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48 States in 27 Days at Age 84

Calimusjohn

Calimusjohn

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I'm an 84-year-old ADV relic and just completed a 9,391-mile ride on my 2022 Sea to Sky that touched all 48 states. If readers are curious, I will submit a day-to-day ride report. I cover routes, weather, costs, and observations. Is anyone interested?
John
 
Absolutely, positively, please submit your day by day adventure. We are all looking forward to seeing your ride across the country. :2thumbs: :firstplace: :yes:
 
It's not complete till the paperwork's done! :D

Would love to hear about it. :congrats: :2thumbs:
 
SPYDER TOUR
Day 1
It’s been three weeks since I finished six hundred miles of riding on a jet ski, so I’m taking a quickie motorcycle tour.

September 18, 2023
I left my Tennessee home at 8:00 a.m. surrounded by thick fog. The thermometer read 59 degrees. Five miles down the road, I stopped and inserted a liner in my jacket. The heated handgrips and seat didn’t warm my core. I shivered.
Oakridge, the birthplace of the uranium processing facility for the first atomic bomb, hid in the fog. I stuck to back roads as I worked my way east to Harrogate, Tennessee. I spotted the entrance to Lincoln Memorial College, then jumped the border into Kentucky, passed through the impressive Cumberland Gap Tunnel and squiggled my way along the Cumberland Valley. The “Kingdom Come” highway is a marvel of engineering. Mountains were drilled and dynamited away until a four-lane highway could carry travelers east and west.
Towns and hamlets abound in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. They hunker in the bottom of hollers and valleys next to creeks and rivers. The width of each town is restricted by the width of the valley. The urban areas average two or three streets wide and a bit less than a half-mile long.
The roads follow the waterways as they squirm their way toward the sea. There are no straight roads, railways, or rivers in the Appalachians.
Lunch consisted of a less-than-memorable burrito. Dinner came from KFC. My bed is located at the Economy Inn in Bluefield, West Virginia.
Expenses:
Breakfast: at home
Lunch: $ 7.00
Dinner: $ 12.83
Motel: $ 71.00
Gasoline: $ 47.90
Day’s Total: $138.73
Miles ridden: 352
 
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:coffee:....Thanks for your post up on your trip.
I will enjoy reading all of your trip information.
Any chance you have pictures of the grand event. This should be good read.

Stay Healthy and be Safe. ....:thumbup:
 
This introduction should have preceded the Day 1 report. But like many aspects of life, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.” Robert Burns, To a mouse.
My bucket list showed that I had not visited the forty-eight contiguous states on one motorcycle ride. On September 18, 2023, I left home in Kingston, Tennessee to rectify the omission.
My ride was a 2022 Can-Am Sea to Sky Spyder. I chose a reverse trike over my other two-wheelers for several reasons. The most obvious is that I can no longer pick up a Goldwing or a big BMW when they decide to take dirt naps. An advantage of the Spyder is that it has lots of luggage space, heated seats, and hand grips.
Not having to put my feet down at stop signs and traffic lights was a bonus.
One drawback is that the machine doesn’t lean in corners. It always sits upright. It steers like a snowmobile or a jet ski. It has power steering but requires more arm and shoulder movements than a conventional motorcycle.
I added a Garmin Zumo GPS unit that easily interacts with my iPhone and helmet communications system. The Zumo led me from point to point, to remote gas stations, small cafes located off the beaten path, mom and pop motels, and major lodgings. It’s great.
The iPhone’s downloaded music lists provided hours of entertainment. The Spyder’s built-in radio requires a nine-year-old technician to reprogram it as you move from one geographical area to the next. BRP missed the boat on its programming of radio and other apps.
So much for the basics. Tomorrow we ride.

Photographs? No. The only photos I took were the "Welcome to State's name," to prove I was there. Other riders have posted pictures far better than I've ever taken. The pictures slipped into my brainbox are sufficient memories.
 
You are not alone with "requires a nine-year-old technician to reprogram".
I grab the kid from next door now and again.
I supply some Cookie Tax, and he goes click, click, hmm, click. There ya go - all sorted.
 
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