Oh the people you meet..... (Shout Outs to People/Places)

This trip has reminded me that... 

 everything you see and everyone you meet all have a story to tell....(all you have to do is want to know/ask)

there are so many great people in the world (despite what the news and newspapers show us)...

Whether it is....

- Leaving Niagara and stopping along the Niagara River Corridor Parkway and meeting this really nice guy who was on his motorcycle too... we talked for over a half an hour (Day 2)

-Riding through the grape country of NY & Pennsylvania and you see the abandoned old headquarters of Welch's Grape Juice Co. in Westfield, NY (Day 2)

-Meeting the lovely lady who works at the Johnson Estate Winery and after she found out what I was doing came running out to me to tell me that I had to drive up through the vineyards to get a great shot of the vineyards with Lake Erie in the background... FYI It was a sketchy ride on the dirt road (Day 2)

-Checking out of the Comfort Inn in Downtown Cleveland and talking about life and children with Sheila and another beautiful woman who were both working the front desk there. You were both awesome!! Keep on being amazing! (Stay active in the community they need you Sheila) (Day 3)

- Driving through Cleveland and seeing all of the remnants (remains of) all the steel factories - reminds me of why we should try to buy American made products when possible. (Day 3)

- Stopping to get postcards to mail out to all of you (Wang Students) in downtown Cleveland and I had no change for the parking meter :( Luckily I saw the Officer who was giving out tickets and we talked... He rocked! He put a blank ticket on my bike so that if another officer came by they would think I already got a ticket!! (Day 3)

- Going to Walmart to get a portable hard drive because my computer couldn't fit any more video (didn't think about that happening BUT I should have) & I ran into the SOULS OF MISCHIEF crew!!!
I don't think they were too thrilled when myself, dressed as an astronaut, approached them but they warmed up quickly! Thanks guys and have a great tour! (Day 3)

- after getting scared to death in an awful storm I stopped under a bridge.. When the storm passed I went to a truck stop and met a family who was at the truck stop with their kids because they lost power... You know your not in Mass or NH when a family goes to the truck stop for a night out when theirs no power... Obviously not a lot of stuff around there.. (Day 3 - Indiana- East of South Bend)

- Patrick & Reggie from the Days Inn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.. Patrick owns the hotel and he was working the front desk when I arrived. He was such a genuinely great person.. Super helpful, and caring.. When I wanted to go to the store he told me not to walk "that" way but go "this" way. I wanted to grab a bite to eat and he told me he would have Reggie give me a ride..  & Reggie - I think the best thing to say is "Reggie Rocks"!!! There are some people in life that go out of their way to care (Patrick & Reggie) and I was walking down the hallway when I first got there and Reggie beat me to saying hello & asking how I was doing.... At one point I was thinking about going to the store and he pulls out his keys and says you got it!! I'm rambling now so in closing Thank You ALL and tell that lovely young lady that was late to work to show up on time and then I'll give her a ride on the motorcycle!

Still to come 

-Man at gas station outside Madison WI
-guys at the Ducati Shop
-Mary & Gary of Sauk City
-Larry Potter of Minnesota
- hairdresser on Main St. Sheridan WY
- Ken Weber of Honda Valley Motor

...... more will be added and eventually a final video will be made

Day 4 Michigan City, Indiana to Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Going into this entire trip I promised my self I wouldn't ride at dawn, dusk, or at night.. too dangerous... Well I have found myself riding at dusk and at night too much... Everything takes longer on a bike... Every time I stop everything has to come of my bike unless I will be really quick or can keep an eye on my stuff... I've gotten better and quicker - I park near shopping carts in parking lots and put my stuff in... Went to return the external hard drive I bought becasue I forgot to look for whether it was compatable with a Mac..  It wasn't so....

to see where I am now click here

The weather took a turn for the worse so I stopped in McDonalds to let the storm pass and met a lady who gave me some pointers for going through Chicago. Skyway Highway and Lake Shore Drive here I come (after driving though South Side Chicago)

Chicago is Boston on steroids the skyline is just the first row of really tall buildings behind them there are more!! In addition Lake Shore Drive is similar to Storrow Drive but instead of 2/3 lanes it is 4/5 lanes (in each direction) and rather than looking at the Charles River, Lake Shore Drive overlooks Lake Michigan (which looks more like an ocean)








Unfortunately since I was not able to take all of the videos off  my video camera the night before the cameras memory filled up... So the next 2 1/2 hours were spent downloading the video onto my NEW external hard drive... 2 coffees / 3 waters and a sandwich later I was leaving Chicago and just made into Milwaukee Wisconsin by night fall.
In between the two cities I didn't have to look at as much corn fields and other crops.. but there were still  some... I did however pass an outlet mall and since I'm running out of clean clothes already I decided to stop and find my favorite store........

notice the Puma store in the background :)

Then it was off to Milwaukee... just made it into town by nightfall but I'm having some motorcycle issues. My chain is expanding so much that it is rubbing and ripping up the side of my rear tire.... Gotta find a shop tomorrow!

I met a lot of amazing people in Milwaukee between Patrick Reggie and Kelly its been a real awesome trip and I'm loving Wisconsin so far.










I'll add more later ( I know I am behind)

 As of writing this I am broken down at the base of the Rocky Mountains but my parts got overnighted (1 day shipping) from Texas to Sheridan WY so they should be arriving any minute now!!

Day 3 Met Hip Hop Legends

I went to Wal-Mart to get an external hard-drive because I ran out of room on my laptop already and I pulled in an met my legends in the Underground Hip Hop seen.

I grew up listening to Hip-Hop and all the goodies like Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, Digable Planets, De La Souls, DJ Premier, Souls of Mischief.

So I park the bike and ran into the Souls of Mischief / Heiroglyphics crew. (Little did they now that this white boy (Mr. Potter) who looks like an astronaut in my gear still has their "93 till Infinity" album on tape.

This was an amazing moment.. and guess what they checked out my blog. :)

They have a new album that came out so they were on tour in Ohio and beyond

**Eventually I will have time to edit the videos and not have to keep throwing screen shots up**

93 till Infinty meets Coast-to-Coast