How Many States Did We Ride Through?

On this trip we travelled through more than half of the 48 continuous states of the United States of America. We factually rode through 27 stated plus Canada. Starting with Pennsylvania, then West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinos, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington,
( Richmond, Bristish Columbia~ Vancouver), Oregon, California, Arizona , New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkanas, Tennesse, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and back home.

After all of this, getting home is the best stop.

Sinclair Gas

While traveling in the western part of the United States, I notice Sinclair Gas and , "Dino" the dinosaur on several signs.

Harry F. Sinclair formed Sinclair Oil in 1916. He had 11 small petroleum companies. Since 1916, it has grown to be one of the largest companies in the United States.

The headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2014, this company was in Forbes Magazine on their American's Largest Private Company List.

Sinclair uses the green gental gaunt Dinoaur with power, endurance and Stamina as their icon. They want customers to think of these qualities when using their product.

The history of Sinclair gas is long and rich

The Weather Channel

I was watching The Weather Channel this morning and they were talking about a microburst, rain curtain, the wind and other things related  to weather. 

A microburst is a small scale exceptional really intense localized column of sinking air that results in a violent outburst of air at the ground.  It is capable of producing damaging straight-line winds of more than 100 mph similar to some twin needles but without the spinning. There are two types of microbrews a wet one and a dry one. This definition came from on-line.

In 2012,  we were in a wet microbursts in North Carolina on our way to visit my friend Vanessa in Fayettesville. we got really soak. 

Our wettest  today was in Albuquerque, Texas. We pulled under a bridge after seeing all the rain that was ahead of us and stay there for nearly 40 minutes. While under the bridge, a rainbow appeared and then another rainbow appeared on top of the first one. It was spectacular. At the end of the rainbow, we did not see a pot of gold. What we did see were the cars driving right through the colors. It was a sight to see.

On This trip we rode through very strong wind corridors, especially in the state of Washington

and also in the western part of the country. 

Wish I Were Home

"When I think of home, I think of a place where there's love overflowing. I wish I was home, I wish I was back there with the things I been knowing. "
       Those are the words from the movie, The Wiz and Diana Ross is singing. The Wiz is the Black version of The Wizard of Oz. Diana Ross and Michael Jackson was in it.
     Jim said that not counting Penn State, this is the longest that he has been away from the house. I played the above song about two weeks ago. I was having breakfast outside in the court yard of one many hotels we stayed in. There was a swing hanging from a wooden arch and it immediately reminded me of the one at home that Jim build with the wisteria on it. I was home sick and wished I were home. I went back to the room and found the song and played it for Jim.
                         

All 48 States

Maybe this was the second goal of this trip, to complete or to have rode through all 48 continuous states of the USA. We did it, around August 6, 2015 we went to Little Rock, Arkansas.  That was the very last of the four states that we needed to visit on this ride.  As you may have read, the other states that we have never been to before July 5, 2015 were: North Dakota, Washington & Oregon

The Civil Rights Ride

We are in Little Rock, AK and Jim calls this part the civil rights march. From here we will go to Memphis, Birmingham and Atlanta.

Early Arrivals

It's great when we are able to check into a hotel early. Or should I say early for us. Today we rode about 340 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Little Rock, Arkansas. We arrived at the Holiday Inn Presidential and the sun was still brightly shining. This greatly pleased me. We check in and had dinner at their restaurant, Camp David. The ribs were great.

Yesterday, we rode from Amarillo, Texas to Oklahoma and checked into a Wyndham Garden Inn. We got there about 5:30pm and learned that  we were on time for  Taco Tuesday. They had a free taco bar. I got our bags to the room while Jim parked the motorcycle and then he went directly to the taco bar. I knew he would want to eat there and have a beer. I rushed back only to find him trying to bring me food to the room. I returned the luggage cart he turned around and got a seat and we enjoyed happy hour at the hotel food area.