I've met crazy, and she drives a white Ford Taurus with Wyoming plates

Up again bright and early in York Nebraska!  Ok...maybe not so bright at 5am. I'm not as bushy-tailed as yesterday. Didn't sleep as well in the double bed. King sized beds make for much better sleep!  At least we didn't have noisy neighbors at this stop!  Today's breakfast was a thousand times better than yesterdays!  I had scrambled eggs, bacon, and oatmeal!  There were bananas too!  Bonus!  No pilots at this stop!  I grabbed a banana for the road.  Today we head for Denver. 3 nights there!  Hooray!  Our pal Ron has been out in the area for a few weeks and he's anxiously awaiting our arrival!  He's been calling Bill sometimes 4 times a day!  He'll hook up with us and ride with us for however long he feels. Last time he left us in New Mexico to head back to CLE solo.  We've already made plans to catch up with the other Terwilligers and the Beliveaus somewhere on Saturday night. I can't wait to get there!

After packing the bikes and pulling out, the first thing we see is a rainbow!  A DOUBLE rainbow!  

It's gonna be a great day!  The weather was cool and drizzly.....hooray!  Remember, kidz....cool weather is GOOD!  If it comes with some drizzle then so be it!

There's not much to look at in Nebraska other than corn.  Then cows.  Cows make me smile every time!  I saw one licking another one's face and it reminded me of my Gunther and Sam! I love how they walk single file while relocating from one point in the pasture to another!  Cow train!  Another random like.....I like how turkey vultures sit with their wings crooked out at their sides.....like they're airing out their pits!  I saw some of them too!

(Not my pic!  I found it on the interwebs for an example!)

We made a gas stop in Lexington, Nebraska and found the Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles there!  Holy cow!  This place was amazing!!!!  Tons of tanks, jeeps, ambulances....even a couple helicopters....from all eras in our military's history!  They had other stuff too....bombs, helmets, uniforms, etc....  Very cool place!  

After moseying about and taking some pix, we were on the road again!

The ride was going awesome, great weather, and I was just thinking how courteous all the drivers were being......when it happened.  Crazy happened!  A few seconds of terrifying mayhem!  

Here's my perspective.....

We were in the passing lane, about to pass a girl white Ford Taurus with Wyoming plates.  As Tom is next to her she starts drifting into his lane.  WTF?  Is she on her phone?  That's usually the case.  Tom gets by her and as I start to pass I look to see what's distracting her from driving properly. Hmmm.  no phone, no newspaper...nothing out of the ordinary.  Maybe she was changing a radio station or something.  I'm ALMOST past her when she accelerates and comes into my lane at me!!!!  Excuse the language here.....HOLY SHIT THIS BITCH IS TRYING TO KILL ME!!!!  I hammer the throttle to get the Hell away from her.  At this point Tom sees what's going on and gets back behind her while she's chasing me. She backs off and I see Bill & Tom behind me.....crazy lady then makes a quick exit at the next ramp, flipping me off as she did so! ...thank God she exited!  Thank God the exit ramp was RIGHT THERE!  I'm not sure how much longer that insanity could've ensued without one of us getting killed.  WHAT WAS HER PROBLEM???  Does she hate motorcycles?  Did she just get dumped by her biker boyfriend?  We will never know. I truly have never been so freaked out in my life.  Luckily there was a fork in the road about 6 miles west of there.  80 to Cheyenne and 76 to Denver.  Unless those Wyoming plates were heading to Denver for some reason instead of Chyenne I was relieved to know that we had seen the last of her. Whew!

Toms viewpoint and version of the event was even more exciting.  His version involved protecting us by fixing to give crazy lady a dose of lead poisoning!  Perhaps that's why she made a hasty exit.  The 2 vehicles behind us got quite a show. The occupants of both vehicles gave Tom a "thumbs up" as they went by!

Luckily the rest of the journey was uneventful!  

We stopped for lunch  in eastern Colorado (Sedgewick) at a little diner called Lucy's Place.  

Eastern Colorado can be a challenging ride with high temps and strong winds, so I know better than to eat a huge lunch and risk food coma later down the road. Tom and I each order a side salad and we split a buffalo burger.  It was perfect!  Bill, on the other hand, ordered a hot open-faced roast beef sammich and mashed potatoes.  All smothered with gravy!  It looked delish but "goodnight Bill" we all said!  

We saddled up and hit the road for our last stretch of road for the day.  One more gas stop and then Denver!

As we approached the big city, we can see some serious rain coming off the mountains.  Great, we'll probably get DRENCHED just as we're coming up on our exit, right?  See it here, to the right?

Luckily that was not the case and we arrived dry.  Well, sweaty but not rain-soaked!  

As we were getting unpacked and showered our pal Ron arrived!  Hooray!

We hitched a ride from a private driver and went out to eat at the Highlander Tavern.  Another "Triple D" stop!  

The owners and staff were super nice and the food was delish!  Especially the Tavern Tots!  Those are their version of tater tots, except they push the potatoes through a ricer and add cheese.  They're fluffy and delightful!  I highly recommend this place if you're ever in Denver!  I noticed our server had a beautiful floral sleeve.  (Tattoo lingo for you plain-skinned folks!)  Amongst her florals was a Rocky Mountain Columbine, the Colorado state flower.  I have one on my shoulder so I showed her mine and we admired each other's artwork!   Pretty cool!  I've never met another person with a Columbine tattoo!  I'm sure they're out there but this is the first time meeting one!

After dinner we stopped for drinks at a bar next door, then called our ride back to the hotel, where we turned in VERY early!  It was a long day and my body is still on Cleveland time!

Stay tuned for more!