I hope you read yesterday’s post. If so, you will understand the reference to Lucille. While we were cruising today we discovered the Mark Twain house and Museum. Actually the entire town of Hannibal, Missouri has been turned into Tom Sawyer Village in honor of the town’s favorite author. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Becky Thatcher are literary characters that are somewhat based on real people from Mark Twain’s formative years on the Mississippi River during an era of river boat traffic. Hannibal has done a great job of capturing scenes from the books and brought the imaginary to life.

The fence you see in the center of the frame represents the fence that Tom convinced his friends to help him whitewash in the book. I’ve included a few pictures I took while walking the downtown area of Hannibal. There is not much I can say about the locations. Either you’ve read Mark Twain books or you haven’t.

We traveled a total of 265 miles today which puts us slightly over 550 miles for the trip. My favorite part of the day was ordering a pizza from Ino’s Pizza, having it delivered then sitting at a table in the lobby enjoying laughter, and some of life’s experiences with my friends. These moments are a big part of why I love to travel. Thanks David and Mason.

If you are a long time reader of this blog then you know I have a tendency to make changes to my bike just prior to any trip. This venture was no different. I had the 10,000 mile far service performed and mentioned an issue with a neutral start switch. The guys at my dealership jumper right to the repair task. It seems that my left hand front turn signal / running light no longer works. I’m sure it worked when I picked up the bike. I know this sounds far fetched but I look at the people at dealership as my friends. I thought maybe there was an easy solution. I called the service team. There wasn’t a readily apparent remedy but they gave me some good ideas. I’m about 500 miles from home so that means I’m 560 miles from my dealership. Before I left home I told Ryan, Ben, Travis, and Brian that they were part of my trip. I do look at them that way.

Tomorrow we will still be looking for Lucille but plan to say “hello” to a guy famous for saying “I yam what I yam”. How’s that for a hint – stay tuned.

Thanks to the guys at HD Kokomo.