Saturday was meant to be positive
8月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Well the morning started with Roger getting news a friend has had an accident.
Poor Ron Smith from Springfield Missouri was coming back from the memorial ride and ran wide with the bike, needless toもっと詳しく
A night to remember
8月23日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Conversation dinner with all its formalities which included the “convention torch” being handed over.
2026 will be in Melbourne and we are ready for the challenge and hard work.
Additionalもっと詳しく
Farewell Peoria
8月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Last day of convention. Sleep in then a leisurely breakfast. More good-bye hugs, until next year.
Off to the hospital to see Ron Smith… Janice & Greg come back to see us. Apart from a fare amountもっと詳しく
Hello Indianapolis
8月24日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Wasn’t a long drive today but getting away late, being tired and driving the interstate has made for an eye drooping afternoon.
Stopped at Culvers for a late lunch, the chicken is amazing and so isもっと詳しく
The Brickyard
8月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
What’s a stay in Indianapolis without a visit to The Brickyard.
Museum visit was so worth the stop. Pictures will never do this place justice.
And just for a giggle - the plumbing here isもっと詳しく
The Brickyard, IMS
8月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Having watched the racing here almost as much as Bathurst stopping was a must. And WOW. So glad we did. The history here is incredible and the collection is mind blowing
Uranus
8月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
It was too funny not to stop. Plenty of signs, fudge, t-shirts etc to look at.
Got a new fridge magnet, caramel corn- what we in Australia call lolly gobble bliss bombs. Roger got a route 66 sign andもっと詳しく
Guess what our next stop is?
8月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Farrows Harley Davidson. Oldest dealership in the US.
Met at the door by Stark (the dog)
And this is Jess from “her two wheels” local haunt…. ❤️
Made it to Cleveland
8月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We made it to Cleveland, even with all our stops today.
Some interesting vehicles along the way, nothing like the Tesla Cuber truck, these were more mainstream. Everything is BIG in the USA….もっと詳しく
WOW mind blown R&R Hall of Fame
8月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
With no idea of what to expect my mind is blown! How awesome is the Rock & Roll hall of Fame!! I know some of these photos will be doubled in Connie’s footprint - but they are worth it….. Loveもっと詳しく
Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
8月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Lots to take in.
So much history. Wow, just wow.
Fire Fighter Memorial
8月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Beautiful - Thank you Cleveland
The Duprey’s
8月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We made it to Winburne Pennsylvania to stay with Emmett & Joyce on the farm. They have Alpacas, chickens, geese & 5 dogs, two of which are Great Danes (that could be classed as horses) It was so muchもっと詳しく
Route 66 - New York Style
8月27日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
We made it to New York, dropped off the hire car and got a “lyft” to the hotel. What a full day of driving for Roger… New York traffic is mental - even my nerves are shot.
Out for a walk toもっと詳しく
Hop on Hop off - Downtown
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
What a fabulous idea, get someone else to drive through New York streets….. well, be stuck in a jam more like it. The streets of Manhattan are interesting.
Time Square, museum (ghost busters), flatもっと詳しく
9/11 Memorial
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
No words - just leaking eyes.
9/11 Memorial-pt2
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Hope
Ladder 3, what’s left of it.
Memorial Motorbikes & The slurry wall.
O’Haras
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
The place to be ….. to wet your whistle once your eyes stop leaking.
Ladder 10
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
The closest station to ground zero.
Hop on Hop off - uptown
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
So what do you do after going downtown????
Uptown of course.
The Edge, USS Intrepid, Helicopter flights, Gershwin, Empire State Building, Grand Central, Rockefeller Plaza, Madison Ave, Radio Cityもっと詳しく
P J Clarkes - Dinner
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Dinner right next door to the hotel - Steak with a fried egg & smashed potatoes… homage to Uncle Frank de Haan 💙.
Juilliard
8月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Blown away to find Juilliard is across the road from the hotel and the free Summer Festival is on… amazing.
Another day on the Big Bus
8月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Another day of sightseeing after breakfast at Rosetta’s Bakery.
Today’s trips is much faster, nowhere near as much traffic as yesterday.
First tourist attraction - Brooklyn Bridge.
Back on theもっと詳しく
Empire State Building
8月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Photos will never capture the scale of this beautiful building.
Looked through the windows on the 80th floor, walked outside on 86th floor then the “peace de resistance” (inset French accent)もっと詳しく
Can you tell me how…….
8月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
To get - how to get to Sesame Street !!!!!!!
That was after Columbus Circle.
































































































































































































































































































































旅行者Oh no. Hope everything is ok. Sending positive thoughts
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旅行者Jesus. Not nice news. Sending hugs.