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Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:55 am
by bmwr1150rbmw
I leave Tuesday for a 14 day roughly 5,000 mile ride. I'm starting in CT and traveling on route 80 into Iowa. I then pick up route 29 into South Dakota. I'll go through the Badlands, Mt Rushmore, the Black Hills and then the furthest destination being Yellowstone. Then south into the Grand Tetons and Rocky Mountain National Park. From there I'll spit out into Nebraska or Kansas into Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and home. All of you in the anonymous book, keep your phones handy. I may be calling for help. My timing is key as I have to get back to fly to Europe with my wife on July 3rd for an additional 13 day vacation. Oh the life of a teacher. Yippeee!
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:36 am
by Byrdguy
I don't want to hear it !!!
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:21 pm
by DJ Downunder
Good luck and ride safe....and don't forget your camera..
DJ
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:16 pm
by Oilhead
bmwr1150rbmw wrote:My timing is key as I have to get back to fly to Europe with my wife on July 3rd for an additional 13 day vacation. Oh the life of a teacher. Yippeee!
I hate you.
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:38 pm
by ken k
be careful in Iowa, big time flooding going on there.
Good luck...
ken k
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:34 am
by Airman
Oilhead wrote:bmwr1150rbmw wrote:My timing is key as I have to get back to fly to Europe with my wife on July 3rd for an additional 13 day vacation. Oh the life of a teacher. Yippeee!
I hate you.
It does sound like a living hell doesn't it ?
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:47 am
by Wando
wow I am so glad my life isn't as hard as yours is... crazy distance you are covering on your ride, big ups
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:49 am
by Boxer04
Enjoy - and I wish you a safe ride.
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:29 am
by KHaynes
bmwr1150rbmw wrote:...Oh the life of a teacher. Yippeee!
I understand. Being a teacher I understand the value of a break from work but... I have to wait another two weeks for my two weeks from work.
Enjoy your trip and stay safe.
Re: Wish me luck. I'm leaving...
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:52 pm
by GypsyRR
sounds like a whirlwind of a trip. Have fun and be safe. If not too late, I'd cut that Kansas or Nebraska part and opt set up for riding through northern Arkansas and Missouri instead by dropping into the TX panhandle ( see some of the canyon) and then a boring stretch of Oklahoma before getting to the Broken Bow area and the 0zarks. Just a suggestion
Be careful. Lots of wild large animals looking for water at dusk and dawn in drought stricken areas of the west.