Marco Island, FL. 10,099 miles.

The day started nicely enough with a breakfast in the tiny shrimping town of Apalachicola where all the local shrimpers were getting ready for their day. Every one of them sounded like Sling Blade and they were the nicest people in the world. The first leg of the ride on RT 98 through the Gulf forest along the water was beautiful and lonely and I was loving how the day was getting started. That ended pretty quickly.

From there it was nothing but maddening central Florida traffic, construction, and interstates the rest of the day. I could think of nothing but burning miles and there was not one single thing to look at the entire way. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa was an impressive thing to cross over, almost feeling like a rollercoaster in the middle of the ocean, but it still wasn’t worth stopping for a picture.

Pulling into Marco Island, I took a look at my rear tire and saw that the rubber was totally shot and the metal seams sticking through the tread. I had hoped these Dunlops would last for the whole trip but tomorrow I have to make an early morning detour to Miami to get some new rubber before heading out to Key West. It really could be much worse as just days ago I was probably 1000 miles from the nearest shop that had a 17″ in stock. It won’t be a Roadmaster but at least it won’t split on me in the middle of the Interstate and I’m through the mountains so I’ll take whatever they have.

Wyatt Neumann was a phenomenally talented photographer and director, a loving husband and father, and a passionate motorcyclist. On June 11th he was doing what he loved riding in Delaware when he suffered a brain aneurysm which caused him to lose control of his motorcycle. He died shortly after. Wyatt was instrumental in both inspiring this trip and planning many of its routes and logistics. The title of this site was unapologetically stolen from his series of photographs from his own travels. He leaves behind a wife and two young children. A memorial fund has been established to help his family in this very trying time. Please consider donating. Any amount will help. Thank you.

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