Wasn't updated July 4 because the hotel in Missouri had a strange problem with their wireless.  This is being updated July 5 from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Please don't ever stay in Days Inn in Monteagle, Tennessee.  That was the worst dump I ever stayed in.  For starters, the bathroom's tub was taken out and where the tub was is a "shower" with uneven tile floors and roaches playing water hockey.

We left Monteagle ... Jerry Brehany, Robb Drellich, Lou Friedman and David Mountcastle alongwith me at about 7 a.m.and drove 570 miles that day. The temperature started at 68 degrees and never went above 75 degrees.  A miscalculation on my part resulted in a very pleasant discovery ... we pulled under an overpass in Nashville, TN as it looked like it was going to rain ... I had a baggie covering my GPS and it made it very difficult to see the diredtions.  So, I accidentally led our brave bikers up to Bowling Green KY and realized I was going the wrong direction.

The above picture is Larry Hoard from MO School for the Deaf explaining SKIHI to the group. 

             The picture above is our group at MO School for the Deaf.

We took the parkway from Bowling Green up to Evansville and got on I-64 West to St. Louis.  On the map and the GPS, it indicates toll road but all three parkways we drove on in Kentucky had toll booths removed so we had toll free silky smooth roads with virtually no traffic.  Originally, we were supposed to go west on I-24 ... a heavily travelled and rough road.  Lo and behold, three Kentucky parkways with virtually no traffic!

Entering St. Louis, we glided through the shadow of the arch and cruised west to Kingdom City, MO.  Arriving at the hotel, we were met by Larry Hoard from the Missouri School for the Deaf where he had nice sandwiches and muchies for us.  Also, two more bikers, Travis Hicks from Texas and James Leger from Lousiana were waiting for us.

Travis said my trailer's wheel didn't sound right and sure enough, it was a bad bearing.  After the reception, we stopped and I got some wheel bearing grease, carb cleaner and rags and Travis and James took out the bearing, cleaned it and repacked it.  This is Travis in the picture above.   He bought along some poker cards and chips as he is an avid Texas Hold'Em player with a huge website for Texas bike riders.