Oshkosh Trip: Epilogue

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Some trip facts

Mileage: 5230 on the odometer (GPS was almost always on, but, not quite)
Stops for gas: 39, or ~134 miles per tank. (F800 range: ~230 miles, Goldwing range: ~150-160 miles).
Gallons used: 95.25 gallons which makes for 54.9 [...]

Oshkosh Trip day 19

Day 19: The last push home — 406 miles

Sadly, this trip came to an end on this last day of travel.

The day started with a happy toddler that awoke in her giant “hooo tell” sized bed, as she likes to call it. After packing up the baby cribs and toys [...]

Oshkosh Trip: day 18

Day 13-18: Hang’n around Weiser, ID and the start of the trip home. — 342 miles

Dad and I got home to Weiser on a Saturday evening. The stomach bug was working its way through my family at a rate of one person per day, starting with one of the [...]

Oshkosh Trip: Day 12

Day 12: Butte, MT to Weiser, ID — 470 miles

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Happy 5th Anniversary

(pardon the brief interruption from the Oshkosh trip to get this done while it’s fresh)

Valerie worked out a deal for our 5th anniversary that we could get 36 contiguous hours of baby sitting (some paid, some graciously offered by family) which would give us a night away from our 3 lovely kiddos and [...]

Oshkosh Trip: Day 11

Day 11: Bowman, ND to Butte, MT — 522 miles

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We got out of Bowman early as we had a fairly full day’s worth of miles to cover to get to Butte.

Oshkosh Trip: Day 10

Day 10: Watertown, SD — Bowman, ND — 360 miles

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We got a fairly latish start, getting out of the motel about 0930 local time — which could only be my doing as Dad’s an early bird. Of course, no sooner than [...]

Oshkosh Trip: Day 9

Day 9 — Beaver Dam, WI to Watertown, SD — 502 Miles

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Our time at the show ended before it got old. I could have easily stayed another day and visited the seaplane base, or just explored more of the show at Whittman. But, [...]

Oshkosh Trip: Day 6

Cedar Rapids, IA to Oshkosh, WI, to Beaver Dam — 327 Miles

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Oshkosh Trip: Day 5

Day 5 — Omaha, NE to Cedar Rapids, IA — 312 Miles

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