SELIGMAN, AZ to ORANGE, CA – 407 Miles The hardest part of a 20-day motorcycle trip is day 21 and standing still. We’re home now, and I swear I feel this sort of emptiness, this longing to be back on the road. There’s just something about it. Thursday morning we said goodbye to our new…
Day 19 – 4742 Miles GALLUP, NM to SELIGMAN, AZ – 281 Miles I woke up bummed. Vacation was coming to an end and our final time on the road would be spent doing the familiar. The thrill of discovery would be gone. Boy! If only I’d known what lay ahead! We began the day…
Day 18 – 4461 Miles SANTA ROSA, NM to GALLUP, NM – 366 Miles I had an itch to see Santa Fe, all because of a childhood vision of a trip to visit my Aunt in New Mexico. She and her husband took us through tunnels of adobe buildings (or so it seemed to the…
Day 17 – 4095 Miles ELK CITY, OK to SANTA ROSA, NM – 372 Miles Brian and I both awoke salivating for New Mexico-styled grub… with lots of chiles, our culinary staple. So instead of taking the slow road through the rest of Oklahoma and Texas, we blasted out of Elk City, jumped on the…
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…