{"id":907,"date":"2017-09-03T14:39:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T14:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decamp.org\/?p=907"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:42:43","slug":"final-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decamp.org\/?p=907","title":{"rendered":"Final Leg"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, August 9, I set out from Moore on the Ducati to head back to Southern California.<\/p>\n

I considered detouring up through Denver, to avoid another transit of HWY40 and see Colorado and Utah, but to be honest, I was ready to be home.\u00a0 The trip took 2 days, reaching Flagstaff the first night and getting into LA early the next afternoon.\u00a0 The riding was fun, but hot.\u00a0 107 degrees and 10% humidity hot.\u00a0 I think I could have made beef jerky on the passenger seat, but with taking frequent stops and wetting down, it wasn’t too bad.<\/p>\n

One of the highlights was encountering an Uber self-driving car.\u00a0 There were two people riding in the front seats, but they were talking to each other and not paying any attention to what the car was doing.\u00a0 I followed them for about 10 miles as the car navigated construction, passed slower semis, and generally drove like a grandmother.\u00a0 We’re close.<\/p>\n

Final Trip Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Miles Traveled<\/td>10,006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Days Traveled<\/td>12 full days; 5 half-days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Longest Day (twice)<\/td>15 hrs, 900 miles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hours in the Rain<\/td>21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
States Traveled (most 2 or 3 times)<\/td>19: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, plus Washington DC <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mechanicals<\/td>2: shorted alternator cable and punctured rear tire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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The blue “airplane” icons are all the airports we used on the trip to and from Oshkosh.\u00a0 The green “bed” icons are where I spent the night in a hotel.<\/p>\n

Bike in new home in Peninsula Yacht Marina<\/p>\n

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It was good to be back at the boat for a few days.\u00a0 I got to see Quinn and her new bird “Chicken,” catch up with friends, clean the bottom of the boat, and try to bring some order to the piles of stuff I dumped at the boat back in April.<\/p>\n

Meeting Chicken<\/p>\n

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Tony and Robin<\/p>\n

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Tom and Lori<\/p>\n

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Marina Life<\/p>\n

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Strapping SCUBA gear to the motorcycle is always interesting.\u00a0 I use it to clean the bottom of the boat, which needs to be done every month or so.<\/p>\n

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The next challenge:\u00a0 how to get the van back from Northern California?<\/p>\n

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