February 8, 2019 - Currently the plan is to knock out another 200 counties beginning in mid-May with the 99 counties of Iowa and 87 counties of Minnesota. The five week run will include eastern border counties of Missouri and western border counties of Wisconsin and Illinois. The combined mileage will be about 8,000 miles. 

If you have a place for me to camp, check out the routes on the Iowa and Minnesota introduction pages and send me a message. 

I am also booking civic club speaking engagements for this tour leg and the rest of the 2019 season. Use the contact menu tab to reach me. 

See you on the road, 

Do you have a club or public group that looks for unusual speakers with fun topics? Why not book me as a good way to fill in that empty slot for a future meeting date. 

My 30-35 minute long presentation is a humorous look at how a senior citizen with serious medical issues attempts to fill his time. It's not a lecture on how to create a fabulous garden or even about finding joy in teaching a cat to walk on a leash. Nope, it's about motorcycle riding, the history of America, and how we honor the millions of young men and women that are willing to make huge sacrifices for their country.  

It is difficult to ride over 100,000 miles and not collect a few good stories about the people encountered along the way. TV personalities, politicians, military heroes, police officers and deputies, and little old ladies looking for a date - they all contribute to the flavor of Ride Around America.