Earache

Left Thunder Bay, Ontario and headed to Sault Ste. Marie to meet up with my buf from Michigan - Craig. Had to leave at 0400 again as I had a 650 mile day ahead of me. Again. rode along the Lake for hours....

We are currently sitting just north of Boston in New Hampshire - raining all day and night because of some hurricane / tropical storm. Leaving tomorrow though, regardless of the weather.

I should at least get a Christmas card from them.

That's only funny because it tastes like the antifreeze in your car!

Got to my hotel around 5:00 PM = cold and tired. But beginning to dry out, so that;s good. Tomorrow the 600 mile haul to Sudbury to meet up with DesmoDog. The low speed limits in Canada are gonna make that fun. More later ....

Six hours later and I'm still riding along the north shore. This is one big assed lake!

Customs was busy so they didn't ask any questions and just let me ride right in ....

A Selfie Station with instructions. Hard to believe....

Rode along the north shore of Lake Superior north of Duluth...

Hands didn'[t turn black from my new gloves during the rain - a pleasant surprise .. .

Hauled booty outta Minneapolis and the rain eventually stopped about 100 miles to the north. Stopped for gason at an pout of the way stati and saw some weird trees .....

5:00 AM and I'm sitting in my room waiting for this mess to pass so I can leave. Todd returns home today while I continue into Canuckistan alone. He left about 30 minutes ago. More later....

Then rode a bunch of miles to dinner at a pub next to the hotel ....

Yesterday was a day to forget - riding in high heat and humidity across the farm fields of Iowa and southern Minnesota. Started the day off with a fancy breakfast at a posh restaurant in Iowa ...

Off to Minneapolis, Minnesota today. More pics as they happen...

My king sized bed was damned comfy!

Back at the room, Todd prepares his bed made of pillows on the floor. They are sold out and didn't have any other rooms available and mine had one bed. His ass is gonna hurt tomorrow!

We were kind of in the suburbs, but still - I thought Omaha was a great little town. Clean, neat streets with lots of people milling about....

So we walked about 200 feet to a Taproom for pizza and beers. Pizza was "Detroit style" which apparently means greasy and square in shape. Still, I ate most of mine as I was starving.

Went down to the hotel bar at 5:01 PM as it opens at 500 - not that I'm a raging alcoholic or anything. Bastards weren't open at 5:00 . And their Stella tap was dry....

Damned thing just won't die! I'd like to get another bike soon but this one just keeps going....

It was quite nice - cool out, empty highways that I could just cruise along at 90 mph. Was worried about elk, moose and animals in my home area -but all good after that.

Did just over 650 miles today and will have to do about 400 miles across Iowa and into Minnesota tomorrow. None of it will be fun. But, it should get better after that. In Omaha now, waiting on Todd to show up. He lives not too far away and will be meeting me tonight for dinner. More pics to come.....

Aptly named - in the wasteland of Nebraska ....

The Sun popped up just as I crossed into Nebraska at yet another fuel stop....