Day trip III

Trying to squeeze any kind of road time before the harsh winter sets in. Tuesday the 23 October looked as good as any. Couple problems...1) getting home at midnite usually don't go to bed till 3am and while it was suppose to reach 60 by mid day that means it'll be no more then 35-36 degrees or even less in the morning.

Co worker at work and who has 5 kids recently purchased a 1999 Kawasaki something..it looks like a road king, windshield,hard saddle bags and all. With 5 kids he's lucky to even have that. He was wanting to get together and if I could take him about agreed Tuesday was good for him too. We agreed to meet at 0730 hours.

I didn't get that much sleep. When you work 2nd shift you don't come right home and go to bed. I probably got at the most 3 hours sleep. I was up at 0630 hrs peeing the dogs and getting ready. It was 36 degrees,lol.

Met my friend at Dennys for 0730 hrs, had a big breakfast and headed off towards Laconia by 0800hrs.

On the way we see this 200' lumber jack by a saw mill. We parked the bikes for the photo op. Go to take the picture..battery dead..yeah. No camera for the day.

Any ways get to Laconia HD and they're closed for the day. We hemmed and hawed about going further north or poke around weirs beach. Its still not even 40 degrees.We decided to head towards N. Conway and the Over 8000 Products in Stock and Ready for Immediate Shipment - Whitehorse Gear to pick up motorcycle stuff.

During the summer the ride from Laconia to White horse gear in N Conway is grid lock with ass hat tourist s-bags every where. Much to my happiness it was a straight unhampered ride to WHG. No traffic no cars and the scenic moutain foliage while on the way out but still panoramically enjoyable.

Got to WHG and I bought my wife a heated vest, for the bike a solid portable air compressor and complete tubeless tire repair kit. Those guys at WHG are 110% hands on. You tell them what you want, they go with you to the warehouse and show you the options. Good thing cause I would have never figured the best combo for the heated vet on the bike for my wife. I didn't want to hard wire it or have it on the battery posts either.

After spending some time there we back tracked and ran over the Kangamangus highway to Lincoln,NH and on to I-93 south, to 25A in Plymouth,NH to 118 thru Dorchester,nh and home. Started out at 7am and got home a few minutes before 4pm. About 250-275 miles for the day. The sun did come out at 11:00 and hit its predictable 60-61 degree pinnacle and which made it most enjoyable.

The Kangamangus Kancamagus Highway in NH: Welcome to the Kancamagus Scenic Byway! was particularly enjoyable and reccomend that for anyones bucket list. And if you ever want to..... consider me your contact local HD guy.

I came so close to moving to Willamette Valley 23 yers ago, Rosewood,Talent or Phoenix particular. Sent away to the chambers of commerce and everythng. Got locked and loaded ready to roll but wife wasn't down with the idea...,pissed me off. She didn't want to mov that far from the family and kids should have roots. I liked moving every 3 years. Had done that most of my life. You know,exploring different parts of the coutry and stuff.

I been stuck here 23 years............:rant:

Yeah I meant Roseburg,its been awhile.

I too moved every 2-3 years all around the country. I was from CO so I had to come back. I like many parts of this country, but where you're from seems to be where you end up.

I consider North Carolina my home now, though I have lived in many places across the country also. We'll never move again. Too old LOL.

Bucket List places to see yet (by motorcycle) are western N.C., Daytona, and the Smokeout in N.C. next year. Also, I'll be attempting another trip to Ohio next summer.

WNC waiting on you... still! LOL Gonna ride to Daytona again in the spring... just saying.

Couple more years to work, then thinking of splitting time in WNC and Florida if daughter and son in law stay down there.. but always bulk of time here in WNC (Asheville area)... love it here....

Here another good one right near you Josh:

Harbinger, North Carolina, Harley-Davidson, motorcycles, dealer, new, used, pre-owned, parts, service, financing and should you attend you would be the royalty among the peasant. The pristine home made chopper amoung the cash is king just add water and stir new rider bagger crowd,lol.