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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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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 5 Part 1

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In this video, I depart the Burlington Campground – Weott, CA and roll north first on Avenue of the Giants and then Hwy 101 to Eureka, CA where I turn east onto California Highway 299 to 11 miles west of Redding, California.

Avenue of the Giants and CA Highway 299 had some exceptional scenery and some nice sweeping curves on CA Highway 299. Also some very nice scenes along portions of the Trinity River.

Quick Update

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I made it to Camp Wood Texas. Day 5 is complete. Tomorrow I ride the Twisted Sisters.

Big Bend State Park was spectacular. The roads I took, I think Fm 170 in the state perk is a much better ride than the 2 roads I rode in the National Park. Texas Farm to Market 170 (FM 170) was a great road to ride. Lots of upside and downs, good curves and some epic Scenery along the Rio Grande.

It was hot, darn hot. Tomorrow might be my first day that I have not experienced 100 degrees. I misjudged the weather and packed more cool weather gear. Oops.

Dexter is still leaking oil fairly heavy. Going though about 1 quart a day. God blessed me with an Autozone right when I needed one so I loaded up on 8 quarts of Mobile 20w50 vtwin oil. Today marked the half way point in the trip. I think we’re gonna make it.

Back from the dead (Or I was just lazy)

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Well it has been a bit since I posted anything on here…..2 years and 7 months if one is keeping score. I started setting up this blog and well, never really got past the setup and few entries. Busy with life, busy riding the motorcycle, moving, jobs, etc etc….and oh yeah, did I mention also just a bit lazy?)

So, since my last post on November 22, 2017 I have moved to Ramona, California from Lake Elsinore, California. Back then my son was less than a month old, now he will be turning 3 in November. I have gone on several multi day motorcycle trips to include Death Valley, Pacific Coast Highway, California Redwoods (twice) Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Oregon, Washington state, Utah (twice), Nevada (twice), Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas (just a corner in panhandle), New Mexico, and Arizona. Gosh if only I had a blog setup that I could have posted daily updates, pictures, and general thoughts and news during these trips, that would have been cool huh…..I am such a slacker lol. Well, no time like the present. One mustn’t grumble, now pip pip…..move along now.

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