The Badlands
September 6th, 2023
Total Miles for day 6 was 253 miles starting at the Badlands Hotel & Campground in Interior, South Dakota. The highlight of today’s ride was rolling through the Badlands National Park offering up some stunning and rugged scenery. The day concludes near Keystone, South Dakota where I camp for two nights in the Black Hills at the Grizzly Creek Primitive Campground.
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North Platte, Nebraska to Interior, South Dakota
September 05, 2023
Today’s Miles = 286
Today was the day my son, Tristan, had long waited for, hist first “real” ride on a motorcycle. Tristan’s ride today was really a test ride, confined to our neighborhood with a maximum speed of 30mph but mostly around 20mph. We also tested mounting and dismounting Bruce with Tristan getting onboard first, then myself seemed to work the best.
So, it was a short ride today. We spent about 20 minutes riding back and forth within our neighborhood, he was thrilled.
Before I would allow Tristan to ride, I wanted a few getting familiar with Bruce rides myself, and I wanted to configure Bruce to be more passenger friendly by installing the top case with a passenger back rest and the side paniers which I finished installing yesterday, November 15th, 2025.
Tristan’s full motorcycle ride is pending on all his motorcycle riding gear coming in, we are waiting on his riding pants and jacket to be delivered. We have his helmet, gloves, and boots.
Ever since he was old enough to walk or even before he could talk in 2018, he was interested in getting on the motorcycle , Dexter a 2005 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic, and wanting to ride.
Here is Tristan one years old back in 2019 on Dexter, in our garage in Lake Elsinore, California.
USA Midwest 2023 Day 4 starts in Onawa, Iowa as I roll through town and north to Whiting, Iowa. From Whiting, I cross the Missouri river and south on US Highway 75 to Omaha, Nebraska and then end the day in North Platte, Nebraska, 368 miles for the day.
Continue reading11/11/2025 Veteran’s Day Ride – 103 Miles today 213 miles to go for the 500 Mile Break-In.
Cold Ride today with starting temperature at 25°F a bit past 8am.
Today’s temperature never exceeded 47°F during the ride (most of day was in the 30’s. However, I was not cold but layered up like the Michelin man. I was unable to test my Rev’It Sand H20 pants as they were too long and I returned them to Cycle Gear in Hiram, GA (part of today’s ride).
Read more about the gear I wore and the 3rd Break-In Ride overall.
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Today, 11/08/2025, is my second mini ride of Bruce, 2025 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special, since I brought him home from Atlanta Harley-Davidson on October 17th, 2025. Today was another low mileage day of 78 miles.
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Today, November 7th, 2025 I installed my first accessories and upgrades on Bruce, my 2025 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special motorcycle. Happy Days are here 😊.
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Today I rolled from Quincy, Illinois to Galesburg, Illinois to visit the Galesburg Railroad Museum. In addition to motorcycling, I have a strong interest in model railroading and railroads more broadly. Model railroading is my main hobby, though it sometimes gets less attention than motorcycles and other aspects of life. The limiting factor, as with most of us, is limited resources in time and money 😊
After visiting the Galesburg Railroad Museum I rolled west on US Highway 34 across the Mississippi River into Iowa skirting south of Des Moines then angled northwest on numerous back roads (a couple of which were loose gravel unpaved roads) to Onawa, Iowa where I stopped for the day, arriving well after sunset.
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On Day 2 of USA Midwest 2023, I depart Tower Rock campground and ride north near Saint Loust (east side of Mississippi river) and end the day in Qunicy, Illinois.
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Today, 10/25/2025, is my first mini ride of Bruce, 2025 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special, since I brought him home from Atlanta Harley-Davidson on October 17th, 2025. Only 66.1 miles (we will just call it 66 miles).
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