Lots of bikes were down there!
So I made the trek to A&As Lake Oz home for the night. We debated to go with a group that was meeting at 0800 the following morn or just go ourselves. All agreed we'd rather go in our own group. So after a relaxing night, catching up with my friends, we left the following morn.
A&A & Buddy were on their new, almost identical 2014 Harley Street Glides. Beautiful bikes with dashboards & all kinds of bells & whistles! GPS, gas gauge & miles remaining displayed too! AND a port to plug in their custom music stick! Who could ask for more? Beautiful machines!
Only thing better than a Harley is a pair of Harleys!
Fortunately had no probs hangin with my peeps on my 750 Aero, despite the many twisty turns down around that area. Was even let into the 'inner parking area' at the HD dealership, despite driving a Honda Shadow, because I was travelling between two Harleys! LOL!
Was also very pleased with my initial packing & loading of my bag, tent & bedroll onto my bike. Only fly in the ointment was my forgetting my tent poles-DUH! Fortunately Buddy was cool & let me crash in his HUGE tent, otherwise would have been mosquito food! One could walk about in his tent standing upright & he had so much room that he actually had a chair & table in the tent, between our respective bed areas! So he saved my bacon-big time! And we talked gear, which is always of great interest to me. Thanks Buddy for your hospitality AND sharing some great info on gear!
Was very relaxing NOT having to worry about how to navigate down there or back, thanks to their GPSs & this trip gave me the courage to do a solo trip, since I wasn't that familiar with how my bike would do OR how I would do on any long distance road trip.
But had a great trip with them, got to catch up with my gal pal, Andrea, & finished the last night with an excellent meal & vino at one of the local Eureka Springs restaurants with a top notch server named Dan.
Nothing better than sharing a good meal with great friends!
Coming back the next day, peeled away from them, as they returned back to Lake Oz via hwy 73 & I onto I-44 & back home solo. Great trip! We discussed doing Sturgis next year, not so much for the bike fest but for the ride. No betta way to see the country!
Thank you A&A & Buddy for helping me get my "feet wet" & letting me share in this adventure with ya!!
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