Key West or Bust

[jthornton]

We are finally taking a vacation, I mean a real vacation that will last 8 days. :yes:We have not been on a vacation in a long time, always busy with work or taking care of family for the last 10 years.

We are riding to Key West with two couples that we ride with regularly. We're taking the GL1800 and the RT622 on this trip. Don and Pearl will be on their GL1500 and Richard and Bobbie will be on their HD TriGlide. The first day will be a push to get to Mobile Al.

It's been raining all week here in Poplar Bluff but should stop today.

Day -1

Wash and prep the bike and the trailer.
Pack the trailer.
Figure out how to transfer photos from the android phone to the tablet.
Check the jumper battery charge level.
Check my tools.
Make sure covers and frog toggs are in the trailer.
Take Cocoa and Nieve to the nice kennel lady.

Scratching head to think of what I forgot.

JT

[mastertek2000]

enjoy and be safe keep us posted

[cuznjohn]

enjoy and ride safe

[SNOOPY]

Great time of year to go if you can miss the rain. :thumbup:

Hope you have a great time, we love the keys.

Remember to ask the locals for places to eat, they always know the best food. :)

[sddinnh]

Above all, have fun. Remember you have 10 years to make up for :2thumbs:

[MouthPiece]

If you are leaving today, Friday, then you couldn't have picked a better time. The temperature should drop down into the low to mid 80's here in Central, Flarda. It had been in the low 90's. The skies are "chamber of commerce" blue.

I'm not sure if you're in a hurry to get to the keys. If not, take the roads that are on the west side of Flarda. You will see parts that will reflect on what this state used to look like 50 years ago.

Chris

[Purple Guy]

Have a great & safe trip JT!
While your transferring your pics to your tablet how about sharing a few with us! :thumbup:

[RBS66]

Have a safe trip and enjoy the keys

[Bob Denman]

Don't forget to post some pics of the bikes in Key West! :thumbup:
Safe a safe and memorable journey! :clap:

[jthornton]

If you are leaving today, Friday, then you couldn't have picked a better time. The temperature should drop down into the low to mid 80's here in Central, Flarda. It had been in the low 90's. The skies are "chamber of commerce" blue.

I'm not sure if you're in a hurry to get to the keys. If not, take the roads that are on the west side of Flarda. You will see parts that will reflect on what this state used to look like 50 years ago.

Chris

Our plan is to take the West coast on the way down and the East coast on the way back.

If you have any cool places to stop and visit or eat at I'm all ears.

Our route will be
Poplar Bluff, MO
Mobile, AL
Gainsville, FL
Miami, FL
Key West, FL
St. Augustine, FL Anastasia Island
Montgomery, AL
Lynchburg, TN
Poplar Bluff, MO

Thanks
JT

[Jim&Teresa]

Going to Key West is on my "bucket list" -- wish we could join you!:D Enjoy your trip and be safe! :thumbup: Have fun! :yes::yes::yes::ohyea::ohyea::ohyea:

[jthornton]

Have a great & safe trip JT!
While your transferring your pics to your tablet how about sharing a few with us! :thumbup:

That was my plan to be able to share some photos with all the fine folks here. Gotta test it out here first but I think AirDroid is my key.

It's kinda neat how this trip got started... me and the missus were sitting on the couch watching Andrew Zimmerman down in Miami at a Cuban hog farm that also makes and sells whole hog cookers (she bought one) that the Chinese used in Cuba in the 40's and 50's and the guys dad used to tell him about them but that's another story. My wife is Puerto Rican and went to grade school in Miami and she said something about going to Miami one day and my response was "I've never been to Key West". She said do you want to go and I said yea. Within 30 minutes she had been on the phone to Bobbie and Pearl and the next thing I knew we were all going to Key West.

JT

[jthornton]

Going to Key West is on my "bucket list" -- wish we could join you!:D Enjoy your trip and be safe! :thumbup: Have fun! :yes::yes::yes::ohyea::ohyea::ohyea:

I don't have a bucket list... can't find my bucket. I just want to be like Karyl when I grow up! After meeting her in Springfield I was blown away by her attitude for sure. What a super lady.

JT

[spyderfever]

Sounds like a blast John. I love being spontaneous & this trip sounds terrific. Happy Trails & keep the posts & pictures coming. It was great seeing you & the missus at Spyderfest. Hope you enjoy your long deserved vacation.

[bigsmoke]

Been there done that this last January on my 2009 GS, Keywest is fun and biker freindly,
check out the end or beginning of Rt 1, take pics.
Make sure you stop at Alabama Jacks on your way down.

[jthornton]

Sounds like a blast John. I love being spontaneous & this trip sounds terrific. Happy Trails & keep the posts & pictures coming. It was great seeing you & the missus at Spyderfest. Hope you enjoy your long deserved vacation.

It was great seeing you and I'm just so ready to hit the road.

JT

[jthornton]

Been there done that this last January on my 2009 GS, Keywest is fun and biker freindly,
check out the end or beginning of Rt 1, take pics.
Make sure you stop at Alabama Jacks on your way down.

Thanks for the tip on Alabama Jacks, I found it and we never would have seen it without your tip.

JT

[Chupaca]

have a great trip be careful be safe...there is too much to see to list just stop along the way and enjoy it. Loved Key West...:ohyea::ohyea:

[bruiser]

Have a great trip JT. I haven't seen Capt' Finn on here in awhile. He lives in Key West.

[MouthPiece]

Our plan is to take the West coast on the way down and the East coast on the way back.

If you have any cool places to stop and visit or eat at I'm all ears.

Our route will be
Poplar Bluff, MO
Mobile, AL
Gainsville, FL
Miami, FL
Key West, FL
St. Augustine, FL Anastasia Island
Montgomery, AL
Lynchburg, TN
Poplar Bluff, MO

Thanks
JT

If you're going through Mobile, there's a couple of good seafood places where the U.S. ships are docked. I can't remember the name.

If you are headed to G'ville from Mobile and then to Miama, it looks like you'll be way east of the west coast to stop by a restaurant called the Riverside Cafe in St. Marks, Flarda, (great food, but service is a bit slow) OR a nice seafood restaurant (the name escapes me right now) in downtown Steinhatchee, Flarda.

It appears as though you'll be taking I-75 south from G'ville. I'm not sure where your stops will be from there. I will say that there is a great little place in Williston, Flarda, (a bit southwest of G'ville) that has great home cookin.

Bottom line is if you're trying to make time, then ignore everything I've said.

​Chris

[jthornton]

If you're going through Mobile, there's a couple of good seafood places where the U.S. ships are docked. I can't remember the name.

If you are headed to G'ville from Mobile and then to Miama, it looks like you'll be way east of the west coast to stop by a restaurant called the Riverside Cafe in St. Marks, Flarda, (great food, but service is a bit slow) OR a nice seafood restaurant (the name escapes me right now) in downtown Steinhatchee, Flarda.

It appears as though you'll be taking I-75 south from G'ville. I'm not sure where your stops will be from there. I will say that there is a great little place in Williston, Flarda, (a bit southwest of G'ville) that has great home cookin.

Bottom line is if you're trying to make time, then ignore everything I've said.

​Chris

In Mobile we are staying on the North East side of town near the airport and eating at Red Lobster. I used to live in Pascagoula MS so I know Mobile and the gulf coast well. It will be a long day for sure... by changing our first day from Gulfport MS to Mobile AL we knocked 97 miles off the second day so it is only 389 miles now. I added your info to my trip things to do/see. Only 2 days are a "drive like you stole it" day so the rest should be pretty relaxing.

We are all packed and ready to go...

Thanks
JT

[Jeriatric]

Have a great trip. :doorag:

[johnnyg]

My wife and I are headed down to the Keys next Friday the 23rd. What day are you pulling out of Poplar Bluff? You can give me a call at 352-303-6198 for places to see on your way to the Keys in Florida. I will be taking the TPK going down. Coming back up SR 997 to U.S. 27 N to Ocala. we have a 3 day weekend is way were using the turnpike going down.We plain on pulling out as soon as I get Friday hopefully by noon spending two nights in Florida City.

[MouthPiece]

My wife and I are headed down to the Keys next Friday the 23rd. What day are you pulling out of Poplar Bluff? You can give me a call at 352-303-6198 for places to see on your way to the Keys in Florida. I will be taking the TPK going down. Coming back up SR 997 to U.S. 27 N to Ocala. we have a 3 day weekend is way were using the turnpike going down.We plain on pulling out as soon as I get Friday hopefully by noon spending two nights in Florida City.

JT, you won't find a better and more knowledgeable person(s), John and Carol to ride with. John knows every road in the state of Flarda. He can put you on some really great sites.

​Chris

[PrairieSpyder]

Have a safe trip and post pics, pls.


. . . . I just want to be like Karyl when I grow up! After meeting her in Springfield I was blown away by her attitude for sure. What a super lady.

JT

Me, too!

[MouthPiece]

Silly me!!!! That place in Williston, Flarda, is called The Ivy House. If I only had a brain.

Chris

[jthornton]

My wife and I are headed down to the Keys next Friday the 23rd. What day are you pulling out of Poplar Bluff? You can give me a call at 352-303-6198 for places to see on your way to the Keys in Florida. I will be taking the TPK going down. Coming back up SR 997 to U.S. 27 N to Ocala. we have a 3 day weekend is way were using the turnpike going down.We plain on pulling out as soon as I get Friday hopefully by noon spending two nights in Florida City.

We are pulling out at 5:30am in the morning. We will be in Key West Tuesday and Wednesday.

I'll give you a call or you can text me at 573 429-4783. We are going down the west side and back up the east side.

JT

[jthornton]

Silly me!!!! That place in Williston, Flarda, is called The Ivy House. If I only had a brain.

Chris

Thanks Chris

JT

[ekfraz]

Key West is my home town, enjoy your trip and be safe. I envy you.

[jthornton]

Key West is my home town, enjoy your trip and be safe. I envy you.

Thanks, any great spots to eat there?

JT

[moe113097]

fun stop for 30 minutes

Robbie's77522 Overseas Hwy
Islamorada, FL 33036

get to hand feed tarpon

[jthornton]

fun stop for 30 minutes

Robbie's

77522 Overseas Hwy
Islamorada, FL 33036

get to hand feed tarpon


Cool, thanks for the tip. Sounds like a fun diversion.

JT

[jtoro1]

Thanks, any great spots to eat there?

JT

Try trip advisor good info on restaurant s and hotel s

[DJFaninTN]

hope you guys have a safe and fun trip!

take lots of pics!!

[jthornton]

T-7.5 hrs and counting... all packed up, pets at the kennel, well fed on Popeye's and ready for some ZZZZ's

See everyone in Mobile.

JT

[johnnyg]

We are pulling out at 5:30am in the morning. We will be in Key West Tuesday and Wednesday.

I'll give you a call or you can text me at 573 429-4783. We are going down the west side and back up the east side.

JTJust got the weather report for next week M-90 Tu-90 W-90 Thu-90 but a ten percent chance of rain. Fri-90. Hope this helps, just wait 10 min and it well all change again. Have a safe trip, and Welcome to FL.John and Carol

[capt.jim]

Have a great trip JT. I haven't seen Capt' Finn on here in awhile. He lives in Key West.

I was at Gilberts Tiki Bar in Key largo in key Largo where Capt. Finn used to live on his boat. I asked where he was and was told he took his sailboat and went to Quatemala:dontknow:

[Cavman]

Water temps are about 80°.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/South_Florida.shtml

[jthornton]

Day 1

Mile 0
4am I'm awake... looks like some rain today and the Harley riders are whining about it... once we work our way through that the rest of the day looks good.

JT

[Tango]

Your way over due for this vacation! :ohyea: Tom :trike:

[Ex-Rocket]

Have a safe trip. I have some friends that are heading to the Keys also today that are from the Memphis area.

[woolfski1713]

Enjoy, be safe and have an AWESOME time..

[lwrydr]

Have a great trip...A few years ago we shipped 4 HD's from Wa to Miami...picked them up and road to Key West then all the way back to Wa...super trip of over 5800 miles.
again...have fun....

[MikeinGA]

My wife and I were there for a week on our 2011 RS-S it was a great trip. Have great trip and be safe.


Mike

[jthornton]

Day 1 mile post 577 Mobile AL.

LD Comfort undies work very well.

Eating at Logans.
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JT

[jthornton]

Day 2
Mile 600
Stopped at Battleship park to see the USA Alabama

Mile 975
Gainesville FA

JT

[sddinnh]

Day 1 mile post 577 Mobile AL.

LD Comfort undies work very well. JT

Yah they do. I've used them for years.

[SNOOPY]

Day 2
Mile 600
Stopped at Battleship park to see the USA Alabama

Mile 975
Gainesville FA

JT

I can't even imagine riding 400 miles in one day on a motorcycle. :(

[maliamd]

We rode the Keys this past March. Had a blast. Enjoy your journey! :yes:

[cjackg]

We were there in Feb and I wish I was there now... Here's our tip for one of the great restaurants in the Keys and with reasonable prices too...

"Sparkys" in Key Colony near Marathon. Located in a marina, on the water, and has Happy Hour everyday with huge .25 Peel & Eat Shrimp, plus a lot of other great seafood dishes.
One day a week they make their famous Gumbo but it is usually gone before dark.

Enjoy the keys... its a great place to hangout!

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[jthornton]

I can't even imagine riding 400 miles in one day on a motorcycle. :(

How about 575 in one day... long one for sure.

JT

[jthornton]

Rednecks for sure
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JT

[SNOOPY]

How about 575 in one day... long one for sure.

JT




:yikes:

[SNOOPY]

Rednecks for sure
88581

JT



:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:


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[Deanna777]

Have a safe trip, post some pic's so the rest of us can see.

Be careful, and don't forget to bring an extra set of spyder keys with you.
Deanna777

[greatrides]

A1a and 206 is south beach grill....great restaurant! Be safe and enjoy your trip!

[jthornton]

Day 3
Miami bound

JT

[jthornton]

Mile 1414 Miami!

We had a blast driving down 41 to Miami.
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JT

[Dan McNally]

Have fun . . . be safe!:yes:

[jthornton]

The buggers were not fenced in but running wild! IE they could jump out and bite you it they had a notion to

JT

[jthornton]

Day 4
Mile 1588
Key West
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JT

[sddinnh]

Looks delightful. :bbq:

[jthornton]

We just did a walk about and stocked the fridge. Pretty neat here. Ran into a fellow Spyder rider in Miami. Small world for sure. Doing this on my phone so typing sucks.

JT

[jtoro1]

We just did a walk about and stocked the fridge. Pretty neat here. Ran into a fellow Spyder rider in Miami. Small world for sure. Doing this on my phone so typing sucks.

JT

Check out the sunset pier festival at sunset in key west

[johnnyg]

JT Question What are LD Comfort undies ??????????????????????????????????????? Oh where did you get them.

[spyderyderjim]

JT Question What are LD Comfort undies ??????????????????????????????????????? Oh where did you get them.

Website for LDComfort undies. http://www.ldcomfort.com/
No seams on bottom, wick-able, very comfy; you can wash them in shower/dry quick.

Jim

[jthornton]

Check out the sunset pier festival at sunset in key west

We got there about 15 minutes late... we are 2 blocks from the water on the east side so we are shooting for sunrise. Tomorrow we are taking the catamaran sunset tour.

JT

[jthornton]

Website for LDComfort undies. http://www.ldcomfort.com/
No seams on bottom, wick-able, very comfy; you can wash them in shower/dry quick.

Jim



What Jim said plus because you tush stays dry no prickly heat.

JT

[jthornton]

88715

Chicken wild in the street.

JT

[SNOOPY]

They're every where, aren't they? roflmao

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[jthornton]

Day 6
Mile 588 5am
St Augustine bound.

This will be a long day for sure. At least we should not have much traffic on 1 to Miami this early in the morning.

JT

[SNOOPY]

You didn't stay long enough. :(

[unclegeezer]

Just returned from the Keys . Great trip

[jthornton]

We stopped at Boat Key for some chow at an IHOP of all places to stop on a day we should be driving like we stole them.

A couple of photos of the sunset tour on the sailing ship Appledore II. A wooden hulled two mast boat.
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JT

[missouriboy]

Don't ya just love the beautiful clear green water there? When approaching Key West on a ship, you can see the line of demarcation where it changes from "deep blue sea" to "Key West lime"... Oh Wait! That's some kind of pie, isn't it?
Have a blast on your trip. It sure looks like fun! :yes:

[lookerjdc]

where are you now?

[SNOOPY]

where are you now?


I think you're encouraging him to text while riding. roflmao

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[jthornton]

where are you now?

St Augustine. Just got back from the beach. I'm not a beach person.
88850

We drove like we stole them all day and covered about 500 miles.

JT

[jthornton]

I think you're encouraging him to text while riding. roflmao

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While you would think that is impossible a LEO pulled over a scooter in key west for texting while driving.

Mile 2084 for this trip.

JT

[Bob Denman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE3XsZaL-zo

[jthornton]

Don't ya just love the beautiful clear green water there? When approaching Key West on a ship, you can see the line of demarcation where it changes from "deep blue sea" to "Key West lime"... Oh Wait! That's some kind of pie, isn't it?
Have a blast on your trip. It sure looks like fun! :yes:

Well I did have key limeade and love the green water. I used to love to see the blue water when I flew out to the rigs in the Gulf and the Atlantic flying from west Africa.

JT

[jthornton]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE3XsZaL-zo

When were you in India?

JT

[SNOOPY]

roflmao

[jthornton]

88906

Mile 2523 or so and we are in McDonough GA at a Mexican karaoke restaurant having fun after a hard day of driving.

JT

[sddinnh]

Glad you're still having fun. Keep it up :lecturef_smilie:

[SNOOPY]

Mexican karaoke roflmao


Video? Lol

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[jthornton]

We made it to Lynchburg and waiting our turn to tour the Jack Daniels distillery.

JT

[jthornton]

Staying at a neat B & B near Lynchburg.
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JT

[SteveMac]

Hope you've had a great trip JT. Get back to MO safe and sound!

[SNOOPY]

JT, I would just like to say thanks for sharing even the little details of your trip.

It's been cool making the trip with ya! :thumbup:

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[lookerjdc]

St Augustine. Just got back from the beach. I'm not a beach person.
88850

We drove like we stole them all day and covered about 500 miles.

JT


sorry I saw this post after you were already into your trip - I would have asked you to stop by my house in Melbourne, FL while you were heading north on the east side of FL...

will catch you next time

regards
Jeff

[jthornton]

sorry I saw this post after you were already into your trip - I would have asked you to stop by my house in Melbourne, FL while you were heading north on the east side of FL...

will catch you next time

regards
Jeff

Ok will do.

Day 9 Lynchburg mile 2750. We stayed at a really neat B&B and got a great breakfast.

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JT

[jthornton]

109 miles to go. I know my puppy misses me.

JT

[jthornton]

Ahhh, back to the land of keyboards.... I always look for my signs on the return trip:


Bridge ices before road.

The dirt is the correct color (red).


Butler County
Population 42,974

When I see that sign I just click my heels a few times and say:

There's no place like home.
There's no place like home.

JT

[jthornton]

We were heading north on I75 south of Atlanta, I'm in the middle lane behind Don and Pearl and a Toyota car of some kind was slightly ahead of Don in the inside lane. We are cruising along at ~70mph and I see the grill of the Toyota come off and fly up an over the car. It's spinning like the kites you used to see at the beach in the 80's. The spinning has gyro stabilized the grill so it stays horizontal as it flies back. I think to my self wow the grill came off that Toyota... quickly my thoughts change as I see the trajectory of the grill is sending it into my lane. I do some very quick calculations on lift, drag, gravitational attraction and trajectory and determine that there is a 96% chance that I'm going to eat the grill. I'm not hungry at the moment and don't care for plastic anyway so not having much time to think about what I might do I decide the thing to do is take the defensive posture of tilting my head to head butt the grill and hopefully send it up and over my wife who is sitting behind me.

My calculations were off a few inches in the vertical and the grill hit the Goldwing on the nose just below the windshield. It broke in two pieces instantly with one spinning clockwise and flying to the outside lane and one spinning counter clockwise and flying to the inside lane.

All of this happened in less than 5 seconds... not even enough time to take any actions to avoid it. A real eye opener for sure.

JT

[jthornton]

That is scary.
You know all those tire casings you see on the road?
Well I was beside an 18 wheeler and the tire casing started to come off and flew right past me.
Dang I hate it when the universe demonstrates its randomness.

Hi Roger,

And I hate it when random idiots are near you. Later on the same day we are cruising down the interstate and a car comes from the on ramp and pulls into the outside lane. The rear tire of the car is just about even with my front tire. I'm enjoying the ride and have my feet up on the highway pegs but for some reason I'm keeping the car in the corner of my eye as it seems to be making a move to my lane. Sure enough it just changes lanes and I grab a big handful of front brake and my front tire just misses the bumper by a few inches... damn idiot drivers.

JT

[PrairieSpyder]

Staying at a neat B & B near Lynchburg.
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JT

Looks like you're doing some antique-shopping, too!

[PrairieSpyder]

We were heading north on I75 south of Atlanta, I'm in the middle lane behind Don and Pearl and a Toyota car of some kind was slightly ahead of Don in the inside lane. We are cruising along at ~70mph and I see the grill of the Toyota come off and fly up an over the car. It's spinning like the kites you used to see at the beach in the 80's. The spinning has gyro stabilized the grill so it stays horizontal as it flies back. I think to my self wow the grill came off that Toyota... quickly my thoughts change as I see the trajectory of the grill is sending it into my lane. I do some very quick calculations on lift, drag, gravitational attraction and trajectory and determine that there is a 96% chance that I'm going to eat the grill. I'm not hungry at the moment and don't care for plastic anyway so not having much time to think about what I might do I decide the thing to do is take the defensive posture of tilting my head to head butt the grill and hopefully send it up and over my wife who is sitting behind me.

My calculations were off a few inches in the vertical and the grill hit the Goldwing on the nose just below the windshield. It broke in two pieces instantly with one spinning clockwise and flying to the outside lane and one spinning counter clockwise and flying to the inside lane.

All of this happened in less than 5 seconds... not even enough time to take any actions to avoid it. A real eye opener for sure.

JT

I hope you got the tag number of the Toyota so his insurance could pay for the damages.

[jthornton]

Looks like you're doing some antique-shopping, too!

That is the common room of the Bed & Breakfast we stayed at last night. It's a really neat place an old mill that was in operation up to '95 and has most of the equipment still in place. If your ever near Lynchburg and want a place to stay I highly recommend it.

Also right down the road is a fun place to eat Granny Fishes House (http://grannyfisheshouse.com/), if you don't know where it is you will never find it. And they really do have the best hush puppies in town...

JT

[jthornton]

I hope you got the tag number of the Toyota so his insurance could pay for the damages.

It happened so fast there was not time to focus on the tag... good thing the GoldWing is tough or the Toyota grill is weak as I can not find any damage on my GoldWing.

JT

[SpyRyd]

JT, glad you had a fun trip and glad you made it home safely. Now you can send me that two tire fill up thingy dingy w/gauge I ordered from your web site nojoke.

[jthornton]

JT, glad you had a fun trip and glad you made it home safely. Now you can send me that two tire fill up thingy dingy w/gauge I ordered from your web site nojoke.

I'm packing it up as well as all the rest of the orders I got while I was gone and they all go out in the morning. Well I might take a nap before I pack any more up...

Thanks for your order
JT

[jthornton]

Here is a link to some photos of the mill we stayed at.

http://millpictures.com/mills.php?millid=1422

JT

[jthornton]

The final tally is 3,096 miles in 9 days. This trip really opens my eyes to what is possible to do while I still can. I've been riding motorcycles since 1968 but back in the day you could not go far till all your body parts were numb riding things like X6 T250 or my GT380 much less my Honda 50 Super Sport. I do think that I rode the Super Sport the most till I wore it out then graduated to a Twin Jet 100 vibrator. Longer trips started to work there way in with the 98 GL1500 and now with the RT and GL1800 we can travel more and enjoy it more. The RT622 is the way to go for us as the wife can pack way too much and I can fit it in.

Glad to be home...

JT

[SNOOPY]

Nice :thumbup:


No way I would ride that far on a bike. :D

[jthornton]

Nice :thumbup:


No way I would ride that far on a bike. :D

I used to think that too...

JT

[DJFaninTN]

We made it to Lynchburg and waiting our turn to tour the Jack Daniels distillery.

JT




Small world. We were there the same day and just around the same time. I think our tour started at 1:30 or so.

Man I loved hanging by the cave entry. So nice and cool on a warm day!

The Spyder got lots of attention downtown when we parked right there on the square :thumbup:

[jthornton]

Small world. We were there the same day and just around the same time. I think our tour started at 1:30 or so.

Man I loved hanging by the cave entry. So nice and cool on a warm day!

The Spyder got lots of attention downtown when we parked right there on the square :thumbup:

Yea, the spring was cool and the fermenters were warm. Quite a place to tour. We went through about 12:30. I didn't see any Spyders in the parking lot... we were in an overflow lot for an overflow lot lol. I think the tour would be better on a workday as you could see the single barrel packing line running and it would be less crowded. I'm glad I don't have to pay their taxes... 8 million every two weeks.

JT

[DJFaninTN]

Yea, the spring was cool and the fermenters were warm. Quite a place to tour. We went through about 12:30. I didn't see any Spyders in the parking lot... we were in an overflow lot for an overflow lot lol. I think the tour would be better on a workday as you could see the single barrel packing line running and it would be less crowded. I'm glad I don't have to pay their taxes... 8 million every two weeks.

JT



Yep, you have a product that sits for at least 7 years and you can't keep up with demand ... :yikes: