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Sturgis 2007 The Epic Journey Day 1 |
Friday, August 03, 2007 (16:27:00) |
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The journey begins. Myself, Corndog, and Biker Dick were about to set out on a 2,000 mile journey to the Black Hills and back for the largest motorcycle rally on the planet. We were excited to say the least.
But alas, our departure was a bit delayed. It was all my fault. I lost my main network computer on Tuesday and along with that a couple of days of working time. I had to squeeze a few tasks in at the last minute. I started on them at 4:00 am and pleaded with Corndog for his help in wrapping them up. We planned to leave at 8:00, but didn't end up pulling out until around 11:00.
Initially, i thought that was a blessing in disguise as rain had been coming down hard all morning. While we were wrapping up some last minute tasks, it began to subside. There was still a light drizzle as we mounted our trusty iron steeds and headed out. So, we put on our best rain gear and prepared to start our journey in the wet stuff.
And we we got! We headed out from St Marys, GA on HWY 40 to Folkston and then on US1 to Waycross and then Hwy 82 to Tifton. Mother gave us the wet stuff for a solid two hours and only let up as we approached Tifton. In Tifton, we picked up US 41 and prepared to ride it all the way north to Nashville to meet Biker Dick. We left our rain pants on and put the jackets back in our saddlebags. The rain had stopped, but we figured it would crank up again later.
Boy, were we wrong! By the time we made it to Perry, we were baking under those pants. The sun had come out and unleashed what would later on turn out to be a heat wave two weeks long! We got out of those pants, lathered up with sunscreen and began to make our way north.
I have a pet peeve over people not tying down their loads in trailers and on the back of pickups. In the country, folks tie their stuff down less and less. Perry had to have some of the worst offenders I had ever seen. That was also compounded by the fact that Perry is The Watermelon Capital of Georgia. There were loads of people that were puling trailers loaded up with watermelons or had their trucks loaded up with watermelons. Not a singe one was tied down. Some folks kept the melons below the edge of the bed or the trailer, but this one careless driver had melons stacked up over the cab of his truck. Needless to say that when we came to a curve behind this guy, we were dodging melons!
We made it all the way to Macon when we decided that we needed to make better time. That's when we got on I-75 and headed north. I-75 northbound is pretty uneventful until you get into Atlanta. That can be downright scary for the novice rider. If you're not doing 80-90, you're a road hazard in some spots. And then you have to navigate through all of the exits, merges, and splits hoping all the while you aren't caught on the bad end of one of them.
I unfortunately was. We were in the HOV lane on I-75 north when the I-85/I-75 split came up. Corndog made it to I-75, but I didn't. I ended up taking I-85 toward Greenville. This was a fiasco! I couldn't turn around, cause traffic was at a standstill on I-85 south. I ended up going to Druid Hills and taking Peachtree Blvd into Buckhead where I met back up with I-75.
Corndog headed on up towards to Nashville and we planned on meeting up when I caught up to him. That didn't quite happen either and I pulled into Biker Dick's house about 20 minutes after Corndog did.
Biker Dick's wife was nice enough to bake a lasagna for us. I savored it well! It would be the last home cooked meal we would have for some time.
Tomorrow, we head out for Sturgis!
Take a look at the over 400 photos we took on our trip to Sturgis in the photogallery. |
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