Day One: We Hit The Road 300 miles down

Ready to roll.  The bike will never be this clean again.

We left the house at 12:30 and headed out to Casper WY.  It was 90 degrees when we took off.  Much later we hit a wind storm.  Holy crap!  50 mph winds hitting us directly broadside.  OK I can keep the bike on the road even if we are leaning at a 30 degree slant.  The weather Gods were not done yet.  "Let's throw in some rain just for giggles".  The rain drops hit our faces like shards of glass while the wind continued to try and rip my helmet off with my head still in it.   Beverly didn't say much.  I think she passed out with fear.  We pulled over at a rest stop and waited for the rain to stop.  It did but the wind was with us for another 100+ miles untill we reached Casper WY.  Our safe haven is the Motel 6, a real 5 star resort.  They even have towels that dry you off while exfoliating your skin.  The place we had dinner had two for one beer Happy Hour and we took advantage.  Not too many pictures today cause there's not much to see in WY.  That's OK though.  You would just see pictures of me screaming and Beverly covering her eyes.  Tomorrow will be a better weather day and we head for Montana.

Two for one? Redemption for Wyoming.

Leaving Atlanta

I always love going to the airport.  It is the best people watching on the planet.  I don't know about you but I sometimes am perplexed on what to wear.  Do I dress for the warm climate of from where I am leaving or dress for the cooler weather of where I am going to?  Obviously this "gentleman" knows exactly what he is dressing for.  My sense of fashion tells me that I would not have gone for the white shorts.

The Road Ahead.

Bev and I fly out to Denver on June 29 to hook up with my brother Steve and his wife, Cheena for the start of our trip.  We will be riding our Harley's up thru Montana and into the Canadian Rockies.  Our route will then have us going West then South thru Vancouver and into Seattle to visit with our sister's family and see some wine country as well as spend time on the lake.  From there it is the trek back to Denver and a plane ride home. A total of just over 4,000 miles.

I shipped our 2010 Harley FLHTK out to Steve's home in Littleton, CO a couple of weeks ago.  I know it is a touring bike and to ship rather than ride seems sacrilegious.  But, hey, I've seen KS and MO on a motorcycle in the 100+ degree heat for days on end...twice. I got nothin' to prove to noboby.  There's a whole lot of not much to see between here and there and I am savin' my butt for the Canadian Rockies.
Here is a tentative route for our trip.  We take off on the afternoon of the 30th. and hope to get a few miles and the big city of Denver behind us ASAP.