Monthly Archives: September 2011

Since the trip was long and there wasn’t much left to see, I took the highway back home, so not much to report. Here is a summary of the final 3 days. Rode through the Badlands, it was hot and amazing. Ended the day at 4777 miles The following day I rode until about 4pm, … Continue reading »

Today wasn’t so much about miles as it was about seeing some stuff. My day started a little later than planned due to an alarm setting issue. Oops! Not a big deal,i actually woke up about a half-hour later than I planed. I had breakfast at the hotel, then charted out my route for the … Continue reading »

Today was a “bad choice” day I think. Not that anything turned out poorly, but I think it was more tiring than it should have been. Packing up the bike was much easier today; I’d taken everything off and into the hotel the night before, but knowing where things went made it much faster. I … Continue reading »

Getting ready on my own schedule seems weird after having a set schedule for the past several days. I slept a little later, had a leisurely breakfast, and lounged in the hotel lobby for a while, trying to get motivated. I still didn’t have a real plan for a route. I was sitting there looking … Continue reading »

We awoke to the coldest temperatures we had seen so far… 33 degrees according to my motorcycle. Strangely, though, everything was dry with no frost. I guess it was just breezy enough or something; either way it was great to put away dry great for the trip home. Coffee, tear-down, breakfast, meeting. Meeting brought up … Continue reading »

We did the usual wake up, coffee, pack, eat breakfast and riders meeting thing. It was going to be a 3-state day! The day started with a quick road ride to Grand Teton National Park. The park really had some amazing scenery, but was a little obscured by some haze caused by some nearby wildfires. … Continue reading »

After a great nights sleep in my cabin, we did the normal routine of packing up everything, getting breakfast (scrambled eggs with salsa, potatos, and bacon) and having our daily rider meeting. Our first stop was on the outskirts of Atlantic City, an abandoned mine. We poked around for a while in the old buildings, … Continue reading »

Day 5 sounded good. A plan had been made the day before, we were to meet an “interesting individual” somewhere and he was going to show us a cool route. We just had to get there, which, unfortunately, most of us didn’t. Our ride started with the now normal short highway ride to the trail, … Continue reading »