Ride across the USA
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emptysea
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EmptySea_imp said:
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Been there
Is this accurate?EmptySea_imp said:
He's talking about meeting me Tuesday in Birmingham, Al, approx 1200 miles apart
emptysea
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Yes.. it's accurate, but the last report was last night.
Django
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June, 22. Took some time in the morning to repack my luggage and distribute the weight better in the panniers, do some email and planning the next days.
Weather report said, I had to cross a thunderstorm front. I decided to go along the Monarch Mountain pass and then go South East. This day I used my warm jacket and the rain gear nearly all day.
At the Monarch pass was snow flurry and really cold.
The rest of the day I was more or less chasing the thunderstorms in front of me, sometimes got a shower, sometimes just waited in a coffee bar to let them go.
Finally I ended up in Walsenburg, where iI wanted to find a room.
Unfortunately there was no room available as the town was full for some events going on and the tent place of the campground was full of dog cuss. So I decided to go on to La Veta. Finally found a room in Cuchara. Had a nice evening in the Dog Bar with some live music.
Weather report said, I had to cross a thunderstorm front. I decided to go along the Monarch Mountain pass and then go South East. This day I used my warm jacket and the rain gear nearly all day.
At the Monarch pass was snow flurry and really cold.
The rest of the day I was more or less chasing the thunderstorms in front of me, sometimes got a shower, sometimes just waited in a coffee bar to let them go.
Finally I ended up in Walsenburg, where iI wanted to find a room.
Unfortunately there was no room available as the town was full for some events going on and the tent place of the campground was full of dog cuss. So I decided to go on to La Veta. Finally found a room in Cuchara. Had a nice evening in the Dog Bar with some live music.
Bazbro_imp
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Thanks, Django. Enjoying the tales of your trip! 
the Ferret
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Big country eh Django? Not like Europe where you can be in 3 countries in a day.
Hope you are enjoying yourself. Now you get to ride across Kansas? lol
Hope you are enjoying yourself. Now you get to ride across Kansas? lol
rboe
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As I type this I see he is in Trinidad. We've stayed at the LaQuinta there, really enjoy it. Still some good looking country to ride through, just not as majestic as the Rockies. Last few years I've driven it in the winter (save the time I picked up the '14 CB), I imagine it should look quite green right now.
If you pass through fields of sorghum, keep an eye on your fuel consumption. If they have tassled out (probably a bit early though) the pollen can clog your air filter. I had to replace my Ford Edge filter after driving through two states worth one year.
Sorghum looks like really short corn without the cobs.
If you pass through fields of sorghum, keep an eye on your fuel consumption. If they have tassled out (probably a bit early though) the pollen can clog your air filter. I had to replace my Ford Edge filter after driving through two states worth one year.
Sorghum looks like really short corn without the cobs.
Lord Popgun
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Cool old gas station. I love those.
flynrider
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According to Spot he's making his way across Oklahoma on I-40. Good road choice for that area. 
Don't be in too much of a hurry, Django. You don't want to catch up with that large, slow moving line of thunderstorms that are a few hundred miles east of you.
Don't be in too much of a hurry, Django. You don't want to catch up with that large, slow moving line of thunderstorms that are a few hundred miles east of you.
LongRanger_imp
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Those are the same storms that dropped over a foot of snow in the Rockies this past weekend. Good timing!
Inhouse Bob
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You just went by a bunch of my relatives in Oklahoma. I hope they waved to you!:banana::banana::banana:
Django
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RLS,, no, not Memphis. Tomorrow still in the Ozark s, Wednesday to Birmingham.
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Django
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Yesterday I started out in Cuchara.
If you ever happen to be in that area, ride the scenic bypass highway 12 to Trinidad. It's well worth it if you like scenic and twisties.
After that the landscape became flat,
meeting a train,
even more flat.
In Germany we have a saying, if you are in the middle of nowhere, you are in "Pampa". Here we are:
Yesterday was highway day, riding thru those little morbid towns, partly abandoned. After staying the night at the KOA near Elk City, today was Interstate day and the Ozarks in the afternoon.
Near Oklahoma City the traffic get more crowded.
That's Oklahoma City
and after burning some more gas we enter Arkansas.
The Ozarks I really like! Lots of twisties and no speed limit beside the 55 miles. Arkansas seems not to pamper the traffic like they do in Colorado.
This night I stay in Kingston. Seems to have seen better times, too.
If you ever happen to be in that area, ride the scenic bypass highway 12 to Trinidad. It's well worth it if you like scenic and twisties.
After that the landscape became flat,
meeting a train,
even more flat.
In Germany we have a saying, if you are in the middle of nowhere, you are in "Pampa". Here we are:
Yesterday was highway day, riding thru those little morbid towns, partly abandoned. After staying the night at the KOA near Elk City, today was Interstate day and the Ozarks in the afternoon.
Near Oklahoma City the traffic get more crowded.
That's Oklahoma City
and after burning some more gas we enter Arkansas.
The Ozarks I really like! Lots of twisties and no speed limit beside the 55 miles. Arkansas seems not to pamper the traffic like they do in Colorado.
This night I stay in Kingston. Seems to have seen better times, too.
emptysea
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Not sure that Kingston has ever seen better times.
Interesting probably only to myself, I’ve gassed up in Kingston three times on three different trips to that area.
There are some great roads right around you. Hope you get to experience them.
Interesting probably only to myself, I’ve gassed up in Kingston three times on three different trips to that area.
There are some great roads right around you. Hope you get to experience them.
max
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Found some blue sky for a change, excellent.
Just no idea how much open country there still is, what's it like on those endless perfect straight roads?
Nothing like that here in NZ.
Cheers Django, keep dry!
Just no idea how much open country there still is, what's it like on those endless perfect straight roads?
Nothing like that here in NZ.
Cheers Django, keep dry!
Bazbro_imp
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Those big, open, straight roads are almost 'motorways'! The Ozark twisties - much better. 
But with such vast distances to cover in the US, I can't imagine travelling on twisties all the way!
It takes me five hours to travel from SW England to Manchester in the North...!!
Thanks for the great updates, Django. Safe journey.
But with such vast distances to cover in the US, I can't imagine travelling on twisties all the way!
It takes me five hours to travel from SW England to Manchester in the North...!!
Thanks for the great updates, Django. Safe journey.
Wisedrum
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Django, enjoy your US-trip, stay tuned and find interesting roads to travel. Highways are always after a while sort of boring but often one has no other choice than to ride a long distance from A to B within an acceptable amount of time.
When reading your explanation of 'Pampa' another German word comes to my mind 'Walachei'. Could be used for the same scenery, if you want so, as Herrendorf did in his book 'Tschik'.
Wisedrum
When reading your explanation of 'Pampa' another German word comes to my mind 'Walachei'. Could be used for the same scenery, if you want so, as Herrendorf did in his book 'Tschik'.
Wisedrum
