June 11, 2010

WHERE ARE KITTY AND KEN?
We are home, arrived Friday June 11, 2010 at 11:45am in North Conway, 83 days (29 on motorcycle), 31 States, 13,553 miles(5053 on motorcycle).

The weather driving home was great and we drove straight across the country and only hit bad weather the last night on the road while we were checking into the hotel in a downpour. There were severe weather warnings with a tornado watch at that time but we didn't have any problems.

What can I say, the trip was phenomenal. We would do it all over again. We had fantastic rides both in the car and on the motorcycle. The National Parks were magnificent with Arches and Bryce topping the list but I haven't see all of them yet. The rides on the motorcycle were spectacular; the Teton Mountains, Redwood Trees, California and Oregon coast, plains, farmlands, Red rocks, and every type and color of rocks. We had sun, rain, hail, snow and of course lots of wind. The temperatures went from 37 degrees to 100(our last day in Sedona). We went from sea level to 10,000 feet.

We tried to name our favorite motorcycle ride and there were just too many; our trip from Moab to Cedar City on the Scenic Byways (Rt 24, 12, 89 and 14 in Utah) was awesome. Wyoming to Colorado through Rabbit Ears Pass into Steamboat Springs just breathtaking, Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park all were majestic and grand.

Everyone was friendly and helpful throughout the whole country. Some of our favorite people were the older woman traveling alone on her Harley motorcycle pulling a pop up camping tent trailer, dressed to the nines in her leather fringe heading to Alaska. And the guys who towed our motorcycle into Laramie especially Charlie who had moved to Laramie and was opening a Ranch for troubled teen girls.

It was amazing to me how many people travel on motorcycles and pull trailers with their motorcycles. Now we need to plan another trip to see all that we didn't get to see.
Ken was the best driver and he was totally remarkable at how well he handled the motorcycle especially in some adverse conditions.

We are blessed and fortunate to have been able to take this trip and we thank God for keeping us safe. We also thank Bonnie for staying with us on a daily basis and following our routes with comments. Thanks to all who followed us and commented.