Tonik

Dude, there are no car washes around here. We are on Shelby MT for the night. There ain't nothing here. So here is the story. We took the Going to the Sun Rd from west to east. The National Park Service in their infinite wisdom decided to turn the first NINE miles into the Gravel, Mud and Asphalt Debris Rd. Hard to describe how bad it was. They ripped out both sides of the road and filled it in with gravel and dirt. The dirt was mud from the morning rain. Insanely uneven side to side. Left wheel track was a solid 7 inches higher than the right. Full of potholes. We get 7 miles in and they stop us. They are letting one side through at a time so they can finish turning a section into total shit. Some of the asphalt they are ripping up ends up on the travel lane in huge ass chunks. Saw a Harley go down. I do not fault him, no idea how I didn't go down. Thankfully it was ok and he had 2 others with him and we got it back up. There is no way in hell the NPS should be letting bikes on this road. There was no warning how bad it was and I had to talk to two people to get in. One for the reservation and one for the park pass. I am going to tweet at them. Asshats. However, since I made it through I am calm and I have to say it was an amazing park. Almost as good as Zion.

Heads up before I forget. You need a reservation to ride the Road to the Sun between 6am and 3pm. They limit it to 900 cars during that time. They go on sale for 2 bucks the day before. So you do that or plan it real early or after 3pm.

Parked in Great Falls Montana. Tomorrow, Glacier National Park and the Road to the Sun. 2100 miles so far. Not quite half way.

Dibs

Drive into Yellowstone from Cody was beautiful. Park is not very busy at all. We are now waiting for Old Faithful to do something.

Just saw this. Not going to make it.

Pretty excellent day today. Early round trip on Spearfish Canyon Rd. Saw some dead people and the geographical center of the US. Ran 90 over to Buffalo WY and ran 16 west. What an amazing road and views. Spending tonight in Cody WY. There is a rodeo tonight we may go to.

Tim must be unlucky. When we did the Iron Butt we had a 40 mph wind from the side from Davenport to 90 and then as a headwind the rest of the way. It sucked. Saw a really grim road kill today on 90 near Murdo. This massive steer. 2 state workers were there with a flatbed trying to figure out how to load it. Pretty sure they are going to need a lift truck or end loader. It was huge.

Parked for the night in Rapid City SD. Fuck the wind on I90 westbound. Happens every time. My old skinny arms are sore as hell and Jesus did it kill the mpg's. I lost abot 50 miles per tank. Still a great day. Cool iron sculptures, prairie dogs and awesome views. Still a long way to go but we are getting there and having a blast.

Parked in Sioux City Iowa. I remember this place, one of our favorites. Upscale, real cool vibe. Rooms are epic. Party has started with another Jimmy.

Interesting stop at a Sinclair gas station. 5 grades of gas. 15, 30, 50 and 85 Ethanol. Only low test 10 percent. Glad I don't need premium.

Ok, Dubuque is a very cool old town. Allegedly we can see three states from here. Just had a great late breakfast.

Day one is over. Made it to Joliet IL, and of course we are at a casino. Major rain near South Bend. More reasons to hate Indiana.

We are off, this one will be epic.

I see an extra bolt sitting on that silver bowl there.

Few more mods and it will almost be like the Goldwing you sold. 🤣