Touring is thirsty work!.
A longer ride today with a few stops planned, our destination was the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, some 413km (256 miles) away. The plan for the day was visit the following places: Not far out of Springfield is the ghost town of Plano, little of it remains, there is a private residence that was once the service …
Today’s destination was city of Springfield, Missouri a trip of 426 km (264 miles), Meramec Caverns, Stanton Route 66 Mural City, Cuba Missouri Hick BQ Cuba Fanning 66 Outpost, Fanning Devil’s Elbow We kicked off the day by visiting Bourbeuse Valley Harley-Davidson it wasn’t too far from where our motel was. To get there we made sure we …
Today we journeyed from Illinois to Missouri. A shorter journey of around 161 mile (256Km). Having already ridden the pre and post 1930 alignments the day before we chose to head straight to Missouri on the post 1930 alignment with no stops until the Chain of Rocks Bridge. Our destination for the day was the …
Day 5 of our USA holiday and day 2 on historic Route 66. Today we would travel over both alignments and the only brick road section of Route 66. Our first stop of the day was the Sugar Creek Covered bridge at Glenarm. It was constructed in either 1827 or 1880 sources on this vary. …
Today would see us begin our journey towards Santa Monica and the end of Route 66. We have a lot planned to look at along the way and it was raining, not how I wanted to begin our ride on Route 66. Our destination today would be Lincoln Illinois a distance of around 147 miles …
After a good night’s rest we were up and ready to kick off our adventure. First up was a trip into Chicago for breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s they have been serving breakfasts for over 100 years. It is a ‘must do’ when you begin your Route 66 journey from Chicago. It was also a great …
Check-in was painless, a lot better experience than last year. We got to sit in the Singapore Airlines Lounge due to the upgrade to Business Class. As to Business Class I can only say, wow. Business Class is something else and it was a fantastic experience. No matter which class you fly though it’s a …
Today was the day we headed to Brisbane to do some last-minute shopping and check into our motel. We later headed into the Breakfast Creek Hotel for a few adult beverages and dinner. I was very disappointed with the “Breakie Creek”, after looking forward to a dry aged steak for months they said they couldn’t do …
As were doing the ABC’s of Touring via the HOG (Harley Owners Group) we decided on an overnighter to Clermont in central Queensland. Clermont is a great country town to visit and it’s well worth booking into a motel to stay the night. We stayed at Smart Stayzzz Inns Clermont it’s as far as I know the …
There’s something about the USA and Route 66 that I just love. If I could I’d visit it more than I have been able to to date. Route 66 is in my opinion one of the ‘must do’ drives for any motoring enthusiast. Be it in a car or on a bike it is a …