BB 26 - Ridin' The Sun Out (Opus 2)

Picking up where I left off late last night (Internet/site bombed, and it was late). Huge slab ride as mentioned - around 850 miles and 13 hours of riding. As we approached Sioux City, the Blue Angels zoomed across our starboard side easily 100yds away. Managed to catch one group as they crossed in front:



Did we mention the bugs? At one of the many gas stops yesterday, captured this picture of my nose (note the turn signal patch - rock victim from the haul road trip). At this point, the bug splats are 3-4 layers deep.



In Minnesota, my trip odometer wrapped - apparently BMW designed it to only go to 9999.9 miles, so caught the wrap. At Mrs/ B's now sitting at 10,550.



Heading through our Iowa hours, caught my evening shadow getting taller:



For the first time, we rode past sunset - pictured here in my rear-view mirror:

Actually, 850 miles on the beemers was no problem comfort-wise. The scenery was a bit "consistent", so thankful for in-flight entertainment (finished my 9th unabridged audio book on my iPod Touch).

Good dinner/visit with K-Rock (Karin) and Mark last night, and a much-appreciated home-cooked meal. Late lunch today (day 27) at P-Rock's mom's place (M-Rock, G-Rock?) - then some riding to at least Ohio - as far as we can get. Looks like we will successfully freeload through Illinois...

Blackie out.