10 - 19 August 2014
This 1 week planned break in Denver came just in time. My cold got worse and worse each day in Denver and even now, the night before we are to hit the road, I'm still sniffling and sneezing. Hopefully the fresh air of the road tomorrow will make me feel better.
While here we did get some chores done. I failed to mention that when my speedometer hit 566 miles after the big 100,000 mile turnover, it decided to stop working. The worst part wasn't that I couldn't tell how many miles we have gone or how fast we were traveling, but that my auto-cancelling turn signals stopped working as well. for the past 2 weeks of riding Tim had to honk his horn consistently to remind me to turn off my blinkers. While in Sturgis I called ahead and had the Denver Harley-Davidson shop order a speedo cable and had it installed the second day we were in Denver. The big bonus of having this work done was that they washed my bike. So cool since I haven't washed my bike in like 2 years. The day I had my speedometer fixed I noticed that a strap on one of my saddlebags broke, so off to a leather repair shop to have that fixed as well. This Denver stop wasn't only good timing for my cold, but also good timing for some minor repairs on my motorcycle.
It was a really great visit with Barbara, Hanna, and Zoe. We did some hiking, ate some great food, drank some awesome wine, went to a beer & food festival, and even caught a Colorado Rockies baseball game where they actually managed to beat the Cincinnati Reds.
While here we did get some chores done. I failed to mention that when my speedometer hit 566 miles after the big 100,000 mile turnover, it decided to stop working. The worst part wasn't that I couldn't tell how many miles we have gone or how fast we were traveling, but that my auto-cancelling turn signals stopped working as well. for the past 2 weeks of riding Tim had to honk his horn consistently to remind me to turn off my blinkers. While in Sturgis I called ahead and had the Denver Harley-Davidson shop order a speedo cable and had it installed the second day we were in Denver. The big bonus of having this work done was that they washed my bike. So cool since I haven't washed my bike in like 2 years. The day I had my speedometer fixed I noticed that a strap on one of my saddlebags broke, so off to a leather repair shop to have that fixed as well. This Denver stop wasn't only good timing for my cold, but also good timing for some minor repairs on my motorcycle.
It was a really great visit with Barbara, Hanna, and Zoe. We did some hiking, ate some great food, drank some awesome wine, went to a beer & food festival, and even caught a Colorado Rockies baseball game where they actually managed to beat the Cincinnati Reds.
The only thing we didn't do, believe it or not, was go to any breweries. This cold has really kicked my butt and I was never really in the mood.
Since we haven't ridden much this week I thought I'd post a self portrait of me riding down the road somewhere in Wyoming:
Since we haven't ridden much this week I thought I'd post a self portrait of me riding down the road somewhere in Wyoming:
Oh...I don't know if you checked the homepage of this site lately (www.timandgerri.com), but our route map has changed. We now plan on spending more time out west and less in the Northeast...at least this is today's plan. Who knows what it will be next week. All I know is that we are supposed to be leaving tomorrow morning and hopefully making it 260 miles to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park for a night of camping under the stars.
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