The long way home. The prelude

I [Nathan] was up in Michigan for a months worth of training to go our as a student missionary. To get up there, I made a 1,200mi, 23hr run to Berrien Springs for an attempt at a SS1k IBA certification.
Finishing training on the 12th of Aug, I headed for Louisville, KY to visit my aunt and meet my brother [Larry]. It took me about 300mi and 5hrs to get to Louisville.
Larry had a 900mi to cover. He left Saturday afternoon, stopped on the W side of Little Rock for the night, then continued on his way in the morning.
Larry arrived about 6PM.
I arrived about 9:15PM.

Larry came up grudgingly on my ST1300 due to his Virago breaking a timing chain just hours before he was to leave.
I was on the VFR in Michigan, so naturally, I rode that...

Monday we made a trip to Cyclegear to exchange Larry’s new Scorpion EXO-700 for something that didn’t hurt his head. After fitting about all the helmets on the shelf, the Shoei RF1000 was the final decision.
Spent the rest of the day enjoying family and scheming for the rest of the trip.