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[naitram]

day 10 sun jun 19th:
las vegas to gallup nm 455 miles

now that it was daylight it was time to cruise the vegas strip


had planned to take gopro pics of the strip but with the battery problems it did not happen

leaving vegas we stopped at hoover
the water is down over 100 feet


arizona spillway hasnt seen much use in a while


bypass bridge


long way down to the river below


cant image how difficult their work was




we left hoover and crossed over the bypass bridge this would be the first of many days on I-40 but we did break it up on rt66 through some of the old restored streets when we could.

we had to make a stop in winslow on the way through AZ




we were trying to get to Albuquerque to meet up with simon but just didnt get there

[naitram]

day 11 mon jun 20th:
gallup nm to chickasha ok 716 miles

not much site seeing done we had started our day further west then we had anticipated and had plans to meet cob and D that nite we did stop at the Cadillac grave yard





a detour and severe thunderstorm warning later we arrived at cobb's

[naitram]

day 12 tue jun 21st:
chickasha ok to lakeview ar by way of greenville ms 557 miles


we stopped in russelville ar to visit bubba and pizza_killer.
we crossed into MS to look for a place to stay but ended up back in AR for the night. this left us in good shape to hit the gulf coast the next day

[naitram]

day 13 wed jun 22nd:
lakeview ar to memphis tn 296 miles


i know your thinking wait he said the gulf coast.... well 13 days into our trip and we finally let mother nature dictate our plans the weather rad for the gulf and almost all of LA was mostly yellow and red, we were only about 20 miles from LA so we crossed into LA for a few miles then turned back and headed north, actually we backtracked north west to try and stay behind the weather and it worked mostly sunny all day.

the view looking south into LA


when we got to memphis we stopped at graceland

[1sharprdkg]

Looks like loads of fun. Very jealous, I dream of being able to ride those same roads someday. Is it hard to keep the bugs off the lens of the Gopro camera?

[naitram]

day 13 cont.
we found a place to stay on union ave that was within walking distance of beale st and set out on what was probably the funnest night we had on the road since leaving the GTG.

speaking of the GTG we saw some reminders of some of the people form the GTG


our first stop for a cold   the flying saucer draught emporium


relaxed and cooled of we continued to beale we didnt know it when we arrived in memphis but wed night is bike night on beale st.



2nd place at MIM sounded like a good place to try some local Q




time to walk off the Q and listen to some music


getting thirsty again  


i think jock has been here talking the ladies out of their clothes


lets listen to some more music


and another reminder of friends left behind in tahoe

[naitram]

Looks like loads of fun. Very jealous, I dream of being able to ride those same roads someday. Is it hard to keep the bugs off the lens of the Gopro camera?

not if you remember to check it before you turn it on

[naitram]

more day 13
i did mention it was bike night right?


anyone we know? #450




just incase jock had not been here i did my best to stand in for him





again anyone we know?


spoke with this guy he did not know about the site


too much bling on a CVO for me


all the walking was making us hungry again time for a deep fried burger


one last shot of beale before we head back to out hotel

[naitram]

day 14 thur jun 23rd:
mempis tn to elizabethtown ky 357 miles

by now we were over 6000 miles into the trip the miles seemed to be getting longer and harder with more frequent stops our mindset also began to change from exploring and adventuring to heading for home.

our only scenic stop of the day and what would be out last of the trip was paducah

[naitram]

day 15 fri jun 24th:
elizabethtown ky to seville oh 361 miles


this would be our 2nd night staying with site members this time screamin (jim/joan)

it was also the first day since leaving home the rain shield went on the helmet but we only saw a little rain in what could have been a complete day of rain

[naitram]

day 16 sat jun 25th:
seville oh to cicero ny 377 miles

another day that we should have been in rain all day but again stayed mostly dry
it would be our last night on the road just over 7000 miles into the trip now and another night with site friends this time GH/rocky

[naitram]

day 17 sun jun 26th:
cicero ny to home 298 miles


i have arrived home 7400 miles later
we rode in 21 states in 17 days
there was not a single day we did not cross at least 1 state line
based on the garmin tracks our route created an area over 3/4 of a million miles  

[naitram]

elevation profile, can you tell when we crossed the rockies in each direction

[naitram]

forgot to post this filmed one morning in tahoe

[naitram]

complete route


broken up day by day