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Two Wheels of Suches Georgia – Drone Videos

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Two Wheels of Suches, Georgia

Tristan and I rode Bruce, my 2025 Harley-Davidson Pan America, from Douglasville, Georgia to Two Wheels of Suches, Georgia and stayed in a cabin at the motorcycle resort for the weekend. We did some riding on Georgia Highway 60, Checked out a cool HO Scale Model Railroad in Mineral Bluffs, Georgia, and played around with the drone.

Two Wheels of Suches had a great vibe, and it was great chatting and hanging out with fellow motorcycle riders. Food was not bad at the Two Wheels of Suches Restaurant either.

This video captures some of the beautiful scenery and mountain views around Suches. I wish I had flown a little higher and taken slower, sweeping shots of the mountains. I’m still learning to use my HoverAir X1 ProMax drone, and I didn’t want to fly too high while controlling it with my Samsung Galaxy S20 over Wi-Fi. I was worried I might lose control and be forced to recover the drone from the heavily wooded mountain area.

Photos from Our Stay at Two Wheels of Suches, Georgia

Ride All 50 States – Bucket List Goal

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2026 Map – States based on the 1st year I have ridden a motorcycle in them.

Ride All 50 States – Bucket List Goal

In 2015, I decided that I wanted to ride a motorcycle in all 50 states of the United States before I become worm food.  Below are the states and the year I first rode in them since making this goal.

  1. Minnesota – 2015
  2. Wisconsin – 2015
  3. Iowa – 2015
  4. California – 2017
  5. Arizona – 2017
  6. Nevada – 2018
  7. Utah – 2019
  8. Oregon – 2020
  9. Washington – 2020
  10. Idaho – 2020
  11. Colorado – 2020
  12. Kansas – 2020
  13. Oklahoma – 2020
  14. Texas – 2020
  15. New Mexico – 2020
  16. Louisiana – 2020
  17. Mississippi – 2020
  18. Alabama – 2020
  19. Georgia – 2020
  20. North Carolina – 2021
  21. South Carolina – 2021
  22. Tennessee – 2023
  23. Kentucky – 2023
  24. Illinois – 2023
  25. Nebraska – 2023
  26. South Dakota – 2023
  27. Wyoming – 2023
  28. Indiana – 2023
  29. Florida – 2026 (April 4th)

21 States to go after Florida Loop 2026

Cub Cadet Touring Configuration

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March 29, 2026

With Bruce, my 2025 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special, in the shop again at Atlanta Harley-Davidson (New rear tire and they are fixing one of their wiring jobs on the bike) I have become concerned that Bruce will not be ready in time for my Florida Loop 2026 Touring trip to kickoff this coming Saturday April rth, 2026.

Cub Cadet – Touring Configuration

So, I have decided to prepare the Touring Configuration for my Cub Cadet Mower…..Just In Case 🙂

Creative Touring

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With Bruce (my 2025 Pan America Special 1250) back in the shop again at Atlanta Harley-Davidson (Getting a new rear tire and Atlatna Harley-Davidson fixing their wiring install) I am concerned that Bruce will not be ready in time for my Florida Loop 2026 Touring Trip scheduled to start this Saturday April 4th, 2026.

So, instead of possibly delaying the trip, I have deciced to prepare an alternate vehichle if needed.

Behold my Touring Cub Cadet

AAUGH!! & GOOD GRIEF LOL

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Dropping the Pan America (Bruce)

So, I have only owned my ’25 Pan America 1250 Special (named Bruce, my wife has the honor of naming all my motorcycles) since mid-October 2025.  As of today, I only have just under 500 miles on the bike.  Yet, I have managed to drop it 3 times thus far (twice today).  All are knuckle head moments from myself and getting used to this bike (which I love but dang, 3 drops already).  For comparison, I used to own a 2005 HD Ultra Classic (Dexter) which I have also dropped 3 times, but in a span of 8 years, not just over 3 months lol).

Bruce – Full Alaska Loadout

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Introducing Wanderlust Trains

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I have created a new YouTube channel named, Wanderlust Trains, that is about, well you guessed it, trains!. The new YouTube channel is a spinoff from my Wanderlust Lyfe channel. I was going to post some of my train videos on the existing channel but decided I want to keep Wanderlust Lyfe dedicated to motorcycles. Sometime in the future, I will start another blog site as well that I can also neglect and post randomly on. 🙂 The new blog site will focus on my trains and likely mostly about my O scale model railroad layout and later HO scale model railroad layout. Both of which I hope to start building by the end of of 2028 or sooner (not to compete with my planned Alaska 2028 motorcycle trip).

In the Meantime…..

In the meantime, I will use this blog site as needed and post existing and new train related videos from time to time to the Wanderlust Train YouTube channel.

And One More Thing…..

In case anyone is confused or has not been a cult follower of mine :), Besides motorcycles I have long been a model railroader (though not as active as I would like) and train enthusiasts since 1978, when I was seven years old (yeah, I’m getting old, do the math lol).

The First Video for the Wanderlust Train YouTube Channel

This is a video with most content stolen from myself from my USA Midwest 2023 Day 8 video that I am working on and as of this post, have not uploaded yet. I think it is legal to steal from yourself lol. 🙂

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Tristan’s First Motorcycle Ride

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November 16, 2025

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.

Been a Long Time Coming

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.

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Veteran’s Day Bruce Break-In Ride 3

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11/11/2025 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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Introducing Bruce – 2025 HD Pan America 1250 Special

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As stated in a post yesterday, Dexter was traded in for a new motorcycle on Friday October 17th, 2025 for a new (23 miles at time of purchase) 2025 Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special. Today, October 18th, 2025 DeAndra named the new motorcycle Bruce. She had me fire it up as she walked around the bike and then stated “You can turn Bruce off now”. So, there we we have it, the sacred motorcycle naming ceremony has been completed LOL.
Bruce is the new bike’s name.

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Goodbye To Dexter: 11/25/2017 – 10/17/2025

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Today, October 17, 2025 I traded in Dexter for a new 2025 Harley Davidson Pan America 1250 Special. Originally, I was planning on keeping dexter in addition to the new ’25 Pan AM. But, with limited space available in the garage and the planned shed delayed for several more years, there was no space for 2 motorcycles. Plus, I got a fair offer for Dexter being 20 years old from Atlanta Harley Davidson (and locked in for what feels like forever on the new bike lol).

DeAndra and I took Dexter out last week, October 10th, 2025 for what would be the last ride (not counting today’s ride to the dealer). It is a bit bittersweet as I am excited about the new motorcycle and the great flexibility for riding that it offers (which is why I wanted an adventure centric bike for future trips). But man, there was allot of history, mishaps, unplanned adventures lol, and blissful mayhem with Dexter. Not to mention that I truly believe Dexter is in the best shape it has been in for many many years. It was a hard decision and I was feeling surprisingly emotional about it. Wow, I guess I do still have a feel human feelings lol, I will have to work on that :).