There's no place like home...

start 9:15, 14796
end 14:15, unknown (15020, approx)

We made the last 250 miles yesterday. Started in Lexington, NE and ended 33 miles from home in Clay Center, KS with a flat rear tire. That was the excitement of the day. And we are home and back to daily life.

I wish vacation lasted forever...I guess that's what retirement is!

Just getting there

start 9:30, 14381
end 19:30, 14796

Yesterday was all about getting home. We started in Casper, WY altering our route a bit from what we originally planned and stopped in Lexington, NE.

Our first stop was in Dwyer, WY at a rest area at the intersection of I-25 and US26. A VFW group had cookies and drinks. An older man with a Korean War Veteran hat stopped me because he saw the Big Red One pin on my hat. We stopped and chatted with them and had cookies and Arnold Palmers. That was pretty much the excitement for the day.

Except that Ryan got stopped for speeding! I almost forgot! Hysterical. We were somewhere in Nebraska after lunch. We were cruising along making good time.  When we crested a hill there was a Highway Patrol Officer in the oncoming lane. He immediately pulled a u-turn and stopped us. Ryan thinks he was going 78 in a 65, but the warning ticket didn't say for sure. The officer was nice about it. Checked everything and sent us on our way.

We did a good deal of interstate riding just trying to make time. The riding was good. There were only a few periods of really windy riding. We are only 250 miles from home this morning. Should  be home by early afternoon.