Friday April 1st 2022 We spent another night at the Rocheport trail head in anticipation of a warmish sunny day. I believe that we got to ride the best 12 mile stretch of the entire Katy trail. We rode the trail out and back heading east towards the McBaine trail head. We were flanked by the Missouri River on one […]

Thursday March 31st 2022 The day started with a very yummy breakfast at the Merriweather Cafe and Bike Shop conveniently located right next to the Rocheport trailhead. We had a 10:30 tour scheduled at the Warm Springs Budweiser Clydesdale breeding farm, just a few minutes away. What a beautiful farm and beautiful animals. The tour was a value at $15. […]

Wednesday March 30th. We hit the road with our destination being somewhere along the Katy Rail Trail. Our good friends Jill and Tina had told us about this 240 mile rail trail in Missouri and we wanted to check it out. Jill gave us a few tips, one of them being to stop in Boonville at the Visitors Center. The […]

Tuesday March 29th 2022. Cold and gray upon departure. Drove pretty much straight west on the 2 lanes avoiding any big cities. So many tidy and neat farms in Indiana and Illinois. We never tire of driving through farmland. Always something to see and comment about…..yes we are weird and we know it. The day continued to warm up and […]

It is has been to long since I have posted on this blog. My apologies. Can’t lie, it is a bit of work to stay on top of writing a blog. I said that if I had 3 people tell me that they checked on my blog regularly then I would pick up the pen and start writing again. Well, […]

Our finally stop was at Brookville Reservoir in south eastern Indiana, another Army Corp of Engineer campground. The weather turned wet and a short walk to the boat launch was the highlight of the evening. The next day was uneventful, but much anticipated as we pulled into 2403 Strange Hwy. The final trip numbers…….Sunday the van = 4600 miles……Beamer the […]

Being on the road in all sorts of new places. The perfect scenario for van mom to ride her bike on new roads in new places. Finding a bike tour in Lebanon Illinois determined our charted course. Tour Da Stooges…..now that sounded fun. Van mom signed up to ride the Moe Metric Century, 62 miles. There was the nicest park […]

This song really says it all and it is by the famous Irving Berlin. How did he know how van mom would feel after being gone for 5 1/2 weeks? Michigan and the farm were the final destination and it took a week to get there with lots of great stops along the way. LAKE BOB SANDLIN TEXAS STATE PARK […]

The time in Texas was finished off with a wonderful meal at Anthonies in Simonton. A beautiful evening with Texas daughter and family.

This above line is often used by van dad when people ask about his long motorcycle trips……”did you trailer the Beamer?” As much as it hurt to do it, the Beamer was going to be trailered back to Michigan. It was the cheapest, most efficient way to get everyone and everything back to Grand Ledge. There were a few anxious […]