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3 more hours and another truck stop - pretty much doing this over and over today.,,,

American women will eat anything with "pumpkin spice" in it. Not sure what that is but it can't be good in a pretzel....

3 hours later and I'm at another truck stop. Starting to notice a trend here...

Started off my day with the full American breakfast. Donut and caffeine at a truck stop, eaten while standing in the rain next to your bike...

Day 2 wasn't quite as long, but took all day due to massive amounts of truck traffic - just couldn't get past them all. But I did arrive at my final destination in Ohio...

Twas not the time to be fucking about - had to get there.

Agreed. Always liked the Cube. See lots of them customized here in the States.

Stunning architecture everywhere you look - great pics!

Day one was 741 miles in just under 11 hours of riding time with an overall average of 69.31 mph (which includes fuel stops). Made it to Columbia, Missouri just in time for a couple of beers and a shower before bed. Ahhh. More tomorrow....

Another finger cutter....

Metals room with welders, lathe (14X40) and mill...

8:09 AM right now

The scooter sits at the other end of the shop waiting for some wood to fall on it...

Steel ball on a stick that will become a table leg someday soon...

A mortising machine...

A machine designed to cut your hand off....

22" planer ...

Fingertip slicer, also known as a 12" jointer...

How about a quick shop tour to waste some time? Powdercoating oven, a smaller oven at 36" X 36" X36"....

Sitting in my shop in Denver and it's currently 37F /2.5C out. Gonna wait until it hits at least 45F / 7C before heading out as I'm a huge wuss and don't wanna freeze for the next 12 hours. Scooter is already to go...

I don't ride enough in snowy weather to make it worth that much work. After this ride, I'll be off of the bike until May next year.

I'm a wussy. I have to wear 3XL gloves due to having small, waif-ish, girly hands - can never find them in my size. And winter gloves just feel too bulky to me, so I always ride with vented summer gloves that fit me. But I thought this might be too cold of a trip to go on without thicker gloves.

Sure do! Spooned on a set of Dunlop Trailmax Missions yesterday. Oil change done today so it's pretty much ready to roll....

Wife will have to come get me in the truck if that happens, but I think I can get back to Denver next week with not too many issues. But I got some new waterproof and windproof gloves (says so right on the label so it must be true) just for this trip Never had winter gloves before...

I probably won't have time for breakfast - it'd blow off my plate anyway