The journey naturally divides itself into the trip to Milwaukee, the Celebration and Party in Milwaukee, and the trip home. At least it does for narrative purposes.
We left Los Angeles 13 August 2003, and returned 17 September 2003. In those 36 days, I rode 7695 miles on my Harley-Davidson NightTrain, but Lindy drove 8500 miles in her 1985 Honda CRX - a wonderful little car that demonstrated many times over why she loves it. The discrepancy in our mileages occurred because we forgot our tickets to the Milwaukee events, and Lindy was kind enough to drive back to L.A. from Berkeley, then catch up with me in Portland.
Why so many miles? We extended our trip to include visits with the younger of my brothers, the older of my sons, and my daughter on our way to Milwaukee, and visits with her sisters and brother-in-law, with my parents and the older of my brothers, with my sister and her family, with my declared cousin, and with the younger of my sons on the way home. Oh! And we threw in the Grand Canyon as a bonus.
It was a wonderful trip! It was a grand trip! It was a trip not everyone would make, although a quarter-million of us Harley riders visited Milwaukee and had a magnificent time there. I hope you enjoy it with us.
Meanwhile, here are easy ways back to the home page, the intentions or table of contents, and the Juneve page. (Juneve is my NightTrain.)