Tim and Harley Break 1000 Miles

August 9, 2008
Fort Collins, CO

Tim donned his leathers (chaps) for the first time and pulled out of the drive at 8:15 am this morning... on his first long trip on the 2008 Harley-Davidson Softtail Heritage we purchased in June.

A long trip today constitutes about 175 miles through mostly flat lands. He did not take the camera (he says we'll do all that when we are together) so all we'll have are leaving and returning pics.

The trip will take him:
East out of Fort Collins to Eaton, CO
North to Nunn, CO and eventually to Cheyenne, WY.
At Cheyenne, WY it will be west to Larimie, WY
and then South back to Fort Collins.

It's a beautiful bright blue morning in northern Colorado. The temp is about 70 degrees. The ride should be fun. He's going to have a blast. He might even see a few bikes on the road from the Sturgis Rally (South Dakota) which ends today.

Bummer! Oh yeah -- I'm jealous because I'm stuck in the house with a gimpy arm recuperating from the tumble I took on my bike July 25th. So, I'm living vicariously through Tim's adventures for now. My Dad, my brother and friend Kenny (Wichita Falls, TX) are off on their bikes on another adventure today as well. They are riding Thunder in the Mountains in Oklahoma. More later!

9:45 am Cheyenne, WY. Tim calls from Dong-King Donuts (Boston Donuts). Yeah our pet name for the place is politically incorrect. It is derived from the fact that the place used to be a Dunkin Donuts but was bought out by Eurasian (maybe Chinese) who apparently has no qualms about passing Dunkin Donuts recipes off as his own - the donuts are the same.

11:20 am Laramie, WY. Tim calls from a gas station in Laramie. He says the trip across Wyoming went well. He stopped once at a rest stop. He had to pass several diesel trucks and says the bike runs well at the speed limit (75 mph). This is allegedly the first trip at that speed for the bike. Apparently, it runs well at 80 mph plus (just when I'm passing - he says - yeah right). 80 West out of Cheyenne is a major truck route. It can be a bit treacherous in adverse weather conditions especially in winter. The wind is kicking up (hey- it's Wyoming) so he won't tarry on the trip back into Fort Collins. He's beginning to regret not taking the camera along. We've been on the Hwy 287 route between Fort Collins and Laramie a couple of times but it's been at least a couple of years.

1:20 pm fort Collins, CO. Tim arrives home after a drive of about 205 miles. He had a great time. He saw three crop dusters, Lincoln's head at a rest stop in Wyoming, the wind turbine farm, and too many bikes (on the road from Sturgis) to count, not a bad one in the bunch. He fed PB&J crackers to the ground squirrels at a rest stop just inside the Colorado border on 287. He stopped at the Harley-Davidson in Laramie and bought me a great Skull t-shirt.

Total mileage as of today 1053 miles.

Oh hell! I've been blogged says he...