Days without an incident - 1
Days without rain gear - 6
What a difficult day! Because of the failure of the latch on Juju's trunk, we were stuck in Camarillo, California for another day.
I started the day (6:00 a.m. Pacific 9:00 a.m. Eastern) by calling Jim Persin at Z & M Harley to pick his brain on a fix since the local dealer had no clue. Unfortunately, they never ran across the problem. I called Milwaukee and hour later (9:00 a.m. Central) and they checked with their tech staff and did have a fix, but said to have the dealer from Ventura call for instructions. At 9:00 a.m. Pacific time, Ventura H-D was on the phone with Milwaukee and we were on our way to drop the bike. (P.S. Margaret from Ventura Harley-Davidson Service is now the subject matter expert on failed FLRT trunk latches)
In the meantime, we were forced to spend an entire day sitting by the pool, drinking beer until they had it fixed at 1:30 p.m. Afterward, we went to visit Ed and Nancy's friends, Mike and Kathy in Simi Valley. Here, we were forced to have guacamole, chips, and drinks. Next, we were subjected to ribs and tri-tips at St. Francis BBQ before returning to the hotel.
Damn these delays...oh wait! I guess it's not so bad...never mind!
Tomorrow...we begin Route 66.
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A Little About Us
INTRODUCTION: First, allow me to introduce the members of this group...I'm Mike riding my 2003 Heritage Softail Springer...my wife Juju is on her 2015 Freewheeler...and Ed and Nancy are on their 2009 Heritage Softail. For the purposes of this trip we are referring to ourselves as H.A.R.P. HARP is a made-up name and it simply stands for Hogs And Retired People...and all that means is that we are members of HOG (Harley Owners Group) and we are...you guessed it...retired! The name came about when seven of us made a trip out west, but just the four of us this time. I've done blogs before, and this one will be for the same reason...to refresh our memories in our "Golden Years" (they say the memory is the second thing to go...and I can't remember what the first thing was). What is different this time is the blog is being shared by THUNDER ROADS PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE...Truly, an honor. This journey will be a round trip from, and to our home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The plan is to travel to the Atlantic coast at Ocean City, Maryland for the "Official" start on U.S. Route 50. We will follow U.S. 50 west for over 3,000 miles to its terminus in Sacramento, California. From Sacramento, we will head a bit further west to the Pacific Ocean before we begin to travel south. California Highway 1 and U.S. Route 101, better known as the Pacific Coast Highway, will be the route for about 500 miles to Santa Monica. At the world famous Santa Monica Pier, we hop on Route 66...The "Mother Road". Travelling about 2,500 miles to the north east, we'll arrive at the end of 66 in Chicago, Illinois. The "Official" end of our journey. From Chicago, it's just another 450 miles and we're back in Pittsburgh. We've made very few lodging reservations, thus eliminating the pressure of trying to get somewhere by some deadline. The whole purpose of this ride to see this country and whatever piques our interest along the way...and we will be looking for that giant ball of yarn! So we invite you to ride along with us. We hope you will find it both entertaining and informative. Please feel free to leave your comments and share this with anyone you feel would have an interest.
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