LilBeaver Posted July 7, 2009 #1 Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Howdy folks: I am planning a ride from Lubbock, TX to Brighton, MI beginning on 24-July (possibly the 25th depending on weather). I will depart Lubbock around 4am ride East to Wichita Falls, then hop on I-44 north to I-35, continue up through Wichita, KS and probably stop in Emporia, KS (about 1/2 between Wichita and Kansas City) for the evening. 25-July: Next day I will continue up I-35 up through Des Moines where I will pick up I-80 and continue East until arriving in Davinport, IA, where I will be staying the night. (A good friend of mine lives there, and they are not too far out of the way). 26-July: Leaving Davinport, I will then be able to take my time to putter across Northern Illinois to end up in Spring Grove, IL or Gurnee. I will be there for 1-2 days visiting my newest nephew (who is about 3 weeks old) and Also give my neice her first motorcycle ride! 28 or 29 -July: Depart Spring Grove/Gurnee and head for Brighton, MI via I-94 (probably take the Tri-state (294) around chicago - but we'll see when I get there). I'll stay on I-94 Until Battle Creek, where I'll shoot up I-69 to Lansing (With a stop in Mason to drop off my passenger) Then on to Brighton. I will be in Brighton, Walled Lake, Clarkston, Mason, Jonesville and various other places for that week. I will start my ride back to Texas sometime between the 4th and the 8th. I'm hoping to be able to stop in Marble Falls, AR for a day or 2 of the rally, but I am not sure what my schedule is going to be like while I'm up in Michigan (I will be with some family that is only doing so-so and they are the main purpose of my trip. So depending on what happens, I may or may not swing through AR). As for the details of my return trip, I have not decided. It will largly depend on how much time I will have to come back. I may go south through Nashville (visit some more family) then putter on over to Marble Falls, or I may need to just take the most direct route possible home... We'll see -- I'll be taking it a day at a time. ANYWAYS, I wouldn't argue with some company through various parts if you wanted to meet up or whatever just let me know. Hope to see you all in August at the Hub! Gdspeed - Rick M. Edited July 14, 2009 by LilBeaver AK is NOT Arkansas... Oops - I guess I should review some basic US Geography...
LilBeaver Posted July 14, 2009 Author #2 Posted July 14, 2009 BuMp Haha - Just saw this one --> :duck:Bet we've all done this once or twice - maybe not on the RSV with the shield in front of us.... but sometime.
Guest seuadr Posted July 14, 2009 #3 Posted July 14, 2009 wait wait, why do you want to come TO michigan?
Dave77459 Posted July 14, 2009 #4 Posted July 14, 2009 Howdy folks: I will start my ride back to Texas sometime between the 4th and the 8th. I'm hoping to be able to stop in Marble Falls, AK for a day or 2 of the rally, but I am not sure what my schedule is going to be like while I'm up in Michigan I would love to make that ride, but don't have any vacation. (I owe my company a few hours still) Your detour to Alaska should be quite exciting! Dave
LilBeaver Posted July 14, 2009 Author #5 Posted July 14, 2009 ... Your detour to Alaska should be quite exciting! Dave HAHA Oops... Actually, that's not a half bad Idea... Maybe next summer
Squidley Posted July 15, 2009 #6 Posted July 15, 2009 Rick, My # is in my profile, give a call when you get up to Michigan, would love to hook up with you. Were about 90 miles from Brighton and could shoot over there
LilBeaver Posted July 15, 2009 Author #7 Posted July 15, 2009 Rick, My # is in my profile, give a call when you get up to Michigan, would love to hook up with you. Were about 90 miles from Brighton and could shoot over there Sounds like a plan!
LilBeaver Posted July 23, 2009 Author #8 Posted July 23, 2009 BUMP! Alright, since my bike is behaving again and the weather is looking quite beautiful I will be hitting the road before the first sparrow fart tomorrow morning! Keep your eyes peeled for two dorks on a silver/green RSV!! Rick M.
Squidley Posted July 23, 2009 #9 Posted July 23, 2009 BUMP! Alright, since my bike is behaving again and the weather is looking quite beautiful I will be hitting the road before the first sparrow fart tomorrow morning! Keep your eyes peeled for two dorks on a silver/green RSV!! Rick M. Rick, My cell is 810 531 5128, would love to get hooked up with you while your here....be safe and have a great trip
ArticusMedicus Posted July 23, 2009 #10 Posted July 23, 2009 Call me when you get together. I'll make the trip down and maybe the wife can come too? Art~ 810-877-3006
JPM Posted July 24, 2009 #11 Posted July 24, 2009 Call me when you get together. I'll make the trip down and maybe the wife can come too? Art~ 810-877-3006 Sounds like a good reason to have a Meet&Eat lunch to me. We unemployed could meet just about any day. Joe
Squidley Posted July 24, 2009 #12 Posted July 24, 2009 Sounds like a good reason to have a Meet&Eat lunch to me. We unemployed could meet just about any day. Joe I like your thinking Joe
Guest seuadr Posted July 24, 2009 #13 Posted July 24, 2009 and lets face it.. if you are in michigan, it's a pretty good chance that you are unemployed!
LilBeaver Posted July 24, 2009 Author #14 Posted July 24, 2009 Sounds like a plan guys! I should be arriving in Michigan Tuesday late morning/early afternoon (maybe a little bit later depending on when the g/f ends up getting ready and whatnot). I have stuff planned already for Saturday (late morning through the evening) and Sunday (pretty much all day). There was talk with my parents about taking a ride up to traverse city (actually Kingsley) along the western side of Michigan and staying with some family then coming back the next day. I think that will be a Thursday/Friday adventure, but I do not know for sure yet, that one is up in the air still. Anyhoo, we can figure something out in the next couple of days. I am not sure if I will be bringing a computer or not so I may not be back on to check things out until sunday (When I get to my sister's) or Tuesday when I get to my parents. But I'll keep an eye on this when I can so we can firm something up. Maybe Wednesday the 29th?
SteveB Posted July 24, 2009 #15 Posted July 24, 2009 What time are you planning on pulling out of KC ? I live north of there up I-35. Maybe we could meet up and ride a ways north ? If that would work give me a call 660-772-3323
LilBeaver Posted July 24, 2009 Author #16 Posted July 24, 2009 SteveB: I was thinking about stopping in/near KC for breakfast. If we go on my schedule I will be there by 6 or 630am... BUT, since I have a traveling companion she will ultimately decide the schedule so we'd probably really be looking at 730 or 8ish. I'll give you a ring tomorrow when I make it to Emporia and have a better idea of what kind of travel time she lets me have.
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