Road Trip!

We just returned from a 2500 mile adventure down the east coast. We packed the Harley two weeks ago and started the journey with a rain soaked, hail and wind driven ride through New York City and D.C. After just under 500 miles, we landed in Frederickesburg VA for the night.

We were up early the next day for another 500 miles plus journey to Kentucky to visit Aunt Kay and what a fantastic ride it was. Hitting over 8,000 feet throughout he Appalachians and seeing the HUGE horse farms was amazing. The weather held out for us on this day, but along the way, seeing that fuel allocations were running low, we thankfully had our GPS looking for the nearest fuel stop. In the middle of nowhere West Virginia, it found us a gas station in a very remote area. Do you hear banjo music? While we were a bit concerned at first as to the accuracy of the GPS unit, our faith was upheld once we pulled in for gas. It made your local gas station look like a palace, but it was gas and after a quick pit stop, we were on our way. We made it safely to Lexington Kentucky later that afternoon and while worn out, we really enjoyed the day.

The next day, we rode out to see Aunt Kay at Saint Catherine's and had a great visit with her and some of the other Sisters there. It's a great facility and she has a great group of friends there. She was so happy to show us off to her pals! We had lunch with the group and were on our way that afternoon.

The next day we took an abbreviated ride to Wythville Virginia (more heavy rain, but no hail this time!) and landed at Patrick, Kate and Ted's the following day. We had about a day and a half visit with them and, yes, Ted is even cuter than the last time we saw him :). And so smart! Rolling over and giggling. Champion eyebrows and spectacular boo-boo lower lip. Pops however, may have hooked him on TV! " who are those people?" A wonderful visit and clean laundry!

From there, it was off to Jacksonville Florida to visit Grace's sister. We took a quick side trip to the "South of the Border" attraction and in the 20 years since our last visit there with the kids, it was sadly in much disrepair. We left there rather quickly and continued on the journey.

As we approached the Florida border, we saw some very ominous clouds ahead and not wanting to get caught in the rain, we thought it would be to our advantage to stop and the next rest areas to dawn the rain gear. Well, the rain came faster than we though it would, so we ended up pulling under an overpass and suited up in the breakdown lane. As Grace put it,"I think this makes us official bikers" as the trucks whipped past us at 70 mile per hour plus. Through another heavy bout of rain and thunder, and some nasty wind on the St. John's River bridge, we made it to Jacksonville for a 2 day respit. Great visits, super squeezes, tasty eats and clean laundry. And floating...ahhhh

Our final leg was a quick run down 95 to our home in central Florida and a weeks worth of work there.

All-in-all, a great adventure and we are ready for the next trip - Alaska?? Although I sense from Grace's expression that I might have make that trip alone.