Day 40 – Cold and Wet
Can I just say that I really detest cold & wet. Left Kittery before 0800 and went to Big Moose Harley Davidson in Portland to get a new front tire and brakes. What a great place! Very friendly, great service … Continued
Day 39 – cloudy and cool to start but warmed up!
It was a cool 59 degrees to start our day – a twenty degree difference from yesterday! We rode up thru Connecticut to Massachusetts to New Hampshire hoping to get a new front tire in Nashua to save the sales … Continued
Day 38 – Started the day at 79 degrees!
For the first morning since Pam joined me we were able to start out the ride in t-shirts! It was 79 degrees at Ocean City at 0750. We travelled up through Delaware to Pennsylvania and then on thru New York … Continued
Day 37 – OBX = Awesome!
Got up and on the road by 0800 and it was already 69 degrees! The sun stayed with us all day and it was over 90 but still not much humidity. Forgot to mention yesterday that we had to stop … Continued
Day 36 – Hot, not humid and beautiful roads
Another wonderful day in the south. Got up to 92 degrees with just a light breeze. Took the “southerly” backroads route from Knoxville, Tennessee to Raleigh, North Carolina. Never spent a single mile on the Interstate. Nice scenery but nothing … Continued
Day 35 – Tennessee Whiskey and more heat!
We we at the Harley dealership before 0800 and they got at it right away. On the road by 1100 going south to Lynchburg. We chose the back road route to avoid a couple of mega people events but it … Continued
Day 34 – Multi million dollar horse farms and HEAT!!!
Had an awesome breakfast of French toast and sausages with Karen this morning and then we went a little north of Lexington to an area of exquisite horse farms and a Bourbon Distillery. When I say exquisite I mean $$$$$. … Continued
Day 33 – Short ride today!
Really slept in this morning – almost 0830 when we got out of bed and almost 0930 when we hit the road. But another gorgeous day in Indiana and Kentucky. Drove some really nice back roads in Ky to get … Continued
Day 32 – Goal Achieved!
Left Mendota, Illinois this morning and headed southeast and at 11:13 am local time I completed my goal of riding in all 48 of the “lower 48” US states when we crossed the border into Michigan 🙂 It was not … Continued
Day 31 – Harley Day!
What a great day! Weather was warm and sunny from start to finish. We started off today with a visit to Capital City Harley Davidson to get my cruise control fixed and a new back tire. Great service – in … Continued