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So, I woke at 4am, go figure. Packed, showered, dressed, and still had 3 hours before i could go see her and get her. Watched Mash, drank coffee and finally 7am rolled around. Decided to go get some breakfast. Drove to BK, got a croissant, coffee and headed to the dealer. Sat in the truck, ate my breakfast and listened to the audio book.
At 8am, I got out, unloaded Jessica, and went back too the audio book.
At 8:15 the sales guy arrived and freed her from her garage. She was gorgeous and more importantly, every thing works, she runs great, and when I got back to the dealer, I noticed she has clear bra on her rear fenders already. Way kewl. Really nice job, I almost didn't notice it.
Went inside, did the paperwork, talked for awhile and pulled the truck in front of their sign to do a pic.
I was bummed about something though ... I left this in the hotel room.
So FBG and I headed home. All was going great until I got about 5 miles from Eisenhower Tunnel. We came to a dead stop. Took an hour to get to the tunnel, sort of, they made every body get off and go over Loveland Pass. Apparently, there was a slide or some other kind of "Emergency Road Repair" going on. That's all the sign said. If you have never done Loveland Pass, it's about 20-25 miles of twisty, winding roads past some ski lodges. Gorgeous ride in the summer. Not so nice when I'm in a little Toyota truck with a bike on a trailer, doing 20 mph, bumper to bumper. The snow from the storm they had last week was over the top of the truck on both sides.
Finally got to Silverthorne and back on I70. Instead of getting home around 2-3, didn't get home until 5:20. Got FBG unloaded, the trailer put away and FBG in the garage. She was shinny clean when we left, she looks like an impressionist went nuts with brown paint on her now. So sad for her. Tomorrow will be a bath for sure.
Anyway, that is why, when going over the mountains in the winter ... I do it in two days. If anything happens in the mountains ... you could be finishing the trip in the mountains at night. Alan don't do the Rockey's in the winter at night, when the sun goes down the temp drops like a rock, all the snow melted freezes. Gotta be a good reason for me to do them at night in the summer, that's when the critters come out.
Anyway, we are home safe and sound ... little tired, but no worse for wear.
At 8am, I got out, unloaded Jessica, and went back too the audio book.
At 8:15 the sales guy arrived and freed her from her garage. She was gorgeous and more importantly, every thing works, she runs great, and when I got back to the dealer, I noticed she has clear bra on her rear fenders already. Way kewl. Really nice job, I almost didn't notice it.
Went inside, did the paperwork, talked for awhile and pulled the truck in front of their sign to do a pic.
I was bummed about something though ... I left this in the hotel room.
So FBG and I headed home. All was going great until I got about 5 miles from Eisenhower Tunnel. We came to a dead stop. Took an hour to get to the tunnel, sort of, they made every body get off and go over Loveland Pass. Apparently, there was a slide or some other kind of "Emergency Road Repair" going on. That's all the sign said. If you have never done Loveland Pass, it's about 20-25 miles of twisty, winding roads past some ski lodges. Gorgeous ride in the summer. Not so nice when I'm in a little Toyota truck with a bike on a trailer, doing 20 mph, bumper to bumper. The snow from the storm they had last week was over the top of the truck on both sides.
Finally got to Silverthorne and back on I70. Instead of getting home around 2-3, didn't get home until 5:20. Got FBG unloaded, the trailer put away and FBG in the garage. She was shinny clean when we left, she looks like an impressionist went nuts with brown paint on her now. So sad for her. Tomorrow will be a bath for sure.
Anyway, that is why, when going over the mountains in the winter ... I do it in two days. If anything happens in the mountains ... you could be finishing the trip in the mountains at night. Alan don't do the Rockey's in the winter at night, when the sun goes down the temp drops like a rock, all the snow melted freezes. Gotta be a good reason for me to do them at night in the summer, that's when the critters come out.
Anyway, we are home safe and sound ... little tired, but no worse for wear.
Actually, I'm the only old fat guy ... the other two are in their 30's and 40's.
