Made it to the Gulf of Mexico

We arrived at Port St. Joe in Florida on the Gulf coast around 5:30pm. Steve had camp site reservations so set up our tents and visited with some of the other riders who are gathering this weekend. Kevin will roll in tomorrow night.

I found shells for Janet already.

Done for the day

We are spending the night in Athens, AL. The day was a perfect riding day, 70 and dry. After we got settled into our Motel 8 a car carrier with 11 new Corvettes all with white covers pulled in, pretty neat.

Riding the bike today

We arrived at Janet's sisters yesterday and now I've got the bike loaded and ready to meet Steve in a few hours. Then we'll be riding south.

A rainy day

We drove through heavy rain most of the day. 

Finally the last couple hours were dry.

We are spending the night in Russellville, AR

On the road

We got kind of a late start this morning but that's OK we're retired you know. Ran into some snow country around Williams and Flagstaff but the roads were clear. Drove in rain off and on all day. Decided to stop in Tucumcari for the night so after gassing up and dining at Denny's we're ready for a quick start in the morning. 

Leaving in the morning

All packed and ready to head towards Illinois in the morning. Janet and I should get there by Tuesday afternoon. I'll unload the bike and Wednesday afternoon I'll meet up with Steve and head to Florida.

Going to Key West, Florida

Sunday April 26 Janet and I will be driving to Murphysboro, IL with the motorcycle in tow. Once there I will unload the bike and leave Janet so she can visit her Dad and Sister while I connect with Steve and we will ride to Port St. Joe, Florida for a memorial for Bob Donaldson who was a member of the ST Owners Group and a great guy. From there we plan on riding to Key West a place we intended to get to back in the Spring of 2012. We got turned back when a hurricane hit Florida and along the way we bought our BMW K1600 motorcycles in Birmingham, AL. I wonder what adventures await us this time.