Earache

Drinks in some old hotel bar before dinner reservations at 8:00. Good drinks and an annoying guitar player / singer ...

Landed at our hotel in Durango; it was next to a creek with a bunch of guys fly fishing. I';d like to try that someday but don't know shit about it...

Road surface isn't perfect but good enough. Had a good time railing along all day...

There is a paved road on both the north and south rims if the Canyon, we rode the north side today...

Knocked out a short overnight trip with the wife on the Gold Wang to Duyrango, Colroado. Cruised through the Back Canyon of the Gunnison National Park along the way. The Canyon isn't all that deep, buit it's about 50 miles or so in length. No other traffic at all...

It's a fuckin' heat wave here today with heat warnings out =high of 66F / 18C.....

That's extra padding for long rides.

I had to look up "CBT" on the internet to see what it was. Won't be doing that again anytime soon. CBT: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=CBT

Headed to SW Colorado - Durango - for a couple of days with the wife on the Goldwang. Since she'll be along, I'll probabaly have to eat dinner at an actual restaurant rather than at fuel stations. So that'll be a new experience.

Have ridden that several times but don't ever remember it being that green... was always pretty brown when I was there in the summer.

Where is this - any idea?

Rookie numbers

Great ride report - except for the heat!

When friends from Europe say "I'm going to be in El Paso, Texas. I should stop by and see you, how far is College Station from El Paso?”

Pretty much. I still make custom furniture as a side gig, but only work when I want to. As my summer is very short - just over three months - I have to squeeze as much riding in as I can during the nicer weather.

The back yard at sunrise today...

Had three days of over 750 miles per day - those were a bit less than fun towards the end of the day. Most other days were less. Trip was 14 days with three days off of the bike to rest up, laundry, oil change, etc.

I watched Marty tripes race one of these in Trans-AMA races when I was in high school. We thought it was an exotic bike back then.

It's bliss until you have to live here - then it fuckin' sucks!

Yanks neither, it's a driveshaft

But I made it home about 11-1/2 hours later with just over 5,300 miles added to the clocks. It's good to be home.

About 6 hours later and I stop for another pee break - STILL in Kansas. That fuckin' state is w-i-d-e as fuck ....

Almost sunrise and I stopped for a pee break in Kansas near a DOT garage...

Stopped in Kansas City at 0400 for fuel. Weird being in a empty place that is usually packed with cars and people....

After Indy, I hit Columbia, Missouri to stay at Todd's house. Got there kinda late and had to leave at 0200 the following morning to make it home. I was trying to beat the heat by leaving early but the temp was already around 80F / 27C...