Day 27 One more day to home ! ! !

Today looked a lot like rain all day again. I was able to stay ahead of it but the sky looked bad all day.

I stopped today in Murdo, South Dakota to check out the auto museum. This was more like a bunch of giant flea market buildings more than anything. It had a lot of old cars and motorcycles plus all kinds of other old stuff. I took a bunch of pictures while there.

I was going to go back to the office and complain about the fact that I didn't see any Henry J's there but then in the next to last building, I found one sad looking Henry J. My uncle Ep in Florida had one of those back in the '50's but I think it rusted out in two years. They were not manufactured very well at all. A shame too, because that body would eventually become extremely popular in the drag racing world. In Denver in the '60's they would put Chevy engines in them and run them at the drag races. I would guess that was partly because the bodys were so light. They certainly didn't have any galvanizing on them. In Florida they would last maybe three years max.

They also had a couple of Mustang motorcycles (?) or maybe you would call them motor scooters? They were sort of a cross between a motorcycle and a scooter. A friend of mine in high school in the late '50's had one. At the time I thought they were cool. Shows what I knew about bikes back then.

I also found one Harley Davidson 125 from the '50's, almost exactly like the one I had in High School. I also took pictures of that one.

And of course, Elvis' Harley was there. I can't believe the number of Harleys that Elvis owned. I think I've seen one in every motorcycle museum I've been in. :)

Seeing all those old motorcycles has got me to thinking about my next bike project. I'd like to find a very early BMW K75 project bike. For some reason I've become extremely intrigued by that motorcycle and would like to rebuild one from the ground up. I have to find a cheap one though.

In fact when I came out of the museum there was a BMW parked right in front and at the time I thought it was a newer BMW because it looked so good. But looking back at the picture I took of it, it turns out that it was actually a K75. I think they quit making that model in the mid '90's so someone has definitely taken care of that one. It was someone from out of town (lots of baggage on it) and they were riding two up also. If I had known what it was at the time, I would have tried to find them and talk to them about the bike. It looked really good to be at least 13 years old.

At the end of today I stopped again at Rockport, Missouri at the Rockport Inn. This time they had a room for me but didn't have a key for it. So they told me if I went out to come and get them to let me back in. I should probably think about upgrading my class of accommodations on my next trip. One more day on the road and I'm home ! ! ! ! ! !

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