I’m about 90 miles fron Reston so I’m making my last gas and stretch stop. I’m a little behind where I thought I’d be because I had to replace my battery in Rocky Mount. It finally gave up on me and I barely made it out of the Bojangles parking lot in Nashville. I think [...]
Category Archives: Daytona Beach Roadtrip
Eating cheese fries, watching
March 7, 2009 – 7:04 pm
Just saw a man, a woman, and a wheelchair on a custom trike and another motorcycle towing a boat; “The Black Pearl”
Down to Atlanta and over to Austin
March 5, 2009 – 6:34 pm
*This has been sitting in my drafts folder for two days. Pretend it’s backdated to the 3rd.
Unfortunately I had to leave Charlotte really early to get to a tour I had scheduled at Georgia Tech. Unfortunate because I didn’t get to see my wonderful hosts again and unfortunate because it was so incredibly cold. Well, [...]
The only one dumb enough
March 4, 2009 – 3:31 am
Today makes the third day in a row that I haven’t seen another biker on the road. That’s actually pretty unusual. Maybe DC bikers are heartier than most, but I usually see at least one other on my way to work even on the coldest days. These have been cold days.
The ride from Raleigh to [...]
Only been hit with one snowball
March 2, 2009 – 5:30 pm
It’s cold and windy but beautiful. I’m somewhere near Lexington now, warming my hands and body with some coffee. Everything is covered in powder-white snow. Props to the NC DOT. I-85 is pristine exept for the snow and ice coming off truicks. Very little traffic so I’m making great time. Speaking of that, [...]
First stop
March 1, 2009 – 8:04 pm
It started raining about the time I got to Petersburg, so I pulled over, put on my rain gear and covered everything up. I spent the next three hours riding in varying types of rain. Sorry about all the product placement here, but I feel like a brief gear review is in orde. My [...]
Bike Week coming up
February 28, 2009 – 5:37 am
In the morining I’m heading off in the direction of Daytona Beach and visiting some very good friends on my way down. I’m going to try to put some updates online fairly regularly. Of course, since I’m traveling by motorcycle, my fairly bulky laptop has to stay at home. So this is really a bit [...]