Ride With Tank

Cold ass Thursday morning, originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

It took me a while to figure out what day it is. I am still not sure it is Thursday.

It got God awful cold last night. I am showing 38 on my thermometer now. It is so cold I am having my morning coffee right here at the camp site. It is just too cold to head to the overlook. I was relatively warm inside my tent, but as soon as my legs hit the cold air I got cramps in both my legs. I always look like an old man climbing out of the tent in the morning, but it is very hard when both legs are cramped up! There is a little fog floating around but the sky is perfectly clear and it looks like we are heading for another perfect day in paradise.

This camping thing is not as easy or comfortable as staying in a room, but it is more satisfying. It adds another challenge to the motorcycle touring experience.

Gas crunch, originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

The gas crunch is hurting folks with fancy Italian motorcycles.

Got a new front tire, originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

I picked up a new tire this morning at Wheelers. Actually I did not pick it up, Wheeler put it on the bike for me.

Lots of people say great things about Wheelers and they are all true. It really was a pleasure to get the new tire there. The price was very, very reasonable and he got me back on the road fast. He has a great selection of tires so if you need one he is the man to see.

Back at the Gap, originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

Well, here I am back at the Gap!

I got home on Monday, serviced the bike, washed my clothes and headed back on Tuesday morning.

I had a little delay waiting for the rain to clear out at home so I did not arrive until about 9PM. Dave, Christy. and Tom helped me set up camp. Actually, Christy was the only one that really helped.

It got a little cold last night but I was toasty in my giant sleeping bag. I had no pillow so that was a problem, but I have two pillows for tonight. Tonight it is supposed to be even colder but I think I will be toasty again tonight.

Saturday Night, originally uploaded by Tank Mobile.

I have reached the end of my final day at the Gap and this is a sad time for me.

The weather today was pretty bad but that really did not make today any less fun. We took a ride into Robbinsville and got pizza this afternoon. After returning I made one pass and ended up getting pretty wet. One of the guys in the room above us high sided today, but lucky for him he did not get hurt and he was heading home tomorrow anyway.

A bunch of guys came down to race the 50’s in the parking lot and as usual it sure was a lot of fun to watch. It really is almost as fun as the MotoGP races.

We spent most of this evening hanging out with the Jersey guys and it was great. I consider any trip where I meet great folks to be a good trip and there were some really fun people here this week. The guy from Virginia (cant remember his name now) was a real hoot and I bet we will see him on Killboy this week riding his Kenny Roberts flattracker with a wig. It was great to see Dennis here pinstriping.