Day 1

..... good first day.....

After emotional goodbyes I got off to a later than expected start. Stopped in at MotoSports in D.M. and got a little bike insight. I'm no mechanic by any stretch although I might be by the end of this trip.
It was blowing hard on the interstate and the bike performed well, much better than my last bike in wind.

I got on some back highways and made my way down to NWMSU in Maryville, Missouri....my (first college) alma mater. Its been 15 years since I've been there and aside from a few new buildings and a remodeled town square, it looked and felt the same as it did back then. Loads of memories as i drove around town. The shite holes where I spent the majority of my time are the same shite holes today minus and E on our house!
Later in the day it started raining.... tested rain gear, all good. Didnt want to camp in the rain so I pulled off to a roadside motel. Tv is pumping Hurricane Ike which is en route to the same place I am.....Texas gulf coast. Will keep watch to avoid it.