Adventures of Qikslvr

What a welcome home

Qikslvr — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:31:09 +0000

It’s not bad enough that after 2 weeks on the road I come home to have to put my dog down, but I had to help my sister in-law move yesterday and today. So much for resting up after the ride.

A sad day

Qikslvr — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:04:25 +0000

A couple days ago while I was on the road, my wife called me and told me our cocker spaniel Shelby was having issues. She was already blind in one eye and completely deaf and her good eye started clouding and causing her pain. She went to the eye doctor and they gave her some medicine but the lens was slipping and the pressure in her eye had pretty much destroyed the eye so she was in pain and completely blind. We took her to her regular vet yesterday and her health was so bad due to her age (blind, deaf, in pain, lethargic, constant nasal drainage, etc). We made the decision to put her out of her misery. She was 13 years old and the picture is from when she was a puppy.

We love and miss you Shelby.

The tale of the tape

Qikslvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:43:14 +0000

I reset the trip odometer when we gassed up in Yelm, WA. What you don’t see is the 2 times it rolled over. A total of 2,724.7 miles ridden since the 5th

Home at last

Qikslvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:07:05 +0000

We all finally made it home ok. I am amazed that none of the bikes broke down. I was waiting for that to happen but other than minor issues like exhaust pipes falling off (twice), a burned out headlight, and bad gas, we had no problems at all. Even my bad front wheel bearing held on long enough for me to get home. It was fun, but I’ll do a wrap up post later this weekend and tell it all (or almost all) as I saw it.

Right now though, leftover pizza and History channel never looked so good. The bath in the jet tub was good too.

The final tank

Qikslvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:41:32 +0000

I’m in Rhome, Texas filling up. I’m about 30 miles from Ft Worth.

The break up

Qikslvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:31:02 +0000

Well we made it to Vernon in Texas. Filled up and had $18 left on our gas budget. We split up the remainders of the budgets and are heading our separate ways. Its been fun but for the next 3 hours or so I’m on my own.

Gas stop

Qikslvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:10:09 +0000

Getting gas in Elk City, Oklahoma.

Prep work

Qikslvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:42:21 +0000

Packing up the bikes. We already ate breakfast and we aren’t going to top off this morning so we are almost ready to go.

Ready for the final day

Qikslvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:09:15 +0000

We are ready for the last day of riding. And it looks like another hot one. It’s supposed to be over 100 degrees thru the entire ride.
Yesterday as we were heading out my headlight went out. The high beam still worked so I ran with that on all day yesterday. Last night Larry and I changed out the bulb and it works fine now.
We will be parting ways in Vernon, Texas about noon. We are going to have lunch together and then dad and Larry are heading down 183 and I’m going down 287 all the way home.

The Final night

Qikslvr — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:44:02 +0000

We made it to the hotel in Woodward, Oklahoma. It’s actually the earliest we have finished the day since we have been on this trip. And it was one of the toughest days due to the heat and lack of scenery. I think I’m going to the pool tonight.