• Matthew Juhlin
  • Matthew Juhlin

Tail of the Dragon

A 19-day adventure by Matthew Read more
  • Delays

    May 15, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 10 °C

    I am tired and cranky. I just walked into my hotel room. A little bit ago I saw rain is coming to the area Tuesday and I wanted to start real early tomorrow. Aggrivation.

  • Temps

    May 16, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C

    Damn it's 36 degrees out. I was thinking that since it's going to rain Tuesday and Wednesday I'd really like to stop in DC and see some museums. But it would be hard on a bike in a complicated city with no plan, and I'm already kind of tired from riding the tough roads here. So now I'm going to go on the highway all day (also very tiring due to aches and fatigue, ug.) I'd like to get to PA so I'll be north of the heaviest rain. If anyone has suggestions for what to do with the remaining 6 days of my 2 week vacation let me know.Read more

  • Cold feet

    May 16, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    By the time the bike was ready for gas my toes were pretty chilly. The rest of me was surprisingly good. Couldn't do it without the heated jacket and gloves. I took a glove off and (according to this calculator online) the wind chill feels like 40 but it felt way colder to me! Check radar and keep moving.Read more

  • Traffic ahead

    May 16, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    It's a little early for a gas break but the sign said accident ahead so I'm going to check Google. There's a guy here with a sidecar and a German Shepherd. He just put the dog in another car. He said he rode here from Seattle and I think he said because he has an inoperable brain tumor.Read more

  • No nap for you

    May 16, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    I was getting sleepy so had to get off. Just my luck I'm at an exit with big box and fast food for miles. Nowhere to nap in grass and peace. How about all those rural exits when I needed gas?

    I'm eating at a Bojangles. It's the McDonald's of fried chicken. The entire menu is fried chicken. And the radio is Christian pop. One song the entire lyric was "there is power in the name of Jesus / there is power in the name of Jesus / there is power in the name of Jesus / there is power in the name of Jesus" repeat. This restaurant probably won't be in New England any time soon.Read more

  • Marco NY Pizza And Restaurant

    May 16, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Had to stop again and get a nap. Probably would have gone a long way if I hadn't messed up my hotel reservation yesterday. Bike and/or trailer gets comments everywhere I go.

    Waiter here is smoking hot and I think gay. I can't think of a way to get a picture, sorry girls.Read more

  • Esther's Restaurant

    May 17, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    This is Esther's. It was started in the 50s. They got lucky because someone built a giant trucking warehouse right next to them. That reminds me, earlier in my trip I drove by a warehouse for target that, at 65 mph, took 45 seconds to go by.Read more

  • Almost

    May 17, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Almost got mine, right before the bridge. All those miles I put in, not a single problem with the semis, and today it was a car, for sure.

  • rush hr

    May 17, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Stop and go rush hour 95 N in SW CT. Just what you want after a long, tiring trip. Now I'm just having a little junk food to sit for a minute. This state rest stop looks like a cheap cafeteria and sounds like urban bass.Read more

  • Made it

    May 17, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Made it home in 2 pieces. (One fender is coming loose.)

    Trip was good. Trailer project was a big success. The bike performed well but the windscreen doesn't screen wind very well. The biker roads down there were really cool and I'm glad I ended up on some of the other roads, they were just as good. I bought the bike with 80500 miles and now it has 83250. Now I want some down time and a salad.Read more

    Trip end
    May 18, 2016