Crossing USA Alone: FINALE: 24 hrs Dodging Tornado's Storms 

The decision to stop when you were cold and wet, even though you were only 100 miles from home, was an excellent decision. The desire to "just get home" is always strong in situations like that, and making the better decision not to go for safety is always a tough one. Aviation folks go through the same decision process on a regular basis.

willing to bet you are a wayyyyy better rider than the trolls who comment about how you ride or what you should ride... Watching you with MotoJitsu was awesome (my Dad rode with him a couple months ago). Thanks for taking us along your journey!

Thoroughly enjoy Doodle's videos. She's a neat kid.

Time to write a book, your experiences are of great value to new and experienced riders.

Stop when you have to, no matter how close to home you are. Really good decision.

Howdy Doodle. These wet trips aren't the most fun, but they're the most memorable as time rolls on. Excellent video, and decision making process was right on target. Well done!

Doodle is an absolute badass. So much respect for her.

I live in Missouri and I can confirm the Monsson that you experienced was spectacular to say the least lol. SO MUCH RAIN.

LOVE LOVE LOVE your message at the end! Mostly what I have found is people who want to tell you you shouldn’t be doing something, it’s because it makes them confront themselves about their own resilience and persistence to get the life they want by pushing through perceived limitations. . Thank you for always sharing he honest experience and the learning that comes from it!

Doodle, you are an amazing inspiration to all of us! Just love watching your adventures. These miles are experience and times you’ll cherish forever! In 2007 I road from my home (at that time) in Maryland to GA. Then on the trip back, ran into the worse rain I think I’ve been through in 35 plus years of riding. Unfortunately, my location had no available places to stay. And only a couple of closed gas stations to hide and get cover from the rain. I wished I would have been able to bunk for the night, but it wasn’t happening. I forced myself to finish the trip. Between the rain, road closures and time of day, the normal 9.5 hour trip took me 16. I was exhausted. Three months later, made the trip back to GA and have stayed…. Glad you made it safe. God bless! See you on road. Keep scootin’

Congrats on an amazing journey! As a midwesterner, want to clarify that we don't have CONSTANT tornadoes, I mean you make it sound like every day our houses are blowing awa....., wait, what is that siren? why are there cows flying past my window? help!!! Anty Em, Anty Em!!!...

This lovely lady is as tough as nails. Think of that, you Sunny Sunday Riders! It gets scary when the clouds drop upon you as they will before a tornado.

I'm so glad that you do not let people tell you that you can't.... I don't understand those thoughts... I love that you do it anyway... ❤

Love your content. As a European rider, we tend to spend way less time on the highway, but your storytelling made it all worth it! Quadlock "tip": if you tip it forward further so that you see your own (dark) outline instead of the bright sky, it's easier to read. One of the Quadlock extensions will help with that. Oh, and the wireless charger module is also waterproof.

I just finished binge-watching your whole cross-country playlist! What an amazing adventure. I am a recent owner of an adventure bike and now I want to go create my own adventure! You are very inspiring! Well done Doodle!

Job well done! I guarantee you most of the trolls that had negative comments either don’t even own a motorcycle or never left the one horse town they live in. I take solo cross country road trips every summer. They can be addictive to the point where everything you do supports what you’re going to do for the next cross country road trip.

You inspired me to get my first street bike! It’s been fun watching your journey! Also got a brake free because of you. It’s a great product!

What an inspiring and delightful lady you are. Well done. 👏👏

Ride only when you are comfortable but always push your level of comfort. Be safe

Wow just wow super impressed you're a trooper that's amazing honestly I'm a fairweather writer and I've been riding for 20 plus years and I still don't go out in heavy weather like that what a journey enjoy the ride

Love the Doodle show! Loved the zit! Great to see real people. Also love when you let your hair go curly. Always enjoy your productions!

New Video. Awesome , initial viewing looking like you're in the UK with our summer weather 😅

Got home from Sturgis Tuesday past about 11:30 p.m. Rode straight through from Deadwood, SD. Not my personal best, but it was my riding partner's. Still not that bad for an 80 year old guy. Sorry I missed you in Sturgis. Your videos are really well done. You have the riding bug. Keep it up señorita.

You are one really brave biker!

Always love your attitude and spirit under difficult circumstances....Ride On!!

I’m glad you have a good mental health. Be grateful for that don’t take it for granted. Just remember this is all about you.

I have 44 years riding experience and i have to say I have never had the guts to do what you do! I think most people are concerned for your safety when they ask if you are traveling alone.

As a long time rider who loves adventure it is hard for non riders to understand what you go through on a moto. Heavy winds, rain, cold are served as individual treats or in combinations of two or three. I have mad respect for you.

Glad to see that you passed Mother Nature's test! This is what motorcycling is about - tackling the challenges and coming out victorious. Good on you for making the decision to take a hotel even though you were only 100 miles from home. Too often we push too far, and in your circumstances, being cold and wet can lead to some really bad decisions. Hope that you enjoyed your cross-country trip as much as I've enjoyed watching your videos!

Doodle McNoodle, ur a road warrior tomhave gone through all of what u did. Remarkable job. “She didn’t lose her eye sight but, I mean - - she could of.” - - “duh! ppl, what r u waiting for?”

You go girl! You are a smart hero (heroine)! I did the opposite though! Got my foot caught between the ground and mount for my dog’s sidecar and broke my ankle badly. GoldWing was just fine though! EMTs advised me to get treated at home and NOT locally. Police were SUPER cool! I literally ‘hopped’ onto my 900 lb behemoth and rode 125 miles home at night, rolling in at 03:00. I stopped to rest. Wound up with two screws in my ankle, 2 weeks in the hospital, and 3 months of physical therapy and now as good as ever. Texas Side Cars in Donie, Texas came 400 miles to pick up my rig, hauled it back and fabricated a first class barrier so it couldn’t happen again, then trailered it all the way back to me near Fort Smith Arkansas at no cost to me whatsoever. It is darned near impossible to find people like that these days. All I have to do is put my dog’s safety harness on her and say “Go in!” and she runs and jumps in and waits patiently for me to get her tethered and eye and hearing protection on. But a GoldWing is too big for me too at 900lbs and me at 5’8” and 148 lbs as of today. I’ll look for something bigger next time. Oh yeah, and I’m 72 years old and my dog and I are leaving on a 4,000 mile, 4 month long adventure in a couple of weeks. I tried to find a companion but those my age were all worn out and those young enough to keep up were tied down to kids, jobs, school, or husbands, and husbands don’t generally lend their wives out for such travels even with a solemn promise to return them! Lol! Take a GoldWing DCT for a test ride. I have no doubt you can handle one. I was a bit intimidated at first, but I got over that. You may just become a convert! And if you know of an appropriate woman looking for someone to ride along with or two-up with, it’s probably too close for this trip (leaving 9 April, return mid August), but next spring I plan to head north and west. My dog and I travel solo, but a companion would be welcome.

I am really enjoying your videos. Well done. I have ridden in rain but nothing like you showed in this video. You are a real trooper. And, a shout out to Cody for his support.

Glad you made it safe ! Cycle Gear carries a pinlock screen for the Xd4, I have one on mine. You are brave going through this stuff alone !

Nothing like home. So glad you made it home safely. I so enjoy your adventures. You go Girl 👍

Doodle, congratulations on finishing what you intended to accomplish. Keep thriving and we will continue to support and encourage you.

Nice vid as always - FYI you can get aftermarket pinlock for that helmet - it doesn't actually "pin" in, but has adhesive and it sticks fine. I have it in mine.

My Indian Scout Bobber 20, caught some heavy to nominal rain. Then the next day, the LED information gauge, started to turn on and off, then a few days later, decided to completely NOT turn "ON" at all. Positive thing is, I was told my bikes warranty will cover the repair to the strange anomaly. Great adventure! I hope to be able to travel cross country as well. I've seen encouraging motivation by many You Tubers that have done the same. Planning is definitely needed! Congrats!

I really like your video. It does good representation of the obstacles that happen when you're riding your motorcycle across country. But congratulations on your run it is quite an accomplishment 👏👏👍

Your videos are inspiring. You're showing the potential rewards of solo riding. Keep up the good work.

Glad you got home safe. Fabulous trip.

This is a great example why you need to have flexibility in your travel plans. Great ride Doodles. Thanks for the vids.

You are a road warrior Doodle, it's inspiring, thank you for bringing me along, ride on and be safe and see you down the trail

Grats on you adventure lady, you made it and did well doing it. Enjoy the roads of America for no place has better scenery or better people.

Hey Ms. Doodle: I'm new to the channel and I have to say that I love your excitement for the RIDE and your unrelenting efforts to continually improve your skills. I'm 73 - been riding since 81 - but still have so much to learn. You're not only an inspiration, you are a wonderful teacher as well. Ride safe. Peter in Santa Fe

You rock Doodle! don't listen to the negative comments, just like everything else if you don't practice you won't get better. Plus who hasn't dropped their bike, if everyone had that same mentality there would be no riders left to ride. Looking forward to your next adventure.

Good job! Love watching you on your bike across the US! The funniest was at area 51🤙😁

4:06 " both my gloves have water inside them ..." I know that discomfort, especially when the wind chill starts to make them fingers freeze. I travel with several gloves in my panniers, usually wearing Alpinestars summer gloves (they have such great tactility and fidelity compared to most motorcycling gloves) but have some nice Alpinestars Drystars for wet weather riding. One trick I learned but haven't implemented yet, but I bought them, is to have a pair of kayaking gloves for rainy weather when your rain gloves can't cope. I loved the "i'm only 740 miles from home" comment. You've become a sensei at the long distance stuff. I abuse the hair dryer when I get to the hotel. First thing I do is shower and wash my clothes and hang them up. I try to stick to synthetics because they dry more quickly than cottons. Rig a way for the hair dryer to blow at them and leave it on until it trips. If the boots are wet, especially if they got wet inside, I take out the insole and just go at them with the hair dryer. I'll often get some fast food to go just so I can monitor the shoe and clothes drying situation. Noise cancelling ear buds and netflix, hair dryer working over time. In the morning I'll zap the boots again with the hair dryer before I go down to get breakfast, then once again after before I get ready to take off. If they're still damp, the wind will dry them off and i'll have dry socks on anyway.

Great wrap up to this journey. Now that this is done, and your trip to Sturgis is completed, can you give a longterm Tiger 900 review? Certainly you’ve got 12-15k miles on it now so your experiences with maintenance, MPG, overall riding assessment would be nice to see. Thanks for your vlogs

Congrats on your journey. I’m glad you made it back safe and sound. Your an inspiration for sure.

You have more resilience and determination than most people I know! Stopping to dry off and warm up (and rest) when you were only 100 miles from home, was a very smart decision. Jonakers704 talked about a "decision process" used in aviation, and scuba divers use the same process. Congratulations on another successful trip!

Great stuff, honest real world riding! this is so refreshing! great job, great series, glad you are home safe with hubby n pets! looking forward to your next adventure

So proud and jealous of you, one day I too will travel across the country on my bike. Keep up the amazing work Doodle!!

Good judgment is just as important as good skills. You done good!

never fail trick to extract all the water from your boots overnight- find newspapers or magazines and put them all in. the ink in the print absorbs all the moisture and its as dry as dry

Congratulations on the trip completion I am planning to finally do a cross country trip sometime in the near future. I’ve had a setback in the form of a accident in Virginia hitting a deer and totaling the bike. Picking up a new to me Africa Twin next weekend. Still got healing to go after 3 1/2 months now.

You're a more daring rider than me. I hate riding in the rain so much I just won't do it. And def not in a downpour. They say to stay off the road for a bit when it starts raining to let the oil wash off the roads, but I guess you were riding in to the rain. Cool road-trip -- thanks for sharing.

This is so dope, glad you made it home safe. Just goes to show, it's all about putting in the work/practice, and being resilient. Setting a great example for all people who take up motorcycling. Good stuff Doodle. Road trip through Europe next!! :P :D

Congratulations on your accomplishment and I'm glad you got home safely. You made a lot of great decisions and you should be very proud of how far you have progressed as a rider.

I took my first cross-country trip this year and can't wait to go on another! Definitely hope to see the Doodler doing to same in the future. And I learned so many lessons.... Maybe you can do a video just on the things you didn't think of before that you'll keep in mind next time. (Example: I started activating my right turn signal with my hand palm-up, because my thumb got hella sore after pressing it thousands of times. Took a month to feel right again.)

"Love it," when you give us your insight into why you makes these videos for us, while literally enduring the long hard rides and dangerous weather conditions. Thank you so very much "Doodle!" 🥰

Nice work there! 🎉

Your video story telling is really good! Enjoyed your saga.

An awesome adventure 😎 Thanks for taking us all across the country and back!

I enjoyed your series - yet again, your videos don’t disappoint!

Well done! I can relate to those cold wet riding days.

My wife and I both have G-Max helmets that were also not pinlock compatible. I was able to find a comparable model in their snowmobile lineup, and ordered 2 visors for that model. Now we both have dual lens visors and no fogging. Might be an option for you if there's a snow version of that helmet.

Whoa! I have lots of questions so I'll start with the website and vlog posts. Good stuff Carolyn. Looking forward to the next trip content. There is a lot to unpack for me in this episode.

Very lovely, well done 👍

I always look forward to watching you’re adventures and especially the long-distance ones. We have witness you grow as a rider but you’re editing skills, and presentations have been outstanding. Kudos to you.! Looking forward to you’re next ride.

I"ve ridden in all parts of our country, but never a full cross country trip and back. Family and work kept that as a bucket list. Now retired (early) and the family stuff is settled it's time. 2024 is going to be the bucket list trip around the 4 corners, sort of, of the country. I have a new gen Gold Wing and a Super Tenere 1200, trying to decide which to use on this trip. Tenere is the one I ride the most, has hard bags and all the other necessary items as well. The Wing just needs gas to go! Being retired means stopping whenever and wherever for as long as I want. It means waiting out the worst weather instead of character building riding; had enough of that over the years. I'm about to do 6 weeks in southern Utah and down to Hill Country in Texas, taking the toyhauler and bike this trip. I enjoy my own bed and shower in the RV for these shorter trips. Glad I started a savings account for several decades and funded it over time so these trips are financially possible now. Great trip you had and ride safe out there.

Be safe Doodle! Get home safe!! I aim to be like you!!

awesome trip, lots learning, and great spirit to conquer the ride! well done Doodles!

Your description of Tornado Alley sounds like the old movie “Damnation Alley”. I’m from Oklahoma, it’s just kind of another day (usually), love your channel!

I started watching your channel when you started years ago than I got bored with all the girly stuff and just riding around town so I quit watching Now I’m back you show us places we would all live to ride to and see. Your doing everything right now I’m very entertained. Thank you

Excellent trip thanks for posting -- Your a trooper to endure and glad you made it safe

Awesome. Major feat accomplished ❤

Great video thank you very well done anybody can ride when it's nice out quack quack girl. Thanks again cheers to ya.

Wow ! I tthought that we had bad weather in july to do our cross canada trip on our spyder…but ouf thumb up to you! You are are really an inspiration! I quit motorcycle riding due to my health, arthritis , and I couldn’t hold the bike because of pain in my feet and hankles. But I look at your video and i found myself dreaming i could do it again… Congrats on your trip , you are are a great rider!

Baby shampoo applied inside the visor is supposed to help a lot with fogging up. Also anti fogging spray

Well done, congrats. I’m officially getting deja vu from some of your videos because I felt a eery sense of having seen this before 😂

Doodle you're a straight Bad Ass!! I've been a sub for quite a long time and I can't wait for to see your next adventure. Keep crushing those miles and putting out videos for us armchair adventurers.

Im so encouraged by you. Next summer im taking long trips. Like from Massachusetts to Florida.

3:56 just a heads up as an XD-4 owner it does take a pinlock you just have to order the pinlock-ready version of the visor which doesn't have the vents -- it works great however highly recommend it, agree that the XD-4 not great on long highway / high speeds just due to the shape and weight, doesn't cut the wind as well as sportier shapes

Love this road trip video, Doodle!

Bravo Doodle great content, your journey is amazing thanks great skill on the bike blessings

Damn the haters Girl! As a 50something female novice rider, you have given me hope and courage! You are sassy, graceful and tough as nails! Two wheels down Babe!

DOODLE!!! Your Awesome. I'm not a famous person on RU-vid like you, but I do have a rinky-dink RU-vid page. I just wanted you to know you inspired this 72 year old man to take a trip by himself. I started out Sept. 1st My plan is to go from Texas to Louisiana, then Orlando Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, back to Texas (Plano Tx), New Mexico, Arizona, California then back home to Texas (Horizon City). I just landed in Slidell Louisiana taking off for Florida tomorrow morning.

Two things: 1) Was a tornado a way to die in Oregon Trail? I can’t remember. 2) Growing up in the Midwest, tornadoes were the #1 thing that filled my nightmares.

Congratulations on your cross country tour, you’re a great inspiration for those of us that want to do it someday, safe travels, and keep putting out all the great videos😊

Wishing you safe travels home!

Girl ur brave lol riding in that weather... damn..... well done ur an inspiration

Great video. I recently flew out to Texas, purchased a 901 Expedition and rode it back to SW Florida. I stopped at the two Buc-ees you showed in a previous video and yeah I was shocked there wasn't a single place to sit 👎, that's why I love the busy bee. While in TX I was praying for rain, no luck 110 degrees in the shade. Some slight rain on I 10 in Fl and monsoon rains in Bushnell fl, I too have the Arai XD4 with a pinlock and it was fabulous, no problems at all. You should try one next outing. 😎

Dude ur a beast!!!! Been watching ur channel for a while and love how much u have grown as a biker. Happy u made it safe and keep it up! ❤️‍🔥🤘🏽

Baby girl I'm proud of you and your sense of adventure. I'm headed up to Knoxville in a couple weeks on my Kawasaki Z900RS to ride the Dragon and more and a visit to Maggie Valley motorcycle Museum. One suggestion for you. Put RainX on your windscreen and helmet faceshield. That will help more than you can imagine at shedding the rain so you can see.

You rock! “Noodle”

You did good kiddo. What an adventure you have had!

Like your high visibility clothing it helps better than loud pipes in my opinion

😊 hi I'm glad you made it back home safe and sound. When I went shopping for my motorcycle gear . I learned there's a difference between water resistant and waterproof so I get waterproof gear including the gloves. On the face shield for the helmet there is a color one you can wear during the day and night time riding. To keep the inside of the shield from fogging up there are spray bottle and there are a film to put on the inside it's anti film. Stay safe as you ride

With the storm your humor is up. Stay save.

Well done. Missed the riding videos.