August 2, 2005 – Tuesday – Day 38
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 440 – Total Miles: 10,013 – Average: 263.5 (travel days)9:15am-7:15pm(9hrs.) (moving back into Eastern Time)GULF PORT, MS to ATLANTA, GA(-staying at an EconoLodge-) MS,FL,AL,GA (42/48)– TURNING THE 4TH AND LAST CORNER – TOPPING 10,000 MILES!! – A CONVERSATION WITH AN OFFICER! (Off on the […]
August 1, 2005 – Monday – Day 37
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 384 – Total Miles: 9573 – Average: 258.7 (travel days)8:30am-4:30pm (8hrs.)SARDIS, MS (south of Memphis) to GULF PORT, LA(-staying at an EconoLodge-) MS,LA (39/48)– STREAKING THROUGH THE SOUTH – It was a basic keep-riding and make-time day today. All interstate at 80-90mph and a […]
July 30, 2005 – Saturday – Day 35
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 276 – Total Miles: 8899 – Average:254.3 (travel days)HANNIBAL, MO to Sikeston, MO(-staying at the Country Hearth Inn) MO (33/48)– INTO SAINT LOUIS – AND THE GREAT GATEWAY THERE! – A lot of the names of these little towns along the way have been […]
July 31, 2005 – Sunday – Day 36
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 290 – Total Miles: 9189 – Average: 255.3 (travel days)9:30am-4:30pm (7 hrs.)SIKESTON, MO to SARDIS, MS (south of Memphis)(-staying a Super 😎 MO,IL,KY,TN,AR,MS (38/48)– WE TOP 9,000, AND FEELING THE MILES – DIPPING SOUTHWARD – FIVE(!) STATES CHECKED OFF – In 1985 when I […]
July 29, 2005 – Friday – Day 34
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 206 – Total Miles: 8623– Average: 253.6 (travel days)11AM-4PM (5hrs)ST. JOSEPHS, MO to HANNIBAL, MO(-staying at an EconoLodge) MO (33/48)– CROSSING MISSOURI – A RIVERBOAT RIDE ON THE MISSISSIPPI – If anyone asks you how far it is from one side of the top […]
July 28, 2005 – Thursday – Day 33
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 401 – Total Miles: 8417 – Average: 255.1(travel days)11:30AM-9:30PM (10hrs)GREAT BEND, KS to ST.JOSEPHS, MO(-staying at a Super 8) KS,NB,IA,MO (33/48)– THREE STATES! – A FRIEND FROM THE PAST – INTO THE HEARTLAND – One of the Days Inn come-ons is that one can […]
July 27, 2005 – Wednesday – Day 32
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 444 – Total Miles: 8016 – Average: 250.5 (travel days)9:30AM-9PM (12.5hrs) (back into Central Time)SANTA ROSA, NM to GREAT BEND, KS(-staying at a Days Inn) NM,TX,OK,KS (30/48)– TOPPING 8,000 MILES – THREE STATES TODAY! – In eerie reminiscence of our first day on the road […]
July 26, 2005 – Tuesday – Day 31
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 383 – Total Miles: 7572 – Average: 244.2 (travel days)10:30AM-7PM (8.5hrs)FARMINGTON, NM to SANTA ROSA, NM(-staying at a Days Inn) NV (27/48)– STREAKING EAST! – RIDING WITH THE HELL’S ANGELS – It seems to me that some of you readers may not know anything […]
July 25, 2005 – Monday – Day 30
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 370 – Total Miles: 7189 – Average: 239.6 (travel days)11:30AM-9PM (9.5hrs)GRAND CANYON, AZ to FARMINGTON, NM(-staying at Travelodge) AZ,UT,CO,NM (27/48)– THE BEST RIDING DAY EVER! – VERMILLION CLIFFS – FOUR CORNERS – JUMPED OVER 7,000 MILES – Didn’t have a great night’s sleep here […]
July 24, 2005 – Sunday – Day 29
48 States or Bust – The USA on Two WheelsMiles Today: 143 – Total Miles: 6819 – Average: 235.1 (travel days)BRYCE CANYON, UT to GRAND CANYON, AZ(-staying at a cabin overlooking the Grand Canyon North Rim)UT,AZ (25/48) Sell your pets, rent out your house, trade in green stamps, find a sitter for the kids, and […]
