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THE ECLIPSE!!!! Jedz making the pilgrimage... ANY GSR folks want to put me up?

Eli69 said:
i'll probably stay in illinois for a night after the eclipse so i don't think i'll be able to catch up for the return trip. but i do hope ya can spare a couple minutes to stop by here on your way through western NY. get off at rt. 19 s (leroy) to warsaw and w. on 20a to my place. then you can skip a bunch of the thruway (90) and save a little on tolls. or skip the tolls by going out thru the employees entrance at one of the rest areas. i've heard of people doing that.....
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I'll keep you posted if I can get Friday off or not... With the amount of work right now I have it's not looking like a great possibility but I'll know more by tomorrow afternoon where I stand.

I'll text and let you know for sure Friday if I can or not.
 
So Likely not getting the day off tomorrow... So I will be blasting straight out to Ohio after work. (Sorry Lyle and Andy)
Putting the tires on tonight and packing. I just reupholstered my seat, now it feels like an old GS seat, little stiff but much better...
Little nervous but excited!
 
dude the eclipse is gonna be sick.
and andy the invitation stands although i might go with the punk kids at about 5 for some dumbass pre wedding thing.
 
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Eli69 said:
dude the eclipse is gonna be sick.
and andy the invitation stands although i might go with the punk kids at about 5 for some dumbass pre wedding thing.
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Is the gixxer punk getting married? Wholly chit
 
Yeah my punk kid is getting married today. It's looking to be quite a show. Andy stopped in last night and toured the event area. the woods will be lit up tonight. These kids know how to throw a party. hoping for less cops than last time.

I found Andys exhaust pipe down the road this morning. I love that 1150.

Jedz didn't have time to stop last night I guess. We had one for you as you rode through western new York buddy.
 
Jedz made it to Youngstown, but not without a little drama of almost running out of gas! We didn't meet up, he didn't pull into town till about midnight. I'm sure he was pretty tired after a long day of work and riding. I made sure he was okay and not stranded on the side of the road before I went to bed. He'll have a nice day of riding today, the weather is beautiful.
 
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Jedz made it to Youngstown, but not without a little drama of almost running out of gas! We didn't meet up, he didn't pull into town till about midnight. I'm sure he was pretty tired after a long day of work and riding. I made sure he was okay and not stranded on the side of the road before I went to bed. He'll have a nice day of riding today, the weather is beautiful.
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Haha It was a rough day Friday. Got SOAKED the first 100 miles. Cleared out on 90 near Syracuse.

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Storm Thanks so much for getting me in the right direction... It was a bit of a F'd situation. Route 11 really cuts through the middle of nowhere! Made it through! Thanks again, I owe you some brews!

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Nearly empty on the corner of 6&46

I so wanted to see you guys Lyle. Sorry I was so short on time.

Made it TN 1100 successful miles racked! Roll in and had to swap a tire on my brother's Road Glide.

Haha good ride, great day!
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You look like I feel. Around Columbus OH now. I got a really late start. Already had a gas shortage too.
 
Jedz123 said:
Haha It was a rough day Friday. Got SOAKED the first 100 miles. Cleared out on 90 near Syracuse.

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Storm Thanks so much for getting me in the right direction... It was a bit of a F'd situation. Route 11 really cuts through the middle of nowhere! Made it through! Thanks again, I owe you some brews!

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Nearly empty on the corner of 6&46

I so wanted to see you guys Lyle. Sorry I was so short on time.

Made it TN 1100 successful miles racked! Roll in and had to swap a tire on my brother's Road Glide.

Haha good ride, great day!
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Pirate gear! ;). I've done some wierd stuff while wrenching to make things work, but I've never needed a weedwacker while working on the bike..

Glad it's going well.
 
So we ended up at carbondale. Thousands of people there. The eclipse was right on time as predicted. totality was a brutal show of force. Maybe only 3 minutes but worth the trip. the predicted traffic jam was also impressive.

So the world's still turning we didn't turn to dust. No demons or human sacrifices, I'll hang out here at my uncle's place for today and kinda follow the weather home.
 
I'm heading to west by God Virginia. Going to green banks radio observatory. Feeling nerdy
 
Heading north. Almost to Pennsylvania. there was no cell signal anywhere near the radio telescopes. Also pay phones usually don't work so I had to wait a while before I could give my wife the I'm alive call. I met a phone company guy who let me use the phone at the switch station. That was nice.
 
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Heading north. Almost to Pennsylvania. there was no cell signal anywhere near the radio telescopes. Also pay phones usually don't work so I had to wait a while before I could give my wife the I'm alive call. I met a phone company guy who let me use the phone at the switch station. That was nice.
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Glad to hear your doing well!

I didn't see but what are you taking for the pilgrimage?
 
got home friday night at about 1 am. i stopped at the allegheny casino for an expensive coffee and bathroom/gambling break but that turned into a free dinner when i won 150 bucks on the slots. that felt good.

had to gear up extra warm for the rest of the ride cuz holysheepsh!t it's cold up here. i guess i was starting to get acclimated to the 90*+ down there in the south. it was 46*f when i left the casino.

the ugly (1981 gs1000g) ran perfectly for the entire 2000 miles. cruising at a pretty constant 80+ mph for 13 hours at a time.

now i have to get to cleaning up the remnants of my gixxerpunk kid's wedding. i thought they were throwing flower petals on the ground but it turns out they were plastic.... son.of.a.b....... luckily there is a lot of leftover booze.
 
Eli69 said:
got home friday night at about 1 am. i stopped at the allegheny casino for an expensive coffee and bathroom/gambling break but that turned into a free dinner when i won 150 bucks on the slots. that felt good.

had to gear up extra warm for the rest of the ride cuz holysheepsh!t it's cold up here. i guess i was starting to get acclimated to the 90*+ down there in the south. it was 46*f when i left the casino.

the ugly (1981 gs1000g) ran perfectly for the entire 2000 miles. cruising at a pretty constant 80+ mph for 13 hours at a time.

now i have to get to cleaning up the remnants of my gixxerpunk kid's wedding. i thought they were throwing flower petals on the ground but it turns out they were plastic.... son.of.a.b....... luckily there is a lot of leftover booze.
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That's pretty awesome!!! Free meal! Most don't make a positive from the casino.

Same thing when I got to PA from my journey to the south. I wore a hoodie under my jacket on the remainder of the trip home. This AM I was very cold coming in... Need to build my tolerance back up!

Glad to hear the ugly ran great for ya!!! That thing is a TANK! I give credit to the "R" badge ;) .

When you plan on heading this way for GMR? If you want to over night at my place on Wednesday let me know! More then welcome to have ya and I'll feed you beers.

Glad GiuxxerPunk's wedding went well, sorry I couldn't make it .
 
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