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Location Date Sat, 13 August 2011 1313194800 Fri, 12 August 2011 1313108280 Thu, 11 August 2011 1313021760 Wed, 10 August 2011
1312935240 Tue, 09 August 2011 1312848180 Tue, 09 August 2011 1312847820
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 outside of major centers.
Leaving Burlington, IA headed westbound I stopped for lunch in the town of Ottumwa, home to the television character of……………&# 8230;…..do you know whom?(answer later).
I had to pickle my way a bit until I could get onto the Interstate, but once there average speed was back around 140 kmh. Finally had to clean my visor, haven’t had to since leaving DC, although I am sure the Cinci rain cleaned it thoroughly, but it hasn’t been very buggy until now.
My iiCon helmet has a bunch of ducts and scoops on the top with the bold sticker on it proclaiming ‘Ram Air Induction’. They are supposed to keep airflow in the helmet and prevent the visor from fogging up, which it does well, but I have my own term for it. Ram Bug InSuction! The scoops vacuum bugs out of the slipstream and injects them inside the helmet behind my sun glasses, usually whole and unscathed. I’ll be driving along and all of a sudden there will be an angry stinging creature crawling around on the backside of the lens.
Driving in Ranchland area there was an abundance of small green bugs that my helmet was vacuuming up and blowing directly into my eyes, had to stop a couple of times to dig bugs out of the corners of my eyes.
There were also many places that had these huge bags of rocks lining both side of the highway. I didn’t understand what they were at first, but then I saw a few spots where a big pump hose was dangling down on the road side of the bags. Apparently they had some serious flooding here in recent times and the I-29 was washed out in numerous places. I shot a short video of one of these areas.
I drove from Burlington, IA to Sioux Falls, SD about 750 km. Today I will be driving back to Minot, ND. It is a ****** town but the only place with a concentration of lodging in the deserted parts of North Dakota. It’ll be about a 825 km day. I hope to leave a little bit earlier than my usual 1100 so I’m not in a hurry all day.
And the television character who called Ottumwa, Iowa home? Radar O’Reilly from M*A*S*H! I had lunch in a small Mom & Pop shop on main street, but was disappointed not to see even one mention of either the character or the show anywhere.
Talk soon!
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 outside of major centers.
Leaving Burlington, IA headed westbound I stopped for lunch in the town of Ottumwa, home to the television character of……………&# 8230;…..do you know whom?(answer later).
I had to pickle my way a bit until I could get onto the Interstate, but once there average speed was back around 140 kmh. Finally had to clean my visor, haven’t had to since leaving DC, although I am sure the Cinci rain cleaned it thoroughly, but it hasn’t been very buggy until now.
My iiCon helmet has a bunch of ducts and scoops on the top with the bold sticker on it proclaiming ‘Ram Air Induction’. They are supposed to keep airflow in the helmet and prevent the visor from fogging up, which it does well, but I have my own term for it. Ram Bug InSuction! The scoops vacuum bugs out of the slipstream and injects them inside the helmet behind my sun glasses, usually whole and unscathed. I’ll be driving along and all of a sudden there will be an angry stinging creature crawling around on the backside of the lens.
Driving in Ranchland area there was an abundance of small green bugs that my helmet was vacuuming up and blowing directly into my eyes, had to stop a couple of times to dig bugs out of the corners of my eyes.
There were also many places that had these huge bags of rocks lining both side of the highway. I didn’t understand what they were at first, but then I saw a few spots where a big pump hose was dangling down on the road side of the bags. Apparently they had some serious flooding here in recent times and the I-29 was washed out in numerous places. I shot a short video of one of these areas.
I drove from Burlington, IA to Sioux Falls, SD about 750 km. Today I will be driving back to Minot, ND. It is a ****** town but the only place with a concentration of lodging in the deserted parts of North Dakota. It’ll be about a 825 km day. I hope to leave a little bit earlier than my usual 1100 so I’m not in a hurry all day.
And the television character who called Ottumwa, Iowa home? Radar O’Reilly from M*A*S*H! I had lunch in a small Mom & Pop shop on main street, but was disappointed not to see even one mention of either the character or the show anywhere.
Talk soon!
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