August 5 - Dubuque Iowa to Sioux City Iowa
Distance: 496km
Time: 6hrs approx
Max Speed 81.2 mph
Bike Fuel: 7.4 gal $28.77
Rider Fuel: cereal & waffle breakfast at Super-8, fruit lunch, Mexican food for dinner - Total $18
Rode US 20 across Iowa. I was expecting 2lane but the eastern half of the state was pretty much like the interstates. Once I got to maybe fort dodge the road became the 2 lane i was looking for. I enjoyed the afternoon a lot, almost the best part of the trip so far. 55-60 mph, stop where I like, lots to see, nice temp & no rain.
Way fewer cars and motorcycles - sort of 4-5 per km vs 40-50 on busy roads. Bikes still maybe 1 in 100 vehicles. In Sioux city itself I saw quite a few including a group on their way back from Sturgis. Apparently there are 300,000+ bikers there on any given day, over 1M in the week. whew!
I went to the Lewis & Clark interpretive centre which was very good, a good film from the native point of view. Also a number of monuments to "Sergeant Floyd" which I find a bit patronizing - like "good old Tonto".
Hey, regular grade gas is more expensive than mid grade! 87 octane was 3.65, 89 octane 3.55. What's that about? Corn in the gas?
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