Day 11: On the Road Again

Milwaukee, WI to Macomb, IL: 2 states, 357 miles, 11 hours on the road, 7.5 in the saddle.

Today we said goodbye to Milwaukee and started our trek back home. Seven of us took a "planned" detour into Chicago to check out the city and have some lunch. Our route included a couple of toll booths. The first one took forever to get through. The weather was hot. I still had on my leather jacket and sweat was just pouring off me; my legs were just frying from the motor. After we finally got through that, the road we paid to ride on totally sucked. Geez!

Riding into Chicago was another awesome sight. You could see the big city from quite a distance and it was beautiful. After several minutes and many times around the block, we all got parked and had a wonderful lunch. The pizza was just as good as Paul said it was.

After lunch we headed for Macomb to meet up with Lori, Troy, and Kerrie. Lori's sister fixed up an absolutely awesome home-cooked meal for us. Her fresh potato salad and apple-crisp were just to die for. Thanks Leann!!

We did have a couple issues today. About 50 miles before Macomb, Robyn's bike started having issues with the shifter. We managed to get to Macomb but they will be hitting a nearby Harley store first thing tomorrow. Hopefully they will able to help them since tomorrow is a holiday and then catch up with the rest of us.

Our other issue occurred during dinner tonight. Laura and I took our boots off before entering the house. After dinner, Laura went out for a smoke and couldn’t find her boots. It appears Max (Lori’s sister’s dog) has a shoe fetish. The damage to our boots isn’t too bad and we all had a good laugh.

Gregg talked to Don tonight. Don left early this morning to shoot straight back to Portland via I90. Don’s bike broke down about 70 miles east of Sioux Falls, SD. The Harley dealer can’t get him in before Tuesday so he’s stuck there for the duration. Bummer but happy to hear he is safe.

We are all now back safely in our hotel rooms resting up for another ride tomorrow. My angels continue to watch over us.