Marcia and I rolled in this evening about 7:15p CST from our first PowWow. We left London, ON this morning around 7:00 EST and arrived home 13 hrs later with a mere 711 miles (10 hrs 54 min moving time). For the weekend, we logged 2011 miles. Not bad for a 6 day vacation.
We want to thank our gracious host and hostess, Adrian and Suzanne, and their boys, Adrian Jr and Jacob, for all your very hard work in pulling off an excellent time. We also want to thank Dougger and Sandi for hosting us on our wet trip up to London.
Storms chased us out of St. Louis early Wednesday morning and didn't catch us until we got to Ft. Wayne, IN. And when they caught us, they hit with a vengeance. We finally made it to Dougger's house near Ann Arbor late that evening appearing a lot like drowned rats. Our drive from there to London went MUCH less eventful. Heck, even the border crossing was without incident.
Dinner Thursday night was EXCELLENT!!! Those steaks were HUGE!!! And expertly prepared. Thanks Rick for being the appointed grillmaster.
During the ride on Friday, my bike developed a nasty grinding noise/feel. Once we got back from the ride, we tore into it only to find the left rear wheel bearing was toast. Our attempts to pull the bearing was met with frustration and I ended up having to take the wheel to the local Honda dealer to have them pull the outer race out of the wheel. About an hr later, and only $20 lighter (including a new dust seal...we had a bearing), the wheel was ready to go back on the bike. It was a great ride once the bike was back together...
Today was an uneventful day, other than the heat and the 711 miles (which is Marcia's longest day ever on a bike). She did great but is paying the price with a sore hiney.
It was very good seeing our old friends, meeting new friends, and riding with both. Thanks so much for opportunity to see the London areas.
Joe and Marcia
