Well, in for our sleep bonus and after having a grand meal of tuna and crackers I figured I'd post quickly here so you had more distractions. Maybe I'll send Alton some of our meals for his next installment of Feasting on Asphalt ;-)
If days had colors Monday and Tuesday would be the colors Yellow, Orange and Red. If you watch your evening news you know that's not going to be fun to ride in. The picture on the right is from this morning. You can see the faint purple line that takes a hard right at the front. That line is our route AFTER we scrapped the more eastern bonus point. Unfortunately our attempt to stay dry was wasted as we hit more storms.
The bonus points today took us to some fascinating spots like the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. The spot we had to be at to take our photo was a real pain in the you know what to find but with a little help from the local park ranger we twisted and wound down to the site of the original bridge and got a different perspective of something that hundreds of people a day probably take for granted.
Another spot we hit today was a railroad depot house in Cass WV. On the way there we ran into some other riders that had the same agenda when it came to getting points. At one point we were all held for what seemed like an eternity by the flag person on a road construction site. During that time we all shut our bikes off but when it came time to move on one of the bikes wouldn't start. It appeared as if his starter switch had gone south on him so we did what any competitor would do, we left him stranded by the roadside while the rest of us got the points.
OK, we really didn't do that. We all jumped off our bikes and after a few tries got his bike bump started. The next few stops he left the bike running but I hope he finds a way to resolve the problem. You really don't want to go 10days pushing a fully loaded bike with 11.5 gallons of gas around every time you start it.
On a sad note, the Easy button has seen better days. It's still with us in body but not in spirit. After the storms on Monday it no longer reassures me "That was easy" when I get into a bind. I shouldn't be surprised though since better gadgets like my XM Radio and V1 radar detector all went a little haywire after so much time in the rain.
Wed. looks good on paper, too good actually to be true. Lower miles, high points which usually translates into difficult access.
Time to sleep and see what another day of riding brings us.
If days had colors Monday and Tuesday would be the colors Yellow, Orange and Red. If you watch your evening news you know that's not going to be fun to ride in. The picture on the right is from this morning. You can see the faint purple line that takes a hard right at the front. That line is our route AFTER we scrapped the more eastern bonus point. Unfortunately our attempt to stay dry was wasted as we hit more storms.
The bonus points today took us to some fascinating spots like the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. The spot we had to be at to take our photo was a real pain in the you know what to find but with a little help from the local park ranger we twisted and wound down to the site of the original bridge and got a different perspective of something that hundreds of people a day probably take for granted.Another spot we hit today was a railroad depot house in Cass WV. On the way there we ran into some other riders that had the same agenda when it came to getting points. At one point we were all held for what seemed like an eternity by the flag person on a road construction site. During that time we all shut our bikes off but when it came time to move on one of the bikes wouldn't start. It appeared as if his starter switch had gone south on him so we did what any competitor would do, we left him stranded by the roadside while the rest of us got the points.
OK, we really didn't do that. We all jumped off our bikes and after a few tries got his bike bump started. The next few stops he left the bike running but I hope he finds a way to resolve the problem. You really don't want to go 10days pushing a fully loaded bike with 11.5 gallons of gas around every time you start it.
On a sad note, the Easy button has seen better days. It's still with us in body but not in spirit. After the storms on Monday it no longer reassures me "That was easy" when I get into a bind. I shouldn't be surprised though since better gadgets like my XM Radio and V1 radar detector all went a little haywire after so much time in the rain.
Wed. looks good on paper, too good actually to be true. Lower miles, high points which usually translates into difficult access.
Time to sleep and see what another day of riding brings us.
3 comments:
Hi Tony and Karol--It's Al and Gail--hoping that you have a nice day with less moisture--travel safely--rack up lots of points--but most of all enjoy and have fun!
thank you for for taking us all along on your ride. Good luck
Mark
Hodag
T & K ...
Watching and reading and worrying and living vicariously through your ride.
Thanks for dragging us along - Hope we don't impact your gas mileage! Here's to a few dry days for you.....
Sue R-M
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