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Epilogue For those just finding this, jump to the beginning, or any other day: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7, 8, 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13, 14, 15, 22. Home sweet home Nikon D70, ISO 800, ƒ/3.5, 1.6sec, 18mm focal L. Miles on the odometer: 6964 Day 22: Boise, ID to San Jose, CA — 701 miles It was a chill week in Weiser/Boise staying at my folks and my sisters. Mostly bumming around, playing with the kids and relaxing. But, all good things must come to an end as I’ve yet to find a motorcycle adventuring gig that’d [...] Day 15: Helena, MT to Weiser, ID — ~445 miles After two weeks on the road, it was finally time to rejoin with the family and see the kiddos whom I was missing so dearly. Valerie had driven from San Jose to my parents the day before in order to meet us when we arrived today.
Heading west on US-12, the forests had been ravaged by beetle kill. One “good” fire will clean up the mess and enable new growth to start the forest cycle over again. Day 14: Murdo, SD to Helena, MT — 689 miles The second day of heading home was going to be another day of making miles, but, we’d finally break away from the interstate for many of those miles, making for a much happier day for me.
Welcome to a rainy morning Day 13: Beaver Dam, WI to Murdo, SD — 664 miles Our 2 days at the big air show were over and the time had come to point the wheel toward the west so as to make our way back home. There be kids to play with, wives to kiss, and birthdays to attend to upon our arrival back at my folks’ in Idaho, so it was to be a fast burn on the super slab across the Midwest; not exactly the highlight of the trip, but, the Midwest never is.
The dawn start heading out of Beaver Dam. Day 11-12: EAA Airventure, or, the trip’s official “destination”. If you are just finding this, go here to start at the beginning. For those that have never been to Airventure, held in Oshkosh, WI, it’s truly a spectacle that warrants a visit even for non-aviation enthusiasts. Anything and everything about general aviation and aircraft construction is there, with a non-stop air show going on in the background. It’s too much to see everything in 2 days, but, that’s the time we had. The following is a brief taste of what I found interesting over the course of 2 days. Continue reading The open road: 2010 summer trip day 11 & 12 Day 9-10: Bumming around Memphis, TN, and then off to Beaver Dam, WI — 722 Miles If you are just finding this, go here to start at the beginning. The date was July 24th, a Saturday. The big air show (remember, this trip has a real destination!) started in 2 days on the following Monday. With 700+ miles to cover, we figured it’d be doable in 1 day, even though it’d be a little bit of a stretch. That gave us a free day to bum around Memphis and see the sights. Day 8: Plano, TX to Memphis, TN — 552 Miles If you are just finding this, go here to start at the beginning. While I had been touring around Colorado and visiting in Texas, my father was making his way from Idaho to Tennessee on his new to him R12RT. After the fact, we discovered that we’d missed each other in Grand Junction, CO, by just a couple of hours. He’d arrived in Memphis the day prior and it was time for me to make my way to catch up with him there. I bid a silent farewell to Clint and his wife and tiptoed out to the garage at O’dark thirty. Day 6 & 7: Bumming around Plano, TX — 281 Miles After 5 days in the saddle to get to my buddy’s in Texas, what’s the first thing that we do? Take off and do some riding, of course!
Day 5: Pagosa Springs, CO to Plano, TX — 824 Miles Today was all about miles. If I’d planned it smarter, it wouldn’t have been too much more to have made a Saddlesore 1000 out of the day.
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