Summer Trip

[hondawayne]

Hey Bulitt, I’ll be at the BMW Nat as well give me a ring and we can get together!
Wayne
858-232-5251



Black is revised route for tour

 

[hondawayne]

Hey Bulitt, I’ll be at the BMW Nat as well give me a ring and we can get together!
Wayne
858-232-5251

Well…departure date has arrived! 0600 in the am has 70% showers and I’m going over the mountain so rain gear it is! Heading for Manzinita Campground in Oak Creek Canyon north of Sedona for tomorrows ride about 451mi. Rally Ho!

 

[tjhiggin]

Well…departure date has arrived!

Well punned!

 

[hondawayne]

Well…departure date has arrived! 0600 in the am has 70% showers and I’m going over the mountain so rain gear it is! Heading for Manzinita Campground in Oak Creek Canyon north of Sedona for tomorrows ride about 451mi. Rally Ho!

Ok day one done! 3:20 arrival at campground, warm today with headwind after Brawley. Campground 16$ is nice but dirt Stream nearby, 450+-mi gas high 4.70 low 4.50 both in
Az, no issues.

 

[hondawayne]

Day 2 up thru Vermillion Cliffs, Bryce Canyon, Escalante, Capital Reef to Hanksville, Ut for the nite! Met up with Bill from Twinn Falls, I’d today

 

[hondawayne]

Day 3,4,5 catch up! Day 3 brought Southern Utah and mokey dugway then on to Mesa Verde NP

 

[hondawayne]

Day 4, on to what I thought would be Raton, Nm but we headed on to Clayton, Nm for the nite via Taos and the Rio Grande gorge then to Eagles Nest awesome sweepers in the mountains which brought us to a old koa in Clayton high winds that nite.

 

[hondawayne]

Day 5, was from Clayton to Enid, Ok hwy 64 mostly flat, wheat, cattle and wind.. tomorrow is rain into
Eureka Springs, Ar for 4 days

 

[hondawayne]

Day 6-10, COG Rally in Eureka arrived safe staying in a campground that has seen better days, not used to the bugs, humidity and snakes yikes! 4 ft black went in front of my chair!!! We are in a boggy low area and rain is expected tonight, todays ride was beautiful going thru eastern Oklahoma and the ozarks in Arkansas finally green stuff. Still contemplating the ride between Cog and BMW Nat thinking of cutting the visit to family out but not sure. I think I will have to do some highway to make the UP circle to make it to NatSToc and arrive on the 23rd will see….

 

[hondawayne]

Day 6-10, COG Rally in Eureka arrived safe staying in a campground that has seen better days, not used to the bugs, humidity and snakes yikes! 4 ft black went in front of my chair!!! We are in a boggy low area and rain is expected tonight, todays ride was beautiful going thru eastern Oklahoma and the ozarks in Arkansas finally green stuff. Still contemplating the ride between Cog and BMW Nat thinking of cutting the visit to family out but not sure. I think I will have to some highway to make the UP circle to make it to NatSToc and arrive on the 23rd will see….

 

[hondawayne]

Mike, I need you to ride with me around the UP!!!

 

[hondawayne]

Is Uncle Larry going to make NewSToc ?

 

[970mike]

Is Uncle Larry going to make NewSToc ?

Not sure about that but he was talking about NatSToc.

 

[hondawayne]

Thanks Mellow..

 

[hondawayne]

Day 8, landed in Bowling Green, Mo tonight had to get out of the campground in Eureka after all the bugs, ticks and snakes eeek! Route was West of Branson, Mo to Table Rock Lake into Cozy C RV Park at Bowling Green. Only 321mi today. Great mexican dinner! Tomorrow’s destination is Wabash, In

 

[Walleye]

Wayne, gas was 60 cents less in louisiana missouruh sunday then across the river in illinois.

 

[hondawayne]

Gas! Been averaging from $6-4.30 so far with the dust bowl lowest
Day 9 put us in Peru, Indiana at a great family owned RV park where the famous “Disc Golf” originated. Woke up to heavy due on the tents.
Day 10 had us north bound to Grand Rapids to get Greg new rubber on his RT1200 Dunlop Road 4’s with a $100 rebate. We headed up Hwy31 towards Traverse city fell short and are in a “CycleMore” campground famous for a museum of bikes.

 

[Bulitt]

Gas! Been averaging from $6-4.30 so far with the dust bowl lowest
Day 9 put us Peru, Indiana at a great family owned RV park where the famous “Disc Golf” originated. Woke up to heavy due on the tents.
Day 10 had us north bound to Grand Rapids to get Greg new rubber on his RT1200 Dunlop Road 4’s with a $100 rebate.We headed up Hwy31 towards Traverse city fell short and are in a “CycleMore” campground famous for a museum of bikes.

Yeah baby!

 

[Pop-Pop]

Thanks for the pics! Ride safe!

 

[hondawayne]

Day 11, woke up wet in/out dew(note: set tent up under trees) headed north thru Traverse city along the east shore destination MacKinaw bridge, a Harley event made it feel like Sturgis, ate lunch in St Ignase(sp) dawned rain gear for 4hr along west shore of Lake Michigan ending up in Quality Inn $118 ./. 3 ha! I got the cot.. at Marinette, Wi