Day 2 to CA

Today we started out a little later than we wanted because of rain.    And had a little fun with some music. We headed out from hotel in the morning and it had stopped raining.

 After lunch we saw we were heading into rain again so we all geared up

There was tornado warning and 3 inch hail balls in Elk, OK. so we stopped in Clinton.  we missed the rain on the bikes but got rain as we hung out for 3 hours in a closed gas station.  SOOO much fun.  There were a few that even took naps.

 Not looking to good.

 Headed out.  We had rain for a bit then cleared.

We got into Texas and you could see for miles.  Very beautiful!!!

We thought about stopping in Amarillo, TX but there was another big storm brewing there in the morning, so we headed to Tucumcari, NM.  Saw many of windmills.  Literally thousands.

We traveled I44 to Oaklohma City, Then took I40 the rest of the day.  We covered 590 miles but it took us 13.5 hours.  Ended the day with a pretty sunset.  sorry pic is not very good but thought it was a good end to a day full of rain.

Pics from DAY 1

Here is the group at 7:00 am

 Larry and Jean

Dave

Bill

Tim

Aaron

Brian

Thru Indiana saw lots of tracker and flat , flat roads.  some pics to look at of our beautiful country

we got into Illinois and had hills, more green 

Cross into Missouri and we got ran.RAIN.  Then after the rain it was beautiful.

pics of one of our stops

Hope you enjoyed the pics.  !!!!

Day1 on road to CA

What a great day.  several have asked how i was going to get everything in the bike. Here is everything we put in there, including rain gear that is already in the bike

I am trynig to down load pics but the connection is bouncing off and on.  Here is a summary of the day:
- get your maps our: took 74 to Indy. I 70 out of Indy to St. Louis. I255around to I 44.  Stayed on this to Joplin Missouri...total miles 658...
- beautiful day until about 4:00 this afternoon and we got caught in the rain.  waited for 45 minutes and beautiful to Joplin

I will try to load pics later...very sorry

Met with Larry's brother

Larry's Brother served in Vietnam in 1966. He was shot severely in 1967 and spent one year in Walter Reed Hospital.  His words : " I came in on a stretcher and I WALKED out!!!"  He showed us that he was very proud of that fact.   He is truly amazing and we are very proud of him.  He showed us his purple heart and bronze star.  I have attached the pictures.

Larry, his 2 brother (Glenn and Ed) and sister,  Terrie, have a great sense of humor. They love to laugh and tell jokes. You would not believe how long it took to get 1 good picture. Life is what you make of it and the 4 of them enjoy life to the fullest.

Glenn's wife, Diann, is amazing and the 2 of them work on crafts together, volunteer, and travel.

Glenn asked that Larry carry a few items with him during his journey: his hat, "Gault"name tag, "Tunnel Rat" pin and "Wolf Hound" pin.  We will carry this, remember him and his service as we travel our journey to the Vietnam wall.  

Thanks God for Glenn and all the service men.

We start our trip to California on May 7th. The actual "Run For The Wall" starts on May 13th.   I am sure I will have many more stories and will try to share many of them with you along with the pictures.