Isn't that a great feeling? Enjoy it!!
Dreams
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karl
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Been living the Dream.
Thanks for letting us ride along with you!
What a great story Karl! This trip has been good for the soul!
Keep being safe......
Keep being safe......
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https://youtu.be/gAoArleLZEk
I need to take a deep breath and think about this for a while. Good to be home.
I need to take a deep breath and think about this for a while. Good to be home.
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My goal was to see some of America. Check
The rear tire went on this winter and at inspection this spring it had 43365 miles on it the tire was showing just a couple of loops of cord every four inches or so. Past due. At 50099 lets call that 7734 give or take a few hundred. Me and my stuff exceeded the load limit for the bike. I have no complaints about how long it lasted. Pulled all the camping gear out of the rear seat bag when I realized how overweight the rig was before leaving home.
What did I do wrong? Didn't do what I promised myself and take my time. Should have taken the extra day or so to share some pie with Eldon. Ridden the Loop with Daboo... I tried.
Sparta, WI to Columbus OH in a single clip in unmerciful weather. OH to MA in a single hop... Really did tried to slow down and will the "next time." Not packing a swimsuit. Not because all the rain but the number of places with a pool.
Want to see again? Crazy Horse and Yellowstone and a few dozen craft breweries... This is finally starting to sink in.
The rear tire went on this winter and at inspection this spring it had 43365 miles on it the tire was showing just a couple of loops of cord every four inches or so. Past due. At 50099 lets call that 7734 give or take a few hundred. Me and my stuff exceeded the load limit for the bike. I have no complaints about how long it lasted. Pulled all the camping gear out of the rear seat bag when I realized how overweight the rig was before leaving home.
What did I do wrong? Didn't do what I promised myself and take my time. Should have taken the extra day or so to share some pie with Eldon. Ridden the Loop with Daboo... I tried.
Sparta, WI to Columbus OH in a single clip in unmerciful weather. OH to MA in a single hop... Really did tried to slow down and will the "next time." Not packing a swimsuit. Not because all the rain but the number of places with a pool.
Want to see again? Crazy Horse and Yellowstone and a few dozen craft breweries... This is finally starting to sink in.
bicyclist
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I think you need to update your signature map.
Frosty
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Well done Karl. Hope you have better weather next go.
Karl, I second what "bicyclist" said. You've checked quite a few more states off your list!
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Need to figure out the edit signature thing. Got the map done ok. The jump from Columbus to Western, MA kicked my booty. http://www.scanticriverbrewery.com/home.html
They are on tap at: http://www.giospizzeria.com/
Not bad for a town with no stop lights three churches and a single Brewery.
They are on tap at: http://www.giospizzeria.com/
Not bad for a town with no stop lights three churches and a single Brewery.
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Spent about an hour trying to link photos from google. Got a msg there are no photos in your album. Pirate talk. Arge.
Karl,
Sorry I missed your call when you were in Westerville. I was off to Central PA.
Sorry I missed your call when you were in Westerville. I was off to Central PA.
Coyote Chris
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karl, hope you write up a trip report for us and yourself...I laugh at the ones I wrote in the last century.....and publish a photo album.....!
I'm in 100% with Chris, Karl. Give us as trip report and keep struggling to find a way to post those pictures.
Coyote Chris
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Yeah, if you need help posting and cant figure out photobucket, just send me the reduced sized pics...maybe 100k each, and I will post them for you....
BTW, unless you pay to have the ads removed from photobucket, it is about unusable.
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karl
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https://www.epgsoft.com/VisitedStatesMap/VisitedStatesMapPage.php?height=100&format=gif&Submit=&states=WA.OR.ID.MT.WY.SD.NE.IA.MN.WI.IL.IN.MI.OH.PA.NY.CT.RI.MA.NH.VT.ME.ND
Beginning to feel like I need to get out and yell at the rabbits to get off my lawn. My brain seems to have turned to concrete and can't seem to get anything to work for me.
Did manage to download the full 128GB card in the Go Pro to my hard drive. The plan was to upload that to the cloud account every day. That didn't happen. Wanted to share riding through Yellowstone with the mother of my children. "road trees, not too exciting." was her take.
Beginning to feel like I need to get out and yell at the rabbits to get off my lawn. My brain seems to have turned to concrete and can't seem to get anything to work for me.
Did manage to download the full 128GB card in the Go Pro to my hard drive. The plan was to upload that to the cloud account every day. That didn't happen. Wanted to share riding through Yellowstone with the mother of my children. "road trees, not too exciting." was her take.
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karl
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https://goo.gl/photos/dK5ddB9KWnz1GpX39"First we take Manhattan..." One tiny step at a time.
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Filled up the bike yesterday to end the trip. Rt 20 is 3365 miles long. My journey that spanned the weekend prior to my vacation time from the second of May to Memorial day rolled into my driveway at around 9:30 pm. 7494 miles in total. there is still a pile of paper on the dining room table including a lot I mailed home to myself from WA.
I was watching Isle of Mann, and I was sure I could ride just like those riders. Of course I then woke up from a good nights sleep.
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karl
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Now all I have to do is find the button I pushed to turn off my new Map.