Bonus Material

Following are a few more notes and stories that didn’t get shared before ….

We had some rules starting out. 

1. Eat before you’re hungry. 

2. Drink before you’re thirsty. 

3.. No one is allowed to be grumpy - and if you are, you have to ride 100 yards behind everyone else. ( No one ever had to ride 100 yards behind.  We did talk about all being grumpy together and then we would just all ride 100 yards behind together.)

Firsts:

We saw our first palm tree in NC. 

We saw our first log truck in SC. 

We saw our first turtle roadkill in Maryland. 

We saw our first armadillo roadkill in SC. 

We were first chased by dogs in NC. 

Our first day with 60 miles before noon was Day 2, accomplishing that 3 more times. 

Our first day we rode 100 miles in one day was day 7. David did the blog that evening and only gave us credit for 99 because that’s what his odometer read, but the rest of us had 100. We we’re just too tired to blog. 😊 We had 3 days total that we did 100 or more miles in one day. 

Here are some more quotes that didn’t make the blog until now….

“ The bath house is 118 degrees and rising. “-Dave Nissley 

“I thought this was a part time job.” - Lil / “That’s why I’m riding this time.”  -Ladina😊

“ The only time you can’t hear everything happening in the RV from one end to the other is when it’s pouring rain.” -Ladina

David looked 3 ways at a light that was taking too long to turn green. He took a left turn and then realized there had been a police officer behind him. “I should have looked 4 ways.”

“Will weathermen even go to heaven?” -Jenna

After passing a possum roadkill, Darrell said, “That possum is really good at playing possum; he even tricked the flies.”

After riding 30 + miles without seeing a restaurant for breakfast , Ellie piped up, “Where’s my breakfast!?”

“ I bet the fog is at least 50 SPF.”  - David

“Now I know why Zephyrhills is called Zephyrhills and not just Zephyr.”  -Jenna

“I don’t want this trip to be over.” -Darrell 

“This campground wasn’t my first choice, because one of the reviews said it was a little  quirky. But we’re a little quirky, so I guess we can stay here.” - Ladina

Grandma got back from grocery shopping with 3 of the grandchildren and said, “That is the most fun I ever had grocery shopping.”

“ You know you are in … “

You know you are in NC when you see hog trucks and chicken trucks. 

You know you are in SC when the rumble strips rattle your brain. 

You know you are in Georgia when you see log trucks. 

You know you are in Florida when there are plenty of RV parks. Now the challenge is just finding ones that aren’t 55+ communities and they don’t care that we are sleeping 8 or 9 people in a 10 person RV. 😊

Roadkills:

We counted roadkills everyday. (I told you we are quirky. ) David was rooting for the roadkill count  to be greater than the number of miles we rode. It never happened, but we came close one day. We saw 68 roadkills on a day we road 75 miles. 

Some of the unusual roadkills we saw were …

a goose, rabbit, an extra dead possum - after I ran right over it’s still squishy body, fish?! - someone must have lost their whole cooler of catch for the day, a lizard, an owl, butterfly, mouse, frogs, fawn, and a fox. 

We saw countless possum, turtle, and armadillo. 

We also saw a few live animals - a fawn, snakes, turtles, and a wild hog. 

I’ll close with this …

A Biker’s Blessing 

May God give you dry roads, infrequent flat tires, wind on your back, nourishing meals and plenty of spring water, refreshing sleep, strong legs and a fit body, alert reflexes, guardian angels, pleasant scenery, companions by your side, an extrordinary support crew, hills to conquer, goals to achieve, a focused mind, fulfillment in each ride, and many miles to come. 

By Ladina