Homeward Bound
This morning after a pretty good night's sleep I explored Bar Harbor a bit before taking that hard right turn on US 1 south and heading...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine
So, today's post will be a short one because today wasn't about sightseeing as much as it was about riding. Don't get me wrong. There...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 12, 2020
- 3 min
West Point to Ticonderoga!
The rain had stopped but the sky was still overcast and very dark as I left West Point this morning at about 0800. There was a lot to see...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
West Point. Stuck and Soaked
So, I got to West Point late yesterday afternoon and the forecast called for rain all day today, so I booked a second day here and used...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Gettysburg to West Point
So, what would be the perfect day for a kid? I think I came close today. I left Gettysburg at 0800 under very cloudy skies that...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 9, 2020
- 5 min
Gettysburg
Yesterday was another crisp, cool morning as I got on the road headed north, saying goodbye to the beautiful little village of Harper's...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
Harper's Ferry
It was foggy and 55 degrees this morning in Lexington so I took my time getting up and out. The morning ride through the Virginia...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 6, 2020
- 3 min
Blowing Rock, NC to Lexington, VA
This morning was another cool one as I guess between the onset of fall and my continued northerly trek I can expect that sort of thing...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 5, 2020
- 4 min
Cherokee to Blowing Rock on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Yesterday evening I had to go all the way to Cherokee before I found a place to crash...wait, wrong word...to stay for the night. ...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 4, 2020
- 5 min
Toccoa, Tallulah Falls, and the Tail of the Dragon
It was crisp and cool this morning when I opened my motel room door and stepped into the early morning air of Athens. Within just a few...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
Athens!
Left Savannah today for my first day in the saddle for Big Ride 2020. I'll be traveling roughly up along the Appalachian trail all the...
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shortysdaddy
- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
Gassed Up, Packed Up, and Shined Up
Well, today's exciting post is not really all that exciting...but it dawned on me last night that I just wasn't ready to pull the trigger...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Packed!
Today I dragged out all my gear and packed up for the ride that begins Tuesday. Here's my vest with patches of all flags of the states...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 29, 2020
- 1 min
Getting Ready
Took some time today to get ready for the Big Ride for 2020. Headed over to Indian Motorcycle Savannah, the nation's Number One...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
Postscript
Coast to coast...and back. Atlantic to Pacific...to Atlantic. Twenty four states in four weeks. In excess of 7,500 miles...more than the...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 17, 2019
- 3 min
Home.
From the time I got to the Georgia side of Lookout Mountain yesterday, I could literally feel closer to home. There was only one thing...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 17, 2019
- 2 min
Nashville to Atlanta
Homeward bound. Thinking, thinking, always thinking. A trip homeward always seems to make me ponder, and on this trip, there's been...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 16, 2019
- 2 min
Popeye, Superman, and Me
I left Saint Louis this morning, but not before taking a pretty good shot of old faithful Yamacraw in front of the Gateway Arch. Saint...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 15, 2019
- 2 min
America's Heartland
Yesterday I spent the day riding down the banks of the Missouri River through Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. While in Iowa I came across this...
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shortysdaddy
- Aug 13, 2019
- 4 min
Mount Rushmore and the Badlands
I left Deadwood this morning and headed south through the beautiful Black Hills National Forest, probably the best ride I've had yet. The...
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