29 days - 27 bike washes

because Bally's doesn't take kindly to carrying garbage pails of water through the Casino... :(

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Day two, everybody talks to me like I'm an idiot...

You'll notice from the map.. this is what happens when you navigate in small patches... tomorrow we'll unfold the whole map and pick a straight line... or maybe not.



Bikes were still there this morning, despite Ted's sleepless night. Dinner was so good last night that we went back and got drunk on the patio... if you can get drunk on Coke no ice -- Dave.

Internet sucked, so yesterday's post went up this evening.

Weather was good today, kinda overcast and looked like it might rain later but never did. Chicago sucked. Everyone we talked to said it would, and it did. Don't go there. Traffic was thick, even though it was Sunday, and construction everywhere. But we did get a glimpse of the Sears Tower.

We slowed down a bit today. Yesterday was 110 to 120km/hr, today was 100-110. A nicer drive.

As we left Chicago, we headed north to Rockford, then west. The countryside turned to rolling hills, something like Alberta. Very nice. Iowa is also very rolling, and cornfields everywhere.

Really weird people though, all the women lift their shirts for bikers. Dave almost went off the road a couple of times. Finally found a couple of chicks that were under 250 lbs, so picked them up. haha hhaah, just kidding.

Hundreds of bikes in Dubuque, don't know why. Perhaps someone with internet access and still at work can check for us. And while you're at it, Ivan, check and see if you can find out what's wrong with my windshield. I followed your advice and had that "birthmark" fixed, but now it's all curvy and different shaped. Can you tell what's wrong from looking at the picture below? or will you have to do some research? That's me on the left.



Well that's it for today. We're in Marshalltown, Iowa. Much nicer hotel room that last night at that place in Sturgis. And the internet works too!

Saturday, June 9, 2007

First Day

Not that it took a long time to get here, but IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET HERE. First day on the road. Decided to go via US rather than Sarnia/Port Huron. Who cares anyway.. we're not interested in seeing much until things stop looking like Ontario. Nothing to report so far, except one lady lifted her top for Dave... but she was 93, so, again, who cares?

BUT, guess what? We made it from Niagara Falls all the way to Sturgis. Unfortunately it is Sturgis, Michigan, not South Dakota.



But we have a great hotel. We're going for a swim after. Check out the pool. Yes, there is no water.


Oops, gotta go, the bar is calling... see ya tomorrow! Gonna get past Chicago.