Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar

World traveler, Hash House Harrier, and Harley enthusiast...not necessarily in that order. Read more🇺🇸Cincinnati popl.co/card/qD4Qce0c/1/txt

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2024 VROOM VROOM Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
And so it begins...
February 26, 2024 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 72 °F
Today I began my 2024 riding season, leaving Cincinnati at around 0730. You can track me here (starting tomorrow) or through Spotwalla: https://new.spotwalla.com/trip/f0bc-3a6d752-34a….

Here are my goals. Wish me luck! ✌️

- To complete the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas (50 stops), PNW Grand Tour (30 stops) & H-D's 10 Rides for 2024 (10 stops);
- To win the H-D Dealership Challenge! I'm guessing I need about 700 HDs this year 😳
- Do well on Tour of Honor and Ride To Eat; and
- To finish H-D's 50 Rides, 1 Nation. I only need Alaska!

I will also try complete an Iron Butt Association Leap Year Ride SaddleSore 1000 with RTE-X-USA "Fat" status and the IBA's Lap Around the 48.

My numbers are:
Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas #539
Tour of Honor #72
Pacific Northwest Grand Tour #415
Iron Butt Association #81065

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

HD Dealership Challenge: 7 (total 7)
RTE-X-USA: 5 points (total 5)
MCGTTX 2024 Stops: 0 (total 0 of 50)
10 Rides for 2024: x (total 0 of 10)
IBA Lap Around the 48 Stops: 0 (total 0 of 9)
PNW GT Stops: 0 (total 0 of 30)Read more
TravelerSafe travels and see ya on the road!
2/26/24Reply
Your amazing Nancy. Stay safe. [Maaake]
2/27/24Reply
Wow, amazing. Good luck and on on. [Carolyn (Chunder)]
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Inside Passage to Juneau Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
End of the Voyage: Juneau
June 11, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 48 °F
Today, we finished our 14-day cruise from Seattle to Juneau, transiting the Inside Passage with zero storms, only a few hours of turbulent water, and lots of animals. It's been a whale 🐳 of a time 🤣.

Only by a series of misdirections do we find our true bearing. I hope you have found yours, but if you haven't, may you have an epic series of misdirections until you do!

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Haines
June 10, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 43 °F
We left Skagway this morning at 05:00 and arrived in Haines only two hours later. At 09:00 we had a fire drill, so any hopes I had of getting off the boat before work were shot. I didn't have any plans, actually. I just wanted to sleep, but oh well.

We left Haines tonight at 20:00 and are bound for our debarkation port in Juneau. While manning the helm this evening, a humpback popped up right in front of the boat, made two blows, then dove deep. The Captain had me veer away so we would be well away from where it looked like it was headed, and we didn't see it again. I would be devastated if we hit a whale, particularly if I was on the helm. It is so very difficult to see anything in time to avoid it, even when there is still a bit of light in the sky after midnight. I don't like driving at night.Read more
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A Few Hours In Skagway
June 9, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 46 °F
I felt very appreciative when the Excursions Director offered me a free trip on the sight-seeing railroad yesterday, but wasn't sure I would get to go until this morning. That definitely got me out of bed!

After grabbing a nearby geocache, I took the White Pass & Yukon Route narrow gauge, diesel engine railroad from Skagway to White Pass Summit and back again, followed by a quick tour of the town in a restored 1927 Mac "street car." I was only off the boat for about 4.5 hours, but it was nice to get away...even though it was before my 12-hour shift.

As for the rest of my day, noon to midnight, with no gangway to watch, no helm to man, and no anchor to check on, I basically did laundry and helped shuttle people back and forth from the boat to the harbor using the launch. [I didn't operate it; I just tied the boat off and helped load/unload.]

I've attached the history of the railroad from the pamphlet. It was interesting...and other than shopping and drinking, there's not a lot else to do when you find yourself in Skagway 🤣.Read more
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Arrived in Skagway
June 8, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
We spent about 22 hours underway to get from Glacier Bay to Skagway, arriving at 21:30 tonight. Different than usual, we had to tie up at the railroad dock. A couple of land slides next to the dock this past winter forced the larger ships, those with 20- to 30-foot drafts, to dock where we usually do. The worst thing about docking here is that, because of the damage the slides caused, we're not allowed to set up a gangway. Instead, we can only come and go from the ship via our launch, which takes two deck crew to operate (Third Mate and a deckhand, minimum). As you can probably imagine, many of the crew and lots of the guests are not happy about that.

Along the way, we saw Sentinel Island Lighthouse, lots of waterfalls, a herd of sea lions, and Eldred Rock Lighthouse. Not the tremendous wildlife viewing day we had yesterday, but beautiful nonetheless.

Visit these links for more info:
- Sentinel Island Lighthouse:
https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=826
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Island_L…
- Eldred Rock Lighthouse:
https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=828
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_Rock_LightRead more
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Glacier Bay National Park
June 7, 2023, Coastal Waters Of Southeast Alaska And British Columbia ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Glacier Bay is more beautiful than words can begin to describe. We saw a coastal brown bear, humpback whales, bald eagles, mountain goats, and sea otters, which made the day absolutely unforgettable. I can't believe I saw both a goat and an otter with babies! But what flabbergasts me the most is that the bear looked at the whale.

I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story even though, yet again, they fail to capture the magnificence of nature.Read more
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Heading to Glacier Bay
June 6, 2023, Coastal Waters Of Southeast Alaska And British Columbia ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Humpbacks today! And a bear!!

We left Petersburg around 13:30 with sea lions barking at us from the buoys as we began heading north toward Glacier Bay, where we should arrive in the morning. On the way we've seen several humpback whales and even a bear on the shoreline, as well as two waterfalls and a gorgeous sunset.

Oh, and I didn't make it off the boat this morning. Again, too tired. I don't sleep well and this job is exhausting. As interesting as it can be, a geocache isn't usually enough to get me out of bed. Fingers crossed for tomorrow, though 🤞🤞🤞!!Read more
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Petersburg
June 5, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
[My ship is in the satellite view of Petersburg here and in Google Maps! Too cool 😎!
https://goo.gl/maps/BRk9zVGC4MneG2h57]

I just couldn't get out of bed this morning in time to walk the town, but I did grab a geocache just off the dock in Wrangell before we left at noon.

We had an very nice cruise north through the Wrangell Narrows. We were able to take that route because we're so small; the ship's draft is only 9 feet (that's how deep our hull sits below the waterline).

The banks of the Narrows are lined with green and red buoys to mark the lane. "Keep red on your right upon return," so they say. But we're not returning. Our guest speaker says in Alaska, they use red on the northernmost part of a channel like the Narrows.

Anyway, the buoys use solar power to light up at night, and the result has caused it to be nicknamed "Christmas Tree Alley." It's a tight steer, so the Captain took control of the rudder for most of the time.

I hope to make it off the ship in the morning to walk the half-mile into Petersburg...and grab another geocache 🤞. This town seems to be even smaller than Wrangell, which was definitely smaller than Ketchikan. It's also getting colder. It's only 45°F right now 🥶! I don't think I brought enough clothes for Alaska.Read more
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Wrangell
June 4, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 45 °F
I woke up just in time to help throw lines for our arrival in Wrangell at noon. The wind was whipping a cold rain straight into the bow, which stung my face, fogged my glasses, soaked my pants, and numbed my fingers. Fortunately, a deckhand who left for another ship forgot his rain jacket, so I had one to wear today. I was also thankful for my rubber boots that kept my feet warmer than they would've been in just the tennis shoes they gave me.

It never stopped raining today, and I didn't make it off the boat. Here are a few pictures of the dreary day, including one from underneath the dock.Read more
Traveler Beautiful!!!!
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Traveler Love this !!!
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Traveler Nice!
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TravelerYou are so amazing! Xxxooo Love your pics.
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Ketchikan
June 3, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 46 °F
I walked the town this morning to collect two geocaches, get a couple of crepes for dinner (scrambled eggs with spinach, tomatoes, and onions, and goat cheese) and desert (Nutella!), eat reindeer sausage with eggs and hashbrowns for breakfast (yummy), and get soaking wet from the cold rain. Turns out, I walked right by the Harley-Davidson shop without even realizing 😱. Oh well. I didn't need to spend $100 in there anyway 🤣.

Bald eagles were everywhere, but alas, I am becoming immune to their majestic presence. There was also a gigantic raven who was very interested in our rubbish, and I in him. I hope the normal-sized pigeons help you understand how big this guy was! Under the dock, lion's mane jellyfish dotted the water, at times surrounded by moon jellyfish (almost clear) and little fish. It was a beautiful day despite the weather.Read more
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30 NM Away
June 2, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
I'm on Alaska time now and only 30 nautical miles away from our first port of call, Ketchikan!

Despite being so close, we won't dock until 05:30, so to kill some time and save some fuel, the Captain shut down our starboard (right) engine. Our port engine is running us at 5 knots with only 800 rpm. These things are beasts! While starboard is off, the engineer is going to change its secondary fuel filters. I'd like to see that, but not enough to stay awake for it 🤣.

It's been an overcast and sometimes rainy day, but the scenery was still magnificent. Around 21:00, we passed Green Island Lighthouse. See it here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2KKZZ2f2qMdiumDS8

We'll be docked before I wake up in the morning. It has been a smooth and uneventful journey through the Inside Passage, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the cruise in Alaska.Read more
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Orcas!
June 1, 2023, Coastal Waters Of Southeast Alaska And British Columbia ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
We've been underway for over a day now. One of my duties as a deckhand is to be helmsman, that is, I get to drive the boat (steer the ship's rudder). Otherwise, it's a bit boring. When I'm not at the helm, I'm doing laundry, checking the engine room for fires or anything else wrong, wiping down outdoor furniture, etc. I was pretty bored when all of the sudden there were orcas nearby! I ran to the bridge where I had stowed my good camera and was able to get a few shots, but the pictures don't do justice to the powerful grace of these awe-inspiring wonders.

We've had very good weather so far, but once we passed Port Hardy and the shelter of Vancouver Island, we were subjected to the Pacific swells rolling in. It made several crew and several more passengers ill for the few hours it lasted until we turned to the east of Calvert Island.

What a great trip so far!Read more
TravelerCoole pictures👍
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Friday Harbor and Places North!
May 31, 2023, Coastal Waters Of Southeast Alaska And British Columbia ⋅ 🌙 59 °F
We left Anacortes at around 06:00, which put us in Friday Harbor around 08:00. This is a cute town, a village really, but everything is uphill from the pier, so I stayed on the ship except to find another geocache about 100 feet from where we docked 🤣.

When I left my room, I was pleasantly surprised to hear I had won Employee of the Cruise for our last 7-day trip. It comes with a stateroom for either the rest of this trip or for the next one. I like my small, solo accommodations--which are larger than my RV--so I gave the stateroom to a server.

While in Friday Harbor we learned that our guest--for whom we made the emergency stop two days ago--passed away after suffering a heart attack. I feel terrible for his partner and family, but I am very thankful he was not on the ship when it happened.

After filling our water tanks, we left Friday Harbor at 18:00 and sailed away into a glorious sunset. Luckily, the Captain didn't fall off the ship 😱.

Right now we're passing through Canadian waters in the Strait of Georgia almost due west of Vancouver 🛳️.

Next stop: Ketchikan, Alaska!Read more
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Geocaching in Washington
May 30, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 50 °F
I'm working the noon to midnight shift, so before going on duty today I picked up my first geocache in Washington 😁. I wish I would've remembered caching sooner 🤦.

I also hit the local Safeway grocery store for a few unnecessary items before heading north, like granola and sugar free caramel candies 😋. Then I had a wonderful breakfast burrito before heading back to the ship.

We stayed docked all day, and this evening an electrician is attempting to fix the stern stabilizer that "didn't" catch on fire yesterday 🤞.Read more
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Anacortes via Port Townsend
May 29, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 52 °F
Not on our itinerary today was an emergency stop in Port Townsend for a passenger who fell in the bathroom. The waiting EMS had a tough time getting his 374 pounds on a stretcher and across the gangway, but fortunately he only suffered a couple of broken ribs.

The only other events that happened today were a small, self-extinguishing fire when a thruster circuit exploded while docking at Port Townsend [not so good] and heavy winds that pushed us into Anacortes almost on time [not so bad].

All of that on Day 1. I'm almost afraid to see what tomorrow will bring. 😳Read more
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The New Adventure Begins!
May 29, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
The American Constellation has just begun its annual cruise to Juneau via the Inside Passage. See our ports of call here:
https://www.americancruiselines.com/cruises/ala….Read more
TravelerUr THE CrazyNancy
6/2/23Reply
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The 2022 Motorcycle Adventure Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar
This Is The End...Really
October 14, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
The time has come. I got back from Odessa today and have decided to officially end my 2022 Motorcycle Adventure. What a ride!!!

From my first post on 13 February, here is what I challenged myself to accomplish in 2022 and how I did:
✅ Enjoy the ride!
✅ No whining.
✅ No crashing.
✅ Visit as many friends as I can and make new friends along the way.
✅ Complete Harley's Georgia and South Carolina 50 Rides 1 Nation Challenge (#47 and #48 of the 50).
✅ Complete Harley's 10 Rides for 2022.
✅ Visit all 50 locations in the 2022 Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas.
☹️ Visit at least 502 Harley dealerships. My official count for HOG's Dealership Challenge is 420. Another 14 visited but photos weren't accepted.
✅ Complete Iron Butt Association's National Parks Tour Master Traveler Award Silver.
☹️ Attend all of Harley's Touring Rallies. I could not make the Grand Museum rally because of the Hoka Hey.
✅ Complete the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge in the allotted time.
✅ Get amazing tan lines from my gloves.
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Here are a few nuggets from this year's riding:

- Meeting up with friends and making new friends at touring rallies is terrific ❤️. Catching up with old friends, if only for a cup of coffee ☕ or a hug 🫂, is totally worth the stop.

- Watching sunrise 🌄 and sunset 🌇 while riding the bike is one of my favorite things to do.

- You don't need as much stuff as you think you do. But always, always have duct tape, painters tape, and electrical tape.

- Now everyone in every state hangs out in the left lane 🖕.

- I'm no longer anxious about sleeping on the ground next to my bike, with or without a tent...or sleeping bag...or pillow...🤣.

- I won't live long enough see all the natural beauty in this world or even in just one state...okay, maybe in Rhode Island...but I'm going to see as much of it as I can for as long as I can. And you're all welcome to join me!

VROOM VROOM UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!

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Here's some statistics:

- TOTAL TRIP MILEAGE: 61556.8
-- Today's mileage: 396.5 (total 26436.1 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
-- Annual Mileage [so far]: 64,407 (142,620 14 Oct - 78,213 1 Jan)

- 217 days on the road and all but a handful on the bike. Yes, that's an average of over 28 miles EVERY DAY.

- $19,478.74 spent at 23 HDs on bike maintenance, not including cost of four tows (5 rear flats and 1 dead battery; I rode on 2 of the flats)

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So long, and thanks for all the fish! ✌️Read more
Traveleryou're doing it right. Hand Salute
10/20/22Reply
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🤬Hope Your Day Was Better Than Mine
October 13, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 70 °F
Despite 188 miles on my trip meter, I finished the day only 37 miles (and $350 poorer) from where I started.

- 138433 odometer: Warhawk HD in Monroe, LA, changes my belt and pulley. I pick the bike up with the truck/trailer on Wednesday, 28 Sep.

- 138803 (<370 miles later): The first day I ride after the belt change, Sunday, 2 Oct, I discover a slow/small leak in outer primary cover. I can't call Monroe until they open Tuesday, 4 Oct.

- Tuesday, 4 Oct, I begin another leg of my trip. When I speak to Monroe, they say the leak can wait until my next service.

- 139750 (1,317 miles after belt change): Wednesday, 5 Oct, Legacy HD in Odessa, TX, fixes the leak in the primary cover. They notice a lot of black oil slung underneath and dripping off the bike. Despite the noticeable leak being that fresh oil clear gold color, they don't delve any deeper than the outer primary. They do the five-mile test ride; no leak. They clean the bike and I'm off. Monroe pays $150 to fix the leak.

- 141588 (1,838 miles after Odessa work): Sunday, 9 Oct, I notice a lot of black oil slung underneath and dripping off the bike, exactly the same as before. I can't call Odessa until they open Tuesday, 11 Oct.

- Wednesday, 12 Oct, I ride the 400+ miles to Odessa.

- 142049: Thursday, 13 Oct, Odessa pulls the primary apart again. The leak is from the INNER primary, specifically the main shaft seal. According to the tech, Don--who wanted to go into the inner primary the first time he worked on it, but Ty said not to--the seal shows damage from installation, which would have happened when Monroe changed the belt. Don fixes it, rides it 15 miles, and says it's good to go.

Odessa management claims the bike left clean without a leak and that the leak is new because the bike is so old and because I rode so many miles since they worked on it. Monroe says they didn't touch the main shaft seal, but after speaking to another Odessa tech, Monroe admits they had to in order to change the belt. Despite that admission, Monroe refuses to admit they damaged it during the repair. Only because they tore it apart before, Odessa agrees to halve the hours (from 4 to 2 @ $100/hr), leaving me with the $350 bill.

To top it all off, 50 miles after I leave Odessa, I stop at a gas station specifically to check under the primary...and find fresh fluid. I ride 50 miles back to Odessa. Don rechecks everything, thoroughly cleans it, does another 15-mile ride, and swears it's not leaking.

My ass hurts.

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 188.0 [not all me though] (total 26039.6 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 0 (total 420)Read more
Travelerbummer 😞
10/14/22Reply
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Back In Odessa
October 12, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
I'm back in Odessa, Texas, to let Legacy HD fix the leak they fixed last week. 420 miles on I-20. Joy. I decided to stay at the same hotel I stayed at last week. It's a dump, but it's a clean dump. Plus it has a lounge, which is where I'm sitting right now.

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 433.7 (total 25851.6 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 0 (total 420)Read more
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Seeing a Friend & Repeat Problems
October 9, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
I spent a couple of hours seeing a dear friend in Austin, then made my way home. Unfortunately, my heated grips aren't working...again...and the leak I had under my crank case is back. Guess I'll be going back to Odessa so Legacy HD can fix what they fixed a few days ago. 😭

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 291.9 (total 25417.9 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 4 (total 420* total updated to reflect official count of HOG Dealership Challenge)Read more
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MCGTTX MISSION COMPLETE!
October 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
Aaaahhhh. Last night was very nice, but the luxury must have made me lazy because I couldn't get moving this morning. I finally drug myself out of bed and walked to a local breakfast joint. Everything in this part of Texas is in Spanish with some English and even some Spanglish. But it's no different than any other border area where cultures, customs, and language meld together, such as in Europe.

I finally rolled out of the hotel at 11:00. By the time I got to South Padre Island, I was hungry again, so I had a lovely meal at a place right on the water. There was even a band playing.

It was much easier to leave the island than getting there because of all the holiday traffic. From there I made it to Corpus Christi and Victoria before hitting Austin. I used points again to stay in a hotel I stayed in last year. Winning again!

Even though all the food was delicious and the sunset was stunning tonight, the best part.of today was completing the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas! Two years in a row! Yippee!! 👏🥳😁

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 522.5 (total 25126.0 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 4 (total 415)

MCGTTX Stops: 5 (total 50 of 50 😁) MISSION COMPLETE!!Read more
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Rain Delay
October 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Last night I pitched my tent next to the bike under cover at the HD. At 04:00, it began to rain. "No problem," I thought, and I turned over to go back to sleep. Then I got water in my face. Turns out, the top of the "cover" wasn't solid, so I began packing up hoping it would stay a sprinkle until I could get to the gas station. I got lucky and was only slightly damp by the time I made it to real cover.

The storm was moving slowly northeast, so I waited until after 09:00 to let it get well in front of me. Despite going under the speed limit and hanging.out at a Whataburger for a two-hour lunch, I caught the rain, so I decided to call it a day by cashing in some hotel points.

I found a great historic hotel in old downtown McAllen (the one near Brownsville, not Dallas). They even let me park on the sidewalk by the front walk!

Now I'm having a Netflix night and staying dry. Winning!

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 159.5 😭 (total 24603.5 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 1 (total 412)
MCGTTX Stops: 0 (total 45 of 50)Read more
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Huge Day of Beauty & History, Old & New
October 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Foggy morning from Odessa...

to Marfa (Marfa Lights 🛸, Marfa Burritos 🤤)...

past Fort Leaton (since 1683!)...

through Big Bend Ranch State Park (TX 170 awesome road vroom vroom 🎢)...

into Big Bend National Park (boring if you don't go to Chisos Basin and surrounding area)...

past Langtry (Judge Roy Bean named it after his crush Lily Langtry)...

towards Camp Wood (sunset on TX337, one-third of Twisted Sisters [https://www.ridetexas.com/])...

to Leakey (Bent Rim Grill, whose owner just died)...

then Uvalde (Robb Elementary School shooting)...

to Laredo (I'm camped in the HD parking lot).

Huuuge day!

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 863.8 😁 (total 24444.0 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 1 (total 411)
MCGTTX Stops: 4 (total 45 of 50)Read more
That is a huge day! I love Big Bend! [Ryan Ryan]
10/8/22Reply
Traveler Little bit of both. ......Then WOW, hard earned miles
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Another Afternoon At Service
October 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
I actually had a decent rest last night in my tent at the Shell station. I woke at 06:00, got some coffee and breakfast, packed up, and rolled by 07:00.

Watching the sunrise while riding a motorcycle has become one of the most enjoyable part of my days. Sunsets on the warm beach with a cold beer are better, but I digress 😉.

Anyway, I checked off three more MCGTTX stops before heading to the Odessa HD, where I hoped to have my 140,000-mile service done and get a leak fixed. Long story short: They were able to fix me today. Yippee! Also, the dealership in Monroe, LA, who recently replaced my belt and pulley paid $150 to fix the leak that was coming from the crankcase. Yippee again!

After a free Chick-fil-A salad, five hours of waiting, and $500 out of my own pocket, I had Willie back and decently cleaned. But when I went outside, the sky was rolling with clouds. Instead of riding in the rain while both the sun and the temperature dropped, I decided to grab a hotel for the night. Luckily, I found a Travelodge for barely over $50. Yippee! Pretty good day.

Oh! And I got to see the new Low Rider ST El Diablo in person today! There are only 1500 😱. The photos don't do it justice. Absolutely gorgeous!!!! I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ this bike!!!

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 365.2 (total 23580.2 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 1 (total 410)
MCGTTX Stops: 3 (total 41 of 50)Read more
Traveler Wow, that is nice. & real purdy
10/9/22Reply
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Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas
October 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
Today I began a route in Texas to pick up the remaining MCGTTX stops and dealership photos. I didn't leave the barn until 09:00 this morning, so it's been a long day. Now, I've pitched my tent at a Shell station and hope to get some rest.

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 616.3 (total 23215.0 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 7 (total 409)
MCGTTX Stops: 11 (total 38 of 50)Read more
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Not Quite The End After All
October 2, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Well, my last post was a touch premature on the The End bit. After over a week off the bike and doing a whole bunch of adulting stuff, today I got back on the road to hit some dealerships and grab a few Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas pics. Even on a Saturday, Dallas traffic is abominable, but I survived.

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Today's mileage: 370.1 (total 22598.7 + 10552.0 Hoka Hey + 24568.7 pre-Hoka Hey)
HD Dealerships: 4 (total 402)
MCGTTX Stops: 3 (total 27 of 50)Read more
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