3 week vacation
Thread Starter
|
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,934
Likes: 43
From: Bloomfield, NM
3 week vacation
Just got home from a three week vacation on the bikes. We did 25 states and 6,100 miles. I have now ridden every state west of the Mississippi and a bunch East. Also got in Blue Ridge Parkway, the Dragon, Charohala Skyway and Moonshiner 28 and Gettysburg.
Also rode the Black Hills and Badlands on the way to Milwaukee.
Dragon was not what I expected. It has been billed as some sort of amusement park ride, and it is just a twisty section of state highway 129. I liked the Moonshiner 28 better.
Gettysburg is an awesome place and the Dealership there is great. It is built to look like a Civil War period building complete with cannon and a rock and split rail fence.
110th Anniversary, our original purpose for the trip, turned out to be a disappointment. It was nothing compared to the 95th and the 100th.
All in all an amazing trip and chance to see a lot of this great country.
Bill
Also rode the Black Hills and Badlands on the way to Milwaukee.
Dragon was not what I expected. It has been billed as some sort of amusement park ride, and it is just a twisty section of state highway 129. I liked the Moonshiner 28 better.
Gettysburg is an awesome place and the Dealership there is great. It is built to look like a Civil War period building complete with cannon and a rock and split rail fence.
110th Anniversary, our original purpose for the trip, turned out to be a disappointment. It was nothing compared to the 95th and the 100th.
All in all an amazing trip and chance to see a lot of this great country.
Bill
Last edited by billnourse; Sep 13, 2013 at 10:21 AM.
Thread Starter
|
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,934
Likes: 43
From: Bloomfield, NM
Bill
Thread Starter
|
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,934
Likes: 43
From: Bloomfield, NM
Toby Kieth was a waste of money, and in the past, the headliners were free, including Dobey Brothers, Elton John, Kid Rock, and Tim McGraw. In the past there were "Rides Home" with partys at each stop along the routes to Milwaukee. Just didn't seem like Harley put much effort into the event like they have in the past. The local dealers had better events that the MoCo.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was awesome however.
Bill
Lynyrd Skynyrd was awesome however.
Bill
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,553
Likes: 36
From: Four Corners
I was curious as the warden & I had similar experiences. We also rode from the Four Corners through the Badlands to Milwaukee. Spent the first half of Thursday at the 110th at Summerfest Grounds, then went over to the museum. Friday we had to go up by Green Bay, but stopped and test rode all the new bikes at the Pilgrim Road facility first. Sat out some rain under an overpass with a handful of nice folks. Saturday we went to Hal's for their party. Sunday did some riding & a family BBQ, Monday rode a with a local group through the lower Kettle Moraine after a stop at Wisconsin Harley in Oconomowoc. Tuesday, replace my rear shocks (air shocks bit the dust). Wednesday headed home. Overall, the 110th seemed too over priced. Also didn't like having to pay for the headliners, and there was too much music spread out to benefit from having the passes. With all the great music at the dealer parties and street parties, it was all overkill IMHO unless you had a hotel room within walking distance. Also, I like my music loud, but some of the bands (Skynard for example) were so loud that is was not very enjoyable after a while. We met some great people from a European HOG Group and some more from an Alaskan HOG Group at rest stops along the way, but I sure would have like to hit places like you said they had on the way out or home. We didn't meet ANYBODY that was at the 110th on the way home and we even spent an extra day in the Blackhills. We put in just over 4200 miles. I think for the 115th, we'll pass on the event tickets and plan on our money going towards a hotel downtown within walking distance of the street parties and then hit the dealer parties. Oh, and we really thoroughly enjoyed touring the museum and the party there. Relaxing in the members lounge was so much worth it!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
