North America Motorbike Trip

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April 12, 2018
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London - Toronto
April 10, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Arrived here late afternoon after a very good flight from Heathrow, London. Resting for the rest of the day and repacking. Collecting our motorbike tomorrow morning from Air Canada Cargo.
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Toronto Air Canada Cargo
April 11, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
We took a taxi to the Air Canada Cargo armed with all our paperwork. We then had to walk around the corner to get our customs documents stamped. With everything in place we returned to the cargo where we picked up the bike. Heathrow had done an amazing job of strapping it down. After much deliberation and Neil using his screwdriver, the bike was free to go and we were on our way. We returned back to our Toronto Hotel to get things ready and off on our adventure tomorrow morning. But it's not very warm.Read more
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Niagra Falls, Ontario
April 12, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
We left Toronto in freezing conditions and luckily had only 80 miles to ride to Niagra. The weather was terrible, cold with heavy rain. It did clear briefly by the time we reached Niagra. After checking into a Days Inn we then walked to the falls. They were amazing but it was so cold the maid of the mist wasn't running. We did however go behind the falls and take some pictures. There was a lot of ice in the river belowRead more
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Border crossing
April 13, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
This morning we crossed the border. It was a lot easier than we thought. When we set off it was 1 degree. When we arrived at Ridgway, Pennsylvania it was 27 degrees. It was only 140 miles. Hopefully from now on the weather will be getting warmer.Read more
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Skyline Drive, Virginia
April 15, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We set off early this morning so we could do some of this beautiful ride. It was cloudy but nice and warm. The trees were still dormant so we could see the views through them. We had looked at the weather and knew there was a storm in the afternoon. We just managed to reach our hotel, and while checking in the heavens opened. A lucky escapeRead more
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Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
April 16, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
We left Roanoke and headed into the mountains. We managed to ride along some of the Parkway. We opted to avoid Grandfather Mountain because we had run into a freezing storm. We were so cold. The temperature was 1 degree with freezing winds and snow. We both had as many layers on as possible and had turned on the heated seats and grips. It wasn't enough. We were frozen. We arrived at our hotel just off the Blue Ridge Parkway late afternoon. The owner was lovely and made us some hot gumbo stew and a chicken roll. It took us all night to warm up. We went to bed wondering if we would be snowed in.Read more
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Smokey Mountains, North Carolina
April 17, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Thank heavens, the storm has passed through. We wake up to bacon eggs and pancakes. It was still very cold but clear and sunny. We set off after breakfast and rode some more of the Parkway. We then entered the Smokey Mountains and rode some of the mountain routes. Our trip ended at Deals Gap at the end of The Tail Of the Dragon Road. We had a horrible fast food dinner. I had BBQ pork in a soggy roll and Neil had chicken. This place is popular with bikers, and there is a tree of shame with accident remnants on it.Read more
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Tail of the Dragon
April 18, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This morning after a reasonable breakfast we rode the Tail of the Dragon and back. 11 miles each way and over 300 bends. A lovely sunny morning with little traffic. We then headed to Maggi Valley, 70 miles away. We had the afternoon off and was hoping to visit the motorbike museum. This was closed so will visit tomorrow morning. In the evening we had a nice meal at a Mexican restaurantRead more
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Maggie Valley, North Carolina
April 19, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We got up nice and early, had breakfast and then went to Wheels in Time Motorbike Museum. It was nicely set out with lots of old bikes and cars. Stopped about an hour then made our way to Fayetteville.Read more
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Fayetteville, North Carolina
April 20, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We left our hotel and headed into town to visit the American Airborne Museum. Very well laid out going over the wars from ww2 to present day. Late morning we left and rode to Charlston, South Carolina. The weather was beautiful, warm with clear skies. The motorways are pleasant to drive on and no rubbish on the side of the roads either.Read more
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Charleston South Carolina
April 21, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A nice sunny day, cool and windy. We didn't realise how cool and so regretted wearing shorts and sandals. We caught the water taxi from Patriots Point to Charleston. We spent a couple of hours just leisurely wandering the streets and markets. A nice old colonial city with a good vibe about it. Plenty of shops. Not great for us because we can't buy anything.

In the evening we found a health food shop that sold take away buffet meals. At last, a healthy option.Read more
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Patriots Point, South Carolina
April 22, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we spent the day visiting the USS Yorktown museum. Really enjoyed this but there was so much walking. We were able to go inside the aircraft carrier, the frigate and the submarine. The aircraft carrier had several planes on the landing deck and hanger. We could wander around them and go up and down the decks. Spent several hours here.Read more
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South Carolina
April 23, 2018 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We left our hotel in Patriots Point knowing a huge storm was on our way. We managed to ride about 65miles to the T-junction on the freeway before we accepted we could go on no further. We booked ourselves into a Best Western which had a good sized indoor pool. We had a swim in the afternoon and chilled out.Read more
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Titusville, Florida
April 24, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Woke up to a warm sunny day. We left around 9am and did the 330 miles to Florida, arriving at 3pm in Tittusville. The weather here is a hot 31¤.
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida
April 25, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We set off early and arrived at 8.30am. A beautiful sunny day. We took the tour bus to the Saturn V5 rocket. On the way we saw the huge roads that carry the rockets to the launch pads. We spent a couple of hours walking around this huge site then we returned to the visitor center where we saw the Space Shuttle Atlanta. A brilliant day out which we thoroughly enjoyed. We also saw a couple of alligators in the swamps.Read more
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Tifton, Georgia
April 26, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We left Titusville and started heading north. A beautiful sunny day on really good roads. Not too busy and doing good time. We arrived at Tifton about 5pm and popped into The Harley Davidson shop which was just down the road from our motel.Read more
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Fort Benning, Georgia
April 27, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We are on our way through Georgia and Alabama, heading towards Birmingham. On the way we stopped at an infantry Museum. We stopped a couple of hours before continuing our journey. We arrived in Childersburg late afternoon and booked into a Days Inn. Lovely warm sunny day today. Not much choice for dinner apart from fast food take aways. We thought we'd try a Taco Bells. Not again, it didn't taste nice.Read more
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Barber Motorcycle Museum, Alabama
April 28, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This morning we left our hotel and took a beautiful route through the countryside to The Barber Motorbike Museum. A huge place surrounded by very well kept gardens. Next to it was a race track and they were racing a few sports cars. We were able to walk across the bridges to watch the cars. We continued our journey in the afternoon and arrived in New Albany, Mississippi around 4.30pm.Read more
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Graceland, Memphis, Tennesee
April 29, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We arrived at Graceland at 10.30am after a lovely 70 mile drive on the interstate. Gorgeous sunny day today. We paid for the house tour and the car collection. We both enjoyed the house. Everything was the same as when he lived there. We walked through several rooms including the kitchen, dining room and famous jungle room. The cars included a red mg and a pink cadilac. We left about 2.30 and started heading west to a small town in Arkansas called Conway. We had our first decent meal in days tonight at an Australian restaurant.Read more
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El Reno, Oklahoma
April 30, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We set off from Conway on a beautiful sunny day. Just after midday we crossed the border into Oklahoma and stopped along the interstate at their visitor centre. We both commented on what perfect conditions it is for being on a motorbike. Hardly any traffic along with good quality roads and warm and sunny. We set off still heading west towards Oklahoma City. Ten minutes later it hit us like a ton of bricks. Storm force side winds. Neil found the winds too strong and we were glad to arrive safely in El Reno. We were both exhausted.Read more
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Weatherford, Oklahoma
May 1, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We looked at the weather and it seemed to be less windy in the morning so we decided to leave at 7am. We filled up with petrol and then someone walked past us and said "hey y'all take care out there, watch out for that storm that's coming". We rode 20miles and decided enough was enough, we booked ourselves into a hotel in Weatherford.Read more
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Weatherford, Oklahoma
May 2, 2018 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Still very windy today. We took ourselves off for a walk into town. Nice place with the friendliest people. A sense of nervousness this afternoon as they predict severe thunderstorms with large hail and possible tornadoes. We hid the bike under the carport in the front of the hotel for protection.Read more
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Route 66, Oklahoma
May 3, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This morning the skies are much clearer and the winds lighter. We decided to go out for a spin. We visited The Stafford Air and Space Museum. Much of it was about Stafford from Weatherford who was an astranaut during the apollo space programme. A nice museum with plenty of artifacts from NASA. After that we headed west 15 miles to Clinton, picking up the historic Route 66. We only visited the museum there, then headed back to Weatherford. The winds are still very blustery, hopefully tomorrow they have died down. They are supposed to change direction from south winds to blowing from the north. We'll wait and see.Read more
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Route 66, Texas
May 4, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
At last the strong southerly winds have died down. Now there is just a gentle north east breeze. We decided to set off at 7am and make up some miles. We crossed into Texas and stopped at a few iconic Route 66 sites, an old garage/cafe and the cadillac ranch. We also had a fuel stop on the interstate where we met some old bikers on tiny vintage American bikes. There was also a quirky museum at the petrol station. The breeze did pick up briefly going through Texas but started to die down by the time we crossed into New Mexico. Perfect day on the roads, we ended up doing 500miles today. Stopped the night in a Holiday Inn at Los Alamos.Read more
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Taos Publeo, New Mexico
May 5, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This morning we went to the Nuclear Museum in Los Alamos. We were there just over an hour. After we rode to Taos. A beautiful warm sunny day. The route to the gorge took us along a section of gravel road up hill. We stopped at a bridge over the Rio Grande River and looked down the gorge. We then headed to the ancient settlement of Taos Publeo. We walked around the old buildings which is part of UNESCO World Heritage. We went into a couple of buildings where we met the locals and bought some produce. Then we headed on to Eagles Nest where we had booked a room. Unfortunately the neighbours were very noisy.Read more
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