Spam Museum - Austin
11. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Dale from the church took us here. Very informative. Ask me about this one day & I'll explain!
Beaver Creek State Park - Minnisota
11. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Didn't make it to Iowa today, got too late & we're still nervous on the back roads at dusk. Found this awesome state park, paid the fee, had a shower & hit the hay. Tomorrow, Iowa then into Wisconsin.
Port Andrew - Wisconsin
12. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Had a coffee with Bob, ex Vietnam vet & his m8. Check out the size of that cup! Good guys & very friendly. Not far from the Wisconsin/Iowa border. Even up here the Mississippi is big!
House of Harley - Greenfield
12. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Halfway thru trip! Bikes need oil change & spit & polish while we check out the Harley museam in Milwaukee - the home of Harley Davidson.
Harley Davidson Museum - Milwaukee
12. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The home of Harley-Davidson 😎. Great to finally see. This will be our furthermost eastern stop - I think.
Chain - o - Lakes State Park
12. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Camp-site for the night, hot shower, quiet spot & a real nice nacho dinner up the road at KC diner! Little bit of rain now but the Jack Daniel's is making that ok! 🤣 I'm hoping by the time we leaveLue lisää
Woodstock Harley-Davidson
13. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
So... Don from Woodstock Harley saw us riding thru town, saw the Kiwi flags on our bikes & followed us as he thought we were lost. We pulled up at an auto parts garage looking for plates & then heLue lisää
Morris - Illinois
13. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Needed a stop here, getting fatigued & the body is calling for refreshments. Looks like a freight hub of some sort here as trucks everywhere! Loud pipes save lives 😎
The Gemini Giant - Wilmington
13. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Here's the start for us of Route 66. Not too far out of Chicago but we had no intention of driving in there.
Chenoa Route 66
13. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
2nd stop & parked on part of the original 66.
Atlanta - Paul Bunyon
13. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
This is definitely a tourist town & looks pretty munted. Got a pic with the famous Paul Bunyon & the not quite so famous me 🤣 Not quite sure what Paul's famous for...
Hickory Lane Campground
13. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Great Campground with Gregg the host. Shoved a beer in our hands when we arrived, took a 20 off us for the tent sites & then told us where the 'shitter' was. Good guy - we gave him a 5 star googleLue lisää
Illinois State Fair
14. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This was on at Springfield Illinois. On route 66. We were told it was the big thing to see here. Tried my first corn dog & battered cheese stick. Absolutely disgusting & never having another one ofLue lisää
KOA Lebanon-Bennett Spring
14. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Made it to here today & we'd had enough. Really nice campground (had a beautiful swim) & then up the road to the state park restaurant for dinner. Not licensed so early night which will be good.Lue lisää
Conway
15. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Needed a stop here for gas & coffee. Road is ok but (& we want to) we're definitely taking it slower now. Still seeing whitetail deer on some house front lawns but now definitely on the route.
Reds Giant Hamburg
15. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
This was the guy that started America's first drive thru. Apparently he just cut a hole out of the side of his house. Was selling hamburgers but the sign was originally made to small to fit the wholeLue lisää
KOA - Joplin
15. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Another nice campground at Joplin. This town was flattened a few years ago by a tornado. Dinner at The Skillet restaurant was average, sent the steak back first time ever.
3 State Corner
16. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Here's the monument point where 3 states collide. Caught in a storm here so for the first time on with the wet weather gear as we leave Missouri, touch Oklahoma & enter Kansas.
Chetopa - Vinita
16. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
The first town the locals say is famous for catfish & pecan nuts. Meet some local farmers who sent us to a wreckers yard where we met Josh who threw us some Kansas plates. The town is munted, it's onLue lisää
Route 66 Harley - Tulsa!
16. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Picked up a vibration thru the bike from yesterday & was already told my front tyre was on the minimum tread depth while in Milwaukee. Thought I'd risk carrying on as we'd had no rain to date. WellLue lisää
Sapulpa - Route 66
17. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Auto museum & on our way up Route 66 out of the Spring Snads Campground.
Davenport
17. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Just a nice spot in a small town we went through on our way to Texas!
Mobeetie - Texas
17. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 38 °C
Bad weather here forced us back to Wheeler for dinner. Never have I seen such a storm or felt the effects of it. We could see the lightning coming down straight & thought we may go around it but evenLue lisää
Maxey's Diner - Texas
17. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌧 35 °C
Heading from Oklahoma to Amarillo, Texas when we ran into a mother of a storm! Fork lightning & extreme strong wind. Way too dangerous to proceed from here today we think at this stage. Note theLue lisää
Freeway truck explosion
18. elokuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Thought we'd do the right thing get up early hit the road & make it to a neat looking little community church then this happened! Always seem to be late to church no matter what country. 😢 Didn'tLue lisää