daemon
Wed Jul 9th, 2008, 03:23 PM
some may know that for a B-day present my little lady set aside a fair amount of funds so i could go back home and visit with my friends and family.
so....we started off on the ZED which is by no means a sport-touring bike,but i would like to think it is!!
fully packed and ready to run!!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6240001-1.jpg
taking a less travelled road is not always the best choice.
we ran into quite a bit of road construction on our way to visit a fellow rider's dealership.
deron and norm!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250003-1.jpg
for quite some time i have wanted to gaze at the "holy family shrine" which is off the 432 exit on I-80 in nebraska!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250010-1.jpg
i'm sure you know me well enough to know i didn't stop there for the view!!!!!
i came to defile!!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250007-1.jpg
as the day drug on and i was getting weary i told freda i wanted to make the 700 mile mark for the day.
that meant getting to Des Moines for an overnight stay.
someone just didn't want me there.
as we made our approach i could see the sky was lit up with all kinds of turmoil.
time to look for a bed-down for the night.
i had recently cancelled our reservations in Lincoln,Nebraske because i knew we could make it further.
a problem arises....too much construction in the area left us with little few places to stay.
after much searching and 4 motels-hotels,we found one that had 1 room still open.
lucky #11....plus it was the 11th pic i took with my cam.....weird....EH???
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250011-1.jpg
not much to look at,but we were safe and sound for the night...
664 miles for day one....14 hours including stops.
so i get up early which is usual and get some coffee and enjoy the scenery...LOL
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250013-1.jpg
and fetch a few things we need for the day 2 adventure!!!
sky looks overcast and i decide to let freda sleep in for awhile(hell,it was a long day yesterday),much to my surprise that when she turned off the shower and i continued to hear water running that we would be in for a long day!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250014-1.jpg
one and a half hours later in the pouring down rain we finally got ahead of the storm.
only 1 ocassion did i think we were in trouble.
crossing a bridge that had standing water at least 5 inches deep!!
try that at 75....not even a wobble to spook me.
after getting ahead of the storm we were hard pressed to keep moving whenever possible to stay ahead of it.
at least 2 of our stops were less than 5 minutes and the storm was back on our tails.
chasing us down the road!!!
keeping a heavy pace we managed to make it to illinois unscathed and soaking wet....at least partially wet.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6260015-1.jpg
we had taken the Princeville exit and ready for our short jaunt south to go to my sisters house!!!!
more to come.
so....we started off on the ZED which is by no means a sport-touring bike,but i would like to think it is!!
fully packed and ready to run!!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6240001-1.jpg
taking a less travelled road is not always the best choice.
we ran into quite a bit of road construction on our way to visit a fellow rider's dealership.
deron and norm!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250003-1.jpg
for quite some time i have wanted to gaze at the "holy family shrine" which is off the 432 exit on I-80 in nebraska!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250010-1.jpg
i'm sure you know me well enough to know i didn't stop there for the view!!!!!
i came to defile!!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250007-1.jpg
as the day drug on and i was getting weary i told freda i wanted to make the 700 mile mark for the day.
that meant getting to Des Moines for an overnight stay.
someone just didn't want me there.
as we made our approach i could see the sky was lit up with all kinds of turmoil.
time to look for a bed-down for the night.
i had recently cancelled our reservations in Lincoln,Nebraske because i knew we could make it further.
a problem arises....too much construction in the area left us with little few places to stay.
after much searching and 4 motels-hotels,we found one that had 1 room still open.
lucky #11....plus it was the 11th pic i took with my cam.....weird....EH???
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250011-1.jpg
not much to look at,but we were safe and sound for the night...
664 miles for day one....14 hours including stops.
so i get up early which is usual and get some coffee and enjoy the scenery...LOL
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250013-1.jpg
and fetch a few things we need for the day 2 adventure!!!
sky looks overcast and i decide to let freda sleep in for awhile(hell,it was a long day yesterday),much to my surprise that when she turned off the shower and i continued to hear water running that we would be in for a long day!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6250014-1.jpg
one and a half hours later in the pouring down rain we finally got ahead of the storm.
only 1 ocassion did i think we were in trouble.
crossing a bridge that had standing water at least 5 inches deep!!
try that at 75....not even a wobble to spook me.
after getting ahead of the storm we were hard pressed to keep moving whenever possible to stay ahead of it.
at least 2 of our stops were less than 5 minutes and the storm was back on our tails.
chasing us down the road!!!
keeping a heavy pace we managed to make it to illinois unscathed and soaking wet....at least partially wet.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/daemon1965/illinois%20trip/P6260015-1.jpg
we had taken the Princeville exit and ready for our short jaunt south to go to my sisters house!!!!
more to come.