I would have been there... it would have been great.. I can hear your wife saying now, "WHO IN THE HELL IS THIS @#$%&?"
I got chased out of THREE states on that trip... South Carolina, then Louisiana then Texas. My original route:
Took me through your hometown.. then up to Duncan, Oklahoma, where my family on my Mom's side hails from.
Speaking of:
I'm am very much considering another long motorcycle ride.. but not, as I had hoped, Alaska. Too remote, at my age, although I may turn that into a PLUS and do it just to be belligerent.