Expedition Recovery

9/15/16 Lacey, WA to Richmond, BC Sammy the Salmon from Terminal City takes a lap on one of her skaters Zero miles ridden. Got up and got all my laundry folded and prepped.  I had my Thai food left overs for breakfast and then got Bex's Harley and my bike into her garage.  Bex's bike had a totally dead battery so I ended up having to push it to her garage at the front of her complex, I should probably be making some sort of Harley joke here but I think it speaks for itself… I did some computer work for the Facebook page and the blog until Shelly, her partner Chris, and Rex arrived for the drive to Vancouver for the WFTDA playoffs .    The drive went well and we had a good lunch at a place off the google maps places locals eat suggestions where the food was pretty good for a place in the parking lot of a shopping center.  We got into Vancouver area with no issues and got signed into the event.  It was great to see so many amaz...

10/25/16 San Luis Potasí, Mex to Aguascalientes , Mex 196.2 kilometers ridden. Sleep was fairly fleeting as the cats wreaked havoc on my bag of beef jerky while I tried not to take note. The larger disturbance was the light from down the hallway. I had turned off all of them near me and the only one left was down by Leon's room so I didn't want to leave him blind if he needed to get up in the night. It just meant that I spent most of the night tossing and turning from one thing or another. I still couldn't be more grateful for the place to stay and all of the hospitality I had been shown. Leon and I walked to Pina's place but he was out for breakfast around the corner so we went and joined him for scrambled eggs with bacon in them, beans with cheese, and some sort of cheesy tortilla casserole like dish. It was all very tasty and well worth the stop. Pina had to leave for work but gave Leon the key to his place where my bike was stored. He also ...

10/18/16 Irving, TX to Houston, TX  249.9 miles ridden.  Slow start to the morning but as I gained momentum I just kept working and got the bike loaded and out on the road a bit before noon. That included time to eat breakfast and to install the atlas throttle lock that had come in on Saturday morning.  I rode to a sheet metal shop in Dallas that was recommended when I called around. No one answered the phone but I ran over anyway. Nice guys but no time for several days to get to building me a dash plate for the GPS so I left and headed for a smoothie shop to get a healthy liquid lunch. A final stop for gas and a drink before heading out and starting towards Houston.  I made mostly good time, though the throttle lock failed to work fully and will need some tuning. Stopped for some food and fuel at a road side place with an Arbies in it. Had a few sliders and a Rockstar spritzer before making the final run into Houston.  Once into town I ...

9/30/16 Tamecula, CA to Santa Monica, CA  125.1 miles ridden.  5:15 am is a remarkably early wake up when going to bed at past midnight. I was able to get up and out on the bike pretty early and rode to have breakfast at a little place called the Landing Zone Cafe in Lake Elsinore.  Had a good ride up over the mountains on California State Route 74 but was tired enough to nearly fall asleep riding a few times. The road itself was twisty and would have been a dream ride if there had been less traffic and I had not been so exhausted. Multiple stops for photographs and my book on tape just simply were not cutting it to stay awake, even through the great curves. I finally made the call to switch to some music in my head set and used some Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat to fight off the heat and fatigue. With the music blaring I made a push on to Santa Monica without incident.  In Santa Monica I was greeted by Tessa and her wonderful do...