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Alaska 2008 Ride Report
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Preparing to Leave Day 1: It Starts, or, A Tale of Two Rides

June 12, 2008 - Oklahoma City, OK to Pampa, TX

Worked a full day, got home and threw the stuff on the bike and was ready to go by 5PM. Just headed to Pampa, in the Texas panhandle. Trying to not beat myself up too much at the start of the trip, just 225 miles today and 400 miles tomorrow.

Looking at the forecast, I figured it was going to be a pretty miserable ride to Pampa. Hot, with the wind howling out of the South and into the sun. Not fun, but usually that is what leaving OK entails. For the first 2 hours until I hit Elk City, that was the case. At that point, I left the interstate and took OK 6 and TX 152 to Pampa, on the advice of a friend.

On the way out of Elk City I noticed that the wind had mostly quit, and what there was was actually out of the North. Temp dropped a few degrees too. From that point on it was great. Plopped my feet up on the highway pegs and just bombed along the 2 lane at 75 MPH through the emptiness. Good for the head. :) About as pleasant as a ride through that part of the country can be and a huge change from how it was. Thanks to Chris Marlow for the route advice, much better than I-40.

Got into Pampa a little before 9PM, checked in to the Best Western, grabbed a can of beer from the convenience store and typed this up. And now to bed. :)
Preparing to Leave
Preparing to Leave
And away I go!
And away I go!
Just before the TX border
Just before the TX border

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