Nice pictures Jeff

 

One Harley, 4 states and 897 miles made for a nice two day ride. I basically saw both sides of the Mississippi River. On the east side I was as far north as Prescott Wisconsin, and as far south as Fulton Illinois. On the west side I was as far north as Red Wing Minnesota and as far south as Clinton Iowa. I barely rode two sections of road twice, and then only because I had too.

I met a young man, outside of a Casey's stop and rob, who was riding his bicycle to Texas. He had a cart hooked up to the bike, and was carrying more stuff than I was. He said he'd been on the road for a month and expected to be on the road for 2 1/2 more months. We chatted for a bit, shared stories of our travels, and agreed that this country was not as bad as you'd believe it to be, if you focus on the news and social media more than you focus on getting out in the world. He didn't ask, and may not have needed it, but I gave ten bucks, and told him to treat himself to something good for dinner, lol. He said he'd eat all week on that money. We parted ways, both headed south, on two wheels, getting our own dose of wind therapy.

I stopped and "smelled the roses" quite a bit over the last two days, and I highly recommend it.

Yesterday when I was getting ready to head out on a ride, I wasn't sure where I was going, or if I was actually doing and overnight, but I through a change of underwear, socks, some deodorant, and a toothbrush and toothpaste in a back pack, along with my laptop and phone charger and told the wife I may not be home tonight. She said, have fun. As I headed west from home, the thought crossed my mind to ride the Mississippi north bound, then come back the opposite way, hitting both sides at some point. Turns out I did a figure eight around the Mississippi.

One thing that I had been concerned about since the big wind storm that ripped through the area was whether or not the eagles in the nest at Lock and Dam 13 were still there. I went and checked it out, and just as I had feared, their nest was gone, a victim of the once in a life time, hopefully anyway, storm. Many other trees in the area were toppled as well. These eagles had been there for years, and were stars of their own webcam series. Link.

Tomorrow I'll be returning to work, starting my 23rd year in law enforcement. I'm not sure if I'll complete the 23rd year, or go even longer. All I know right now is tomorrow I'm supposed to go to work, and tonight I'm planning to do so, but hey, tomorrow's a new day, so no promises....lol.

Anyway, if you want to see pics for today...... clicky this linky.

 

We are riding up the Great River Road to Prescott WI next week! Been on that road many times!

 

Got out for a Friday Rideday...well, after a 4 hour day in the office. I went down through Utica Illinois, and checked on the progress of the new bridge, going over the Illinois River. The old one has more character.

















I stopped by "my" dealership, and things looked bad. No bikes, barely any merch. I was told they were trying something new, for winter. What, closing? They finally said that with them being a secondary location for Fox River Harley, they were merging and this location would be open two days a week for storage. Funny, Barbed Wire was not a secondary location to anything, until the Windy City Motorcycle Group bought damn near every dealership in the area.

 

Saturday I took a ride to Workman Harley, in Rockfalls, which is where I have been going to lately, as I was no longer happy with Barbed Wire, and feared their demise. I needed a new screen protector for my boom system. After 4 seasons and 91,000 miles, I guess I can't complain. I took the long way to Rockfalls, I went north, to go south. Seemed logical.

 

Sunday was a bit fall like, but not so cool I couldn't get the wife out for a ride. I had no particular destination in mind, when we left the house. As we were riding along the Rock River, north bound, she said "You can take me to Galena to get my popcorn. Just kidding, kind of." Last weekend she had a girls trip to Galena, and somehow she wasn't able to get her popcorn....she's a popcorn freak. As the roads to a from Galena are awesome, and there are multiple to choose from, Galena it was. We ended up getting ice cream as well.....my decision. We stopped in Dixon, for dinner, on the way home. We left at noon and returned home at 7pm. It cooled off a bit, but nothing a jacket and a hat couldn't handle.























Fall arrives tomorrow, officially, but summer looks to be hanging around through the weekend, so I'm planning on a Friday Rideday.

 

Spring and fall are the best times for me, nice pics and love see the flag flying, shouldn't have to be any holiday.

 

Last night I needed a little therapy.

I decided a quick trip along the Rock River, as the sun was setting would be a good fix.

It doesn't have to be a long ride, to be a good ride.

 

I got out for a Friday Rideday yesterday. I didn't leave until 11am, and I was having a hard time leaving the comfort of my bed...lol. I wandered up into Wisconsin, just north of Black Earth. I decided to head for home right around the 140 mile mark. I wanted to be home before dark, and in time to eat dinner with the fam. I ended up with just over 300 miles and just over 6 hours of ride time. It hit 82 degrees yesterday, and was nice and sunny all day. I doubt I see that again. Things look to be in the cool down mode in the coming days. Today was supposed to be sunny and hot, but it's rather cloudy and not quite as hot as they predicted.

I have to head out for a birthday party for the grand kids, so here's a link to yesterday's pictures.

 

Very nice rides! Thanks for sharing. Love those river boats.