I'm finally off on my Alaskan adventure. I've got a new Sena 20 headset in this helmet. I wanted to test how far the bluetooth in the helmet would work from my phone.

It was still working when I crossed Hwy 93 to check out El Diablo, but it was starting to get a little static.

I've got a pretty good load on the back of this thing such that changes the handling a bit.

Nice used car lot down below.

I stopped by Pat and Sherm's to pick up a backup camera that he said I could have. Ended up getting a top notch breakfast as well as a loaf of Pat's homemade banana bread. Delicious!

This is the Acord family Ma, Pa, and Lulu

These are Pa's bikes

Ken said a prayer for a fun and safe trip and then he and Sherm rode along for a bit.

Sherm snapped this picture at Crazy Horse and then he headed back home and I'm headed North.............to Alaska!

The waters of Lake Mead sure reflected the blue sky today.

I even seemed to make the color of the hills more vibrant. Such a boring old desert. :)

I don't know the name of this river, but it appears to be coming from North Las Vegas and flows into Lake Mead.

The other side of the road.

I love the way the artist has used such contrasting colors in this picture!

I find that I really like all of his work.

Even when some silly old man carves a highway through it, it still looks great.

And they are all FREE!

And this is only day 1 of 80

I've been very lucky on most of my  motorcycle trips to rarely have to endure much rain. It looked like this might be a bad one, but I didn't even get wet.

I got a room in Caliente, NV for $49 including tax.

Small, but very clean, everything functional, and excellent wi-fi.

Got my cold weather gear on and I'm ready to push offl :)

Alaska Bound

I've been prepping this bike for my Alaska trip for the last week or so. I've been so busy that I wasn't sure if I was going to get it done on time, but I made it and now I have to kill time until 8:00AM tomorrow morning. :)

   

I had two things on my bucket list for this trip. One was to visit that part of Big Bend, NP that I missed last year and the other was to ride the musical highway. I did both, and both were great for me. I stole this pic from Sherm's blog. I rode this thing 4 times just experimenting with speed etc. It was fun for me and I think
Sherm liked it just as much as I did. Sometimes sharing something makes it even more fun!

This is the dance hall in Albert, TX

We met a Harley rider in Luckenbach that was telling us about Albert. He was saying how it was another Luckenbach but better.

Blondy and I rode out to check it out. There are probably two things she won't do again.......ride to Albert, TX or on my Wing. :)

We rode down to a little place the Big Guy told us about. They do a lot of car club photo shoots here. Today, Cheryl did a bike shoot.

They were really lucky to have a professional photographer.

....who made them Stand Out in the river bed! :)

I look better from a distance

Some really big fish in the river.

Blondy found a nice place to relax.

This guy was a big chicken.

Sherm's girls increase in numbers almost daily

A quick stop at Harry's Bar for soft drinks.

Some of the wildlife there

I'm not sure what these are, probably Texas rats.

 I couldn't close my eyes fast enough

Coyote got the award.

The traditional stop along the boot fence at the TK Ranch

Good place to pull over and beautiful flowers

Every group has a show off

the consensus was a tree killing fungus

I was trying to find another spot for the group to stop at and stumbled across this.

However it would have been difficult for the group to make it down there so they stopped here with the nice access trail.

My first ever Mexican Sunflowers

The nice selection at Coopers BBQ in Llano, TX. I had the prime rib.

Sherm captured me on the bike at Luckenbach

Everybody is somebody in Luckenbach

This somebody is Blondy

This somebody is Cranky

AKA Bill

Nicest Coyote in town!

This was a pretty good group of impromptu musicians.

Expect to hear country western if you come here.

Something about a country setting that takes you back...........

So far google has not  been my friend it trying to find the history on this house in Grapetown

It was a nice place to take the group to.

The school masters house

The school, it stayed in operation until 1949.

Boomer's birthday, Shannon got him a cookie cake.