March 27, 2011

Dad and I had to share a futon last night. I slept "okay" but dad only had a half hour of sleep. I think he was excited to see mom. I think but not sure... Dad and I were packed and ready to go for 9. It was raining when we left so we had all of our gear on and were all ready to make the last leg of our trip. We made it to the canadian boarder around 3. Scince today is the last day of spring break the crossing was a little busy. But dad and I thought we just pull a "South America" on the line. We rode our bikes almost to the front and cut in. We were about 5 cars from the boarder. We ended up only waiting 10 minutes. Shortest boarder crossing on the whole trip. After we were in Canada dad and I blasted home. We got home and alot of friends and family were waiting there to greet us. It was awesome to see everyone. It feels amazing to have set out on a gaol and complete. I was just overwelmed with all the people and emotions. Today was a great day. I will remember this for the rest of my life.

March 26, 2011

Today we woke up with 8 inches of snow on our bikes. Well this sucks. So dad and I decided that we will spend another night here and hopfully it would get better tomorrow. So dad and I walked down the road to find some breakfast. We found a nice little resturant that makes awesome breakfast. We talked with some of the local snow plow drivers who where in there having coffe before they start their shift and they told us to just rent a "U-Haul" van and truck the bikes just a 100 miles down the hill. What great idea! So that was dad and I did. We had a van and the bikes packed by 12. We were doing alright for time. We made it to Salem around 6 where we stay our last night on the road with some other Goldwingers.  They were really nice and we enjoyed our stay with them.

March 25, 2011

Dad and I had an early start today. We were on the road for 8:30 and rode for almost 1000 kilometers. We made it to the top of Mount Shasta, which is northern California. There was about 5 feet of snow on the side of the roads, but the roads were all clear. No snow on them. So we got a hotel and just took it easy for the rest of the night.

March 24, 2011

On the road again. After breakfast dad and I packed up our stuff, said good bye to bill and Susan and thanked them for the wonderful hospitality. Dad and I were on the road around 9 ish. We road about 600 km today. We ended up in Lancaster where we spent the night with some other goldwingers. Bob and Nancy, were very nice. They made us a wonderful bowl of chilly wich is exactly what I wanted at the end of a cold day. Not long after that I headed to bed because I was pretty tiered.

March 23, 2011

After breakfast this morning dad and I went out to finish up on the motorcycles and start cleaning up. About 15 minutes later of us getting out into the garage a ups truck pulls up and hands dad a package. We were both very impressed how quick the part got into dad's hands. So dad threw it onto his bike and then we cleaned up. So now the bikes are all ready to go. So bill took us out on a ride. We were gone for a couple hours. It was a nice little ride. Once we got back we went out for dinner at margarita ville. The food was really good there and so were the margaritas. We got back to the house and visited a bit more with bill and Susan then went to bed.

March 22, 2011

Maintenance day. Dad and I got right too the bikes today. We first went and got the bikes washed. Then went and got the parts and stuff we needed. We first stopped at a motorcycle shop where we got a quote on dad's oil problem. It was way too much and they wanted to keep the bike for a couple days. Dad just said he'd do it. Once we got back dad went on the internet and got a part ordered for his motorycle. We will have to stay another night to give us tume to get the part and fix dad's bike. Now we can change our tires. Dad and I put on new tires ourselve only using a couple of car jack tire irons and a hammer. It was alot of work but we saved ourselves 260 bucks, thats how much it would be if the shop did it. Then we just changed our oil and hung out for the night.

March 21, 2011

Today was the day. Our last day in a spanish speaking country. Niether dad or I got very much sleep last night because we were very excited. Dad and I were packed up and ready to go before 8. We made it to the boarder around 9. And there was a line up at least 2 km. Dad and I just sat in the back of the line for a minute or so till some locals told us to ride up the sholder. So dad and I said "Okay" and we cruised all the way up to the front of the line about 12 cars in front of us. We were in the line up for maybe 20 minutes and then we were in the USA! Dad and I start on the road then I come on the CB and say "Oh my god!" Dad replayed " What! What!" Freaking out and trying to look through his mirrors to see whats wrong. "An Ihop." I say with a sigh of relief. I can just see dads helmet shaking back and forth. Nothing was said till we sat down and got a table at Ihop. After our breakfast we just went full throtle to Phoenix. But on the way dad discovered his out-out shaft is leaking oh great. And to add on top of that his battery is low. And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse. It starts to rain. So dad and I just switched batteries and got to Bill and Susans house as soon as possible. Needless to say we made it there with out any more problems.