ROUTE 66 MONDAY APRIL 21

Route 66 almost all day, stopped for service on AL's bike then back on old 66. Jumped on the interstate to get past St Louis then right back onto two lanes through the center of lots of small towns in the heartland of the country.

Lots of people out waving, as we drove by, from their riding lawn mowers and front porches, with kids running to the edge of the yard to wave as we came down the street. I don't think it's because they heard the hondas coming!

Stopped for the night in Lebanon, Mo a small town stuck between the interstate and old 66.
the old road is fairly well marked with signs but we still managed to get off track a few times today. Once it required us to backtrack several miles on one of the best two lane twisty roads we have seen so far, sometimes getting lost works in your favor.

Drove by a correctional facility hit the horn blipped the throttle and soon JB and I had a couple dozen inmates waving from the exercise yard at the Harleys going down the road, of course we waved back.

We are sitting outside the motel rooms right now just passing time and enjoying a mild night out. The bikes are parked on the sidewalk in front of the rooms, it is always good to find a motel clerk who has a husband that rides.

A year ago today the same six bikes were sitting outside a motel in EL Paso while we hoisted a beer to our first night on the road, same guys same bikes it just seems right.