Monthly Archives: July 2011

After spending 3 nights in Albuquerque, getting the new tires put on at the local BMW dealership, and doing a little sightseeing it was time to get started on the actual ride! We had a meeting Friday night to discuss some stuff that I won’t go into here, but it basically came down to wheels … Continue reading »

After 4 days of riding, unloading into the hotel, researching the next day and getting out on the road things seem to be getting a bit easier. Too bad today was our last day on this part of the trip. We decided last night to get a little earlier start to try to avoid the … Continue reading »

Hot. That was the word of the day. Damn hot. Ridiculously hot. Why are we here hot. We got a decently early start, but it was already 92 degrees. It was that cool for about 10 minutes, then jumped into the 100s just on the outskirts of the city and stayed there all day. So, … Continue reading »

  After 4 states touched yesterday, today was spent all in the same state. Despite that, today was a great riding day! Last night at the hotel I was able to look ahead at our route and what upcoming attractions there were, and that helped a lot. We found out that we were really close … Continue reading »

4 states in one day! Whew. We got an earlier start today, leaving the hotel around 8:30 to try to avoid some of the heat. It didn’t work. It was already 87 degrees, and quickly rose to the mid-90’s before we reached one of our stops, Meramec Caverns. It’s a tourist trap thats been in … Continue reading »

Day 1 got off to a slow start, thanks to rain that was moving through the area. Our intended 10am start time got pushed back to noon to try to avoid the worst of the rain. Unfortunately, that put us in the middle of the heat. The actual ride was pretty uneventful – most of … Continue reading »