Ready For The Next Trip

I got the bike cleaned up and serviced

Isn't she pretty?

Look at that motor, clean as a whistle

Still waiting for the next trip ideas, leave a comment and let me know where you think I ought to go!

Post Trip Maintenance

After getting home I realized some maintenance was in order, so...Off came the fork so the seals could be replaced

I will replace brakes, install new front tire and replace all fluids, transmission, primary and engine.
And a overall toothbrush cleaning.
Getting ready for the next trip, any suggestions?

Numbers

Just for fun I kept some figures on my trip.

44 - stops for gasoline

176.27 - gallons of gasoline burned

30.3 - miles average per gallon

$616.94 - total spent for gasoline

$3.50 - average price per gallon

5332 - total miles traveled

Day 20 ---Home Sweet Home

I rode the last leg of my trip this morning with cooler temperatures and slightly less winds. I got home about 11:30AM. All in all this trip was fantastic, no problems and overall a great time. I will clean up the motorcycle, service it and start planning my next adventure.

I want to thank Pete for taking time out of his day to give me a personal tour of the plant.

Thanks also to Don, Joy and Kurtis for allowing me to stay in their home and Don for his time that he took to escort me through the Pentagon. Kurtis, I hope you found your P-U-P-P-Y.

And to everyone that left comments on this blog. Anyone who has done a blog knows that it can be very trying at times getting pictures uploaded and in order with spotty Internet access most of the time.

Thanks to my wife, Debbie, for understanding that I needed the time "to find myself!"

I Love you

Day 19

I left Ogden, Utah feeling pretty good about the next 750 or so miles. Thinking that it would be nice to be home sleeping in my own bed, but as the miles wore on through the southern Utah desert and the HOT Nevada sun and wind I realized that that goal was not going to be realized.So at about 6:00pm I pulled in here, took a cool shower and went down to the bar and re-hydrated

Day 18

Ogden Union Station was the hub of transcontinental rail traffic for over 50 years. Today the grand old depot, built in 1924, houses museums and galleries featuring railroad history, firearms, gems and minerals, classic cars and the arts.

I guess my interest in this depot is that my father worked here and our family traveled out of here every summer to Omaha, Nebraska to visit our grandparents.The "Caboose" was taken out of service in 1980 thanks to technologyThis is a BIG locomotive. These wheels were over six feet tallThis is the inside of the depot. I remember these massive benches.Looking north towards Mt. Ben Lomond

This is a high school in Ogden, I took the picture because I thought the architecture looked coolThis is the Seventh Day Adventist church in Ogden. I went to kindergarten and first grade hereThis is the head stone of my fathers parents. They were killed in a automobile accident on Christmas eve

The Beard

Day 17 Laramie Wyoming to Ogden, Utah

This morning I left Laramie and climbed over 8500 feet in elevation, this is Elk Mountain. Perfect riding weather, mid 60's...home, home on the range where the deer and the antelope play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word......and the skies are cloudy all day...
Now I know where the song originated, some cowboy in Wyoming!

Wyoming State Penitentiary
This Pen was build in Rawlins, Wyoming in 1888 at a cost of $100,000
Boiler roomGot gas here at this station, when I was leaving to get back on the interstate I didn't know if I was coming or going...Entering Utah just east of Ogden

Day 16

I left Kearney, Nebraska this morning with the sky's looking ominousI was lucky today and skirted around most of the rainI stopped to gas up and just for the heck of it I looked at the rear tire, this tire had less than 1000 miles on it when I left on this trip. To my surprise it was more than bald, I could almost see the air inside it! So to give myself peace of mind I stopped in Cheyenne, Wyoming and had a new tire installed.This Harley dealership was a combination of a Honda, Harley, Polaris and what ever else they use in the outback. Now , I don't think this thing would get a flat!After I got the tire installed I rode another hour into Laramie, Wyoming. This is the view out my motel window.

Day 15

I left Davenport, Iowa this morning. I was listening to the local news and they were announcing that there was a two hour school delay because of fog. There was a half mile visibility. They sure don't know about fog!My goal today was to reach Litchfield, Nebraska. It was a rough day of riding, 550 miles and 200 miles of that was in severe thunderstorms. These mid westerners know thunderstorms, whew...Main street Litchfield. This town is where my grandpa and grandma lived. I remember riding the train from Ogden, Utah to Omaha, Nebraska to visit when I was 3,4,5 and 6 years old. I actually remember very little about the town. I don't remember my grandpa, I had just turned 3 when he died.

I went out to the cemetery which is a mile or so east of town. I remember going out to grandpa's grave as a child, but this was my first visit since grandma died.

It was about 7 pm when I got out there, so the shadows were long. It turned out to be very beautiful.

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