3500 Miles, 12 State Ride

[Simmons1]

Road Trip 2005 is in the books. My buddy John Padgett and I had a great trip this year. Both bikes worked great. The ST1300 I bought earlier this year will hit 10K miles in a week or so. My trusty old ZX11 rolled over 50K miles on the trip. I am not going to do a full report but here is the summary:

Day 1 Fort Worth, Texas to Trinidad, Colorado 574 miles
Day 2 Trinidad, Colorado to Ouray, Colorado 351 miles
Day 3 Ouray, Colorado to Montpelier, Idaho 471 miles
Day 4 Montpelier, Idaho to Cody, Wyoming 297 miles
Day 5 Cody, Wyoming to Miles City, Montana 383 miles
Day 6 Miles City, Montana to Hot Springs, South Dakota 388 miles
Day 7 Hot Springs, South Dakota to Hastings, Nebraska 407 miles
Day 8 Hastings, Nebraska to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 463 miles
Day 9 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Fort Worth, Texas 198

12 States Traveled in
3 new states ridden in. Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota :)
8 Mountain Passes Ridden
11008' Highest Elevation at Red Mountain Pass, Colorado. :)
42F Low Temperature :(
95F High Temperture
59.27 Average Speed
106 Max Speed
44.2 Average MPG
250 miles traveled on Interstates, including 198 the last day :(

[stg1]

Sounds like a great trip. Any pictures? One of these days I would love to get into Idaho and Montana. Wyoming is as far north as I've been on a bike. Maybe next year.

[g17]

That sounds like my dream ride.