Our last trip was taken by my sister (Wiss), brother-in-law (Bruce), my wife (Grace), myself (Stev) and two friends (Larry and Wanda) from Brookings, South Dakota. They had come down to visit Bruce and my sister as Bruce and Larry were good friends in high school. But , everybody knew everybody as we all when to high school togeather. It was a cold ride this year and our route from Clearwater is marked in Purple.

 

 

This trip was in August of 2008 and taken by my brother-in-law (Bruce) and myself (Stev) to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Our goal was to trailer our trikes there and meet up with my brother Micah and his buddy Bernard, both from Brevard, NC, and one of my brothers and my best fiends, Monte, from Springfield, Missouri. The routes we rode are marked in green and some of the points of interest are highlighted.

 

 

This trip was taken by my sister (Wiss), brother-in-law (Bruce), my wife (Grace), myself (Stev). We had planned this trip for some time and did almost 3000 miles and 2 weeks to accomplish it. We had our trikes shipped to Salt Lake City and flew in to pick them up. Heading north out of SLC we first hit the Grand Tetons and continued on our route marked in black. A truly remarkable trip that took us through 5 National Parks and 5 States.

 

 

This trip was taken by my sister (Wiss), brother-in-law (Bruce), my wife (Grace), myself (Stev). We had planned this trip for some time and did almost 3000 miles and 10 days to accomplish it. We had our trikes shipped to Hartford, Connecticut and flew in to pick them up. Heading south out of Hartford we headed directly for the coast line to start out tour and continued on our route marked in green. A fantastic trip. We even had a beer in Cheers in Boston and at The Crow's Nest in Glouster, Maine where they filmed, "The Perfect Storm".

 

 

This was the first year that we owned our trike. I had been riding a 2004 Harley Electra-Glide and we decided we needed more creature comforts for the road tours that we were committed to taking in the future. Grace and I decided to find out how the trike worked and this would be a trip for it. We had the trike shipped to Minneapolis and flew in to meet it. The first stop were relatives because that area is our 'old home town area." Graces' mom, Gladyce lived in a small town called Hendricks, Minnesota and Brooking, SD (about 24 miles away) is where Grace and I graduated from high school.. Uncles, aunts and many friends later we arrived back in Florida with a lot of miles under our belt and lots of great memories.

 

I got my first large motorcycle in my 20s and have been riding something-or-another for most of my life. In the early days it was mostly inexpensive transportation and short trips by myself because Grace and I were raising a family and it just wasn't her kind of fun. In 2002 I bought a Honda 750 just to cruise around on. Our kids were raised and off on their own and Grace developed the desire to ride with me. We soon graduated to a 2003 Honda 1300 VTX which I still own. The 1300 was the one we took on this trip. We took the AmTrac Auto Train to Washington, DC. from Orlando, FL. and started from there. One of the first places we wanted to see was "ground zero" in New York and go from there. It was a fantastic trip with much to see and "hooked" us on motorcycle touring as long as we're able.

I don't have the photo slide show for this trip because my computer crashed and they were all lost except for the poster I has made.