July 2, 2021 - Gainesville, FL

Why does it always rain at the end of a motorcycle trip?  About 10 miles before pulling into my Gainesville garage the clouds opened up and started raining.  It always seems to happen.

I got home around noon and calculated I rode 5,900 miles on this trip of 2 weeks.  My brother Ted safely arrived at his house in Jensen Beach at 4:30 pm today.  Today was uneventful which is good.  The temps never got above 80 which is amazing for this time of year.  It was cloudy all day and rained pretty good a couple of times but never lasted more than 10-15 minutes.

I'm pretty tired but not alarmingly so.  My back is a little sore but not as bad as it was a week ago.  I am in good riding shape after this trip.  I had no major events, no injuries and saw some great parts of the Country I have never seen before; overall a fantastic trip.

Take care and travel.

July 1, 2021 - Atlanta, GA

We are spending our last night on the road just south of Atlanta. I should be back in Gainesville by mid-afternoon tomorrow. 

Today was a nice day of riding about 540 miles on mostly very good roads with light traffic. Of course, coming near Atlanta it jammed up but we kept moving.  Outside Memphis traffic also jammed up but for a different reason.  The I-40 bridge crossing the Mississippi River is completely closed diverting traffic in strange and annoying ways.  We were maybe 20 miles away from Memphis but things clogged up because there really aren't many options.  Overall not too bad but it's no fun sitting stopped on a warm motorcycle in full sun and upper 80s temp wearing riding gear.  But we got through it okay.

I took no pictures again today but I posted one below from earlier in the trip that may bring back some memories.

Remember the dinosaur?