Author Archives: Dean Tanji

Albuquerque NM to Seligman AZ – 425 miles El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico Continental Divide, I-40, NM Petrified Forest National Park, I-40, exit 285, AZ Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ Standing on the corner, Winslow, AZ Meteor crater, I-40, exit … Continue reading →

Motel Home to Santa Monica Pier – 56 miles We depart Motel Home around 5:15AM.  Its 53 miles via I-405 to the intersection of Olympic Blvd & Lincoln Blvd.  The early morning traffic into Los Angeles is heavy!  It started … Continue reading →

Seligman AZ to Motel Home, Orange County, CA – XXX miles We depart Seligman a little after sunrise.  We elect to stay on Historic Route 66 for 85 miles to Kingman AZ.  It was lonely with little traffic through various … Continue reading →

Albuquerque NM to Seligman AZ – 425 miles We rode out of Albuquerque with our first stop the El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico! Continental Divide, I-40, NM Petrified Forest National Park, I-40, exit 285, AZ Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ … Continue reading →

Oklahoma City OK to Albuquerque NM – 554 miles Team 70s past 3 days have had incredible weather. The days start overcast with low clouds. By 11AM the sun burns through to blue skies with high white clouds. Each day … Continue reading →

Sullivan MO To Oklahoma City OK – 447 miles We were on the road around 8 AM. Our first stop was the Devils Elbow. Historical Route 66 was a four-lane cement road through hooker cut, which was once the deepest … Continue reading →

Into the throat of the beast … Chicago! Every time I rode a motorcycle near Chicago the traffic has been catastrophically horrendous. It’s miles of bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic! Our plan is to go into Chicago before … Continue reading →

Grand Rapids MI to Merrillville IL Today is a short repositioning day, 165 miles, from Grand Rapids, MI to Merrillville, IL. We’re waiting for a storm to pass through the bottom of Lake Michigan area. By 10 AM the coast … Continue reading →

Dundee MI to Grand Rapids MI Breakfast at JannieV’s It was a quick 40-minute ride from Dundee Michigan to JannieV‘s house in Manchester, MI. Jan & Dennis are JimmyVs big sister. 24 years ago JimmyV & I was riding our … Continue reading →

Repositioning Day – a day on the road to Chicago We rode 500 miles today from Scranton PA, through OH, to Dundee MI. Riding West through western Pennsylvania, and all of Ohio was through lush green forest areas. The morning … Continue reading →