Day 1
Left waterloo around 9.30 and headed towards the Sarnia border crossing, the weather wasn't too bad in the morning, and it was even sunny by the time I got to sarnia... but then it took like 2.5 hours...
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If you're wondering about my route, I was heading towards st louis but it was hit pretty bad by a tornado last night. Apparently lots of damage and debris. Not only that, but they had stormy weather...
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Crazy rain today. Spent 9 to 5 in the frog suit, riding in everything from light rain to torrential downpours and the occasional thunder cloud. I don't recall much of the remainder of missouri or the...
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California! Crossed the border not 15 minutes before sunset. Hard riding all day with strong head winds and cross winds. It can really toss you around in your lane sometimes. Kinda feels like riding...
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Crossed the mojave desert, wasn't bad for temperature, but a little windy. Then I crossed through the valley where pretty much all our food comes from. Its tough to be the right temperature all day...
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Delayed post. I arrived in SF and met up with Keith around 4pm. I drove up the coast from monterey to SF, takes about an hour and half. The first section is okay but once you get to about half moon bay...
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Breakfast at a coffee shop nearby, where keith often works from, as he did this morning. I ate and played on the playbook while he did whatever it is he does. Afterwards we went to a park, Keith did...
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Delayed post again. Slept in for the first time, then walked down to a motorcycle place that had good reviews. Arranged to bring my bike in to him on monday for a tuneup. I walked around during the...
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I've been typing these in the morning instead of at night, different travel routine when visiting vs when on the road. So its Day 9 now, but delayed post again. Today we went for breakfest in the...
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Slept in again, then we went for brunch. We took muni to one of the parks keith likes to go to on the weekend. The place was pretty full, people and dogs everywhere. After hanging out for a while we...
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Took my bike into the shop this morning, need tires and a tune up. Bonus, will let him keep it till wednesday morning and get free overnight parking for tuesday :) Went for lunch and did some walking...
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Short post, mostly just hung out today. Replaced Keith's shower head with a better one. Went to the SF MoMA, had some good food for dinner and that was it. Picture is just a misc view. Tomorrow I start...
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First day of travel back east, did about 600 miles. Picked up my bike first thing in the morning, everything running smooth. Fresh set of battle axe touring tires ready to be broken in. Heading out of...
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Somewhere I missed a day or something, since this is actually day 14, not 13? Anyways, left the salt flats (see picture, at start still has vegetation, later there is just nothing but white) this...
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Not much to mention for today, sorry, nebraska and iowa are pretty boring. Hit a little bit of traffic in omaha around rush hour, but only a little. 700 miles to go. Will need some new gloves when I...
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Total trip distance traveled was approximately 9400km round trip. Left Iowa at 7:50 this morning, 12:03 hrs later I was home. Google is creepy accurate, it estimated something like 11 hrs driving,...
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