Easy Rider 2006: Home

We are home. It was a short 137 mile trip from the Red Lion Hotel in Wenatchee to our garage. Easy as pie, piece of cake, hell we did 130 miles before breakfast these past 13 days! As all journeys go, it's both sad to see them come to an end, and nice to be home at the same time. It's going to seem odd to not get up, load up the bikes, hit the gas station, and head off down an unknown road tomorrow morning, and who knows how long before we get restless again -- but I expect it will be a while before we undertake another trip as big as this one has been.

We slept in as best we could -- the time change and the urge to get home was a bit strong. It was a warm morning in Wenatchee, and so to even out my tan I wore a sleeveless t-shirt, which proved to be a bit chilly going over Steven's Pass, but otherwise it was a quite nice and short ride over the Cascades and home. We pulled into the driveway just after noon, having left Wenatchee at 930am and dodging a bit of a repavement project (there's nothing like riding a motorcycle on a newly paved smooth as silk road). Our leathers were covered in bugs and bikes rather dirty (which we've since cleaned). We put 3,897 miles on the bikes, got some interesting tan lines, and saw a lot of wonderful country.

To wax somewhat poetically like a certain credit card company...

Two Harley Davidson Motorcycles -- $30,000,
Number of states visited -- 5,
Number of tubes of sun-screen used -- 2,
10 new HD Dealer t-shirts -- $200
Miles Driven -- 3,897...
Adventure experience...priceless.

From our home in West Seattle,

Gary and Tony