MCGTTX Day 11

About 1100 miles today, I think. Will have to verify once I get home. Just busted ass all day to avoid the rain. Stayed dry, but I may get rained on tonight . Brilliant plan of mine: camp at the Harley dealership. It's right next to the train tracks 😭. Oh well. One just went by. Maybe another won't until after I get some sleep.

Night.

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Update: Here's a bit more about yesterday now that I'm conscious. It's 1030 🤣.

I rolled out of the KOA "kampground" just after 0600. It was pretty slow going until sunrise when I stopped for fuel--both for me and for the bike--around 0730. Looking at the weather radar, I was positive I was going to get soaked, but with the warmth, I decided to forego the rain gear.

Really glad I did, too. I hit some sprinkles at 0919, then nothing. Nada. I managed, by lucky alone, to skirt past every cell that loomed. After reaching Roughneck HD in Longview at 0900, I realized I wasn't booked at the hotel until Thursday night...and the hotel was only 100 miles away.

So, I decided to run up to northern Kansas to grab another HOG 15 Rides photo. Then I realized that if I rode hard, I could turn the day into an Iron Butt SaddleSore 1000. So I did 😁. Which is why I was pitching my tent so late last night.

But success! Not only did I get the pic. I missed all the rain. All of it. Yay me!!

I won't be as lucky today, for sure 😥.

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P.S.: I knew the weather was going to be dodgy because of the old saying, "Red sky at night, sailors' delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." My pic is the bet I could get for sunrise.Read more