USA West 2020 Motorcycle Trip – Day 14
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USA West 2020 Motorcycle Trip – Day 13
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USA West 2020 Motorcycle Trip – Day 12 Video
Today I ride from Thompson Grove Campground near Dalhart, TX to Aspen Basin Campground in the mountains near Santa Fe, NM. The day started out with with wire holding my shifter together coming apart a few hundred yards after I started. Thanks to Chris who came to my rescue on Day 2, who gave me extra wire and better pliers than what I had and I was able to wire up the shifter quickly.
Continue readingUSA West 2020 Day 12 Highlights 3
I roll into Texas on a small back road on my way to Thompson Grove Campground.
USA West 2020 Day 12 Highlights 2
I have a roadside chat with the Oklahoma State Patrol on US Highway 64 between Forgan and Hooker, Oklahoma 🙂
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Rolling west on US Highway 64 in Oklahoma.
USA West 2020 Motorcycle Trip – Day 12 Video
Today I ride from the North Spillway Campground near Jett, Oklahoma to the Thompson Grove Campground near Dalhart, Texas. Wow oh wow is western Oklahoma flat LOL.
It was a hot ride with very long straight roads in a sun baked environment. I also was pulled over by an Oklahoma State Trooper for speeding (easy to do on these long straight roads with very little traffic). He was nice gentleman and let me off with a warning after we chatted about his family vacation in Utah before the Pandemic.
Upon arrival at Thompson Grove Campground the weather was looking a bit threatening. I incurred a little bit of wind and light rain, fortunately, the brunt of the storm skirted by me. A more normal day of riding distance wise at a total of 287 Miles for the day. Very manageable even in 100 degree heat.
USA West 2020 Day 11 Highlights 2
I ride to Cherokee, Oklahoma to fuel up Dexter and hit up the grocery store to cook up some of the locals back at camp…..that would be cows, not people :).
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USA West 2020 Day 11 Video
USA West 2020 Day 11, I ride from Pillsbury Crossing (Near Manhattan, Kansas) to the day’s campground at The North Spillway Campground in Jett, Oklahoma.
While today’s ride through Kansas and the northern sliver of Oklahoma did not offer up epic scenery, it was a relaxing ride with gentle rolling hills and ample greenery which was calming and much welcomed after Day 10’s beating of high miles on the Interstate. By the time I arrived in Wichita, KS it was hot with the air temperature around 100 degrees Fahrenheit and was not quite the dry heat from the west.
Much shorter ride day of 279 Miles including 44 miles for a grocery run to and from Cherokee, Oklahoma.
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