Heading west

Sept. 11th we went to the New Jersey 9/11 Memorial...truly inspiring. The first photo below shows the the memorial 'columns' - the position of the 'columns' is the view that New Jersey had of the World Trade Center prior to 9/11.

Then we got on the Statue Ferry to go to Ellis Island the the Statue of Liberty!

 We then drove to Allentown, PA.  Russell Breuninger led us over scenic backroads to a little pizza parlor.  After dropping off Nicole Leeman we headed to Allentown, PA for the night.

In the morning we joined by some local riders as we headed to the Flight 93 Memorial in Somerset County, PA

 Rides end!
We separated at the Flight 93 memorial - John to relatives, Mike to Washington, D.C., Joel and Nancy home to Alabama, Jim to Colorado, Gary and Marge to Missouri and we back to Nevada.

We were stuck in traffic 5 miles east of Cambridge, OH for more than an hour.  About a mile before the first exit  we used the shoulder to get off the interstate...and Jim rode off with us.  He had made a OOPS on the PA Turnpike and ended up behind and donated $20 to the PA turnpike system in tolls!  At the same time they saw Gary continue on down the road.

We stayed in Cambridge and headed for Missouri before the sun was up the next day.  We were hoping to be far west of St. Louis by the end of the day.  Not so!  Indiana caused us to lose 1 1/2 hours in construction traffic.  (I swear if I ever hear anyone bitch about a 10 minute wait in California I'll smack them!)

We ended up staying in Wentzville, MO - not far from St. Louis, but with the loss of time and the changing weather we needed the rest.

Again we headed out extra early and rode without construction delays to Colby, Kansas.  A blessedly uneventful day!

From Colby we rode through Colorado to Green River, Utah.  We had intended to stay in Fruita again, but any motel we were interested in was booked up.

Home today - a fast ride because Utah has some test sections at 80 mph.  Hope they quit testing and make more of I-70 80 mph.

We met some great people.  We were humbled by the flag lines in OUR honor when what we are doing is a tribute to others.