Today we rode from Souix Falls SD. We got an early start around 8:30am stopping at a truck stop to get some "push water" and coffee. While we were there, we noticed alot of bikers heading towards Sturgis, some pulling their motorcycles; while others rode theirs. This guy and his wife pulled into the station on a huge trike that he built. This thing was HUGE...of course he was a rather large man himself....but the trike was absolutely a monster! We went and talked to him and found out there were from Missouri. He said they trailered it from Missouri to Souix Falls but he was driving it from there on to Sturgis. He built the entire machine himself; from motor to frame to all of the custom work. His wife sat on what appeared to be a back seat that could fit a family of bears on it! The engine was a 454 big block and he had rail buggy tanks for the gas. The tires were huge, that I can't remember the sizes but the headlight was off of a 1979 Peterbilt Truck. The rear had PT Cruiser tail lights and Grill; it was painted a powdercoat gray and the body was a denim black. This trike looked like something from the tv series "The Munsters" and another biker told him that and he laughed saying,"yeah, but we prefer the Adams Family!" He was a jovial guy and he said that this would be the trike's first big run since he finished building her. He did take it out for a test run the night before to make sure there were no leaks or mishaps and I guess it checked out great!
They fired up and were off to Sturgis and we were off to Junction City.
We got on the road and traveled on H-81 S which is a straight long road that ran from South Dakota all the way to Kansas but it was scenic. When I say scenic, I mean we traveled through Nebraska and its corn fields and more corn fields. Did I say we traveled through alot of corn fields...haha! Then we got into Kansas and it's rolling plains. These two states were beautiful in their own right as all of the other states we have been through so far!
We were on our way to Eisenhower's museum but it would have been closed by the time we got there. So luckily we stayed with my adopted brother and grade school friend, Joe and his girlfriend in Junction City; which is only about 20 mins from Abilene, where Eisenhower's museum is. We got to Joe's and got the road grime cleaned off of us from the day and we sat and talked for a while before we retired for the evening. We just planned to go to the Eisenhower museum the next day.
Joe and Lily were very gracious and nice to have let us stay with them in their home while we were passing through. Joe is just like family to me and we have been close for almost 18 years now! So we bedded down for the night to tackle our journey in the morning.
Hey Zeb! My Grandma and Grandpa live in Junction City, Kansas!!!! My Grandpa has been on the police force there for many many years. He has done his share of patolling and some forensic work as well. It is a small town and the police there are probably well known so I wonder if Joe and Lily know them?? His name is Bruce MacMeeken and her's is Patricia(Pat) MacMeeken. Too bad I didn't know that ya'll were going there or I would have told them ya'll were coming and they would have probably taken ya'll out for dinner and would have loved to hear about ya'lls trip! But Michael and I will have to visit Kansas one time to see my grandparents and the museum and maybe stop by to see Joe and Lily. Wow, small world!
ReplyDeleteIt is a very small world! Didn't know your Grandparents were there! Joe and Lilly would love to have you guys come visit on your trip to Kansas!
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