Coast to Coast...02

Six thousand miles into this motorcycle tour that we’ve dubbed the ‘Newport

Newport, RI oceanview

Triangle’ found us staying two nights in the second of ‘Newport’s’. The first, Newport, Florida was quite quaint as all that remains is a park which displayed the town name. Then through Newport, RI. Talk about adventure! I/we had no idea that this was such the historical, nautical and tourist location. More to follow on another blog.

So the adventure has continued with some mechanical challenges. Jim’s VTX required some welding, which fortunately they were able to find a young welder with great integrity who repaired not one, but three areas on the trike. At the same time I had a firefighter ‘Try before you Pry’ moment. That is, after two hours of attempting to locate the origin of a non-functioning right turn signal on our trailer, I discovered that the bike/trailer wire connection was ever so slightly DISconnected. Somebody give me a “Gibbs” (NCIS reference).

Tents in 'Cherry Hill'

So I noticed that I didn’t bring much positive adventure experiences to light in the first C2C blog, so here we go…

Friday June 9th concluded our fifth week of travel…with all the weather conditions that we’ve met, we have yet to have to unload/load the trailers or set up and take down the tents while it was raining. That’s simply amazing! For which we say, “Praise the Lord”! This includes our stay while camping on the ‘Outer Banks’, North Carolina. Saturday and Sunday nights had me (and MANY other campers) contacting management regarding a large group of inconsiderate, loud and obnoxious knucklehead’s. Anyway, the short of it, I went in to talk to the park manager and even before I could ask for refund of one nights stay ($85) she offered to put both couples into individual suites for the night. SWEET! And even more sweet because it poured during the night which means that we would have been taking down wet tents. Instead, it was dry when we packed our trailers after our very comfortable nights lodging. A miracle perhaps 

Leaving NC, stops in both our nation's capital and NYC provided architectural and historical sites that are unparalleled. From the Lincoln memorial to the statute of Liberty, we were honored to visit the tributes of the men and women,  our nation and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

With Patricia and Birane

It is now Sunday the 11th of June, our third and final day in Winchendon, Massachusetts. The ride to this, our ‘New England Home’, had us traveling up highway 140 through the center of rural Massachusetts. One of four favorite rides so far on this now six week journey. 

The stay in Winchendon included a full, but enjoyable schedule. Visits with Carol, Kristy, the Romero clan, Tony plus Ray and Carla were surely our ‘Top Forty’  But also, Jim getting some final suspension adjustment, plus a window bag to boot through a friend of ‘little Tony, should make the trek home most refreshing. Then a ‘Family Gathering’ Saturday afternoon allowed us to mingle with many that we're seldom able to visit.

Well…now we begin our journey back west. A route that the itinerary has us venturing into Canada, back into Wisconsin, then toward Rushmore and Yellowstone before connecting Newport, Oregon and finally home. For now … one day and adventure at a time.