baby is put to bed for the winter

just a short blog here.  last week was the last ride for the year.  Weather is getting too cold and rainy for riding any more.

Found a nice warm place to put her in hiberation.  Will see her again next spring when the weather starts to warm up again.

Have a good sleep

I know, this isn't the harley. But another vacation in the works

Last year we were given a time share to use for a week.  okay thought this will be fun now were to go.

Well we decided on heading to Florida.  I know not much of a place to go when you have a free time share to use.  That is were we decided though.

Get to see disney and the wild kingdom and a few other places in the vacinity.  Sounds pretty good to me.

So we called up the friend that is giving us the time share and said what place looked good.  Well he booked it for us and now the work begins.

I have to make sure our passports are up to date.  Check sent them off yesterday as they have just run out.  Great.  Now to get flights down there.  Lets see to make this a kinda cheep holiday lets look at my airmiles account.  OH!!! great I have a bunch so now will have to start getting the tickets for that.  Time now has to be spent on the phone seeing if I can get flights out at that time with my airmiles.  Another day to do that. lets see what else is there to do.  Oh yeah.  can we get from the airport to this time share we are staying at.  I have e-mails off to the place we are staying.  The only problem is they are not getting back to me.  Come on, the airport is at least a few miles away from the time share.  Great!  I don't really want to rent a car. So I guess a taxi will be in order if I don't get an answer back as to whether there is shuttle service.

Disney and epcot are about two miles away from were we are staying.  That is going to be a long walk for either of us just to wander around the theme park.  Oh my aching feet already.  I know it will be fun but I am not much on the walking part any more.  I use to walk miles now I walk feet before I feel like sitting down.  Well at least wild kingdom is close by.  Oh yeah that reminds me I have to get tickets here to be able to get into the theme parks without paying an arm and a leg to get in.

The place we are staying it sleeps 6 people.  And it is only the two of us.  we could have a different bed to sleep in every night and feel like we were moving around from resort to resort.  Funny hey! 

So now get this all figured out and then just wait for March to come around.  After a winter in the rain it should feel good to get into some sun for a week or two.

Wel time to get busy on this.  So no more talking about a vacation.  and get down to business.

day ten. well home again

we finished off our ride today.  back in the good old BC country.  that was one long ride.  never went that far on a bike before.

had good weather the whole way.  no rain at all.  but the sun did get a little hot at times. when you are riding and the sun is beating down on the pavement it makes it extra hot.

today went through the Stevens pass.  that was a little cooler for us.

My only draw back is the fact that my arthritis started showing itself on the last two days.  My back and legs are really starting to stiffen up now.  that last little leg of our trip I could tell I was starting to get in a little trouble.  Wanted to get off real bad but we were just about home.  so stuck it out.

I did admit I had my misgivings about going.  Now that I have done it I admit I had a good time.  Saw allot of country and did get to see some sights that I wanted to see.

well tonight back in my own bed.  aw!!!! that is what I always want

Day nine. One dang hot day

We only did a short bout today. Left later today and then headed for a Harley dealer. Yeah we found one to look at. Found out they were having a four year anniversary. Could get some pretty good deals. Unfortunately how would we get it home. Only have the bike with limited space. So nothing coming home with us. Didn't really see anything worth getting anyways. I usually just buy a t shirt but didn't even want one of them.

So we made our way into the desert again. Hot hot hot is what it is. Saw one sign that showed the temperature and it said 97. Dang hot I say. We had to make frequent stops to have a drink of water and to stretch. Not much of any shady spots to stop so the sides of gas stations would do.

Finally got into Wanatchee Washington. Found a Best Western to stay at. Where not going any further in this heat. Will trek for home tomorrow. Are really racking up some points with them. Well I hope anyways and will be able to use them sometime.

Home tomorrow. Yeah back in my own bed and off the bike. I am really starting to hurt now. Have to get off at least every hour to get the blood back into my legs. I don't know what will happen tomorrow. Hopefully I will make it home without too much pain. The arthritis is really starting to show its nasty side right now. Hurt hurt is all I am doing right now. So I guess biking isn't for me either. I do like to travel but I do like to be a home body as well.

But I don't want to be walking like I have been on the back of a horses butt for a long period of time. I mean something with horse power I have been sitting on and it is making walk like I am bow legged and stiff. I am glad I have a few days off before I go back to work. If I went back a day after I got home it would really be a hurting thing.

Well home at last. Just four hours away. Hopefully not a hot one will not make a good ride if it is. Well will see tomorrow. I think he wants an early morning to keep out of the heat as much as possible.

No inter net tonight so will publish this tomorrow when I am home along with the last blog for this trip.

Day nine. Another hot day of driving

Need water please. That was one hot drive. We made it the last legs of Montana and are now in Idaho. The temperature in very hot here. I think it made it up over 35 degrees while we wet driving. To top it all off we end up behind slow moving cars and construction, which made it slower going then what we wanted. It was suppose to be an easy 5 hour drive and took about seven by the time we were done. Then to get into Sandpoint Idaho we find out it is a beach town and the Best Western is full because it is down by the beach. Yeah we figured we would get here early enough to get a room so didn't book ahead. Well we are now at a Quality Inn just off the main road. Don't really care were we are as long as there is a bed and a place to relax for a while and get out of the heat.

We started out this morning with coats on but as the day progressed it started to get really hot. Off came the coat and then a little while latter off came the vest. Wanted to roll up the sleeves on my shirt but then I would have ended up with a sunburn like you wouldn't believe. The sun was just a beating down on us and was starting to feel like we were going to dehydrate. That was one hot drive.

So tomorrow it is going to be an easy drive. Well so he says. One minute he says will drive for a couple of hours and then the next he says will get up early And hightail it for home. My legs are not going to take that. I have enough trouble getting up the stairs now or for that matter trying to walk too far.

So tomorrow I am hoping for a short ride. Just have to wait and see though. Sometimes there are always other plans. I just am not going to take too much more before things start to go wrong for me. I am still holding my own, but everyday seems to get a little more stiffer.

Well two more days and should be home. At least I am hoping

Day eight, well it is bug city now

Okay bad joke. When do you know you are looking at a happy biker? He is the one with smile full of bugs. Ba ha ha ha. Yeah I know bad joke.

Well we went through bug city today. The bike is just covered with them. So tonight had to give a little of a wash when we got to the motel. Yuk! What a job.

Montana besides cattle and large ranches, they have bugs that just love to fly into your bike and face and sometimes up your nose. Ew!!! My pants are full of bug splotches.. More Ew!!!

Anyways to get ahead of traffic this morning we got up early. Williston is just so full of traffic and most of them being trucks. Found out why this morning. There is oil in those prairies . Well there was always oil in those prairies but now they can drill sideways instead of straight down so they are able to get more oil. Between Watson City and Williston the trucks just keep a moving. These trucks are doing big damage to the highways. You drive down the road and the ridges were tires have gone over are so deep it made it hard to control the bike on the road.

So as soon as we left Williston this morning the traffic went back to zero on the road. Montana was quiet. The awed truck and a few cars and lots of bugs. Not even much in the way of gas stations. We came close but made it to one. That was good don't want to be looking for gas on foot. No fun at all.

Well we made half way across Montana. Tomorrow should be in Idaho if all goes as planned. Haven't figured out how far we will make it just as long as he doesn't decide to hightail it for home. My legs just couldn't take it of he did. One long ride was enough on this trip. To get to Rapid City was along drive and I had to stay off the bike for a day to get my legs back in some order. They are still not good but I can make a bit at a time. Just allot of wiggling and he is telling me I am wiggling too much. Can't help it got to keep moving.

So now bike is sorta clean and we are sitting here relaxing after a nice supper. Hope that he doesn't want to get up too early tomorrow and try to get as far as he can. I guess I have to be ready for anything. Especially if I want to get home. No plane ride for me. Have to suffer the ride home as well.

I can say I am having a good time. Except for the pain in my legs and back while I am riding. Just a few more days and I will be home in my own beddy by. Then a couple of days rest and then back to work. Aw!!!!

Day seven, one the road again. Please no

Well we got up sorta early this morning to head on the road again.

The weather is kinda chilly. Had to wear my coat and best most of the day. So much for saying that the weather is too hot for riding. I felt like I was freezing most of the day. The wind came up as well which didn't make it much better for riding. Those cross winds make it hard to keep a bike going straight on the road.

Oh I forgot to mention that yesterday we went for a ride on an 1800 steam train as well. The ride we took had us on a trip for an hour. If you would have drove that distance it would have only took you ten minutes. The wind being a little cool that day also made for me feeling chilled because people had the windows opened. Yeah I am
Just a whimp when it comes to the cold.

As we left South Dakota the traffic started to pick up. We are now back on flat land and dang dusty as well. Went through a little area were you would call it the bad lands. Then right back into dusty flat land. With the cross wind coming up all the more and then the traffic started to accumulate with truck after truck after truck. These truck were filled with all sort of things for construction. The further north we got the more trucks and traffic we came across. North Dakota is booming. We also noticed that we had a time change again. I thought the time change would have been if we were under Manitoba but I guess it is somewhere in between of Sask. well now we are two hours difference in time.

Well being back on the road my aches and pains have started to show their wildly ways again. I am hurting tonight. Legs were pretty stiff all day. Had to raise one cheek then the other just to keep the blood flowing. My exercise for the day. On cheek up then put it down then the other cheek up and put it down. Move my foot to the front of the peddle the move it back again. I try not to move too much and hubby starts to motive the bike wiggling around a little. He does stop every so often to get off. At half a tank and then stop for a stretch. Then tank empty get off again to fill the tank. So I am getting stretch time. Happy about that.

Well we made it into Williston around 5 o clock. To find a place to stay though was not easy. With all the construction going on here the motels are all full up. Took us a few places to ask before we found something near the airport. Expensive that is. But at least we have a place for the night. So for tomorrow we figured out where we where going to hopefully be and made a reservation. Go figure found another Best Western to stay at. The points are starting to add up. Maybe will get to use the points sometime or rather after we get home.

Well tomorrow will be an early morning so will stop blogging for now. He wants to get on the road early before all the traffic starts showing its ugly head again. Those trucks are not fun to be around when you are on a bike.