USA Midwest 2020 Day 3

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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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USA Midwest 2023 – Day 1

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USA Midwest 2023, Day 1 of 16 September 1, 2023

I start from home in Douglasville, Georgia and roll northward via backroads through Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and then take a ferry across the Ohio River into Illinois where I camped for the night at Tower Rock Campground near Cave-In-Rock, IL.

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California Loop 2018 – Day 10 (Final Day)

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Day 10, the last day, of my California Loop 2018 Motorcycle Trip. In this video, I ride from Crystal Lake Camp Grounds southbound on San Gabriel Canyon Road (California Highway 39) to Azusa, CA. From Azusa, I jump onto Interstate 210 East. Not shown in the video, I rode I-210 E to CA-57 South to CA-71 South to I-15 South to Lake Elsinore, CA.

The video resumes in Lake Elsinore, CA on Central Ave (CA-74) where I ride home to my apartment complex. Sidenote, my family and I moved from Lake Elsinore, CA to Ramona, CA in October 2019 preparing for our move to Georgia in 2020 (where we still live today in 2025).

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California Loop 2018 Day 9

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On this day, I departed Rancheria Campground on Huntington Lake, California and rode the very scenic Huntington Lake Road which had some terrific mountain views and somewhat sketchy road in some spots. Then I headed towards Fresno, CA on California Highway 168.

This is where this video ends as the remainder of the day was mostly freeway and interstates all the way to Azusa, CA where I camped at the Crystal Lake Camp Grounds.

California Loop 2018 Day 8 Part 2

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Ride from Stockton California to Huntington Lake California where I camped for the night. Much of the days ride was on CA Highway 99 which leaves much to be desired scenery wise. However, the ride back into the mountains was had some nice scenery and enjoyable riding.

California Loop 2018 Day 7 Part 5 – Lake Tahoe & Truckee

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In this video I ride the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and head back into California, and ride through Historic Downtown Truckee, California. I wrap up the video riding back to camp at Cottonwood Creek Campground.

This video also wraps up Day 7, seemed like a week worth’s of video LOL.

Lake Tahoe area is truly spectacular and worth a visit. I hope to return some day and maybe chill more near the lake (probably won’t be a motorcycle trip next time).