yamafitter
Reigning NERDS Granite Lane Gold Medalist
For a while it was looking like this trip was not going to happen. Ray had a back out and the last two dirt bike events I rode almost killed me. My back was feeling like somebody had been beating on me with a baseball bat and there was so much mud on the dirt bike from the last event I didn't even want to touch it but I needed to have the dirt bike ready for the next event when I get back from NAFO. After a couple of coffees at Timmy's I gridded up my loins and got to work. I poked at the bike with a big stick to knock off the worst of the mud on Monday and then washed the riding gear making sure I used the extra rinse cycle as per my friend's wife's instructions. He got in trouble after the Mid-Summer ride for not doing this and I don't want Helen yelling at me.
Plan A was to leave on Tuesday, stop at Bust's and then catch the ferry and do the Steel Toe Tour at the Harley plant Wednesday morning. As the sun was setting Tuesday evening I had still not packed so it was on to Plan B. I left Bowmanville at 5AM and did not even stop at a Tim Hortons until I had made it to the other side of Toronto. Plan B worked to perfection since I cruised through Toronto missing any rush hour nonsense and stop for gas and coffee at the Timmy's in Woodstock.
There was a quick mandatory pit stop at the Duty Free at the border in Sarnia to pick up supplies (ie Forty Creek) and I slabbed it across Michigan. Every time I see the Michigan White Trailer Trash Welcome Center on I69 outside of Port Huron I always feel sad that they could not even afford a double wide....
There are two options when travelling in Michigan. You can slab it across on the interstate and get it over with as quickly as possible or you take some straight boring secondary roads and drag the pain out. I decided to minimize the boredom and slabbed it over to Muskegon where I am right now waiting on the high spped ferry for the ride over to Milwakee.
While fighting off the boredom I was trying to think of what riding across Michigan reminded me of and then it hit me. It's like riding in Manitoba only there are cars.
I took a couple of phots of the marina since I have a little bit of time before the crossing....
There is a little bit of money sitting on this triailer....
I think this boat is being decommisioned....
Paln B is to get to the outskirts of Milwakee and grab a room and then it will be a nice fun ride to NAFO tomorrow.
later.....
Plan A was to leave on Tuesday, stop at Bust's and then catch the ferry and do the Steel Toe Tour at the Harley plant Wednesday morning. As the sun was setting Tuesday evening I had still not packed so it was on to Plan B. I left Bowmanville at 5AM and did not even stop at a Tim Hortons until I had made it to the other side of Toronto. Plan B worked to perfection since I cruised through Toronto missing any rush hour nonsense and stop for gas and coffee at the Timmy's in Woodstock.
There was a quick mandatory pit stop at the Duty Free at the border in Sarnia to pick up supplies (ie Forty Creek) and I slabbed it across Michigan. Every time I see the Michigan White Trailer Trash Welcome Center on I69 outside of Port Huron I always feel sad that they could not even afford a double wide....
There are two options when travelling in Michigan. You can slab it across on the interstate and get it over with as quickly as possible or you take some straight boring secondary roads and drag the pain out. I decided to minimize the boredom and slabbed it over to Muskegon where I am right now waiting on the high spped ferry for the ride over to Milwakee.
While fighting off the boredom I was trying to think of what riding across Michigan reminded me of and then it hit me. It's like riding in Manitoba only there are cars.
I took a couple of phots of the marina since I have a little bit of time before the crossing....
There is a little bit of money sitting on this triailer....
I think this boat is being decommisioned....
Paln B is to get to the outskirts of Milwakee and grab a room and then it will be a nice fun ride to NAFO tomorrow.
later.....