Kemosabe and The Lodge: Me....The Locust.... and Five States

September has been a great month up until to this point. I planned on hitting Davenport this year as well as Dave Cook's Cook out, The Country Mile, The Brooklyn Invitational and then out to California for the Born Free show if at all possible. I received a call from Harley Davidson asking if I would do a shoot for their HOG magazine before the end of September. Not my typical shoot but I figured since I was going to be up in Milwaukee for the cook out I'd just camp out up there till the shoot was done then head down to Chicago for the Country Mile. So I loaded the bike for a two week trip. I packed as light as I could but still looked like a hillbilly going down the road. Not only do I have to pack shelter, sleeping bag, clothes and tools.... I also have to strap on all my photo and lighting gear. Thank god for tall sissy bars! Thought for sure that sum bitch was going to snap off before the end of the trip.

Davenport was amazing.... no bullshit involved. Ryan stopped by the shop and picked up with my dad and myself. We waited for Warren, Bacon and his woman to show up at a gas station off the Highway. We blasted over to Iowa in good time. Once there we met up with great friends from all over the world. You could find anything you could ever want at Davenport as long as it wasn't newer than a Shovelhead. Most of it was pricey but there were deals to be had. I picked up an engraved cam cover for 40 bucks and a complete 33mm front end with aris headlight for 60 bucks. Some people were just look'n to get rid of shit.