Touring
The following indicate locations of overnight stays on summer tours; nights stayed (if greater than one) are in parentheses. "No bullet" is a point of interest without necessarily an overnight stay. Bold text indicates touring two-up with Ellen Reynolds.
Machine: 1992 BMW K 75 RT
1994 tour
Portland, Oregon (Fathers' Day)
Boise, Idaho
Craters of the Moon Monument
West Yellowstone, Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Ten Sleep, Wyoming
Bitterroot Range
Newcastle, Wyoming
Mt. Rushmore National Monument
Wall Drug
Kimball, South Dakota
Madison, Wisconsin
Milwaukie, Wisconsin
Lake Forest, Illinois (3)
Lake Forest College
Ed Packel
Ashland, Ohio (3)
Ashland University
Alison Reynolds and Patrick Snook
Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls
New Haven, Connecticut (2)
New York City, New York
Ocean City, New Jersey
Cape May, N. J. - Lewes, Deleware Ferry
Annapolis Maryland
Falls Church, Virginia (2)
Washington, D. C. (July 4)
Virginia precursor to Blue Ridge Parkway
Dunbar, West Virginia
St. Louis, Missouri
Washington University
Fulton, Missouri
Westminster College
Warry Williams
Kansas City, Kansas
Smith Center, Kansas
Ft. Collins, Colorado (2)
Colorado State University
Erik and Sidney Thompson
Green River, Wyoming
Boise, Idaho
Portland, Oregon
26 days
about 7600 miles total distance
1995 tour
Portland, Oregon
Alturas, California
Independence, California
Death Valley National Park
Las Vegas, Nevada (2)
Hoover Dam
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
Chinle, Arizona (2)
Canyon de Chelly
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest
Meteor Crater
Flagstaff, Arizona
Sedona, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona (2)
University of Arizona
J. D., Margot, Athena Garcia
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Linda Sattley
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Robert Jackson
Denver, Colorado
Beverly Pierce Wilson, David Wilson (Wheat Ridge)
Green River, Wyoming
Twin Falls, Idaho
Portland, Oregon
17 days
1996 tour
Portland, Oregon
Arcata, California
Shirlee Templeton
Williams, California
Davis, California (3)
Gerald and Geraldine Lester 50th Anniversary
Lee Vining, California
Mono Lake
Panamint Springs, California
Death Valley National Park
Reno, Nevada
La Pine, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
10 days
1997 tour
Portland, Oregon
Winnemucca, Nevada
July 4th Celebration
Salt Lake City, Utah
Arches National Monument
Scenic By-way 128 (from Moab, east of Arches -- remarkable!)
Grand Junction, Colorado
Silverthorne, Colorado (7)
Mathematica in the Mountains (Ed Packel and Stan Wagon)
Boulder, Colorado
Alison Reynolds and Patrick Snook
Bob and Karen Norway
Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Coors Stadium, Denver
Ft. Collins, Colorado (2)
Colorado State University
Erik and Sidney Thompson
Cody, Wyoming
Chief Joseph By-way (incredible!)
Yellowstone National Park
Missoula, Montana
Lolo Pass
Wallowa Mountains
Portland, Oregon
16 days
1998 tour
Portland, Oregon (6/11/98)
Crescent City, California
San Rafael, California
Lee, Kim, and Julie Reynolds
Los Altos Hills, California (2)
Palmer and Gladys Dyal
San Luis Obispo, California
Hawthorne (Los Angeles), California
Los Angeles, California (2)
Placentia, California (2)
Barbara, Bill, Terry, Kirstin, Cassidy Glennan
Mesa, Arizona
El Paso, Texas
Del Rio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas (2)
Bill Raynes
begin touring with Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1)
Guadalupe River float
Gruene, Texas
San Antonio Market: La Margarita and Mi Tierra restaurants
Austin, Texas: lunch wth Bill Robertson; visit with Bill and Margaret Robertson
Farmers Branch (Dallas), Texas (2)
conclude touring with Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1)
Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1) and Eva Miller, Ernestelle Raynes, Bettye Hardesty
brunch with Shirley Lively Smith, Leah Hopson
Wichita Falls, Texas
Bob Wills Monument, Turkey, Texas
Turkey, Texas (boyhood home of Bob Wills)
Clovis, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sattley residence (huge version); photo by Ellen Reynolds
Linda Sattley
Page, Arizona
Glen Canyon Dam
View toward south entrance from visitors' center, Zion National Park
Zion National Park
Ely, Nevada
Susanville, California
Lassen National Forest
Portland, Oregon (7/3/98)
23 days
5800 miles total distance
1999 tour
The "Greeting Oliver" tour
(with Natchez, no Mobile, with Memphis and St. Joe . . . )
Portland, Oregon (6/25/99)
Burley, Idaho
Kimball, Nebraska
SW corner of Iowa
Kansas City, Missouri
NE corner of Arkansas
SW corner of Tennessee including Memphis
Sardis, Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi (6, including an automobile side trip to New Orleans)
Oliver, Patrick, and Alison
Oliver Whitby Reynolds Snook, Alison Reynolds, Patrick Snook, Ellen Reynolds,
Gene Kimes, Kathy Kimes, Phil Snook, Wendy Snook
University of Southern Mississippi
Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana
Longview, Texas
Mattye Ruth Richardson and Nancy Richardson
Pittsburg, Texas; begin touring with Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1)
Farmers Branch, Texas (2)
Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1) and Eva Miller, Ernestelle Raynes, Bettye Hardesty
conclude touring with Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1)
Big Texan Steak Ranch, Hwy 287, Amarillo, Texas (chicken fried steak)
Boise City, Oklahoma
Grand Junction, Colorado
Women's World Cup final, Salt Lake City, Utah sports bar
Twin Falls, Idaho
Portland, Oregon (7/11/99)
16 days
5250 miles total distance
2002 tour
The retirement tour, designed to ride in all contiguous states in which I hadn't yet ridden the K 75 RT
Portland, Oregon departure (6/10/02)
Boise, Idaho
Bear Lake; Garden City, Utah
Bear Lake from the west shore at Garden City, Utah
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Ft. Collins, Colorado (2)
Erik and Sidney Thompson
Rafael Ubico
Excellent piano music of Mark Sloniker
Rafael Ubico and Erik Thompson
Nebraska (8 min 45 sec)
Smith Center, Kansas
Springfield, Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Corinth, Mississippi
Jacinto, Mississippi
Site of burial of Arthur Exum Reynolds (the half-brother of my great great grandfather) and of other relatives, Jacinto, Mississippi cemetery
Alabama
Albany, Georgia
Florida
joined by Ellen Reynolds
Savannah, Georgia (2)
Williamston, North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay bridge and tunnel
Nassawadox, Virginia
Assateague Island
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
Peter Wallach in Manhattan
Connecticut
Boston, Massachusetts (3)
Dan Reynolds and Amanda Evans
Greater Boston Motorsports dba (in part) as Cambridge BMW
Rhode Island
Vermont
Begin touring with Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1)
New Hampshire
Falmouth, Maine
Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1) and worthy steeds, Falmouth, Maine
Bar Harbor to Yarmouth on "The Cat" catamaran
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ieva Vitins; Dalhousie University; Halifax waterfront; tall ship ride
Ieva Vitins and Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1)
Truro, Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island (in by ferry, out by bridge); Charlottetown; pre-Canada Day sound check of Rufus Wainwright
Moncton, New Brunswick
66666 miles
K 75 RT at 66666 miles; Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1) in left mirror; Robert Reynolds in right mirror
Objects in mirrors are closer than they appear
Edmundston, New Brunswick
St. Lawrence River valley
Québec, Québec
Montreal, Québec
end touring with Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1)
Ottawa, Ontario
Pembroke, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Ironwood, Michigan
Wisconsin
Crookston, Minnesota
Grand Forks and Cavalier, North Dakota
Fahey plot in Catholic cemetery, Cavalier, North Dakota
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Wildwood Motorsports (BMW dealer)
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Today I complete 100000 miles on BMW motorcycles (R 65 and K 75 RT)
Idaho
Spokane, Washington
Portland, Oregon (7/12/02)
33 days
9361 miles
33 states, including the twelve of the contiguous not previously toured: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampsire, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota (regrets to Alaska and Hawaii)
9 provinces: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia (regrets to Newfoundland-Labrador and Nunavut)
2003 tour
Los Angeles trip to attend the retirement luncheon of Judge Samuel W. Warner
Portland, Oregon departure (5/12/03)
Ashland, Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But (surprise) no plays on Mondays.
Yreka, California
Lassen Volcanic National Park. But (surprise) not yet open (closed winters).
Still Life with New Helmet and Old Gloves I
Davis, California
Richard and Gwain Evans, David and Tiffany, Nellie
Long Beach, California (three nights)
Samuel Warner, Jan Donsbach, Jerry and Emily Rogers, Patsy Weatherford
Los Altos Hills, California
Palmer and Gladys Dyal and grandsons William and Thomas Latta
Palmer Dyal
William and Thomas Latta
A planned meditation at the west end of Golden Gate Park was moved to the west end of Judah St. because of the Bay to Breakers Run.
Still Life with New Helmet and Old Gloves II
Willits, California
Still Life with New Helmet and Old Gloves III
Still Life with New Helmet and Old Gloves IV
Still Life with New Helmet and Old Gloves V
Coos Bay, Oregon
Portland, Oregon (5/20/03)
9 days
2622 miles
2005 tour
The tour to visit Celia in Tucson and other dear ones along the way
Portland, OR (6/21/05; 79665 mi)
McDermitt, NV Mormon crickets dense on roadway
Mormon crickets in McDermitt, Nevada
Winnemucca, NV (6/2/05)
Tonepah, NV via Big Smoky Valley
Las Vegas, NV (6/22/05; 80668 mi)
Hoover Dam
Kingman, AZ
Tucson, AZ (6/23/05; 81000 mi) (5)
Monsoon north of Tucson
Celia Reynolds
Sabino Canyon
Sabino Canyon
Becca Gardom
Celia Reynolds and Becca Gardom
Biosphere II
El Centro, CA
Salton Sea, CA
Still Life with Aging Helmet and Ancient Gloves
Boron, CA (6/28/05; 81591 mi); Edwards AFB
Los Altos Hills, CA
Palmer and Gladys Dyal
Gladys and Palmer Dyal on their new deck
Davis, CA (6/30/05; 82112 mi)
Richard and Gwain Evans; Nellie
Richard Evans in pyro mode
Gwain Evans in the kitchen
Ashland, OR (7/1/05)
Shakespeare Festival; Richard III
Portland, OR (7/2/05; 83708 mi)
11 days
3038 mi
2007 Tour
The "US 287/What ABS?" tour
Portland, OR (6/7/07) departure [85232]
Port Townsend-Keystone WA ferry
Sedro Wooly, WA
North Cascade Highway 20
Marblemount, WA breakfast
Winthrop, WA
Grand Coulee Dam, WA
Still Life with Old Helmet and Older Gloves I
Colville Reservation
(missed Chief Joseph's gravesite)
Inchelium-Gifford WA ferry
Still Life with Old Helmet and Older Gloves II
Lake Roosevelt
Kettle Falls, WA
Chewelah, WA
Dan Stein and Caroline Locher-Stein
The gravel cliff
Sandpoint, ID
Bonner's Ferry, ID
Kalispell, MT
Myra Finck and sister Bette
South route around Glacier Park
Browning, MT
Nearest to collision with deer
Choteau, MT (north terminus US 287) [86300]
First block, US 287 southbound
Yellowstone Park
Grand Teton Park
Still Life with Old Helmet and Older Gloves III
Lander, WY (no HBO in Lander -> no final installment of The Sopranos)
Wind River Reservation
(missed Sacajawea's grave site)
Medicine Bow, WY
Still Life with Old Helmet and Older Gloves IV
Virginian Hotel ("Smile when you call me that.")
Laramie, WY
Ft. Collins, CO (2)
Erik and Sidney Thompson; Rafael Ubico
Bicycle trail ride
Lamar, CO
Amarillo, TX
Still Life with Old Helmet and Older Gloves V
Big Texan Steak Ranch
Ft. Worth, TX (leave US 287) [87930];1630 miles on 287
Farmers Branch, TX (4)
Jim (aka Geezer #1) and Eva Miller
Paterfamilias Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1) in a green shirt, surrounded by family members
Dora
Scott Miller family
Seth Miller family
Robert and Johanna Sweitzer
Marcia Cooper
Ft. Worth, TX (rejoin US 287) [87998]
Waxahachie, TX
Court House, Waxahachie
Palestine, TX
Bounced once near Kountze, TX
Beaumont, TX
Port Arthur, TX (south terminus US 287) [88333]; 335 miles on 287; total 1965 miles
Last half-block, US 287 southbound
Estimate length of 287 at 1953 miles; 1791 miles quoted official possibly excludes gap (officially 96.2 miles) through Yellowstone/Teton region
Winnie, TX
Houston, TX
Austin, TX
Dean and Cynthia Arrington
Still Life with Welcome Sign
Margaret Robertson
Chuy's Restaurant
K 75 RT at 88888 miles. Robert Reynolds in both mirrors (where is Geezer #1?)
Objects in mirrors (one being broken) are less similar than they appear
Big Spring, TX
Roswell, NM
Albuquerque, NM
Farmington, NM
Four Corners Monument
Roadside drug check plus truck wreck
Cortez, Co
Monticello, UT
Moab, UT
Woods Cross, UT
La Frontera Restaurant
Snowville, UT
Boise, ID
Ontario, OR
OSU wins College World Series in Omaha
Baker City, OR
Arlington, OR
Portland, OR [90753]
19 days
5521 miles
2013 Tour
The "100 kMiles/Weather Dodging/Aging Bike/Greeting Louis/Busted Clutch" tour
Plan: Portland - Atlanta - Philadelphia - New York City - Ontario - Portland
Portland, OR (4/12/13) departure [95550]
initial odometer reading
Hitting the road; photo by Ellen Reynolds
Hood River, OR first notice of right fork oil leak
Ontario, OR
Tracking behind one rainstorm and ahead of another
Lunch in Twin Falls, ID
Mild dust storm, US 84 in southern ID
Snowville, UT rest stop
Country Store Snowville with Coca Cola decor scheme
Former favorite La Frontera Restaurant (Woods Cross, UT) now Lorena's, as good or better
Lorena's in Woods Cross, UT
Woods Cross, UT
Decision to head south instead of east because of snow forecast for Denver
Slight road ice near Soldier Summit, UT
Still life with Utah
Lunch in Moab, UT
Decision in Cortez, CO to continue southward to avoid snow forecast possible in southern Colorado
Decision in Shiprock, NM to stop at Farmington, NM rather than go south to Gallup, NM
Farmington, NM
Decision to continue southward to Albuquerque, NM to deal with slow oil leak from right fork
Dusty skies and heavy cross winds in northern NM
Breakfast stop, Cuba, NM
Excellent Presciliano's Cafe, Cuba, NM
Coffee stop, Bernalillo, NM
Electrical problem manifest entering US 25 southbound
Arrive at Sandia BMW lot, Albuquerque, to discover starter relay failure; shop closed until next day (Tu)
Albuquerque, NM (2)
News of Boston Marathon bombing
Historic Albuquerque Alvarado Hotel, now the Transit Center
Repair of fork and starter relay replacement begun Tuesday, finished Wednesday
Dust storm before and after lunch in Clines Corners, NM; temperature drop to mid thirties from there to Amarillo, TX
Still life with Route 66 historic Clines Corners
Amarillo, TX
Decision to avoid Oklahoma City, OK (tornado forecast) and to divert along US 287 to Dallas, TX
Scattered low cumulus clouds all the way to Dallas
Still life with Greg Moore, Texas roadside park
Decatur, TX on the day intended for Decatur, GA
Dallas, TX (arrive 4/18/13)
Jim Miller (aka Geezer #1) and Eva Miller
Jim Miller aka Geezer #1
Eva Miller
Roadside lunch courtesy of Eva Miller
Still life with bucolic Louisiana dinner site
Vicksburg, MI
Birmingham, AL (arrive 4 20/13)
Gerald M. Fuller; area tour
Gerald Fuller, friend since the '50s
Birmingham from a hillside
North Decatur (near Atlanta; arrive 4/21/13), GA (8)
Odometer shot upon arrival in North Decatur, GA
Ellen Reynolds [arrived by air (4/18/13)], Dan Reynolds, Amanda Evans, Theo Reynolds, and new-born Louis Richard Reynolds (3/31/13)
Theo Reynolds rides
Louis Richard Reynolds and Theodore Francis Reynolds with their Grumpy
Emory University; Montessori School; High Museum of Art; Fernbank Museum; Piedmont Park
Gastonia (near Charlotte; arrive 4/29/13), NC
Lunch at Blue Ribbon Diner in Mebane, NC
Still life with Mebane, NC diner
Ashland (near Richmond), VA
Lunch at Grumpy's Bar and Grille, Aberdeen, MD
Still life with Grumpy's Bar and Grille, Aberdeen, MD
Philadelphia, PA (arrive 5/1/13; 6)
Ellen Reynolds [arrived by air (4/29/13)], Alison Reynolds, Patrick Snook, Oliver W. R. Snook
Keystone State Boychoir concert; Oliver's tennis matches; walking in central Philadelphia; dinner at la Spina
Welcome committee Ellen Reynolds and Patrick Snook, Philadelphia
Oliver Snook ready to ride
Alison Reynolds ready to ride
White Plains, NY (arrive 5/7/13)(2)
Cornelia Locher, Laura Castleman, Matthew Castleman (aka M. E. Castle)
Cornelia Locher at her table in White Plains, NY
New York City (5/8/13): New York Transit Museum; Peter Wallach
Peter Wallach (archival 2012)
Grand Central Station celebrates 100 years
Back on the road in light rain that got heavy enough to drive me off the road near Bear Mountain Park after getting lost and finally crossing the Hudson near Peekskill, NY after taking HW 6 across from US 684
HW 17 to Elmira via skirts into Pennsylvania and via Binghamton, NY
Horseheads (near Elmira; arrive 5/9/13), NY
US 8 to US 390 to HW 20A to Buffalo, NY; Peace Bridge to Ontario near Ft. Erie; briefly lost, back to Canada 3; dozens of people on riding mowers on large lawns
Transition to Talbot line HW 3 at junction with Canada 4, then to 401 near Chatham, Ont.
Reached 100,000 miles on K 75 RT on 401 about 20 miles east of Windsor, Ontario (5/9/13)
Odometer on the verge
Odometer at 100000 miles for the K 75 RT
Location marker east of Windsor, Ontario for the milestone
Farmington (near Detroit), MI
Early morning dash via Lansing, MI to Muskegon, MI and ferry to Milwaukee, WI
Morning fog at the Muskegon, MI ferry harbor
Exploration of South Side near and in Mitchell Park and of the Wauwatosa central area (home for me 1942-1945)
Still life at site of first bicycle riding success, 1942
Pond on which I learned to ice skate, 1942
Brookfield (near Waukesha [near Milwaukee]), WI
Cedar Rapids, IA
Ellen informs me of Red Cloud, NE site of Willa Cather memorabilia and the need to visit it
Discussion with Erik Thompson about Colorado visit; he will be going to Baton Rouge
Decision to track US 26 from its eastern extremity (Ogallala, NE) to Portland
Where you however can't yet get a burger at 9 AM
Avoidance of incipient gasoline shortage mishap west of Omaha, Nebraska
Decision to stage toward Red Cloud via York, NE rather than via Grand Island, NE
York, NE
Just south of Interstate 80 near York, NE
Red Cloud, NE, Cather Center, and Caitlin's greeting
"Are you Bob?" Caitlin asked. Great welcome to the Cather Center.
Young Willa Cather residence, Red Cloud, NE
Temperature reaches 102 F
Hastings, NE
Pre-dawn departure to avoid forecast afternoon storms
Decision to shift off Interstate 80 to US 30 at Brady, NE (nap on table at Community Center)
Nap site on US 30, Brady, NE
Ogallala, NE and the joining of US 26, with the intent of following it to Portland, OR
Eastern end of US 26
On to Scottsbluff, NE and a Mexican meal rough approximation (Olé!)
Scottsbluff, NE
This is really three side-by-side coal trains standing at Guernsey, WY
Tracking the North Platte, partial share with Interstate 25, to Casper, WY
Still life with failing bungee of rain jacket
Pause at Shoshoni, WY, kindly sheltered at "Fast Lane" store against forecast 60 mph winds
Onward to junction with US 287, along which backtrack to Ft. Washakie, WY and the Sacajawea Cemetery
Sacajawea grave monument, Ft. Washakie, WY
Return to US 26 and further along Wind River to Dubois, WY
Dubois, WY
Surprising ice (with clear track) to 9600 ft and to Tetons
Abandon US 287 as it heads north to Yellowstone
Still life with cloudy Tetons
Large U-turn south, then north with substantial rain to Idaho Falls, ID
Extra stretch to incorporate a segment of US 26 south of Idaho Falls
Long stretch past Craters of the Moon Monument
Glenns Ferry and the excellent Hanson's Cafe and Motel
Glenns Ferry, ID
Keeping track of US 26 through Boise, ID and into eastern Oregon; Notus, ID lunch at Garage Drive-In
Garage Drive-In in Notus, ID
Lunch in Unity, OR; loss of clutch between Unity and Prairie City, OR
Temporary hiatus of tour at the (very helpful) Austin House at Austin Junction; AAA tow to Baker City, OR and handover of repair to Oregon Trails
Mileage 102424
Odometer at beginning of tour hiatus
Way too still life with refuge
Still life with AAA truck
Baker City, OR
By Greyhound to Portland, three hours late into and out of Baker City and seven hours to Portland
Portland, OR (arrive by bus 5/19/13)
Still, life with the Hound, leaving Baker City
Baker City, OR (arrive by bus 7/25/13; repair interval 68 days)
Mileage 102429 (five added miles for test drive in repair)
Decision to credit earlier ride from Vale, OR to Portland, OR on US 26 as having fulfilled the Ogallala to Portland intent of the US 26 ride
Remains of the clutch
Portland, OR (arrive at last 7/26/13)
Quitting the road; photo by Nancy Biasi
Mileage 102734
Final odometer reading
Total trip miles 7179 (deducting the five test miles)
Total number of trip days 38
Calendar days start to finish 106, coincidentally the since gas-up mileage shown on the odometer above
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