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Obligatory sea food dinner. Soft Shell Crab and the view from the restaurant. Notice the rain clouds building in the background.
After packing up in the rain. As close as I could get to the beach. NO motorcycles allowed on the beach. I thought about going further but figured I'd be the one to get stuck right as the popo came along!

 

Great pics

 

Looks like you had an awesome trip, I'm totally jealous.

 

The road to the beach was crushed sea shells.
The start of the Trans America Trail. Hatteras Lighthouse which of course is under construction. Not as tall as I was expecting.
Waiting for the 1st ferry. More cars came and somehow we all fit. I was the last one on and they had me squeeze in.
Pamlico Sound and Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
2nd ferry. First one on and pull straight into the railing and they chock the back tire.
No gas!
Did I mention the rain?? Rookie mistake buried the rain gear and thought I could beat the storm!!

 

Wow! What a long haul.

nice pics!

 

Alabama high point Mt. Cheaha 2,413ft
Florida High point Britton Hill 345 ft.
Mississippi high point Woodall Mountain 806 ft.
Arkansas high point Mound Magazine (Signal Hill) 2,753 ft. Number 30 on my list.
Oklahoma High point Black Mesa Trailhead 5,699 ft. Did not get to hike due to weather and mud.

 

View from the top of Arkansas. 75 up top. 105 in the valley.
Thought it was a snake at first. Armadillo tail. Wife asked why I didn't "save it by pulling the tail out of the pvc pipe"!
5 year old Grandsons last name is Moser. He liked the pic.
Did I mention the rain?
Somewhere in Oklahoma back on the trail.
More Oklahoma.
Santa Fe Trail Ruts
Could not see the ruts from the ground but google maps shows them.

 

That sound terrible, hope there is no long term issue

That's an adventure and a half

 

Capulin Volcano NM.
Fun windy road to Tollgate Canyon
My wife's name is Kim so of course I had to add a few miles.
The lone gas pump in Kim, CO
Did I mention it rained? DEEP overflowing creek in Mississippi.
Pikes Peak from the motel parking lot. I had to run to C Springs to get tires. After getting kicked out of my previous hotel! Who then called and told me it was a misunderstanding. uh huh. Too late.
La Veta CO railroad depot.
Cabin in CO

 

Just above @Marty65 on Independence Pass
Someone decided to hitch a ride. Couldn't reach the pegs though.
Continental Oil Company (Conoco) in Helper, UT. Not much help since they were out of gas as well
7652 miles
Dirty visor. It was really bugging me

 

Can you guess my path!!
Storm progression
Seemed like this was the forecast the whole time!! It was 102 on Friday when I went thru

Hope you enjoyed all the photos. There are a LOT more. Would I do it again? Maybe. I would go earlier in the year for the eastern section. Ride a lighter bike if the weather was like this. The mud was very tough riding so I skipped a lot of the Trail and did parallel paved roads. Overall it didn't go as planned but was still fun at times! Wife wants to go for 4 day ride on the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route later this summer.

 

Were you storm chasing lol

 

Yuck. Good luck!

 

I was gonna ask the same question.

 

@Snow Doctor - great pictures!

 

felt like it. Thought for sure I'd see funnel clouds in Oklahoma. Temperature dropped 20 degrees in minutes. There was rotation in the clouds and an updraft of dirt from a field outside of town but nothing happened other than heavy rain and wind.

 

@MTgirl never saw an answer. Ruby?

 

I had a morning in western Arkansas almost to Oklahoma that had me wishing I’d hung out at the hotel for a bit. Rained cat and dogs with high winds and black skies.