STORIES
AND LESSONS LEARNED REMARKABLE ENOUGH TO BE A SUBJECT OF LEGEND

48 State Adventure - Summer 2015

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ID - MT - WY- SD - ND - MN - NE - IA - WI - IL - IN - MI - OH - PA - NY - VT - NH - ME - MA - RI - CT - NJ - DE - MD

HALF WAY!

WV - KY - VA - TN - NC - SC - GA - AL - FL - MS - LA - AR - MO - KS - OK - TX - NM - AZ - CO - UT - NV - CA - OR - WA

(48 STATES WAHOO!)

TOTAL MILES 8, 997

#1(435) - #2(490) - #3(455) - #4(540) - #5(375) - #6(298) - #7(210) - #8(420) - #9(390) - #10(498) - #11(305) - #12(59) - #13(403) - #14(530) - #15(556) - #16(496)

#17(486) - #18(572) - #19(607) - #20(382) - #21(490)


Thursday, July 30, 2015

THE PICTURES TELL IT ALL....

Day #7
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2015
Departure: Farmington, New York
Destination: Ahhh.....Troy, New York
Miles: 210 (Arggg!)

RAIN! 
See rain gear
Interactive viewing - find photo bomb
Interactive viewing - find Jason smiling















 NOW THE REST OF THE STORY

Jason has struggled, since the beginning, to maintain his throttle control. He has had to squeeze the handle grips really hard to maintain speed. So when they spotted the Honda service center in Troy, New York they took a quick exit to purchase new hand grips. 

The purchase of new hand grips was successful.
When they returned to their motorcycles to continue on to Vermont......
Grandpa's big yellow Goldwing wouldn't start.....
They tried everything.....
Dead - Zilch - Nothing!

However.......
They were parked 25 feet from a Honda Service Center.
Now how lucky was that?

The mechanic was
Out To Lunch
However.....
He was standing behind the counter
But......Out To Lunch
And.....
He wasn't going to help them until his lunch was over at 1:00 pm
It was 11:30 am


At precisely 1:00 pm the mechanic wheeled the bike back into his shop.
After and hour or two of waiting he sent out the first bid of $3,000 to repair the starter motor.

Jason became very "Presidential" and said, "It is not the starter motor".

30 minutes later.....
It was a $178 bid to clean the dirty connections.  
Possibly a result from the torrential downpour of the morning.


Too late to travel any more today!
Grandpa booked everyone into the Hilton Garden Inn!
All the boys were happy!

Especially Ben.......
He had a computer with great band-width!

VIDEOS FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE


Fun Photo of the Day
A car just Jack's size

Go Pro Photos





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