Days before we started the ride I looked at the route and the miles and wondered if we were going to get up the 3rd or 4th day and look at each other and say: “I’m not doing this any more”.

The plan was 22 days and average 550 miles a day.  Very do-able in a car but maybe a bit much for a bike that has to stop for gas every 200 miles and butts that need bloodflow every hour.

Well…………..I has turned into a love hate situation.  While just waking up I think that there is no way that I can get back on the bike but I get up and pack anyway.

Then within the first 10 minutes of riding the feeling comes back:  “I’m the luckiest guy in the world right now.  I get to ride through this GREAT  country of ours and see what we have been blessed with.  I think back of all the ground we have covered and all those who have made it possible for us to do it. First is my wife who didn’t look at me with that look and say: “Where are you going to get the $$?”.  Second, all the people who assembled my FLAWLESS  motorcycle in Marysville Ohio.  Third,  all the people who carved the miles and miles of roads throughout this FANTASTIC country.  Forth,  All those people who farm so we can eat, make dams and hydroelectric power plants, etc.  etc.  You get the idea.

It is like being a chocolate lover and having signed up to eat chocolate 22 days in a row and after the 4th day questioning if you want any more,  but after that first smell in the morning„„  YOU GOTTA HAVE IT.

Bon Appetit

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