STORIES
AND LESSONS LEARNED REMARKABLE ENOUGH TO BE A SUBJECT OF LEGEND

48 State Adventure - Summer 2015

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ID - MT - WY- SD - ND - MN - NE - IA - WI - IL - IN - MI - OH - PA - NY - VT - NH - ME - MA - RI - CT - NJ - DE - MD

HALF WAY!

WV - KY - VA - TN - NC - SC - GA - AL - FL - MS - LA - AR - MO - KS - OK - TX - NM - AZ - CO - UT - NV - CA - OR - WA

(48 STATES WAHOO!)

TOTAL MILES 8, 997

#1(435) - #2(490) - #3(455) - #4(540) - #5(375) - #6(298) - #7(210) - #8(420) - #9(390) - #10(498) - #11(305) - #12(59) - #13(403) - #14(530) - #15(556) - #16(496)

#17(486) - #18(572) - #19(607) - #20(382) - #21(490)


Friday, August 7, 2015

"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME"

Day #15
Date: Friday, August 7, 2015
Departure: McGehee, Arkansas
Destination: Winfield, Kansas
Miles: 556 (all time high)

"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME"
BUT WE'RE ONLY IN KANSAS!


If we clicked our heals, closed our eyes and repeated three times, 
"There's No Place Like Home"
Then we would miss the LAST TEN STATES!

AND WE AIN'T GONNA DO THAT!

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Grandpa always gets to be first in line 
It's The Law!




Every Stop - Every Gas Fill-up

If you get to buy treats and snacks every day.....
going on 15 days.......
Pretty soon it isn't as much fun as you thought it was going to be.
Making a decision about what to buy becomes torturous!

Conway, Arkansas
THE PASSENGER
The passenger has unique challenges; 
one of which is what to do with yourself for 10 hours a day on the back of a motorcycle 
looking at the back of a helmet



Team Members #1 and #2


Team Members #3
Then #4 and #5


Sometimes you just have to.....stop.....

Greenland, Arkansas for lunch

SO MUCH FOR PROTECTIVE 
MOTORCYCLE WEAR IN THIS HEAT!


Jase is riding in shorts with sunblock.....
but he may have missed a spot or two.


NOW SERIOUSLY......
This is TOTAL bragging rights!

Side Note:
These cool hands and wrists and arms belong to Grandpa and Ben.
Jase left his gloves off for a while so he wouldn't look so weird. 
  
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STORY IS IN THE MIRROR




BEAUTIFUL!
Seneca, Missouri

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COMFORT INN
POOLSIDE
TWO ROOMS
KITCHEN
JACUZZI TUB
GREAT PRICE $104

The girl at the front desk thought it was so cool that we were riding to all 48 states that she spoiled us and gave us this great room with the pool right outside the door.
It took Jon and Jack 30 seconds to make it to the pool after check-in.




GRANDPA'S JOURNAL

Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Cloud cover
81 degrees
for only 3 hours
Little Rock, Arkansas
No stress
freeways were clear and smooth sailing
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Home of the Razor Backs!

Neosho, Missouri
Our luck ran out! HOT and HUMID once again 98 degrees
Baxter Springs, Kansas
Coffeeville, Kansas
Winfield Kansas

TOMORROW
Changing the route for cooler mountain roads
Stay tuned for route detour

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