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Chapter 8: The ride across America

North Carolina to Utah

The route over the next 11 days saw us ride from North Carolina to the Ozarks, across the Rockies to Arizona and to Utah.In Hurricane, UT we met up with John Parry who guided us across Nevada and the Sierra Mountains of California to the Pacific Coast.

Click on the folders and images below for more information on the ride.

Watch a video slideshow of the complete ride

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IHML to Paris, Tennessee Damian, Brendan, Jim and Andy left early from the Iron Horse Motorcycle Lodge on Sunday morning. We had a great ride up...

IHML to Paris, Tennessee

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

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Paris, Tennessee to Mountain View, Arkansas We left Paris, TN on a wet morning and rode north to the Mississippi river which we cross using the Doreen-Hickman...

Paris, Tennessee to Mountain View, Arkansas

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…

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Ozark Loop Ride We were lucky in only catching the edge of a severe front that blew through Mountain View at 5:00am. This front did...

Ozark Loop Ride

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…

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Mountain View, Arkansas to Kansas City, Missouri We left Mountain view and rode north to Norfork and then took the great Push Mountain road over to Harriet. In Yellville...

Mountain View, Arkansas to Kansas City, Missouri

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,…

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Rest day in Kansas City, Missouri 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...

Rest day in Kansas City, Missouri

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…

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

Kansas City to Pueblo, Colorado

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…

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Problems with KBiK The next day’s route was going to take us West from Pueblo through a variety of road sending in Ouray, CO. Reviewing the...

Problems with KBiK

The next day’s route was going to take us West from Pueblo through a variety of road sending in Ouray, CO. Reviewing the weather reports, in the morning, along…

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Denver to Ouray, Colorado Back on the road the three of us had a nice ride along I-70 in and out of traffic. At Glenwood Springs we got off of...

Denver to Ouray, Colorado

Back on the road the three of us had a nice ride along I-70 in and out of traffic. At Glenwood Springs we got off of I-70 and took hwy 133 to Paonia where Jim…

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Ouray to Cortez, Colorado That night it snowed in the mountains which made the next morning’s ride to Durango an interesting experience. Jim took...

Ouray to Cortez, Colorado

That night it snowed in the mountains which made the next morning’s ride to Durango an interesting experience. Jim took the lead out of town knowing what the…

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Cortez, Colorado to Blanding, Utah Leaving Cortez we rode north to Dove Creek and then to CO 141 down to Naturita. Jim decided to make sure 141 was a...

Cortez, Colorado to Blanding, Utah

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…

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Blanding, Utah to Chino, Arizona 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...

Blanding, Utah to Chino, Arizona

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…

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Chino to Page, Arizona The following day Andy, Damian and Brendan left Jim at home and headed to the Grand Canyon, which was on the Aussies’...

Chino to Page, Arizona

The following day Andy, Damian and Brendan left Jim at home and headed to the Grand Canyon, which was on the Aussies’ “must see list”. Like good tourists they…

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Page, Arizona to Torrey, Utah 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...

Page, Arizona to Torrey, Utah

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…

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Torrey to Hurricane, Utah 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...

Torrey to Hurricane, Utah

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…

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Rest Day in Hurricane, Utah 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...

Rest Day in Hurricane, Utah

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…

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