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Monthly Archives: August 2023

Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Day 19

August 31, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

One big Slab blast across Nebraska and Iowa, with some motel weirdness at the end.

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The Nightowl poses in front of the Collegiate peaks in Colorado.
Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Day 18

August 30, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

I ride a last mountain I pass or two, climb to a mountain peak, and leave the mountains for the Slab dash home across the Great Plains.

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Red Mountain and an old mining rail trestle along US550 in Colorado.
Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Day 17

August 30, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

I leave the deserts of the southwest and enter the mountains of Colorado.

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arizonacoloradonew_mexicophotos
A view of Spider Rock at Canyon De Chelly.
Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Day 16

August 29, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

Today I ride the target stretch of US191 in Arizona, and finish the day with a whirlwind tour of Canyon De Chelly.

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My view west from US70 between White Sands and Las Cruces.
Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Day 15

August 28, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

The indirect route home continues its western leg across New Mexico, including mountain passes, desert, and a nice conversation with the Hurley PD.

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A panoramic view (south to north) between Tahoka and Brownfield in Texas. Not much going on here.
Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Day 14

August 26, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

I’m back on the road and heading from Texas back to Michigan… by way of Arizona.

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Texas Express – Day 9

August 20, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

I ride the final ~200 miles to the convention in Dallas, in 111ºF heat.

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Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Day 8

August 19, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

My route finally turns towards Dallas and the temperatures go up.

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Texas Express – Day 7

August 18, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

I divert my route a bit to pay a visit to my in-laws in Missouri.

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The individual parts for an actual Saturn V rocket lie in a row at the US Rocket and Space Center in Huntsville, AL.
Nightowl, Road Tales

Texas Express – Days 5-6

August 17, 2023 Ghost Leave a comment

I ride from one friend’s house to another, seeing still another friend for lunch. Then I take a day off.

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