2008 Nowhere Ride Around The Great Lakes!
Brad rode from Utah through Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa until he arrived at Bill’s house in Illinois. The trip across Interstate 80 was anything but typical. Brad had to endure a snow storm, hail, rain and tornado winds. In Nebraska Brad dodged a full size cabin cruiser boat! He is still wondering where it came from, there was no trailer, no truck and no lake around to explain why that large boat was in the middle of the highway! Brad stopped at the Nebraska State HOG Rally in Fremont (May 23rd 2008). He met the woman who was finished number 2 or 3 in the ABC’s of Touring Contest the year before-on a Sportster! On Memorial Day we left Bill’s house in the Quad Cities, Illinois and headed north along the Mississippi River and crossed in Dubuque, Iowa. It was a nice ride through the farms and along the river. Once we crossed the river going east, we followed highway 151 north toward Madison, Wisconsin. We tried to detour south to go around Madison but for som...