The Lone Star Trippers Return Home
Posted by Kris on June 2nd, 2008
The group (me, Marcos, Rick, and Kim) made it home alive and well last Wednesday from the Houston-Canada-Houston motorcycle trip. It was a lovely, yet determined motorcycle trip that included my Honda Nighthawk 750, Marcos’ Triumph Bonneville, and the two ST’s (1100 and 1300) from Kim and Rick.
The route of the trip looked (very roughly) something like this:
Too many stories happened to put into one blog post, but here are some points for added excitement to the pictures!:
- Even a dead bike on the side of the interstate didn’t stop Kim and the crew. She dumped the bike in Rockford, Illinois and bought a new one on the way home to finish the trip!
- There is some amazing food in this country in shacks in the middle of nowhere. Country Girl’s Kitchen will get you the biggest whitefish fillet that I have ever seen in my life plus what seemed like 8 other courses for $7.99. And how can I forget the huge and tasty chicken jerk wrap made from scratch by a South American living in Canada for the last 28 years. I need to fast for a few days in memory of these meals.
- Highest price of gas paid for - $4.29 in Michigan.
- Two unexpected coolest towns on the trip: St. Louis, Missouri and Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
- The women in Canada are disproportionately beautiful and I must go back.
- We met a motorcyclist who was on day 28 of his trip from Cuernavaca, Mexico and had done over 8,000 miles with his buddies through Florida, DC, Maine, Canada, and was on his way home when he ran into us at the same hotel in St. Louis.
- No speeding tickets for us law abiding beatniks. Although I did get one on my way to San Antonio two days later. Ahem.
- Over 3,500 miles in 10 days!
On to the pictures! You can view the entire album here at Google Picasa Web Albums.
http://picasaweb.google.com/koverholt/CanadaMotorcycleTripLoneStarTrippers
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