We started early this morning and the weather was beautiful. On down the road the rain hit and we had to put on raincoats. It felt good to be cool. I am ashamed to say that I had gloves on, too. I really am high maintenance in the motorcycle world trying to be as comfortable as possible. But I would rather be comfortably warm and happy than cold and crabby. After a few hours of riding and only a couple minutes of rain, I took all but the necessary clothing you have to have on to be descent. It got hot. Not like I didn’t know it was going to happen sooner or later.
I had a brilliant idea today. The closer we got to New Orleans, the more I wanted to see it. Ed agreed to go there but he wasn’t real happy about doing it. He was going to go there for me. I was so excited I couldn’t stand it. My brilliant idea---- turned out to be a disaster. First we had to play dodgems with all the other drivers in the area trying to find the French Quarter, then every parking lot we drove up to wouldn’t let motorcycles in and add the heat factor which was rising in the air and in Ed’s mood… It turned out it wasn’t such a great idea after all. Ed was so ticked-off that we couldn’t park the bike and he was totally fed up. This place was not motorcycle friendly at all. It was too bad for New Orleans and too bad for me. I wanted to get a beignet in the worse way. I could smell the powdered sugar beignets and the chicory coffee. I could hear Jimmy Buffett singing about French bread and gumbo and I was in heaven… My mouth was watering but, but, oh no… I couldn’t get to where I wanted to go. It was the classic example of being so close but so far… It has been 33 years since I’ve been to New Orleans and I hardly remember it. I wanted to see, feel, hear, and smell it again but I guess it wasn’t meant to be. So we left New Orleans as fast as we got there. Oh well, maybe some other time.
We have crossed the Mighty Mississippi and are just outside Beautiful Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge is a lively town with a big port full of paddleboats, ore ships, barges and of course…casinos. Oh, it’s a good thing we don’t gamble. I wonder if Maverick was here back in the day???
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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Two more weeks before we head out for our vacation and things are starting to get hectic. It is a busy time for us since the day before we leave on vacation, our niece, Julia, will be marrying her high school sweetheart Ed Kleppel. Everyone likes Ed and he fits right in the family thus the whole gang should have a wonderful time at this wedding. He is truly a great guy. Best Wishes to you both.
So Sunday, July 22, we should be heading toward sunny California via Alabama, Louisianna and the few southern states that we haven't been to yet on a motorcycle. The weird part about going to California to see my brother and sister-in-law is while we are on our way to their house, they will be at our house for Julia and Ed’s wedding. We don’t see each other for long periods of time and now we will be leaving them in Ohio and heading their way to San Diego. Is this not my luck? Well for me it is good luck at that. I don’t get to see my brother Denny and sister-in-law, Sher, very often so we will see them with the rest of my siblings at the wedding, then get to have him and Sher all to ourselves in California.
From Chula Vista – south of San Diego, we will head on up the Pacific Coast Highway. While most people who travel this road go from north to south, we will be going from south to north and end up - who knows… maybe Vancouver or maybe in a Walmart Parking lot -- eeeegads I hope not! We hope to make this more of a relaxing vacation and if all goes well, we can send some pictures of The PCH scenery to you.
Each year I dedicate our vacations to someone very special who has touched our lives one way or another in a positive way. This year I want to dedicate this trip to our biggest fan that read all our journals many times over - far after our trip was over. This lovely lady passed away a couple weeks ago very suddenly and I wasn’t able to attend her wake or funeral. So my tribute this year is for Ruth Sanders. Ruth was a positive, kind, loving person who was a good friend of our family. {Ruth is my sister-in-law’s mother, and we met her and Linda's dad, Art, when Bob and Linda were getting married many years ago.} Ruth and Art were good friends of my mom and dad and our whole family had an enjoyable relationship with them. We had some wacky, entertaining, times together but that could be a whole other book of various fun-filled stories.
So Ruth, grab Art and we are taking you out to Sunny California via god-only-knows-where-else with us. It should be brutally hot especially when we cross through the desert - so get your sunscreen, light clothes, baseball hat, water, and camera and prepare for what should be a wonderful adventure. Remember our 2003 Goldwing has over 105,000 miles on it so anything can happen.
Two more weeks before we head out for our vacation and things are starting to get hectic. It is a busy time for us since the day before we leave on vacation, our niece, Julia, will be marrying her high school sweetheart Ed Kleppel. Everyone likes Ed and he fits right in the family thus the whole gang should have a wonderful time at this wedding. He is truly a great guy. Best Wishes to you both.
So Sunday, July 22, we should be heading toward sunny California via Alabama, Louisianna and the few southern states that we haven't been to yet on a motorcycle. The weird part about going to California to see my brother and sister-in-law is while we are on our way to their house, they will be at our house for Julia and Ed’s wedding. We don’t see each other for long periods of time and now we will be leaving them in Ohio and heading their way to San Diego. Is this not my luck? Well for me it is good luck at that. I don’t get to see my brother Denny and sister-in-law, Sher, very often so we will see them with the rest of my siblings at the wedding, then get to have him and Sher all to ourselves in California.
From Chula Vista – south of San Diego, we will head on up the Pacific Coast Highway. While most people who travel this road go from north to south, we will be going from south to north and end up - who knows… maybe Vancouver or maybe in a Walmart Parking lot -- eeeegads I hope not! We hope to make this more of a relaxing vacation and if all goes well, we can send some pictures of The PCH scenery to you.
Each year I dedicate our vacations to someone very special who has touched our lives one way or another in a positive way. This year I want to dedicate this trip to our biggest fan that read all our journals many times over - far after our trip was over. This lovely lady passed away a couple weeks ago very suddenly and I wasn’t able to attend her wake or funeral. So my tribute this year is for Ruth Sanders. Ruth was a positive, kind, loving person who was a good friend of our family. {Ruth is my sister-in-law’s mother, and we met her and Linda's dad, Art, when Bob and Linda were getting married many years ago.} Ruth and Art were good friends of my mom and dad and our whole family had an enjoyable relationship with them. We had some wacky, entertaining, times together but that could be a whole other book of various fun-filled stories.
So Ruth, grab Art and we are taking you out to Sunny California via god-only-knows-where-else with us. It should be brutally hot especially when we cross through the desert - so get your sunscreen, light clothes, baseball hat, water, and camera and prepare for what should be a wonderful adventure. Remember our 2003 Goldwing has over 105,000 miles on it so anything can happen.
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