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Day 15 ‘There and back’ Its about 125 miles from Florida City to Key West. Highway 1. No tolls. The day started with a crazy person passing me on the right shoulder as I was doing 65 in a 55 zone, I guess I wasn't going fast enough. After that experience, I saw turn/merge lanes being used as...

You are most welcome. Glad you are enjoying my story. -Steve

Day 14 ‘Familiar Names’ Heading south from St Augustine to Florida City, about 360 miles. Bad weather today, rain cells, lots of lightning and thunder. Temps remain in the high 80's. Daytona Beach, Cape Canaveral, Palm Beach, Boca Raton, all names I know from film & TV. In Fort Lauderdale I am...

Day 13 Need a good nights sleep. Feeling a bit tired today. Good thing its a short day. East to St Augustine, I10 to 16. Rain (!!) at Penny Farms on 16. Florida is flat. Florida has nice live oaks. Clear cuts, solar farms, billboards. Lots of poor driving habits, no one appears to know the left...

Day 12 ‘a little bit of home’ Today was another ‘get there’ day, about 350 miles from Tuscaloosa to Tallahassee. Going thru central AL I saw many logging trucks and smelled the sweet smell of pulp mills. Ah home for a moment! 82 & 219 into Selma. Looking the other way, pretty sad looking street...

Good stuff, I was hoping this wasnt too obscure . . . -Steve

Day 11 ’stranger in a strange land’ Today was 400 miles from Little Rock AR To Tuscaloosa AL, basically on the same road. 530 became 65, and then 82. Not much excitement. The ride down thru AR and across MI is flat. Cotton fields fill the eyes, and the smell of pig **** fills the nose. I’m...

Day 10 Dont shoot the messenger. 7 States, over 3000 miles now. Today started and ended on an Interstate. Out of Bentonville on 49 to Alma, and then AR64 east into Ozark. 64 is very nice, thru hill and dale, and a few small towns. In Ozark, we caught 23 north, the “Pig Trail” So named one of...

Day 9 3 states in one day! I wont say that Kansas is flat, but a rumble strip is not an elevation change. Took 400 & 171 into Joplin. Then south on I49 thru the SW corner of Missouri and into Arkansas. The saving grace came in the form of AK 72, maybe 25 ish miles with some nice curves and...

Day 8 My riding partner enjoyed too much Saturday night. And lost a riding light and tail-lamp lens. (Its a H-D, so even on Sunday you can buy parts while clothes shopping at the dealer) We are staying put today. So - a little food **** - brunch at the Doo Dah Diner - Maybe this is one third...

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Day 7 Today is the opposite of yesterday. 435 ish miles from Pueblo to Wichita in the rain and wind. Temps in the low 50’s F all day. We were able to find some fun in the 70-75 mph speed limits. Good stuff - KS has excellent highways, huge shoulders, and very nice surfaces. Bad stuff - on the...

Good eyes! The gauge was a gift from my late father that worked great on my V*1300. Unfortunately, the probe doesnt hit any oil on the FJR. So it reads contact temps from the surrounding metal. It reads anywhere from 40 to 60 C. -Steve

Thx for the suggestions, but wrong way this time. -Steve

Day 6 Guardrails, we dont need no stinkin' guardrails! Today started with a short ride on I70 back to Fruita to enter the Colorado National Monument at the west entrance. While this place was created to show off and preserve the the local landscapes, they have built a kick *** road with many...

Thx, across CO today. -Steve

Day 5 Mesa, Mountains, and Mudstone, oh my! In an effort to miss rush hour traffic thru SLC, we went north on 89 to I84 east for a few miles to Morgan. At Morgan, we took SR66/65 south down thru the back side of the same mountains we saw yesterday, the Wasatch range. Its 23 miles of twists and...

Oops, forgot another crazy - -Steve

Day 4 More heat, this time with Interstate! Today was mostly an Interstate 84 day. Pretty boring out of Boise to Mountain Home. From there, to about Hager-something, the scenery is much improved. Dropped into Twin Falls to check out the BASE jumpers at the Snake River Bridge. Just missed some...

Day 3. 40 degrees and 42 oz I know you Americans take beer drinking seriously. I didnt know you could buy 8% 42oz beer for $2.50. Is this everywhere? Or just ‘fashion by Cabela’s’ states like Idaho? While getting fuel this morning I watched someone buy two, @8am. The day started out on the...