Almost to Yellowstone

We left nashville and headed west through the corner of Arkansas and they curved north. There are some really nice roads in the area. They curve up hills and around corners and are just a blast to drive. Carving the highways at 60 is as much fun to me as the slow tight turns.

There was one real sad part that got to me. I was coming into a corner and there was a dead deer in the road and right next to it on the shoulder was a young fawn. Not more than 20 lbs. It must have been the mother that got hit. When I came up the fawn turned and ran back into the woods. It made me real sad to see that

Up he road a little farther we came through Mammoth Spring Arkinsas and saw a great little waterfall. We had to stop for a few moments.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful just driving and having fun.


We stopped for the night at Fort Scott Kansas and had dinner at a local diner. All the people were real friendly and inquisitive as to where we came from and where we are going to. We did have to do laundry again. Funny how the clean clothes never seem to last long when you only have 3 outfits. :-)

This Morning we left Fort Scott and headed for Wichita and points west. It was hot and dry and boring. If you ever get the chance to drive through Kansas, think twice. It is mind numbing.

As we got to the west side of the state and started north through Colorado the weather turned nasty. There were real dark clouds and you could see the rain falling around us. We got hit with a sprinkle for just a couple of minutes, but we twisted and turned and missed all the rest of it. The clouds were real ominous. It kept me looking up, looking for a twister to start forming. One minute it was in the mid 90's and clear and the next, the temp had dropped by 35 degree's and it was windy. It seriously reminded me of the scene from the movie Twister when in Wichita it was calm and quiet and then all of a sudden the wind picked up and the twister was there tearing things up. I kept looking up as much as watching the road.

We are now in Cheyenne, Wy and have 6450 miles on the bikes. We are going to head through Cody in the morning and go through Yellowstone national park on the way home.

It has been a really great trip, but I am ready to be home and I really miss Tinkerbell and Callie and Abby.