This post describes the top 5 most frequently searched boots or boot styles that direct visitors to my website using Google Webmaster Tools anonymous data. It follows from yesterday’s post that described rankings 10 to 6.
Here are the boots/boot styles most frequently searched from ranking of 5 to number one…
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For many years, I have long admired the design and appearance of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Strathcona boots, otherwise known as “RCMP High Browns.” For various reasons, I have not gotten myself a pair. I thought the boots were only available to official members of the RCMP, not us boot-wearing and admiring LEO-training supporters. Until February…
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Over the past weekend, I finally had some time to crop and post 96 photos from the Mid-Atlantic Police Motorcycle Riding Competition that was held earlier than usual this year (June 25-27, 2015) in Chantilly, Virginia.
I was there one evening and for two full days on Friday and Saturday. The weekday evening practice and orientation was warm and sunny. On Friday, it was cloudy. On Saturday, the skies…
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On this USA Independence Day, I am posting photos of some of my favorite boots made in the USA. Read on…
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Last night, I slogged through the slow bumper-to-bumper traffic between my home state and Virginia to attend a training session for judges at the upcoming motorcycle police skills competition that will be held tomorrow and Saturday.
Man, traffic during “slog hours” (I have no idea why they call it “rush hour.” No one is rushing anywhere!) is a nightmare. I am sooooo very glad that I do not have to deal with that traffic on a daily basis, or I would lose whatever is left of my mind.
Anyway, when we arrived, some cops…
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When a cop “asks,” you do as requested.
Yesterday afternoon, I was in our back yard with the spouse. He was relaxing by the pond that I built for him. I was using the powerwasher and cleaning the winter’s grime and algae from the siding on our house and the decks.
It was a rather warm day. While I would like to have been out riding my motorcycle, I still have this incredibly long “honey-do” list on which I only have weekends to execute. I lost time completing home fix-it tasks when I had to take too much time off recently to allow my back to heal.
The powerwasher makes a lot of noise. I had ear protectors on. So I didn’t hear a police motorcycle arrive and park in the drive. I was in the back yard, and could not see the front.
Imagine my surprise, then, to be up on a ladder with the spray wand of the power washer and look down to see a cop talking to my spouse. What was that about?
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Of the various themes of my writing on this blog, boots, motorcycles, and cops are dominant. After all, I AM the one-and-only “Booted Harleydude.”
I posted on May 11 that I rode for the 10th year in the annual “Law Ride” in Washington, DC. That event was held Sunday, May 10. However, after the event, I…
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This past weekend, I had two annual “for honor” motorcycle rides in which I have participated before, but due to my regular promise to my spouse and sr. pals, I could choose only one of them to participate in. Each weekend, I give one and a half days for work around the house and sr. pal support, and then one half-day to ride. Tough balance — but there is no way I can take two full days of a weekend to ride. Such is the life of a guy who works full-time and has only weekends for personal time.
Which ride did I do, and why?
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I own and wear many pairs of cowboy boots and motorcycle boots. From time to time, I receive emails asking for information on how I care for them. I have been asked, for example, “how often do you shine your boots?”
A loyal follower of this blog recently wrote to me and said that he searched this blog for information on boot care and could not find such info. I will fix that with this post.
How does BHD recommend caring for boots?
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Man, I had a really busy weekend! The busy weekend involved five pairs of boots.
So what did I do and what boots did I wear?
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