Ken is feeling fine today. His inner ear problem is pretty much resolved. This morning we went to Alaska Leathers which is a motorcycle shop in Anchorage. Even though it was the 4th of July, they let us use their facility to change oil and mount new tires. We had all pretty much used up our tires since we left Ft. Collins June 23 . To this point we have ridden about 4500 miles. The people at Alaskan Leathers were extremely accommodating and the guy who mounted our tires came in to work today just for our benefit. We had to take our tires off in a gravel parking lot at Alaska Leathers and propped our bikes up on cinder blocks but we were glad to do that in exchange for excellent service and all the friendly people who helped us there. We kept two of our best take-off tires and plan to carry them with us the rest of the trip in case somebody tears a tire up to the point that it can't be repaired.
We had a nice 4th of July picnic with one of Fred's friends as host. He lives on Cook Inlet and the view over the inlet was spectacular from their balcony. They celebrated the 4th with us by serving fresh salmon and lots of beer. It was nice to sit around and talk about some of our adventures, some of which can't be posted.
Tomorrow morning we get up bright and early with the ladies in the rental car and us on our bikes and travel south to Homer 225 miles. We plan to feed heavily on fresh halibut, salmon and king crab.
Mitch's bike - his charging system has pretty much given up the ghost. He is seriously considering buying a new bike here in Anchorage for the trip home. He doesn't really have any choice but to either wait for parts or to buy a new bike.
Mitch and Fred aren't going to Homer with us - they will stay here and get their bike situation straightened out.
No saddle sores. Two days into this ride we were butt-brickle. The long ride didn't really bother us.
More later.
Boog
We had a nice 4th of July picnic with one of Fred's friends as host. He lives on Cook Inlet and the view over the inlet was spectacular from their balcony. They celebrated the 4th with us by serving fresh salmon and lots of beer. It was nice to sit around and talk about some of our adventures, some of which can't be posted.
Tomorrow morning we get up bright and early with the ladies in the rental car and us on our bikes and travel south to Homer 225 miles. We plan to feed heavily on fresh halibut, salmon and king crab.
Mitch's bike - his charging system has pretty much given up the ghost. He is seriously considering buying a new bike here in Anchorage for the trip home. He doesn't really have any choice but to either wait for parts or to buy a new bike.
Mitch and Fred aren't going to Homer with us - they will stay here and get their bike situation straightened out.
No saddle sores. Two days into this ride we were butt-brickle. The long ride didn't really bother us.
More later.
Boog
4 comments:
Love it when you guys post photos, I know more are coming, but they really make each post special.
Hope the ear and the bike situation get resolved soon.
Is Pam there yet? I think the world of that lady!
Charge on!
If you guy see a 5th wheel trailer from West Va. in the Anchorage area, she is my friend Betty. Be shure to stop her a say hello.
She rode around the U.S. on her bike twice to all 50 states.
Bob (Fred and Mitch's VFR pal.
Post more photos. People in the north certainly help each other out don't they?
Hope the charging situation gets cleared up but if Mitch does decide to get a new one keep the modifications to a minimum. Keep the pics coming they are great! Good luck on the long ride.
Never got the permission from work to view the site. Printing off the blog for the guys.
Glenn (Mitch's workmate)
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