My last day! We went to a local restaurant for a Sunday breakfast, and then off to get my bike. Jen rode back with me on the back, and then it was pack ‘em, load ‘em, and go. Getting to the freeway was no problem, but once I got there, it took me 30 minutes to go 4 miles – ON SUNDAY MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t these people know that I’m trying to get home? $2.50 to cross the Skyway Bridge – for a motorcycle! That’s ridiculous. I was glad to finally get on the Indiana Toll way until I got to the end. There’s a sign at the eastern end that tells you to pay the toll in 2 miles. That’s where the traffic stopped – 2 miles from the end. Where are all these people going? At my last gas stop, I called Louise to tell her I wouldn’t be home till about 7:30, so she went to visit mom with Maddie and Ethan. I was about ready to leave the gas plaza when I saw a white Goldwing that could have been a twin to the one I saw in Worthington, MN. I asked him if he came from there and he said no, but told me of his pending trip out to a little place in NW Washington called Blaine. I told him I just came from there, and the ensuing conversation lasted about ½ hr. We rode together through about a 4 mile back up due to a wreck, and I waved goodbye as I got off the turnpike. Jim and Vilma were outside working in their yard as I pulled in the drive and welcomed me home. They even had balloons hanging on the mailbox for me! And Louise and the kids had a banner made for me.
I’ll have a wrap-up tomorrow.
I’ll have a wrap-up tomorrow.
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