Tale from the trail: Today we met Chuck. He was riding a BMW R1250 on a day ride out of his home state of Tennessee. He brought a tent along with him in case he decided to stay out longer. He was a machinist and had risen in position over the years until he was…
Category: Trip Progress
TAT Day 2
It was a good day on the trail and we found a great lunch spot along the Greenbrier river. The Greenbrier Grill and Lodge has very good food and we enjoyed seeing the ducks that hang around the restaurant. We stayed at The Pines Campground near Newcastle VA and were able to get some laundry…
TAT Day 1
We traveled east on the trailing edge of several storms which caused flooding and tree damage. We had to cross through a flooded stream at one point and then a few miles later we encountered a large tree which had come down across the road and taken down a phone line with it to within…
Unloading and preparing to ride
A tale from the trail: We met Bill (left) and Keith (right) at breakfast. Keith has a nephew who road a bicycle around the coast line of the United States from east to west. He made it to Northern California and intended to ride further north into Canada, but no. He met a girl and…
Arrived in Ripley W
As we were leaving our hotel in Illinois this morning we met a group of of 4 motorcycle riders from Chicago. They provided our first ‘tale from the trail’. There were finishing up a 10 day trip through Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and other southern states. As they travelled they collected a gallery of ‘Rock Star…