Sunday Morning on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Rat and I escorted Liam on the first hundred or so miles of his ride to Long Island to deliver the bike to the shipper.
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Gord flew out of Norfolk headed for Toronto at 6 am and Liam was at the Shippers on Long Island at 8:30AM delivering his bike. By now he should be on his way to Philly to catch his flight home tomorrow.
Great adventure! Great Big Thank You to all who contributed
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"Agreement is not a requirement for Respect" CDR Michael Smith USN (Ret) 2017
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
Made it back to Toronto .... the biggest THANKS should go to the Boss (and Rusty) for making it all possible for both Liam and I ....
Gord
"I'd rather Ride than Shine"
‘14 KLR650 ... not a rat ... yet
‘84 GL1200i ‘R2B6' (Rat to Be 6, the last, adopted by twowings)
My Original 'RAT' was a hybrid '82 CB900/1100F
I got the bike dropped off to the shipper this morning and then travelled to Philadelphia airport for the flight back home, where I am currently adding the finishing touches to a pint of amber nectar.
I agree with Rat, for me, the whole trip would not have been possible without the help of the boss. I am grateful for him collecting the bike and bringing it to his shop. I am grateful for him to be my eyes and to go through the bike to make out a list of needed parts and work to be done. I am grateful for the use of his shop, I am grateful for the opportunity to work beside him. I am grateful for his knowledge and consideration knowing that I am riding on the wrong side of the road for me. I am grateful that all the above provided me with the opportunity to meet all of you fine folks, albeit for too short a time. In the fullness of time, perhaps we can improve on that. More meetups, more time.
I should not forget that Steve and Rusty invited me into their home, without knowing me as anything as a guy on the internet. I was made feel most welcome, and we did have some good conversations.
On a scale from 1 to 10, this trip hits a strong 12 for me.
I wish all of you health and happiness till the next time. I've never been to Kentucky.......
Would not have done those things if I did not think it would be a good time. It was and I had fun!!
"Agreement is not a requirement for Respect" CDR Michael Smith USN (Ret) 2017
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
Fred Camper wrote:Great news Liam, many high risk items for you making your flight in Philly. Glad that worked out as scheduled. Nice being your roommate also.
Your kind offer was another piece of the jigsaw put into place. I thank you for that.
Most kind of you. Great to have finally met you.
HOTT wrote:Looks like good times for all. Sorry I missed out.
Thanks for pix.
HOTT
Hope you can make next year...
82 GL1100 Interstate-Oldewing October 23 BOTM
06 GL1800 Road bike, as in Rode alot...
Sometimes I wrestle with my inner demons.........
Other times we just hug.......
Team 898
Team LTD 993
Team 76 R2B3
And always remember: beer has some food value--but food has NO beer value...
Got a text from Liam he landed safely at Dublin Airport last night.
"Agreement is not a requirement for Respect" CDR Michael Smith USN (Ret) 2017
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
At the moment I am sitting at home on the couch. Flight home was supposed to be 6 hours and 10 but somehow they knocked 25 minutes off that. Must have been a tailwind.
Nice to meet you, and hope to see you again, down the road buddy
82 GL1100 Interstate-Oldewing October 23 BOTM
06 GL1800 Road bike, as in Rode alot...
Sometimes I wrestle with my inner demons.........
Other times we just hug.......
Team 898
Team LTD 993
Team 76 R2B3
And always remember: beer has some food value--but food has NO beer value...
Thanks for all the pictures, everyone. Having lost my phone I needed those. This was a very needed break for me. I thank you all for a great time. Claude
In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is Weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
RETIRED and LOVING It!!! anim-cheers1
82 GL1100 Standard (gone to Gson in Oregon) action1
84 GL1200 standard with Hondaline bags.
84 GL1200 dressed naked with everything to return to naked.(gone to Gson in Oregon) action1
Great to see you again Claude. Wish you peace in the coming days.
"Agreement is not a requirement for Respect" CDR Michael Smith USN (Ret) 2017
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
