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North America » United States » Illinois » Carbondale July 26th 2016

Since it is about 600 miles from Chicago to Heber Springs, AR, we planned to break the trips down and back into two legs each way. I have found that trips of about 300-350 miles are about the optimum riding distance in a day. When you ride the byways rather than the super highways, it always takes longer to get where you are going, but that's kinda the point of road trips, seeing all the little towns and countryside. Our destination for today is Carbondale, IL in the far southern portion of Illinois. This area is called Little Egypt because of the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at the southernmost point of the state of Illinois. I think it's because of the similarity of the delta to that of the Nile River Delta in ... read more
Showing the Toad Suck Harley Shirt
Preparing For The Rain Ahead
Piggott, AR-95 Degrees

North America » United States » Arkansas » Conway July 25th 2016

Jim and Don were going home today to Fayetteville. They got on the road for home around 11:00 AM. We said our goodbyes at the top of the drive down to the cabin. Jim and Don headed north and Jim Hunt, Mike and I headed south. We were going to Searcy, AR to go to a Yamaha dealer to check into a problem Mike has been having. Mike has a Yamaha Roadliner and has been getting buffeting in his head at highway speeds. We were going to see if they had some kind of answer to the problem possibly with the windshield. Unfortunately, the Yamaha dealer in Searcy was closed on Monday. Our next destination was the Harley Davidson dealer in Conway, AR, the Toad Suck Harley Shop. We went there specifically to get Jim to ... read more
Don's Copper Custom Harley
Getting Ready for Departure
One Last Pit Stop


Today Jim Hunt and Mike were going to go trout fishing on the Little Red River, while Jim Kribs, Don and I were going to do some local riding. We took off for a place called Fairview Bay, thinking it would be a bay on the big lake and we could find a restaurant on the water to have lunch, but nooooo, there was no place on water and no place open other than a Mexican place called El Poblano. We ate a rather mediocre lunch there, before doing some grocery shopping and heading back to the cabin. Jim and Mike had better luck. They went fishing on the Little Red River with a guide out of Pangburn, AR. The little Red River is a world class trout fishing river and they caught somewhere between 35 ... read more
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We got a relatively early start from the Chase Hotel, which is on the west side of St. Louis. In order to get out of the big city, we took I-55 for about 35 miles to the town of Festus, MO where we got on US 67 southbound. 67 is a four lane road and the further south we rode the less traffic there was. It became a very enjoyable road winding through the southern Missouri Ozarks. We rode 67 into Arkansas and then took US 62 west to the town of Pocahontas, where we took a lengthy break to cool down and rehydrate for the next leg of the trip. Since Heber Springs is in a dry county, we stopped at a Walmart in Poplar Bluff to pick up some beer and liquor for ... read more
Pocahontas, AR Gas Stop
Picking Up Liquor at Walmart
Soaking wet After the Thunderstorm

North America » United States » Missouri » Saint Louis July 22nd 2016

Jim, Mike and I met up at Jackie's Pub in historic downtown Lockport, an old I & M Canal town. We stopped at a gas station to top off the tanks and get a cup of coffee before starting down the road. We are taking as much of the old historic US 66 roads as possible down to St. Louis. IL Route 53 is the Old 66 for about a third of the way through Illinois, so we headed south on 53 into the old historic downtown of Joliet, IL. We made a stop in Wilmington about 30 miles south of Lockport to see some US 66 kitsch, the Gemini Giant. This statue is at the old Launching Pad restaurant. Old Route 66 parallels it's replacement, I-55 pretty much all the way to St. Louis. The ... read more
Nawton
Gettin' Caffeinated
At The Gas Station in Lockport

North America » United States » Illinois » Joliet July 21st 2016

Tomorrow Jim Hunt, Mike DeHaan and I start off on a new motorcycle adventure. We are heading to Jim's cabin on the Little Red River in Heber Springs, AR. Our first day we will ride to St. Louis and spend the night there. Then on to Heber Springs, where we will meet my brother, Jim and his buddy, Don who are riding their bikes from Fayetteville, AR. I've been doing some trips recently by myself on my three wheel Snyder, Memphis and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan most recently, and I'm looking forward to sharing the road adventure with Jim and Mike.... read more

North America » United States » Illinois » Orland Park February 21st 2016

It is an amazing thing to be able to board an airplane and within hours be whisked away to destinations thousands of miles away in a matter of hours. As amazing as it is, we've been able to do that since the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950's, some 50 odd years now. At the risk of coming off as an old curmudgeon, I wonder why the experience has to be the way it often is today. At one time, it was an exciting experience to fly somewhere. They used to feed you a meal or two on a long trip like this and now you're lucky if they give you a 1/2 oz. package of crackers. Plus many of the flight attendants seem like you are a pain in their butt. I ... read more

North America » United States » Hawaii » Lanai February 19th 2016

On this our last day here, Jan and Jackie took a ferry ride to Lanai, one of the two islands you can see from this side of Maui, the other being Molokai. They were booked on the ferry yesterday, but when they arrived at the dock the agent told them that the sea was very choppy and they couldn't guaranty that the boat would make the return trip later in the day. If that happened, they would have to spend the night on Lanai. They were told that the only hotel on the island was the Four Seasons and the cheapest room was $1,175/night. So they decided to put the trip off until Friday. The seas and winds were much calmer Friday and I dropped them off at the docks for their excursion. I headed over ... read more
Lanai Ferry
Breakfast At Cheeseburger in Paradise
Beach Jackie.

North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina February 18th 2016

Actually, this was my second golf day. I shipped my clubs here via Shipsticks which may have been a mistake. I think I may have saved a few bucks by just dropping them off at UPS or FedEx to be shipped. For around $165 for the 5 day shipping option, which turns out to be a full 7 day week because 5 days are business days. Anyway, they arrived a day late. It didn't really matter, but it kind of made me mad for the money it cost. I played the Kapalua Plantation Course on Saturday. This is a PGA Tour course on which Jordan Spieth won in January. I was paired up with two guys from Kansas City. I misread the score card and thought we were playing it at about 6,100 yds. After about ... read more
Kapalua Plantation Course
Kapalua Plantation Course
Kapalua Plantation Course

North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina February 16th 2016

I still love luaus. I know it's kind of corny and very touristy, but I always want to go to one. A few days ago, Jan and Jackie wanted to check out a couple of the local luaus. After checking out the Hyatt's location, they booked us into the Drums of the Pacific Luau at the Hyatt Kaanapali Resort for Tuesday night. We had a wonderful time. The drinks and food were very good. The entertainment was outstanding. I couldn't talk Jan and Jackie into going up for the hula lesson, though. They had about five hunky Hawaiian kanes and six lovely wahines. They did traditional dances from Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa and Raratonga, telling stories of how those people came to Hawaii. It was a great show. ... read more
Sunset at the Luau
Luau
Bringing Out The Kalua Pig




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