Today is Lou;s Day! We didn't set out to make it Lou's Day, in fact I never really want to be the center of attention. Well, mostly not, but I do have a Birthday Month, not day, and one year I had a Birthday Year instead of a month, but mostly I am a low key guy. It started with a departure time of 1000, simply unheard of. Natch I was still awake at 0615, but I did go back to sleep a couple of times. Today is a non riding day as we are visiting the Pima Air &...

Bill is up early having breakfast in the ho'tels breaky nook, we are leaving at the unheardof time of 0900 as we only have about 2 hours of driving. Its all on the Interstate so Google Maps says more like an hour-forty five. I have bad news as well, I did some research as to taking the Davis Monthan Air Force Base Tour and late last year they changed the security clearance criteria to 10 days advance notice. Last time I was here, maybe 2008, you just needed your...

UPDATE: September 4. I have added a full length narrated HD video on my Vimeo channel using the footage I shot on the Titan Missile Museum adventure but was unable to edit or upload it to this blog while I was on the road. You can watch it here: https://vimeo.com/138331672 I am up earlyish this morning as I would like to allocate half the day to riding after touring The Titan Missile Museum. As soon as I am up I start drinking water. I always try to drink at ...

The morning started as it usually did after a rain day, and that is early so I could get all my riding tack outside onto my bike as a drying rack, or more effectively sandwiched between the hot asphalt and the hot sun. Also this m'otel provided a 1500 watt hair dryer so I was able to dry both my riding shoes in about 30 minutes by placing the dryer right in the foot hole. They did temporarily shrink half a size during the process though. We were STILL in Texas. ...