After breakfast at the hotel, we headed to the Harley Vehicle and Powertrain Operations plant -- the birthplace of my motorcycle and many of the parts on Bud's. We had thought we'd ride there, but wake-up temperatures in the 30s cooled my interest in that plan.
We genuinely enjoyed the facility tour. It was interesting to see the stages of production. But I wondered if the employees felt a little like zoo animals as we tromped through their work areas and stared at them.
Following a visit to the gift shop, we unloaded both bikes for photos in front of the plant. From there, we loaded back up and drove across the river into Kansas to snap a couple of pictures. While we were stopped, we left the Jeep and trailer on the side of the road and zipped back across the river on Bud's bike to take photos with the Missouri sign.
Then we gassed up the Jeep, fed ourselves at Burger King and started up Interstate 29 toward the top of Missouri. We exited a few miles before Iowa and headed off to the left for a picture in Nebraska. Then it was back to the interstate and into Iowa.
And then we turned around and started toward home.
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