DEPARTURE MINUS ONE DAY

Spent the morning packing and repacking (although in theory I shouldn't have that much stuff left. I sent 2 boxes of "stuff" back already.

Met our son at work for lunch then managed to avoid finishing packing for most of the afternoon.

So far looks the like the weather gods are going to cooperate along Rt. 50.

I plan to be all packed and ready to go before I go to bed. (No fair laughing Manjo!)

9:30pm - Packed! Time for a beer and dinner w/the kids.

Departure minus 3 Days

DEPARTURE MINUS 3 DAYS:

The kids treated to a really breakfast early today (Saturday) at Dinah's Court on El Camino in Palo Alto.

Caged it to the Walmart in Mountain View for a can of Berryman's and some "healthy" road snacks. No Berryman's but got H2O, salted cashews, Baby Ruth's and Pretzels! My daughter-in-law had warned me about going on a Saturday afternoon! Totally crazy! Got Berryman's and 2 safety flares at Kragen Auto. I'm still optimistically waiting to hear from a VROC'er interested in riding Rt. 50 with me.

DEPARTURE MINUS 2 DAYS:

Off to church. Pics of my friends

Marlene and Bonnie (aka the "church ladies"). It was so nice to seem them again. I will miss them until next time.
Also a pic of me and Pastor Bob

(St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Sunnyvale - ELCA). Great people, great music, very user friendly.

Haa-zaah and great news!! Just talked to Don VSP and he will ride Rt. 50 with me. I'm so psyched! I might be able to meet up with Badger somewhere along the way and ride with him back to Pa.

My son changed the oil on the trike this afternoon. He was completely unimpressed by how user-UNfriendly HD is (location of oil filter).

I'll miss the Kids and the baby

but it will be nice to start back home to Manjo and the rest of my friends and family there.

LilDoc (30949)

Departure minus 4 days

It's been great staying with my son, daughter-in-law and Annika . . .

On Wednesday (the 8th) I took a ride up Sunnyvale-Saratoga Blvd. into
the mountains to Saratoga.













From there I followed Rt. 35 north and stopped at
Alice's (corner of
Rts. 35 and 84). Met a guy - Doug, his wife and his daughter. They're from
New Brunswick and good friends of Victor Griffith and his family.
Victor stayed with Manjo and me several years ago on his way back to
N.B. from Conn.







Continued on my way through the mountains and stopped at the "general
store (and bar)" in San Gregregorio. Last time I ever do that! Staff
was - at best - rude rude rude.

Continued on my way to Half Moon Bay. This is looking east from Rt.
35 about 10 miles from Half Moon Bay. I had hoped to get into downtown Half Moon Bay
but the fog was coming in pretty fast and headed to 280 instead.



I'm planning on leaving this coming Tuesday, the 15th. I will put post on VROC shortly
asking if anybody wants to ride some, part, or all of Rt 50 from Sparks or Fallon, Nevada to
Utah with me probably on the 16th.

14th day In California!

California . . . here I am!!

Arrived Saturday around 3:30pm Ca. time (see picture to right). DonVSP's got me to 680 and then returned to Stockton for other commitments. My thanks to Kiwi and
VSP for riding to Winnemucca to meet me and bring me "home".

Got off 680 at the wrong exit. But no problem. Rode through Milpitas and took a left on El Camino Real. In about 10 minutes I was at our son and his wife's home.

Off to church in a few hours . . . for obvious reasons and to see the "church ladies" Bonnie and Marlene. Totally random that I meet them last year at church. Marlene's from Maynard, Ma. (town next to mine) and one of her
kids was born in the same hospital where I used to work in the ER.

I plan to head back east in around two weeks from this coming Monday.

12th Day Reno

Taking off today around 9:00 am for Reno.

I'm so psyched!! The two Dons and I head out after breakfast to Reno . Don's been so helpful. All the support from VROC and Manjo has been a real blessing. THEN tomorrow (God
willing) I'll be Sunnyvale!!!

I'm in the motorcycle parking garage at the Silver Legacy Casino
in Reno. DonVSP's radiator boiled over on the Beemer just as we pulled
in. He's got to drain the air out of his engine before he can put coolant in his radiator. So we'll be
staying somewhere on the road. Don found out it was the fan and the dealer took one off another bike and put it on Don's bike. Great dealer. We're staying in Minden, NV tonight.























Here are some some casino pics.






Tip: McDonald's in Lovelock, Nev. has "senior"
sodas: 51cents for a small. Saw lots of locomotives today.

11th Day Leaving Salt Lake City

Great Salt Lake leaving SLA on the way to Wendover, NV.

Duke (Ron Bennet, SLC, UT area) rode with me form SLC to Wells.
(More text coming later to fill in the blanks). ON the way to Winnemucca, NV and Basque food with Don VSP and Kiwi!


It was a very hot ride from SLC to Winnemucca. The heat
wouldn't been so terrible except that it was compounded by the heat
coming off the damn engine of the Street Bob!

Last night we went to The Martin in downtown Winnemucca for Basque
food. All the sides are served family style. A guy sitting our table
was from St. Anthony Newfoundland. It was totally surprised that
Manjo and I had been there twice and that I knew where his town was
and that we had been there.

Dinner in Winnemucca, NV at the Martin Basque Restaurant: Don, Lil Doc, and Kiwi.

10th Day

Leaving Rock Springs, WY on the way to Salt Lake City.
Up at 6 AM and getting gasoline.