The trip In thinking over what I should say about the trip, I become overwhelmed. There is so much including how far I went, how long I travelled, what it cost, the gear, if my time researching was wasted, what I felt through the whole thing, just a lot to think about. I’ll try to […]
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Sleeping I was so excited to get home, I couldn’t sleep. Thinking a Benadryl would knock me out until it was time to get up, I took one. It didn’t work. I stayed awake most of the night and finally hit the road when the sun was fully up, about 0530. It wasn’t too bad
Focus While I was sad the ending of the trip would be soon last night, today my focus was 100% on getting home. I missed my family and I’ve been on the road long enough for me. Although I was taking a slightly different route than I have in the past, I knew the best
Beartooth Pass As I laid awake, I was thinking about the Beartooth Pass and how much I really wanted to ride it. I was hoping that things had cleared up some overnight and that it would be clear enough for me to feel comfortable for me to ride it. The weather channel said that it
Nightly occurrence I am getting so tired of writing this, but of course a storm came up. While no rain fell this time, the wind was powerful. It sounded like the tent was going to get ripped apart. It wasn’t conducive to sleeping, but I was comfortable in the tent. The wind was so fierce,
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Another thunderstorm I woke up at about 0300 to flashing lights. I initially thought it was a problem with a street light or something, but very quickly realized it was a distant thunderstorm. It was so far off, I couldn’t hear the thunder, I could only see the lightening. It took about 40 minutes before
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Casual start I was feeling more excited to get home, but definitely still wanted to savor the time and the trip, so I decided to take it easy today. My ride would be fairly straightforward, just on the U.S. 2 out of Michigan, across Wisconsin, and into Minnesota. I was headed to the campground my
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Lost I knew I had to be to the BMW dealer by 1300, but I had no idea how long it would take me to get there. I had to finish going through Connecticut, Rhode Island, go through Massachusetts, including Boston, and get to North Hampton, NH by 1300. Overall it was only a couple
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Uncomfortable My one complaint with Lucille has been just how spectacularly uncomfortable the stock seat is. I mean, come on, BMW. You have a reputation and can do better. Right after I bought her, I had a Corbin custom seat put on Lucille. While the seat is super comfortable, they were unable to wire it
Anxiety The check arrived about 2:30 Thursday afternoon, and my BFG and I hit the road. That was a very long 450 miles, but my BFG is fun to talk to and we had a good time. We checked in to our hotel and I told him I wish they had sent me the owner’s
