And today we head out to collect the Harley for what will surely be an interesting 2 weeks, not least of all with the Tornados ravaging the area that we are due to drive.

Last night saw a thunderstorm hit Chicago for about 1.5 hours, but nothing like the devastation in Oklahoma.

Have no fear I will be riding with my common sense sat in the pillion seat just to keep me in check.

So by 9pm UK time we will have covered our first 40 miles of Route66 to Joliet, “it’s dark, we got half a tank of gas, sunglasses, waterproofs and 2,100 miles to drive, let’s hit it”.

The journey starts from here.