Arose at 0800 Saturday morning and was on the road by 0900 with just 250ish km left in my journey. Cranked those out at 140 kmh and was home by 1100, and into the arms of my SweetPea! Here a few facts about the trip; Total distance driven; 8742 km (4369 going & 4373 returning). Although I took a slightly longer route home with my diversion to Cincinnati, I was mostly on the Interstates which are apparently an efficient means of driving across America as the 2...

Left Minot, ND at 0900 in preparation of a long day. It was raining lightly but elected not to put on rain suit, thought I could drive out of it, which I did. Crossed the border in Portal, SK. With a name like Portal I was expecting a Particle Accelerator Transporter or similar, but was disappointed. They did have Duty Free however! I was having a nice chat with the Customs guy, he asked where I’d been and I said; Washington, DC. Click, his demeanor immedia...

Very productive day roaring through the Dakotas, left about an hour early and that made a big difference as I got into Minot around 1900 and had a chance to drive around a bit so I didn’t stay in the roughest part of town. Actually it was a mostly boring day, did drive through a big storm system from Fargo to almost Minot. Shot a video sequence of putting on and taking off the rainsuit. But the experience that I had just before Fargo, and I am just bursting...

It was a real treat not to have to navigate my way out of some large metro center yesterday, I was on the right highway as soon as I drove out of the motel parking lot. Most excellent riding conditions all day, sunny, not too windy, desolated interstates. It blows my mind how much of America you can drive on deserted roads devoid of traffic. I think I only encountered traffic on the order of a Whitemud Drive or Deerfoot a couple of times, and those were right out...

I was in 5 different States yesterday, starting in Ohio, briefly visiting Kentucky, drove across Indiana and Illinois and slept in Iowa. I had purposely diverted to the Cincinnati area because I wanted to meet Noah, (of Ark fame!). Actually it was because the builder of my HD-NLE computer (aka The Juggernaut) was ADK, or Advanced Design of Kentucky, located just a few miles south of Cinci in a town called Alexandria. I awoke to cloudy skies and wet leather ...