Ride across the USA

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Day 1: I drove down to Hanksville and snapped a couple of pictures along the way of the San Rafael Swell. Singular thunder cell storms were brewing on the horizon and would hit later on in the evening.



Got to my destination at Dukes Slickrock Campground and unloaded bike from trailer as I would be sleeping inside this night.



What my sleeping quarters looked like



Took bike over to Blondies diner and the storm cells were moving in





Had a burger and fries for a somewhat late lunch and then had an epiphany prompted by Cormanus' picture of him hauling a tire. I Wasn't going to need the top box until the second part of the trip after linking up with Django. We were sleeping the first night in a hotel. So I removed the top box and tossed the tires on the back and cam strap locked them down. My original plan had been to put them on the seat in front of the box and strap them horizontally to the bike.



Went to dinner at Dukes and these where sitting out front. A little bit of everything on the roads during summer.





Dinner was good. They know how to grill a trout here. Pie was decent as well.





The Duke was working the bar.



After dinner the storm cells got a little more aggressive





I watched the lightning for a while and fell asleep to the sound of rain on the metal roof of the trailer.