Another night of awful hotel internet. The only place I can get any internet is in the bathroom. Sitting on the toilet posting pictures.Today was the shortest day, 270 miles. About 5 1/2 hours of riding. Tomorrow is a pretty long day, St. Louis to Cincinnati - total of 390 miles. We cross the Mississippi, Illinois and Indiana.
Fun riding today. The roads were great - windy, hilly... twisty through the Ozark Mountains. I road along with the vintage guys (Rocket & Roy) for about 50 miles. That was fun. Another boring day for photos. Looking forward to tomorrow. I enjoy Illinois.
A very big thanks for Vespa of St. Louis! They opened up the store, shop, tools, mechanical talents, pizza and a couple cases of Bud. I was able to finally get a new tire, oil change, battery replaced (terminal broke since San Fran), filters cleaned out, plus a new Prima bag for the back!
Rolf was able to do some surgery on Rob Taylor's Buddy. Hopefully it is running good for him tomorrow. I want to see him finish. Its nice having Rolf driving the truck as support. He works for Vespa/Piaggio - he personally trains all of the certified service techs in the US on the scooters. Couldn't have a better person along for the trip.I moved the milk crate to the front. Not sure what to do with my homemade Opie & Anthony XM 202 WOW sign. It's been on the scooter for 2400 miles. It has to make it across the country.
Speaking of XM Radio. The GPS/XM Weather, Traffic, Radio Satellite uplink is great. Really helps pass the day.
Not sure where I am in the points. I forgot to turn in my score card last night. So my stats havent been updated.
Had dinner tonight with Mark and the guy from NASA riding the MP3.
2 comments:
To all you guys on the Scooter Cannonball, this has been a real treat following your race across the US. With digital cameras, GPS,WIFI,laptops,BLOGS it's like being there. I was riding a Vespa when most of you boys were riding bicycles. I had a 1962 Vespa 150 in 1969-74, my brother had a 175 GS. My dad bought mine for 90 bucks(wrecked). I wish I had kept it.Who inspired inspired GlassAye to get into scooters? Me! Wish I could be there. Thanks for sharing the good and not so good stories as you all make your way across the US. Long live the Scooter RIDE SAFE
To all you guys on the Scooter Cannonball, this has been a real treat following your race across the US. With digital cameras, GPS,WIFI,laptops,BLOGS it's like being there. I was riding a Vespa when most of you boys were riding bicycles. I had a 1962 Vespa 150 in 1969-74, my brother had a 175 GS. My dad bought mine for 90 bucks(wrecked). I wish I had kept it.Who inspired inspired GlassAye to get into scooters? Me! Wish I could be there. Thanks for sharing the good and not so good stories as you all make your way across the US. Long live the Scooter RIDE SAFE
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