Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA

DSC09148_editedRoute 66, ég er alltaf aš skrifa um route 66.  En vitiš žiš hvaš route 66 er ?  Margir halda aš route 66 sé, eša hafi veriš einn vegur sem lį žvert yfir Bandarķkin.  En svo er ekki.  Į fyrri hluta 20. aldarinnar, voru óskipulagšir vegir, mjög misgóšir, stundum bara lélegir slóšar,  sem lįgu um öll Bandarķkin.  Žegar bķlafjöldinn óx og kröfur um fleiri og betri vegi uršu meiri og meiri, fóru fylkin aš byggja vegi, en eins og įšur sagši, var allt frekar óskipulagt og ekkert heildarkerfi.  Til aš aušvelda feršalöngum og öšrum sem žurftu aš fara langar vegalengdir milli staša var komiš į merkjakerfi.  Og žetta merkjakerfi gekk śt į žaš aš tengja saman vegi sem voru til fyrir og merkja žį meš einu nśmeri.  Žannig varš route 66 til,  žetta voru vegir sem tengdust saman og lįgu frį Chichago, Illinois til Las Vegas, Californiu.  Žannig aš žeir sem ętlušu žvert yfir landiš žurftu žį ekki annaš en aš fylgja žessu nśmeri og žį komust žeir į leišarenda įn žess aš villast.  Žannig aš route 66 er ekki bara einn vegur heldur margir.  Ķ dag eru margir af žessum vegum horfnir og sumstašar eru komnar hrašbrautir ķ stašinn, en einnig mį finna kafla sumstašar sem er orginal route 66 vegur.  Leišin liggur ķ gegnum 8 fylki.  Žau eru Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona og Kalifornia.  Viš förum lķklega ķ gegnum 5 eša 6 įšur en viš tökum stefnuna til Washington.  En žaš kemur ķ ljós.  Annars geršist svo sem ekki mikiš ķ dag, annaš en aš viš hjólušum ķ gegnum fallegt indiįna og kśrekalandslag og ķ kringum bęinn Tucumcari, žar sem viš gistum ķ nótt, hafa veriš teknar margar bķómyndir ķ gegnum tķšina.  Viš hjólušum um 560 km ķ dag og uršum viš aš taka svolķtinn krók į okkur vegna slyss sem varš į žjóšveginum hér ašeins vestar.  Stór vöruflutningabķll og fólksbķll rįkust į, og dó eitt barn.  Mjög sorglegt.  En sem betur fer hef ég ekki séš mörg slys į leišinni.  Žó erum viš Einar bśnir aš keyra framhjį eša sjį ķ fjarska aš minnsta kosti žrjś mótorhjólaslys.  Žaš er DSC09134_editederfitt aš horfa upp į svoleišis.  Og flestir mótorhjólamenn eru illa bśnir ef žeir lenda ķ óhappi, margir ekki einu sinni meš hjįlma.  Ég tók žį įkvöršun aš hjóla bara meš lokašan hjįlm og alltaf ķ góšum öryggisjakka og buxum.  Žaš getur veriš rosalega heitt aš vera ķ jakkanum, en žaš er žess virši ef eitthvaš gerist.  Žaš getur munaš um žaš.  Mér finnst ég ekki geta leyft mér žann munaš aš vera kęrulaus ķ žessum efnum.  Ég į fjölskyldu sem bķšur heima og ég hef skyldur gagnvart sjįlfum mér og žeim.  En žaš veršur hver aš finna sķna leiš ķ žessum efnum.  En žetta er mķn leiš.  Gott ķ bili.

Route 66.  I am always writing about route 66 but do you all know what route 66 is ?  Many people think that route 66 is one road which lies across the USA.  But it isnt like that.  In the early 20 century were many disorderly roads here in the USA, many of them were ok but many of them were not in good situation and even that bad that they were more like paths.  When the number of cars increased and more and more demands aroused about having better roads the states started to build better roads.  To make things easier for travellers and others who had to travel a long way they made this markingsystem.  This markingsystem was to connect all those different roads which already existed and mark them with one same number.  Thats how route 66 came into beeing this famous road everybody knows now and these roads were connected and lied from Chicago, Illinois to Las Vegas, California.  So the travellers who planed to go across the country just had to follow this number and then they could reach their destination without getting lost.  So route 66 isnt one road, instead it is many roads.  Today many of those old roads have disapearred and highways have come instead but you can find an orginal route 66 here and there.  The route lies through 8 states.  They are Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,  New Mexico, Arizona and California.  Will will probably ride through 5 or 6 of them before heading to Washington.  But we will see.  On the other hand, not so much happened today other than we rode through a very beautiful indinan/cowboy landscape around the town Tucumcari were we will stay tonight.  Here in this area many movies have been filmed.  We rode about 560 km today and had to take a little detour because of an accident on a highway here a little west.  A big truck and a familycar and one child dead.  Very tragic !  Luckely I havent see so many accident on my way but me and Einar have seen in the distance at least 3 motorcyclesaccident.  It is difficult to see that happen.  Many of these drivers are very bad dressed and many of them even dont wear helmets.  I decided always to wear a helmet and have my specially made motorcycle clothes on.  It can be very hot to wear the jacket but if something happens it could make the difference.  I cant allow myself to be careless.  I have my family waiting for me at home and ofcourse a have duties to myself and them.  But everybody have to find their own way to this securitythings and this is my way.    But good for now.  ttyl.


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"Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" - žetta fer aš verša efni ķ metsölubók   Žetta er svo inspirerende hjį ykkur bręšrum aš manni klęjar ķ fingurna aš leggja land undir fót . . . vantar aš vķsu verulega upp į gręjurnar, en ętli mašur verši ekki aš dusta rykiš af hjólinu og fara ķ "leišangur" um Grafarvoginn

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