Distance today: 274 miles
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Must admit, I was really happy to get back into turf that I was familiar with. Most of the rivers & creeks were really high along the way & there was more rain in the forecast for later in the week so was grateful to have a weather window to travel those last miles in.
My caretakers had warned me about my road being rutted from the rains & advised me to come directly to their place, then they would take me home. Followed this advice, for know how rutted my drive gets with heavy rains. Had just put in 3 "speed bumps" to divert the run off away from my road right before I left, in hopes this would minimize future issues. Plus had just returned a friend's blade so was bummed about having to work on my road AGAIN!
“...I didn't want to be a passenger on someone else's motorcycle.
I wanted to be the one riding that motherfucker.” ― Lily Brooks-Dalton
get no further than the crowd. The one who
walks alone, is likely to find himself in places
no one has ever been.” ~ Albert Einstein
Did have a tree that blew down the night before I returned, narrowly missing my gazebo. Of course the dern thing had to land square on my favorite dogwood. Why this tree (osage orange) didn't split the dogwood in two is anyone's guess. (Managed to cut it away & down later. Just hope this doesn't kill the dogwood.) Good karma I guess.
“There is a delicate ridge one must ride between fear and reason on a motorcycle—lean too far in either direction and there will be consequences.”― Lily Brooks-Dalton, Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir
Lessons learned:
-Don't postpone joy, trips are always fantastic adventures!
-Adventures are well worth any trouble & are equal to the joy of crawling into one's own damn bed!
-I could easily move to northern CA, or anywhere in OR, western WA, WY or MT!
Am already scheming another vacation late July to Key West with family. Saw some motorcyclists heading down the road with some packs on the back of their bikes & was just a bit regretful that my adventure was done for now. Guess that makes the trip a complete success!!
-Don't postpone joy, trips are always fantastic adventures!
-Adventures are well worth any trouble & are equal to the joy of crawling into one's own damn bed!
-I could easily move to northern CA, or anywhere in OR, western WA, WY or MT!
-Always take me Air Hawk seat along! Well worth the $ & never had any "rear end saddle sores".
-Don't go on another trip with someone with uncontrollable & unacknowledged anger issues. Life is too damn short to have to carry another person's baggage-even for a short while.
-Don't go on another trip with someone with uncontrollable & unacknowledged anger issues. Life is too damn short to have to carry another person's baggage-even for a short while.
-Was very pleased with my packing of clothes & cash but would prefer to camp along the way as opposed to staying in a motel. Cheaper & seems like there are alot of free areas in state of fed parks, etc..or KOAs or Good Neighbor Sam's.
-Am very grateful to have had zero mechanical issues, fantastic memories of beauty seen, & no one tried to kill me on the road. Last but certainly not least, very much appreciate my caretakers. Without them, could not have made this adventure happen!! Thank you Great Mystery!
“In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it
you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just
more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly
in a frame. On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact
with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the
sense of presence is overwhelming.” ― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the
Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
-Am very grateful to have had zero mechanical issues, fantastic memories of beauty seen, & no one tried to kill me on the road. Last but certainly not least, very much appreciate my caretakers. Without them, could not have made this adventure happen!! Thank you Great Mystery!
“In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it
you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just
more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly
in a frame. On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact
with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the
sense of presence is overwhelming.” ― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the
Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Am already scheming another vacation late July to Key West with family. Saw some motorcyclists heading down the road with some packs on the back of their bikes & was just a bit regretful that my adventure was done for now. Guess that makes the trip a complete success!!
"Squabbling over one's preferred make of motorcycle is infantile.
Either it runs or it doesn't; either you ride it or you don't. If you
want to ride a Harley, then buy one. If you want everyone to ride
a Harley, then move to Daytona or shut the fuck up about it."― Lily
Brooks-Dalton, Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir
I wanted to end this trip's log with an image similar to one I used on the first day. That first image stated, "And so the adventure begins." But I could not find one that said, "And so the adventure ends." Then I realized the adventure NEVER ends! So if you've made it this far, thanks for sharing this adventure with me! Now go out there & feed your soul!!!
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