My alarm goes off at 0700 and I think, what is that sound and why am I hearing it? I didn't sleep very well, my room was very humid due to all the drying laundry. I take a peek out of the window and see a sunny blue sky day, yippee! I check my hanging laundry and find a big soggy mess, so everything goes outside. The pavement is still wet so lacking a clothesline I use the next best thing and arrange everything on my bike, pointed at the sun. I reset my alarm t...

Bright sunshine greeted me when I opened the door of my mo'tel room, that's how you say it in 'merica! I had my eye on the secondary hwy 412 that was about 150km south of my position. I was able to drive agricultural roads almost all the way there. 412 changes between ag road, 2 lane, 4 lane divided and Interstate along its path. At one point the interstate split between 55 southbound & 155 eastbound, natch I took the wrong fork and when I stopped to consul...

Left Lincoln at 1115, I was waiting for the rain to move on, but was only partially successful. I found the street I was on led straight to minor highway that connected to Interstate 29 southbound so that worked out very well. Leaving Nebraska I was in Iowa for about 15 km before crossing into Missouri. At 140 kph that is about 6 minutes give or take, and is what I consider to be a suitable exposure time to that state. A few years ago on a trip to Washington, DC...

1030 AM start and nice riding on Hwy 26 eastbound out of Scott's Bluff, Nebraska. The bluff btw is a prominent geological feature nearby the town site, prolly discovered by Scott! Not far down the road is Chimney Rock, a unique geological feature almost 300' high that was once an active volcano. Over the years, and I mean eons, the softer outer skin of the volcano eroded away leaving only the harder lava behind. There is a pointy thing on the top that fro...

At the end of a long day when I start looking for a place to stop for the night there is a 'magic formula' that I look for; the trifecta of goods and services in close proximity to one another. The desired establishments are Bar, Motel & Gas Station (ranked in order of importance). Last night in Lovell, WY nailed it! Yesterday was great riding due to a tailwind, today even better with no appreciable wind, flags hung limply from their masts. This relieves...