Welcome back to September, 1981 folks....That's me in the middle.......10 years old/5th grade (wearing my Steeler's jacket ), with my dad & one of his best friends. Mom's takin' the pictures. The sidecar w/ the red helmet was where I rode the whole trip. Pretty cool....My dad hooked up a speaker for me so I could listen to the stereo too, + it had a flip up canopy that snapped on for when it was raining. Attached to a 1980 Suzuki GS1000G w/ the full Vetter touring package. Dad's buddy Chuck, had the GoldWing & was pulling a rental trailer with all the camping supplies & bags for us.
We rode from Toledo to Needles, California (just across the border) & back in 2 weeks. Got to see Boys Town (NO...They didn't leave me there ), Mt. Rushmore, Wall Drug, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Hoover Dam, Arch of St. Louis, & ride through the Black Hills & Mojave Desert. We were supposed to go to Yellowstone, but they were already snowed under, and it was "chains only" advisory. We didn't think chains would work too good on the bikes, so we detoured. Went out across the northern plains states, & came back home across the south.
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