Days away 29 Total distance 12,753 KM (7,925 M) New tires 2 Final photography count 3,059 New light bulb 2 Speeding tickets 0 States visited 8 Droped bike 1 Dirt road traveled 2 Note worthy… USA Tour 2005 Stats

Yakima (WA) – Vancouver (BC) – 692Km I am home. Holly crap, three days ago I was in southern Colorado. This is awesome. This morning I decided not to head home right away by freeway… Yakima to Vancouver

Ogden – Yakima – 1092Km Well today I went into iron butt mode. Freeway non stop except for refueling. No pictures. Started early finished at night. Shower for half an hour in Idaho off course.… Ogden – Yakima

Durango – Ogden 869Km So it is time to go home. I am just going to first get myself a French breakfast with a real hot chocolate in a real French bakery I spotted last… Durango to Ogden

Avon (CO) – Durango (CO) – 573Km Okay, last night was the final straw. I have a bad feeling. A bad karma is getting over me. I am making some bad decisions, and I am… Avon to Durango

Colorado Springs (CO) – Avon (CO) – 433Km Up early. And off to climb Pikes Peak without breakfast. The weather is really nice. Not a cloud. If I don’t wipeout on the dirt this is… Pikes Peak day

Tropic (UT) – Moab (UT) – 530Km Well well well, Hwy 12 in Utah. Boys and girls it starts at the red canyon, and all the way to the little town of Torrey, it is… Good start – Bad ending

Hurricane (UT) – Tropic (UT) – 279Km First item of the Day, Zion National Park. Zion has a dead end road up a canyon, so I have to take the free shuttle to go have… Zion – Bryce

Las Vegas (NV) – Hurricane (UT) – 222Km Time to finally leave Las Vegas, but not after getting a brand new rear tire, and a new helmet at a motorcycle gears superstore. So it turned… Las Vegas – Hurricane

Las Vegas (NV) – Las Vegas (NV) – 293Km Okay we are monday today. And on Mondays dealerships are closed. Goddamn I am wasting a full day here. I am not a happy bunny. So… Day Off in Vegas

North Rim Grand Canyon (AZ) – Las Vegas (NV) – 587Km This morning I met a rider on his way to a political career in Washington DC. It was pretty cool talking to David, and… The North Rim

South Rim Grand Canyon – North Rim Grand Canyon – 420Km Sure enough even in camping I managed to miss the sunrise. The heat mist is there looking east, but I got a pretty good… Going around …