Back on the Road.

While in Lawrence the bike was serviced by Tim Wolfe at Motorcare in Lawrence. He found a problem with the steering and corrected it. It is great to find someone who has experience with Honda's, and understands a PC800. My bike will be much the better because of his expertise.

Well, this morning I left Lawrence heading west, to the Wild West that is, Dodge City. Randy e-mailed these pics of me leaving.

I made swift work of the trip, arriving in Dodge by 1 p.m. I had a reservation so getting a hotel was not an issue. The town still looks dead late in the afternoon, but there isn't a room to be had. Kansas is quite a sight as one travels from small town to small town. The road just goes West.

Route from Lawrence to Dodge City.

I have had a chance to go into town, and look at the obligatory Boot Hill tourist trap, a reconstruction of Dodge City when Wyatt Earp was sheriff and the most famous gun fight in western lore took place. Actually it wasn't that much of a gun fight, but the legend is huge. Here are a few pics of the old town and of Wyatt himself.

The modern town looks like this.

Tomorrow I set out towards Santa Fe and Albuquerque. I'll see were I get to.

Route to Santa Fe