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• Yukon bound...

  by GaryTJ August 27, 2011
  First off, she’s OK… I know, I know, Déjà vu   But, I am not going to get into that yet. You have to read the story. Now don’t skip ahead, just follow along.   We are in the first day of our trip. It is Me, Lori , John and Gina on our motorcycles and he...

• Impressions of the trip

  by GaryTJ November 1, 2010
  Well here are the stats and impressions after getting all the bills in. We went a total of 8439 miles in 23 days (not all were travel days. We had 5 days of just sight seeing, not on the bikes.) That averages out to 468 miles for each travel day. We went through 21 states. Total cost, not includi...
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• Day 21-23 the final leg

  by GaryTJ September 26, 2010
  Day 21 was spent just wandering around Reno and having fun. We checked out the bikes, gambled a bit, and just sat and people watched a bit until the night time came. Reno for some reason is a totally different vibe from Las Vegas. It seems people are more pleasant and are happy to see you. The gamb...
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• Day 20 - Las Vegas to Reno

  by GaryTJ September 24, 2010
  Right after I added the last page Lori and I went to see Cher at Caesars Palace. She puts on a good show. There is a lot of costume changes, so they do a lot of flashbacks to the early days with Sonny and Cher together.But each time she comes back out she seems to be wearing less. Not a problem in m...

• Day 19 - Into Las Vegas

  by GaryTJ September 22, 2010
  It seems like a lifetime, so much has happened. I had to look and see where I left off. We left Gallup and continued down I-40 but didn't get too far before our first stop. The petrified forest national park.We have never been through it and we probably will never will if we don't do it now, so......
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• Day 18 - A long one!

  by GaryTJ September 20, 2010
  Leaving Decatur,  Texas at 6:30 AM and it is shirtsleeve weather!  :-) The day went well, considering we went over 700 miles and some of that was off the freeway following Route 66.   It is a real shame to see what has become of this road. A Lot of the old buildings are still the...
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• day 17 - New Orleans to Decatur, Tx

  by GaryTJ September 19, 2010
  Not a lot to report for this day except a lot of traveling. We did make 600 miles today. We did get to run on the Louisiana Scenic Hwy for a while, and I love the South part of Louisiana, but don't much care for the north. Texas is Texas, what can you say. We have been here before and it is just li...

• Day 14 - Into Panama City

  by GaryTJ September 16, 2010
  There is not a lot to write today. It was just traveling for the most part. We did get to go on one of Florida's turnpikes (589 North). That cost $10 to go 45 miles, but the roads were in very good condition and there was only a couple of other vehicles in this section. Afterwords we followed Hwy 1...
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• Day 10 - We made it!

  by GaryTJ September 12, 2010
  Well we made it to Key west! We got up to a cloudless sky and warm winds to start us off on the final leg into Key West. The traffic was light and the travel was easy. There are a lot more islands here than what you think. It seems that there was a bridge to another "Key" just about every 5 miles...
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• Day 9 - Down to Miami

  by GaryTJ September 11, 2010
  It was a late start for us. We splurged and slept in an extra hour before heading out. The day consisted on wandering down the Florida coast. We stayed on Hwy 1 for the most part, with a couple of jogs out on A1A to see the beaches and look around. Later in the Afternoon, when it started getting ...

• Day 8 - Into Ormond-By-The-Sea

  by GaryTJ September 10, 2010
  First off, sorry, no pictures. Lori and I both got up this morning, even though neither of us wanted to. But when you are on a trip like this, you have to continue whether you want to or not. We were going to run cross country to Jacksonville and stop there, but neither of us really wanted to do thi...

• Day 7 - Tail of the Dragon

  by GaryTJ September 9, 2010
  Leaving Kentucky, we knew this was going to be a great day. We were sticking mostly to secondary hwy's and cutting SE to run the Famous "Tail of the dragon" and then south. We crossed from Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Geogia, and into South Carolina, before stopping at Anderson for the night...

• Day 6 - St. Louis to Marion county Kentucky

  by GaryTJ September 9, 2010
  The drive down was pretty uneventful with the exception of crossing the Ohio river in Louisville.The drivers there are nuts. They are even worse than the drivers in Bellevue, if can believe it. The speed limit is just a general rule. Anything within 20mph of it is fine, and construction zones are on...

• Day 5 to St. Louis

  by GaryTJ September 7, 2010
  What a great day! We let to clear blue sky's and immediately went into the Loess hills and headed south. It was a great start. However I did learn a few things about Iowa and a GPS. First off Iowa does an awsome job on their Hwy's. They are well maintained and smooth, and you just roll along...
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• Day 4, to Sioux City

  by GaryTJ September 6, 2010
  I had planned on this day to be a trying one. I have been through here before and you can count on wind all the way. Well, it was worse than that. Pouring rain and wind gusts of over 50 mph. It was hard to even keep the bikes on the road and it wore us out. We had stopped at a rest stop and some kid...
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• Day 3, Mt. Rushmore

  by GaryTJ September 5, 2010
  Day 3 started out with a real gloomy sky.  (However, we did find palm tree’s in Billings, Mt.)   The Rain and thunderstorms was just starting in on the west side of town as we left going east. It seems that the clouds have been chasing us every day and just about caught us. &n...
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• Day 2

  by GaryTJ September 4, 2010
  Well day 2 started (and ended) not with a bang, but with a wimper!  That was us as we both woke up at 4:45 am. We were wide awake and it was not possible to go back to sleep. We laid around for about ½ an hour and decided we might as well get up and go. We left Lewiston just as the sun...
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• Key West ride

  by GaryTJ September 3, 2010
  Well the first day went well, other than crawling over Snoqualmie pass. After it opened up we made decent time. 350 miles from 12:30 to 6:30. We stopped in Lewiston, Id for the night to eat and visit with some friends for a bit. Tomorrow, we are heading over LOLO pass and then heading east towards M...