mad when it comes to heights - he didn't have any fear of heights when he was working on dams or high roofs or when he climbed steep rock faces sometimes. I have much worse images of him in my memories than this photo of him in slippers ;) lol

Thanks a lot again, @deerjay, have a great day and take care 🙂


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You're very welcome! Have a wonderful week! 💖

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Dear friend, I would use word "Elegant " to describe your bike too.
As for your father's footwear I would say "Extreme" would be appropriate 😉.
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Good morning, my friend,

I think I should have asked you before I posted, because the word Extreme would have matched the climb in slippers very well, of course 👍😉

And you said the word elegant to my little Harley? Well, when the bike is washed and clean I would certainly agree, but you haven't seen it the other day when you almost couldn't see the front light because of all the bugs and flies which were "sleeping" there ;) lol

As always, I thank you very much for your kind comment on my post, @cezary-io, and I wish you a very good day 🙂

Take care and stay safe.


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'the word elegant to my little Harley' -- I second (or maybe third etc) on this. judging just according the photo given! it looks Damn Elegant.
but then, you could not use the Swan's picture to fit it letter E, its a sword with two sides ;)

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So, you said you are lazy but at the same time you are awake enough to analyze not only my posts, but also my replies?
You want to win the EL, now I'm sure and I'm your victim who has to help you 😂

I could have used it together with the elegant Black Swan, but you are right - I might have needed one more E word then - maybe a sword with an engraved name on it 😉


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I'm your victim who has to help you

(i have to stop this) but yes! this is lol, I like (this point of view) so much ))))))
you have pulled a very wide smile on my face.
have a nice day, Johann! (and evening)

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I made you smile? Cool, that's what I wanted to hear 😂
... and because I have some other or better said real work to toon my desk I keep this reply short too to help you get a better score ;)


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to help you get a better score ;)

he! this seems to be an endless source of jokes and lols ))

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... until one says stop ;) lol


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well, I say stop to the BEER (today) please

I mean, there exist 'disposable' 1-time jokes, and there exist reusable jokes that do not become boring. this one seemed for me to be of the 2nd kind -- will be always funny, to mention 'helping to improve the score' :P

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Haha, that was a really good one 😉
OK, fine - the !BEER bot does not like me since a few days anyway, maybe because I'm sending him from the USA to Russia to Australia and back all in one day ;)

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He was about 70 when we climbed this via ferrata near my hometown.

That's so cool😎.
And you have a nice bike also😅. You have a really good choice for riding many amazing and beautiful places.
All these showing your great experience👍.

Very well @johannpiber.

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Oh yes, and he had no fear of heights at all. Now that he is 10 years older he wouldn't climb a via ferrata in slippers anymore - he would wear propper shoes, of course ;)

Thank you so much @karishmasingh711, my plan for this Summer is to make a lot of rides in my country and to also post a video of an interesting road or so from time to time. But it all depends on the weather and on the free time I have, and to be honest, when the weather is good I prefer to be somewhere else and not sitting at the computer ;)

Thank you for your kind comment, dear @karishmasingh711, I wish you a wonderful day and take care 🙂


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That will great to see your awesome rides with amazing scenery👍.
And watching video will give us more fun😊.
Surely go for it in upcoming time 😇👍🖤:)

Greetings 😉.

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We will see, it all depends on the weather, like I said, and let's just hope that this summer is going to be good forall of us. We deserve that after so many bad months.

Have a nice evening 🙂


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This was definitely worth waiting for you nailed each E to the ground a great effort well achieved good luck in the contest 👍

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Well, I tried to do my best, but this letter was really hard. I wanted to make a completely motorbike related post, but have found out soon that I wouldn't be able to do that, so I had to think different and search for other words and photos ;)

Thank you so much that you like the post, @bigsambucca, I really appreciate your kind words a lot 🙂
As said in the other reply, I wish you a nice rest of the week and a wonderful weekend ... take care.


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Hi Johann, The first picture - of the bike and the sunset took my breath away. Great job!

No, you are not evil. You are an angel. :-)

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Hi Vincent,

oh yes, I like that photo very much too and it combines both, my love for riding this bike and for the sun setting or rising 🙂
But I am certainly not an angel and believe me ... if I were sitting on a scales with an angel on the right and a devil on the left, the scales would be more likely to tilt to the left 😉 lol

Thanks a lot for your kind comment and for thinking so good of me, Vincent / @quotes-haven, have a wonderful day 🙂


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Gorgeous photos, Johann! I enjoyed your quest for the letter E!

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I enjoyed it too, but I didn't lie when I said that it was the hardest letter so far ... and we are only at the beginning of the alphabet ;) lol

Thanks for your kind compliment, Keith, and since it's about midnight over there I wish you a good night 🙂


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In your collection I like Exhaust and Elegance more then others. And you added a great distinguishing cover, which I appreciate.

Elevation > Extrim, I think it is a proper match for the pic you presented, hehe. I did not grew up in the mountains and pretty much scared of the height, I must admit

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Wow I am counting 6 more comments from you - today is almost like JJ and me in our best days 😉

Yeah, I like this exhaust too - also the word ;) lol
I have been waiting for this exhaust for quite a while, but it sounds so much better than the original one, although it is legal.

That's not very high, although I wouldn't want to fall down ;)


I don't mind getting them, but you should save your beer for other comments, because I have invested in the !BEER in the beginning when it was still very cheap, so I do have a quite filled up fridge 😉🍻

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pps. do you have Edelweisses growing around? I think I was slightly awaiting a photo of E. from you.

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I know a few places where the wild Edelweiß grow, but there are also some places in the tourist areas where they have seeded them. They are the same, of course, but on the other hand I like the ones more that grow on a rock face ;)

Maybe I'll find one or two this year - of course there will be a post about them then.


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there are also some places in the tourist areas where they have seeded them.

o! haha. yes. of course. that should be expected :=)

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Mostly there are big rocks or boulders where they have Edelweiß and also other beautiful alpine flowers.
I think I have some dried ones at home in a book somewhere which I picked many years ago. I wouldn't do that anymore nowadays, even if it was allowed. Flowers should grow where they grow.


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Wow, you nailed it! You have collected some very extraordinary Es and the last one, the Elegance is my favourite. However, the bike is awesome. 😀

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Thank you so much for your kind comment, Neli 🙂
This post was so hard for me - I would never have thought that finding E words would be that difficult. For most of you it wasn't, but I have really had a hard time 😉 but that's over now and I already have an F word, but no photo for it yet ;)

Swans are always somehow elegant, apart from the moments when they dive for food and only their rear part protrudes from the water ;)


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Haha, I have a photo of swans diving, hilarious sight.

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Yeah, it's a while since I shot such a photo, and I can remember it was big fun watching them 😉


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Just WOW! I still can't decide which one I prefer. All they are rely cool, besided you hunted double E! It was very interesting to read as well 😎
Bravo! 👏👏👏

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I had only one word for the photos and the second ones came into my mind while I was working on the post ;)

Good morning @zirochka, I appreciate your kind words - thank you very much 🙂
Have a great day and take care.


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Nice Evening and Elevation Jump Photography.

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Thank you very much for your comment and that you like my photos, @kamrunnahar, I appreciate it 🙂
My nephew likes these jumps with his motorbike most ;)


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For someone who thought they might have difficulty coming up some suitable 'E' word pictures, you have 'EXCELLED' @johannpiiber

It's great that you were able to incorporate your passion for motorbikes in this blog. And those Elevation images made me dizzy just looking at them. (lol)

You picked one of the most Elegant birds to represent that word too. Swans are definitely elegant and graceful. Can't wait to see what you produce for the letter 'F'

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Yes, I know that I said it would be difficult, and believe me, it was very hard 😉

Thank you so very much for your kind words, @trudeehunter, I appreciate your nice compliments on my E words very much and that way I know it was worth it 🙂

I'm planning to make more posts which include my motorbike somehow, maybe even riding videos, but it all depends on my time an don the weather 😉

Thank you so much again, have a great day and take care.


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Excellent E photos! It doesn't appear to me that you had any trouble at all finding E's! That first photo is marvelous, even though I am not a Harley fan. Maybe because they are from Wisconsin and are common and the noise is obnoxious.
I have been to some great motorcycle museums though and have lots of motorcycle photos... Maybe even an old Harley or two! Letter H is coming up, right?
But first things first... On to F!
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My Harley is only a Baby Harley - many of the big ones don't even greet me and when I greet they look at me as if I had done something wrong ;) lol

When I made this first photo I had thought of my first "E", believe it or not 😉 From then on it was much easier to find the rest.

I have another exhaust than the original, which is a bit louder, of course, but it sounds just better, and that's what I wanted. If one of the big Harleys is near me you wouldn't hear mine and even other motorbikes are mostly louder than my little Sporty ;)

Letter H is coming soon and you are right - I already have one word ;) lol

Have a wonderful Weekend, Melinda 🙂


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Great job you have done with that E the first photo is just magical gives you that sense of freedom love it 😊

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The E was not easy for me, but I managed to find some ;)

Thanks a lot that you like the first shot, because this is also my favorite. The ride on the motorbike up there is very nice and the place where I took this photo is really cool for watching the sunset.

Thanks again, @kohsamui99, have a wonderful weekend 🙂


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There is a lot of thinking and research that goes into this challenge but you did well also and that is a nice spot to park your motorbike and perhaps a picnic basket with that amazing view 😊

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I wouldn't want to make a picnic right there, because right behind me is the road 😉
But to the right there's a path where you can walk and find better places 😀


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No that wouldn't be pleasant at all the path way sounds like a better spot 👍

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Right, further down the path there are only meadows and forest and silence :)


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And that sounds like a better spot for that picnic 😊

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