Monday, September 01, 2008

Welcome Home, and back again.

First the stats. HOG 25th anniversary, Harley Davidson 105th anniversary. Several ABCs of touring points.

3160 miles round trip, in 9 days. Slight change from original route, in that we did not spend 2 nights in Nashville, but added miles to our trip.

14 states including Texas. Included 8 states I have not travelled before on mortorcycle. We skipped Arkansas as we will be there later this year, and would have added even more time to a very long ride home

Day 1 - Home to Jackson, Mississippi - 492 miles some showers then rain the last hour or so

Day 2 - Jackson to Goodletsville, TN, just north of Nashville - 417 miles, rain for most of the Natchez Trace, probably about 1 hours south of Nashville.

Day 3 - Goodletsville to Lexington, KY - 250 miles short mileage but long day as we had rain, rain and more rain. Rain stopped just south of Bardstown, KY, bourbon central! Kentucky is officially my new favorite state to ride in!

Day 4 - finally no rain. Lexinton to Bloomington-Normal, IL, 469 miles the long route via Xenia, Ohio (for our X city in ABCs of Touring).

Day 5 - Normal to Campground in West Bend, WI - oops didn't record but original route was about 253 miles but we had a couple of small detours and parties along the way.

Days 6 and 7 - Milwaukee area - about 28 miles each way back and forth to the campground to party grounds.

Day 8 - return day one from West Bend to Jefferson City, MO, 561 miles

Day 9 - return day two from Jefferson City to HOME!!!! - 554 miles.

Three days arriving in dark, only really one day, the campground arrival did we arrive before supper.

Long days but lots of fun and lots of sights. Will post lots of pics as I sort through them. I shot about 600 or so, but there are a lot of bursts from the Stunt Zone.

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