Sturgis, SD

Mile 1500.  Sturgis.  Biker Mecca.  Too bad I can’t stay and

school the amateurs.  Bundling up.  The sun leaves and it is getting cold.

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Mt Rushmore

Mt Rushmore and Crazy horse are indescribably beautiful.

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Newcastle, WY

Mile 1389.  Wyoming is gorgeous.  It’s hot. Almost lunch time.

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Cheyenne, WY

Mile 1145.  The rolling plains of Wyoming: wheat colored and windy.

REALLY WINDY.

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Broomfield, CO

Mile 1064. Dicks Sporting Goods for some new headphones and some REAL cold weather gear.

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Lakewood, CO

Denny and I are checking the weather before I leave.

I am looking at live doplar on my phone and

he is reading the paper's weather report for the rest of the country.

Neither knew that the other was possible.  Haha.

Goodbye Denver!  I'm off!

This is me with my bike.                   Denny packaging a picture.

The picture Denny painted.       His award winning organic garden.

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Lakewood, CO

I'm up.  No alarm but the Colorado morning sun.

Big day ahead.  I'm feeling rested though. After a meal, I'm off.

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Lakewood, CO

Mile 1041.  Uncle Denny and company.  Amazing meal.  Finally.

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Pueblo, CO

Mile 906.  Pueblo.  Last stop before Denver, family, 

a home cooked feast, and a nap til sun up.

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Raton, NM

Mile 799.  Raton Pass.  Did New Mexico in one go.

I can't imagine why I might have stopped.

There's nothing there.  Pretty though.

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Texline, TX

I bought some real estate in Texline, TX

from four brokers who may be as old as me

when you combine their ages.

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Dumas, TX

Mile 629.  Dumas, TX.  That's pretty much it.

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Amarillo, TX

Mile 582.  Amarillo.  Weather is perfect but

West Texas is windy and often smells of 'nature'.

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Lubbock, TX

Mile 451.  Lubbock has greeted me with the sunrise,

the first 3G since Abilene, and the refreshing aroma

of 100,000 tons of cow leavings.  I need a Wal-Mart.

The hotel I took an hour nap in just north of Lubbock.

Also enjoyed half of a roast beef from Tex-Andwiches

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Abilene, TX

Mile 276.  I drove through a cold front about 50 mi back.

Rode through the storm after a tranfromation of the machine

'Psychlotron' into rain mode.  Autobots, roll out.  EE EH AH AW.

Gonna change my route slightly to go north of the rest of the storm.

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Bangs, TX

Mile 206.  Lost my left mirror.  It has been a problem since

it broke off when I dropped the bike on campus a few months ago.

A simple roadside repair.  Still feelin groovy.

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Early, TX

Mile 194.  I can see lightning in the distance

but the stars are clear above.  I'm feeling good.

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Cedar Park, TX

Seattle bound.

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Cedar Park, TX

Mile 71.  Stopping at the parents house for some last minute

maintenance and an early dinner, then to Denver.

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San Marcos, TX

35756 on the odometer.  Full tank.  2 50lb saddle bags.

Mile 0.  Roughly 6000 to go.  Life is good.

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