cedarspider

We left Rockford under a bright clear, blue, cool, sky and after a 6 hour ride we rolled into O'Fallon, Il on a hot, muggy, partly cloudy afternoon. Got a little rain south of Springfield, though not enough to warrant a rain suit. That would have made it a lot more uncomfortable with that on. Didn't take any pictures on the way down since most people see flat ground in Illinois. Not remarkable. We found the host hotel across the interstate from our hotel. That's handy.... read more

Thursday, the first day of the trip. There are nine of us, eight of us work for ComEd, all of us are lineman. Breakfast in Byron and then the rules of the road are given out. Pretty easy rules, still don’t know where we are riding to other than Missouri. Down Rte 2 to Dixon which is always scenic along the Rock River. At Dixon it’s Rte26 to Rte US 34 to Burlington, Ia. Today I rode as sweep meaning the tail guy to help out bikes with problems. A problem arose in Wyanet. One of the guy’s engine quit running right now. Turns out he put new LED lamps in the night before and the compensators were laying next to the power module under the seat and shorted out the fuel injection wiring. After a ... read more

It is a little more than a week before a different adventure awaits. So much to do, a different camera to get, so many choices, a net book to purchase or there won't be a blog to write to. Then there is the matter that this will be done on a Harley; riding with up to eight other guys from northern Illinois. All of them being much younger than I.... read more