Between getting my motorcycle license in 1998 and June 2006 we traveled close to home, maybe 400 to 600 miles. Around 2004 I had set a goal of some day riding in all 48 states and began coloring in the states on a map as we traveled in them.
In June 2006 we took a trip to the New England states on the motorcycles. In January I began looking at AAA books, maps, and the Internet and map programs on the computer. I mapped out our route with a few sightseeing spots marked. June 18 was our target date to leave heading north to Conn., RI, and Mass, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and then back home. We traveled some interstate roads and a lot of secondary roads. We went to Plymouth Rock, Bar Harbor, whale watching, and up Mt. Washington. In all we did 2230 miles in 9 days. Our riding buddies for this trip were Bernie and Shirley Folker and we were still friends after all this time on the road together!
January 2007 I began planning our next big trip. I wanted to ride south to New Orleans, east through the panhandle of Florida then up the east coast back home. I began looking at maps and plotting routes on the computer. I talked to Ron Billings, Bernie and Shirley. Ron suggested we take th
e Natchez Trace Parkway from Nashville to Natchez Mississippi then go to New Orleans. We would take route 90, the old route to Jacksonville Florida. From Jacksonville we would take 17 North to Norfolk then 13 through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to home. We left at noon on May 31, 2007. A stop in Tupelo Mississippi, we found the Elvis Presley Birthplace Museum and spent half a day touring. In all we traveled 3000 miles in 13 days (12 in the saddle). So at this point I had ridden the motorcycle in 23 states.
In June 2006 we took a trip to the New England states on the motorcycles. In January I began looking at AAA books, maps, and the Internet and map programs on the computer. I mapped out our route with a few sightseeing spots marked. June 18 was our target date to leave heading north to Conn., RI, and Mass, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and then back home. We traveled some interstate roads and a lot of secondary roads. We went to Plymouth Rock, Bar Harbor, whale watching, and up Mt. Washington. In all we did 2230 miles in 9 days. Our riding buddies for this trip were Bernie and Shirley Folker and we were still friends after all this time on the road together!
January 2007 I began planning our next big trip. I wanted to ride south to New Orleans, east through the panhandle of Florida then up the east coast back home. I began looking at maps and plotting routes on the computer. I talked to Ron Billings, Bernie and Shirley. Ron suggested we take th
e Natchez Trace Parkway from Nashville to Natchez Mississippi then go to New Orleans. We would take route 90, the old route to Jacksonville Florida. From Jacksonville we would take 17 North to Norfolk then 13 through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to home. We left at noon on May 31, 2007. A stop in Tupelo Mississippi, we found the Elvis Presley Birthplace Museum and spent half a day touring. In all we traveled 3000 miles in 13 days (12 in the saddle). So at this point I had ridden the motorcycle in 23 states.
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