Expedition Recovery

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 ...

9/8/16 Whitehorse, YT Zero miles ridden I am staying in a house with many roommates, 4 or 5 I think, and sleeping on a cot in the living room. The curtains were open so it was tons of light and terrible morning sleep. Gory/Bethanna made a wonderful smoothie for breakfast which I really appreciated. Spent almost the entire day on the computer working on the blog, Facebook, and many other things I needed to do like contacting AgriSupply Company , the place I had ordered tool tubes for fuel storage from.  They finally arrived at home today, instead of two days ago as promised. While working I spent most of my non-creative energies on re-hydrating through some vitamin drinks and five cups of tea.  I really needed it after not drinking enough fluids on the bike yesterday. I didn't manage to get any of the maintenance done on the bike like I had planned, but I did go on ADV rider to see if anyone else was having the same issues with the clutch.  Dylan, who ...