Day 16 – 3723 Miles CHELSEA, OK to ELK CITY, OK – 306 Miles Picture this. A humid yet cool morning with overcast skies. You fire up your bike and the heartbeat of the 45 degree twin courses through you. You climb on and pull out of the charming roadside motel onto the Route, just…
Day 15 – 3417 Miles CUBA, MO to CHELSEA, OK – 329 Miles My goodness! What an action-packed day! A day of pitbulls and kittens and thunderstorms and dirt roads! We stopped first thing to fuel our bodies at Shelly’s Route 66 Cafe, and got some fine lovin’ from these two young pits. I had…
Day 14 – 3088 Miles PONTIAC, IL to CUBA, MO – 306 Miles I’m going warn ya… This isn’t a thrill-a-minute post, so I’ll keep it short. We didn’t get out of Pontiac until nearly one because of the great museums, like this Pontiac Museum. The man who owns this collection (who lives out of…
Day 13 – 2782 Miles MILWAUKEE, WI to PONTIAC, IL – 207 Miles I love my motorcycle. And I was SO happy to get back in the saddle! Even with the city traffic. While cruising an L.A.-like ten mile-per-hour freeway crush through Chicago, I got caught doing something silly (sillier than kissin my sickle). Whenever…
Days 10-12 Milwaukee is a wonderful city and I’ve had a swell time here (I mean, hey! They had this sign…) But man! I’m ready to get back on the bike! I miss that little critter! In case you didn’t know, my feller manages a Harley-Davidson dealership, and twice a year, goes to dealer meetings…
Day 9 – 2575 Miles from Home ??, IL to MILWAUKEE, WI – 66 Miles We made it to our final destination! Milwaukee Wisconsin! There’s something kinda cool about rolling into Harley’s founding town on a Harley-Davidson. Since we ended up just 40 miles outside of Milwaukee the night before in whatever town we stayed…
Day 8 – 2509 Miles from Home SPRINGFIELD, IL – ??, IL – 275 Miles I didn’t get my blog written last night because… I’ve seen the light at the end of the Route 66 tunnel! And well… We had some issues in Chicago. But I’ll get to that in a bit. The final leg…
Day 7 – 2234 Miles from Home CUBA, MO to SPRINGFIELD, IL – 251 Miles Nothing like putting on damp jeans, boots, and gloves and climbing on the bike on a cool morning! Brrrr!!! But I’m telling you, it was … What adjective haven’t I used? Amazing? Fantastic? Spectacular? The Illinois countryside defies description. And…
Day 6 – 1983 Miles from Home CARTHAGE, MO to CUBA, MO – 239 Miles What a bizarre day. I mean, no individual event stood out as bizarre… Simply the culmination of the day’s events–a day of countless U-turns and backtracking to find the elusive Mother Road. Yes, we could have hopped on the Interstate…