Well the five of us made it to Indy safe and sound about 1630 this afternoon. Once again, I cannot say it enough, what a ride. 50 west to 35 west amazing. We then hit 70 for about the last 80 miles YUCK. 80 miles of rough interstate, trucks, etc. at speeds above 70 MPH (the speed limit here). The brightest spots of the route we took were seeing small town American at its finest. From the flag lined streets, to the small old towns with building dates on the outside. Some dating to the 1800's. One gas stop was Washington Court House, a small town in Ohio. The sign coming into town said settled by Virginia veterans of the Revolutionary War.
And NICE people. We hit West Alexandria, OH very hungry. The nice lady at the Marathon gave us directions to the Legion Post there. It was about 1300 and she told us they had a good lunch. She was wrong but, as always, the place was filled with nice friendly folks. All of which loved hearing about out adventures thus far and wished us well. Genie the club manager was truly sorry they did not have lunch for us but told us to call her a couple hours in advance next time we are coming through and they would whip us up something. Next year West Alexandria will have to be our lunch stop. Instead, however, we had a great buffet lunch in Richmond, IN. Yes our friends who joined us in Parkersburg (see last night's blog) have now ridden from just outside Richmond, VA to Richmond, IN.
That is very interesting that so many towns are named the same. We have certainly seen them. Centerville, OH, Hagerstown, OH, albeit West but West Alexandria, etc. etc. Well who I am to talk having lived in Aberdeen, MD when I was 4 and Aberdeen, WA a couple years later.
We have spoken to or have heard that the whole of the Northern Virginia Legion Riders and Virginia Legion Riders as a whole have also made it to Indy. Tomorrow is the pre run rally. Should be a blast. 1200 to 2000 will make for a long day, however. At least we get to sleep in.....YEAH RIGHT.
Mike N. is having a bit of bike problems. He has developed a squeeky front wheel. He is up early in the A.M. to head to the West Indy Harley-Davidson dealer to get it checked out. I, myself, will get up early as well. The bad side to the route we took is bugs. Right through Corn country and the bugs have covered my bike. In all honesty I have not seen it this dirty. You all know how I am. Gotta get up and clean it. Just have to.
Until tomorrow night folks........
'Doc'
And NICE people. We hit West Alexandria, OH very hungry. The nice lady at the Marathon gave us directions to the Legion Post there. It was about 1300 and she told us they had a good lunch. She was wrong but, as always, the place was filled with nice friendly folks. All of which loved hearing about out adventures thus far and wished us well. Genie the club manager was truly sorry they did not have lunch for us but told us to call her a couple hours in advance next time we are coming through and they would whip us up something. Next year West Alexandria will have to be our lunch stop. Instead, however, we had a great buffet lunch in Richmond, IN. Yes our friends who joined us in Parkersburg (see last night's blog) have now ridden from just outside Richmond, VA to Richmond, IN.
That is very interesting that so many towns are named the same. We have certainly seen them. Centerville, OH, Hagerstown, OH, albeit West but West Alexandria, etc. etc. Well who I am to talk having lived in Aberdeen, MD when I was 4 and Aberdeen, WA a couple years later.
We have spoken to or have heard that the whole of the Northern Virginia Legion Riders and Virginia Legion Riders as a whole have also made it to Indy. Tomorrow is the pre run rally. Should be a blast. 1200 to 2000 will make for a long day, however. At least we get to sleep in.....YEAH RIGHT.
Mike N. is having a bit of bike problems. He has developed a squeeky front wheel. He is up early in the A.M. to head to the West Indy Harley-Davidson dealer to get it checked out. I, myself, will get up early as well. The bad side to the route we took is bugs. Right through Corn country and the bugs have covered my bike. In all honesty I have not seen it this dirty. You all know how I am. Gotta get up and clean it. Just have to.
Until tomorrow night folks........
'Doc'
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