estimated about 25,000 motorcycles made their way into the tiny town by mid-afternoon yesterday. She also speculated that attendance this year may have surpassed last year's 150,000 people, which would set another record." -thespec.comAfter the Port Dover Bike day was over we decided it was time to head home. Also, we hadn't tested the rain gear and we heard there was plenty of rain and storms south of us. Early Monday morning we headed out early and by Tuesday we were in the thick of it.
West Virginia and Virginia had the heaviest rain, which sometimes came up fairly quickly as we rounded a mountain. There were times when it poured pretty intensely.
The rain gear worked very well, keeping us dry and somewhat warm.
Once we were through the rain we kept up a good pace, around 75 to 80 (and sometimes a bit better) all the way home. The bikes handled superbly.
When we hit South Carolina it was monstrously hot. Must have been over 100F. By mid-afternoon we were toast, so we packed it in and found a motel. We got up around 3am and hit the road to avoid the heat. It was perfect. Nice and cool, less traffic, and relatively smooth sailing. It did heat up quite a bit later but we managed to land at home around noon, so missed the worst heat of the day.
We had one newspaper and one magazine follow our trip. We may have some of our pictures featured in one. We'll let you know if that happens.
There are still some pictures and comments we'll add over the next few days as the dust settles.
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Best,
-Phil
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Phil:
Looks like you guys had a blast! I am envious.
--Grant
Thrust Motorsports
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