Texas!!!!!!

After 14 states, 4 Canadian Provinces, 2 Canadian Territories, over 9,000 miles, and too many stories to mention, we finally got our welcome home sign!!
We left Rawlings, Wy. around 6:30 this morning. Got into Amarillo about 8. 685 of some of the most boring miles we've ridden in a while. 460 of them were interstate, while the rest were on 87/287 coming out of Raton, NM. Really great scenery!!!!! That is why there aren't any pictures posted. Coming through Colorado, which should have been at least something to look at, the haze covered everything. Couldn't even get a glimpse of Pike's Peak. What a bummer.

We hit the Texas border around 6, thought about just riding the rest of the way home to surprise everyone (for about 10 seconds), decided that was a bad idea and headed for Amarillo. Should make for a fairly easy day tomorrow, about 450 miles. Trying to get Dave convinced that we need to leave at 5:30 in the morning so we can beat the heat. Don't know yet how that is going to work out. But, we'll be home in pretty decent time tomorrow. Didn't think I would ever say this, but I'm ready to be home. Usually, we only take a week trip and we're never ready for it to be over. This time, after a month on the bike, 10,000 miles when we get home, I'm ready to stop. Missing loved ones (that's you dear), tired, hot (now we are back in Texas) and just ready to relax knowing I don't have to get up in the morning early and crawl back on the bike. I'm probably dumb enough to eventually do something like this again, but not for a little while.

Won't be a post tomorrow (other things to do when I get home), but like I said yesterday, I'll try to put a wrap up on this over the weekend. Depends on how rested I get...... :-)

It has been a really great trip. Once we hit the drive, it will be a successful one (defined by making it home on the bikes). Probably have a beer from Harley's House to celebrate. Dave asked today if there was beer there, and I asked him when he'd ever been there and there wasn't.......... So, sometime tomorrow afternoon, we'll have a cold one just to say thanks for a great trip and safe one!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, off to see if I can convince Dave to leave early, then to bed...............

Wish us well on the last 400+ miles....................