Snippets

[Dusz]

Following going to see your new grandson I am sure that there will be another trip to Somewhere, sometime.
Have a good return trip and if it is dry you should be able to take in some of the scenery that you missed yesterday in the rain.

[Crusty]

Ogallala, Nebraska


I left the Stupor 8 in Kemmerer, Wyoming in a downpour, this morning. I had looked at the weather radar online and at the TV weather forecast. It was supposed to just be cloudy around the area I was in, with rain along the way.I rode for about 60 miles or so and stopped in Green River, WY for coffee and a sausage McMuffin. My gear kept me dry, but it was 45 degrees and I was pretty chilled. Then my slow working brain remembered that I had my Electric Jacket Liner in the left saddlebag. So, I put it on when I finished my deluxe breakfast.

It rained off and on (mostly on) all the way across Wyoming. I stopped in Laramie for lunch, gas and to adjust my handlebars. I had hit a pothole hard and they had rotated down a bit. The sun came out and the temperature rose into the comfortable zone. I seriously considered putting the rain gear and heated jacket away, but there was one dark cloud in the distance that I didn't trust. That was a smart decision. I didn't get 10 miles before I was in the middle of an intense rain/hail storm.

When it was sunny, I felt hot with the sweatshirt, heated jacket liner and rain pants; but once it started raining, the air temperature dropped 20 to 30 degrees and all the gear felt right.

Once I crossed into Nebraska, the sky was blue with just a few puffy white clouds, so when I stopped for gas, I packed away the liner and sweatshirt. I still didn't trust that I was through the rain, and kept my rain pants, boot covers and winter gloves, as well as leaving the rain liner in the jacket. Once again, that was smart.

Within 20 miles, the sky ahead of me turned black with lightning between the clouds, but not hitting the earth. Despite the clouds looking so ominous, they couldn't decide whether to rain lightly or pour heavily, so the rain alternated. I had wanted to ride as far as North Platte, but the very strong gusts of wind, along with the heavy rain made me decide to put up about 50 miles early. I wasn't happy with the wind, rain and lightning and the Stupid 8 sign was all I needed to see.

Still; I covered something like 520 miles today. If I can do that two more times, I'll be home on Sunday evening.

I hope I'm through with the rain. I'd really like to ride without the extra gear on.

[BSA Bob]

Does the U.P. still own Green River?

[Steve9]

Reckon you are excited about seeing your Grandson!

Mine will be two in January, and this nudged me to make the 500 mile trip N. of Atlanta

I will probably load both xl's in the truck and go

Thanks for the "priority adjustment"

[Andy56]

I have just got back from a few days away to read your reports. Sorry to see you are having to abort.

For flyers it has always been there are old and there are bold but there are no old bold pilots.

Stay safe.