Actual Ride across America

The first day of my journey to the TTD was a 600 mile, 10 hour ride across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and into Alabama to stay overnight is Tuscaloosa. It…

Damian and Brendan joined in the fun at the 2024 BMW MOA Tame the Tail of the Dragon at the Iron Horse Motorcycle Lodge in Stecoah, North Carolina. Over 100…

Damian, Brendan, Jim and Andy left early from the Iron Horse Motorcycle on Sunday morning. We had a great ride up over the Cherohala Skyway and down to Tellico…

We left Paris, TN on a wet morning and rode north to the Mississippi river which we cross using the Doreen-Hickman Ferry, a unique experience for all of us. Pat…

We were lucky in only catching the edge of a severe front that blew through Mountain View at 5:00am. This front did severe damage with tornadoes tearing up…

We left Mountain view and rode north to Norfork and then took the great Push Mountain road over to Harriet. In Yellville we met up with Jeff from Mountain Home,…

Today was a rest day as we spent two nights at Steve and Lisa's house in Kansas City, Missouri. We enjoyed a break from riding but spent some good time in…

On Friday we left Steve's house in Kansas City and had a long and uneventful ride across Kansas to Pueblo, Colorado. We avoided the Turnpike and briefly rode…

Saturday started off with us deciding that heading west on US 50 into an approaching snow storm was a bad idea. We decided to head north on I-25 and then west…

While Andy sorted out KBiK, Jim, Damian and Brendan headed west on I-70 towards Glenwood Springs They turned off the Interstate and rode down CO 133 over…

Andy rode his new K1600GT west from Denver to Grand Junction and then down CO 141 to Cortez, CO Meanwhile Jim, Damian and dBrendan left Ouray and rode over the…

Leaving Cortez we rode north to Dove Creek and then to CO 141 down to Naturita. Jim decided to make sure 141 was a memorable number on a long open stretch of…

Our plans changed for this day's ride after we determined that Brendan's rear tire was so badly worn that we had to look at a replacement. After looking at…

We siad ggodbye to Jim at his house in Chino, AZ and then headed north to the Grand Canyon. We lost a frustrating hour in a line-up of traffic to enter the…

Today we woke early because of the confusion over what time zone we were in at Page, AZ. We packed up and rode the short distance south of Page to Horseshoe…

We left the hotel in Torrey, UT and headed south on UT 12, one of the10 best motorcycle roads in the US. The road climbs to 9,000 ft but it did not become any…

We had no riding plans for today as we were staying two nights in Hurricane, UT so that we would be back on the original schedule to meetup with John Parry from…

Today we drove south on I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge turning off on NV 169 down to Moapa Valley towards Lake Mead. Somewhere between Hurricane and Moapa,…

John rented a jeep for us to explore Death Valley so we had a break from riding the bikes. We drove north and west from Furnace Creek to the Emigrant Canyon…

We left the Oasis Inn at Furnace Creek in Death Valley and rode west on US 190 to Lone Pine, California which sits directly below Mt Witney, the highest peak in…