The end of the trail
Big Ride 22 Day 12 Needles to Santa Monica “And Alexander wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Today marked the official end...
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shortysdaddy
- Jun 6
- 4 min
The Grand Canyon
Big Ride 22 Day 11 Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Needles This post begins back in Flagstaff. It’s a pretty little town, very young and...
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shortysdaddy
- Jun 4
- 10 min
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated
Big Ride 22 Day 8, 9, 10 Oklahoma City, to Amarillo, to Santa Fe, to Flagstaff I am alive. So, this is going to be a monster post because...
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shortysdaddy
- May 31
- 2 min
Oklahoma - where the corn is as high as an elephant's eye
Big Ride 22 Day 7 Joplin to Oklahoma City The morning dawned very clear and sunny in Joplin and I was on the bike by 8:30. The...
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shortysdaddy
- May 31
- 1 min
St. Louis to Joplin
Big Ride 22 Day 6 St. Louis to Joplin This one will be short today because it’s late. Got out of St. Louis this morning at a decent hour...
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shortysdaddy
- May 31
- 7 min
There are no coincidences
Big Ride 22 Day 5 Springfield to St. Louis There are no coincidences, but I will get to that in a minute. The morning in Springfield was...
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shortysdaddy
- May 29
- 1 min
Route 66 Across the Land of Lincoln
Big Ride 22 Day 4 Chicago to Springfield This morning the trip across America via Route 66 got started in earnest. I was in the saddle by...
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shortysdaddy
- May 28
- 5 min
Chicago!
Big Ride 22 Day 3 Louisville to Chicago So, this morning I decided to sleep a bit late and take my time getting to Chicago. There was a...
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shortysdaddy
- May 27
- 7 min
Wild, wet, windy Western Kentucky
Big Ride 22 Day 2 Nashville to Louisville I have been to Nashville a few times and it always surprises me. I’m not a big country music...
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shortysdaddy
- May 26
- 3 min
Big Ride 2022. Day One. Savannah to Nashville
So, I know I was supposed to be in Louisville, Kentucky at the end of today, but last night, after work, I just didn’t have the steam to...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 26, 2020
- 2 min
Post Script
The ride home from Murrell's Inlet was an easy run right down US 17. For the first time, I didn't need a GPS. It was also the first time...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Last Leg
A quick trip down this morning from pretty, little New Bern. I passed through Wilmington, which is a nice town and they have the...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
North Carolina
Since yesterday's post was such a short one, here's a bit of a recap of the last couple of days. I've been having some technical...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
Virginia Beach
A very short, simple post. Left Philadelphia this morning at 0715. By noon I was in Virginia Beach. Tomorrow it's off to the Outer Banks.
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 20, 2020
- 6 min
Philadelphia
Yesterday I rolled into Philadelphia...and exhaled. It's something I can't explain, but I started feeling it the day I was rained out in...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
Trenton
If you really want to get your blood pumping early one morning, ride your motorcycle through the middle of downtown Manhattan. Why, on...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
New York
London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Dublin, Athens (the other one), Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Cairo, Seoul, Tokyo...Baghdad....
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 17, 2020
- 3 min
Boston to Sleepy Hollow
Sometimes it's just about people. In fact, it's about people all the time. Treasure stored on earth is subject to rust, rot, and robbers,...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
Bewitched in Salem
Took a day off from long rides today and did a short day run over to Salem, Massachusetts. Salem is one of America's oldest towns,...
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