**Edited to show a sampling of pictures in recent posts**

Just returned from a great road trip that started Aug 4th. Met up in Louisville with a long time friend from the 1st grade who rides a Sedona Orange RG.

Our trip took us to Indianapolis - Des Moines - Sturgis - Billings - Beartooth Hwy - Yellowstone - Tetons - Jackson Hole - Salt Lake City - Reno - Lake Tahoe - San Francisco - PCH to Long Beach - Vegas - Hoover Dam - Prescott - Jerome - Sedona - Flagstaff - Grand Canyon - Four Corners - Albuquerque - Roswell - San Antonio - New Orleans - Pensacola - home.

What an experience. No camping; my quota was filled years ago. Here are some tidbits of info:

*Rode 7578 miles and spent $676.09 in gas.

*In 27 days we encountered 4 hours of actual raindrops and only 2.5 of the 4 hours was it raining hard enough for us to slow our speeds down 5-10 mph or so. Thank you Lord.

*Ironically the worst hotel we stayed in was the most expensive and the least expensive hotel was the nicest. Go figure.

*Don't buy Powerball tickets when on the road. Have a Powerball winner in my pocket purchased in Idaho and no other state we traveled in will redeem it. Guess I should have read the small print.

*Highest altitude riding was 10,947 feet

*Highest temperature encountered 104 - lowest 55

*Longest riding travel day 12 hours - shortest riding travel day 5 hours

*Most miles in a travel day 623 (12 hours) - least miles in a travel day 208 (11 hours)

*Hardest riding day was also my most favorite - Billings to Beartooth Highway, Yellowstone, Tetons and Jackson Hole

*Understand now why H-D called it Sedona Orange

Not bad for a couple of 66 year olds.

Thank everyone for the advice and recommendations given to me prior to the trip.

 

Pictures ... Pictures ... Pictures !!!

 

Absolutely awesome! I rode to Sturgis and thought I had accomplished something. You, sir, have accomplished my holy grail of rides; the cross country. Maybe one day!

 

Boy do we have pictures, probably 1500 or so and about a third of them were taken from moving motorcycles. Still loading to Photobucket but here's a sampling.

My friend Joe getting it done



Joe up ahead as we roll into Malibu or Santa Monica


Neat little town of Chamberlain, SD on the Missouri River




Angie at Crazy Horse Momument when we were there - no booing or hissing


Crazy Horse


Deadwood


Main Street Sturgis


Me doing PR at Sturgis


Somewhere in Montana on way to Little Big Horn


Devil's Tower from 10 miles or so


Worst kind of traffic backup in Wyoming - head on motorcycle accident


Beartooth Hwy


Beartooth view


Yellowstone


Me at The Tetons


The Tetons


Beartooth


Beartooth

 

More pics

Bear Lake Utah


Joe and I Bear Lake


Yellowstone


Salt Flats


Lake Tahoe


Lake Tahoe


Lake Tahoe


Lake Tahoe - spectacular


San Francisco - Lombard St doing the non bike tourist thing


PCH


PCH


PCH


Cool evening fog rolling in PCH near San Simeon


Bikes at Neptune's Net on PCH


Downtown Hollywood


Light show downtown Vegas


New bridge at Hoover Dam


Coming into Sedona



Grand Canyon
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Few more

Me at The Canyon


Storm brewing on other side


Four Corners


Me getting it done somewhere between Farmington, NM and Roswell


Alamo


River Walk San Antonio


Me New Orleans Bourbon St

 

Great ... I especially like the "Doing PR work" picture ... Thanks, I needed that !!

 

Send me your winning ticket, I will send you the winnings.

 

Thanks for sharing, cool pictures.

 

Thanks for sharing, looks like an amazing ride! Love the pictures, makes me want to pack up and ride. I love the PR pic as well, good work.