Stevo rolled into the Citgo there in Shelby about 6:30 am...from Charlotte. Don and I had topped off the tanks ready to roll. Pulled out ten minutes later en route to our next gas stop...Knoxville. There we met up with Deano who came over from Boone.....biscuit and sweet tea from Bojangles for Steve, Don and myself. Deano had been in Knoxville long enough
to run down a Waffle House for his usual. You see, Dean has this insatiable appetite for the WH as well as an internal radar that will find one of these unique eating establishments most anywhere in the country....he has proven that many times! 
The day was fantastic for a ride....I think the temp might have hit 80, but for most of the day it hovered in the low 70's...as did our average speed. Franko joined us about 60 miles west of K-town as he lives in Crossville TN. Our total number...now 5...immediately resume our journey down 40 west as if we had been riding together for weeks. HoJo was unable to join us at the last minute....got a call from him Friday night with a family emergency and unfortunately he had to bow out at the last minute.....hate you couldn't make it my friend.
We travel with radios which allow us to communicate bike to bike....the jibber went on for most of the day breaking in on my XM feed of the 70's, Sinatra, and a little Country as we cruised through Music City.
As we continued into Kentucky and on into Illinois, the weather remained overcast...the traffic mild. About 20 miles east of St. Louis we pulled in for a burrito at a local shop. I don't know if I was that hungry or the food was that good....but whatever the combination...it worked!
Checking the GPS for remaining mileage....we were looking at 279 miles to the Drury Inn, Kansas City. At 150 miles out....the temp's started falling and the last remnants of Gustav welcomed our 5-some to the Midwest. So, we stopped in to top off fuel and put on rain gear to finish off the day.
Just a little before 10 pm CST, we were welcomed by some of the moto crew in front of the hotel! I gotta tell ya....that was both a surprise and a nice feeling to see old friends after traveling 16 hours!
Sunday we have organizational meetings beginning around noon and run throughout the afternoon.
Well, I have rambled on enough....stay tuned as Stage 1 is only a day away!
1 comment:
sounds like a very fun ride, be safe and have fun,, eat a puskit for me
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