Photos taken between Miami, Florida and Tifton, Georgia.

Erik dropped his wife off at the Miami airport before sunrise and had a long haul by his lonesome up to Georgia where he reconvined with Kent and Troy.

It was around Lake City, FL that I heard Mike decided to stop doing the tour, rest up, and head due West on his own back home to California.

Some photos between Washington, DC and Raleigh, NC.

This set includes the most expensive photo taken on the tour, a photo of “Friend of the Bike” Officer Singleton from Brunswick County, Virginia valued at over $547.

Plus photos of Erik with his friends and giving their kids their first ride on a motorcycle. These are the truly priceless photos of the day.

Some photos taken between Hartford, CT and Washington, DC including New York City, NY.

In DC Erik met some “Friends of the Bike”.

Friend of the Bike : Howard from Wisconsin

When I first rolled into Crescent City, CA I stopped at the first bit of ocean view to take a look. It’s a beautiful harbor. I snapped some photos and was about to roll out when Howard pulled into the same spot on his bike.

I asked him how it was going and he told me that this was his first time seeing the ocean.

I was blown away.

He said that he had wanted to see the ocean and so he told his boss he was leaving and made it happen.

We talked for a bit and took some photos. I wanted to make sure the moment was captured for him.

I asked him if he was going to take the next step and get in the water. He wasn’t sure, but said that he would like to maybe get his feet in so he could call his daughter and sing the Zac Brown song to her.

Friends of the Bike: Jessica and kids Friends of mine in North Carolina. I loved being able to give the kids their first motorcycle ride. They asked if next time I visit if I will bring my bike again, I told them to come out to Boise and then they can have another ride (and will go out on a boat too!)!

Friend of the Bike: Tony I met Tony in Lake City, FL when I pulled over to get get some WiFi and book a hotel for the night. He and his wife pulled up at the same time and I asked about some upcoming cities on the highway. Tony just recently got his first bike, a 650cc and his planning his first road trip. He asked what I thought was most important and I said to not run out of gas in the middle of nowhere (know your bike’s range) and that I could not imagine doing this trip without cruise control on my bike. His bike does not have cruise control but I told him you can get an accessory for your accelerator that will lock it in place. It’s a must so you can give your right hand a break every so often and circulate your blood.

Friend of the Bike: Fred

Fred rides with Soul Rebels out of Chicago, IL.

When I rolled into Washington, DC I realized my bike was low on oil so I stopped by a gas station to put some in.  It was around 2AM and the clerk had locked up the shop area, but after explaining I need some oil badly he unlocked the doors.  I felt pretty bad cos while he was ringing up my 2 qts of oil about 20 more customers had come inside (New York Ave in DC is a happening place at night).

After I got the oil in my bike a guy came up and asked what “4corners.us” was.  I started to explain and he yelled out “Hey Fred, get over here, this guy just rode in from Canada!”.  I started telling them both more about our ride and where we had been and that I was making my way down to the Florida Keys when Fred said, “stop right there, I’ve heard enough, I’M BUYING YOUR GAS TONIGHT!”

Fred then put $25 on my pump and he and his friend held my bike up straight so I could fill it up as much as possible.  He then asked if I wanted a drink with the change.

We talked about their bikes and rides they have done. They noticed that my highway foot pegs had rattled lose and fell off - and recommended getting some Loctite (something I have learned all too well on this trip).

Fred said I had a jacket like “Wolverine” and then I asked if I could get a photo with him - thus making Fred the first “Friend of the Bike”.

Thanks Fred!

Note to all others who want to be a “Friend of the Bike”: You can buy me a tank of gas too!

I am going to be posting a new type of update to the site and I am calling it “Friends of the Bike”.

I’ve learned something on this trip.  If you ride a bright orange Harley or have a camera attached to your helmet, strangers have no problem talking to you and asking you about your bike or why you have some goofy thing on your helmet.

Most people want to know where I got the camera and can they do “X” with it.  I tell them to go to http://gopro.com/ to check it out - lots of times I will be at a stop light or gas station so not much time.  If I can I will tell them about it a bit more.

Other just ask “what are you doing?” and “What is ‘4corners’” (I have the blog address on my bike).

I think it’s great meeting people.  Some of them take photos of me (I wish I was telling them all to e-mail them to me so I could post them: info@ if you read this (ex: guy in Toronto)), and others take photos of themselves with the bike, and some with me.

I am trying to get photos with my own camera and post them here.  So that is what you will see coming up.