In the old days, leaving LA to go anywhere meant getting up at 4 AM with the hopes of being on the road by 4:30. Since retirement, I’ve found going north is easier to do after the rush hour, not before. Morro Bay is a scant 4 hour trip up the coast and, being a state campground, one can’t usually check in early. So, we headed out around 9:30 with the idea of being there some time around 2.
Yes, the old trailer has served us well for over 15,000 miles of our journeys around the country…
Anyone who knows me, knows I like long days in the saddle. I’ve done more thousand mile days than I can count but I have never done one for the record. That is, the official record for the official record keepers, the Iron Butt Association. The IBA has records for thousands of individuals who have made all types of endurance rides. One of them, the 50CC, is particularly enticing to me. It involves riding your motorcycle from Coast to Coast in 50 hours or less.
Champion or Hannigan…..decisions, decisions….
1st Day – 192 Miles, RideTotal – 192 Miles Day 2 started much the same as day 1 except we got to sleep in until 5:30 AM. Frankly, I couldn’t wait. The Route 66 Hotel and Conference Center left much to be desired. Smoky rooms, smoky hallways and only one ice machine in the entire…
Yes, 4:30 AM can come too early. We got to bed reasonably early the night before and I set the loudest alarm I could think of on my phone. So, there was not excuse. We got up, got ourselves together ad I began trudging luggage down the stairs to the bike. Passing the dining room,…
Editor’s Note – The wireless in the various rooms I am blogging from are unstable and unpredictI may not be able to post photos until I return. Sorry, folks… So, yesterday morning, Julie and I decided to find the beginning of the Mother Road. What we found were several beginnings. The original start of Route…
As promised, the bike is there, ready and waiting. I have to tell you, it was a traumatic experience. I have never shipped my bike anywhere before.
You see, we didn’t stay much on the established interstates…
June 16-20, 2016 I know it has been awhile since I’ve written. The truth is, we have made few trips over the past year and none worth writing about. However, as I awaited the long month to retirement, I could take it no longer and knew I needed some road time. I happened to remember…
The Road Less Traveled 