Mark's Cross Country USA Ride
I have been planning a cross country ride for the past year. Shipped my bike last week and it is expected to arrive in Salem, Virginia later this week. My Dad turns 80, and a surprise party is scheduled for this upcoming Saturday. After a few days with family and friends, I'll start my journey back to Oregon. I've allowed myself two weeks. Hope to see some places I've never visited including Michigan's UP, Boundary Waters of Minn., Black Hills in South Dakota and Jackson, Wyoming. No concrete plans beside the first couple of days.... Roanoke to Asheville, NC via Blue Ridge Parkway. Second day, on to Deal's Gap and the TOTD. If I survive that, likely on to Nashville to visit an old friend. Perhaps Graceland since I'm that close. From there, north through Illinois and Michigan before turning westward again. I'll do my best to avoid slab, have 50/50 tires so I can explore the roads less taken. When time and internet access allow, I'll post on here. My riding is scheduled to begin Sept. 22. See you down the road.
Where do I sit?
Actually that blue bag has my riding gear, and helmet is in the tail bag.
I have been planning a cross country ride for the past year. Shipped my bike last week and it is expected to arrive in Salem, Virginia later this week. My Dad turns 80, and a surprise party is scheduled for this upcoming Saturday. After a few days with family and friends, I'll start my journey back to Oregon. I've allowed myself two weeks. Hope to see some places I've never visited including Michigan's UP, Boundary Waters of Minn., Black Hills in South Dakota and Jackson, Wyoming. No concrete plans beside the first couple of days.... Roanoke to Asheville, NC via Blue Ridge Parkway. Second day, on to Deal's Gap and the TOTD. If I survive that, likely on to Nashville to visit an old friend. Perhaps Graceland since I'm that close. From there, north through Illinois and Michigan before turning westward again. I'll do my best to avoid slab, have 50/50 tires so I can explore the roads less taken. When time and internet access allow, I'll post on here. My riding is scheduled to begin Sept. 22. See you down the road.
Where do I sit?
Actually that blue bag has my riding gear, and helmet is in the tail bag.