Day 8 - Pittsburgh to Home! (Aug 30th)

Home Safe...Yahoo!

3150 miles completed in 7 days across the USA....We had a ball...Amazing adventure together for us both.

420 miles today, Breakfast in Hollidaysberg PA, lunch in Allentown, dinner at home in Greenwich CT with the family.

We are big fans of Hampton Inn's, running out of gas in the middle of Pennsylvania was not a highlight today!

Full details & "thoughts from the road" to follow this weekend...

Day 7 - Effingham to Pittsburgh (Aug 29th)

Another Huge & really enjoyable day today....Covered 4 States
(Illinois , Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania) and 502 miles in our treck
for the East coast (& home!).

Started out normal time (7am) and heading to Indianapolis for
breakfast where we ended up amongst a Drag racing event & all the
normal petrol heads!

Refueled & made Columbus Ohio out target for a late lunch (another
completely different city)...

We grouped up with 5 other bikers on I 70 East thru Ohio & we all rode
as rat pack of 7 for a few hours.

Loved the rolling hills with the sun on our backs as we rode across
the boarder into Pennsylvania and landed in Pittsburgh on dusk.

We were quickly approached by someone selling tickets for the Pirates
Baseball game so to took up his offer, watch half the game, had the
usual unhealthy "game dinner" & hit the hay.

All going well we will see the East coast ocean, New York & Greenwich
tomorrow night

Day 6 - Joplin to Effingham (Aug 28th)web eased

We pulled out of Joplin Missouri at 7am, ready to burn our 1st tank of gas on the day & breakfast at Lebanon  An Absolute classic old style diner it was, right down to the toilet! (see pic)

We then tracked to St Louis driving thru  the centers cobble streets & sat under the BIG Arch before stripping off our riding gear in the 90 degree heat

After the refuel  we headed for the Hilton Effingham Missouri for a swim &well earned drink

Massive green feilds today full of quality well kept crops, watering systems, agricultural land, John Deere tractors. Easy to & see the real mid west wealth in stark contrsat to the deserts of the last few days

Tired & sore tonight, rolling ibed at 8pm, covered another 388 miles, now have, 900 left of our 3000 total to complete....

Day 3 - Flagstaff - Albuquerque (Aug 25)

Another great day.... Long straight roads, dry heat, clear sky's & amazingly huge landscapes. Just like on TV!

Crossed into New Mexico, covering another 323 of dry land, cactus, indian reservations & no animals anywhere

Dad & I have pulled up at the Hyatt tonight for a beer, burger & massage!

Im now starting to walk like a cowboy!

Santa Fe and Amarilo tomorrow... Pics below.

Day 5 - Amarillo - Joplin (Aug 27)

Early start on the road from 6.45 at Amarillo Texas as the sun rise from the east in our eyes beautiful and blinding

We burnt a tank of gas 150 miles then time for breakfast, beautiful in the oldest decrypted shed (restaurant)
you could ever imagine

Refueled the horses then on to challenge the barrage of trucks that
are endlessly in your line of passage

Found a truck with only a car on its deck to provide a great slipstream and I sat behind this for an hour almost burning no gas at 80 mph

Lunch at Oklahoma City more refueling then finally ending up at Joplin for the night with just on 500 miles for the day

To top it off we ended up at an Aussie resturant (Outback Steak House) for Dinner