Well, some weather might be coming our way.

The state as a whole needs the rain (we’ve had plenty) but the coast always gets a little ancy this time of the year. Things start to heat up in the Gulf just about this time every season.

If it does come this way, it would arrive on my wedding anniversary! Is there some deeper hidden meaning there?

I think not…well maybe. Could make for an extra fun weekend. Anniversary, Tropical Storm/Hurricane, power failure…..can anyone say PARTY!!!

stay tuned.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

After a few sleepless nights worrying about the cost of a major repair, I finally hit upon a possible solution to ole yellers ailment.

It turns out the fuel regulator was defective. An o ring had slipped out and caused a loss in fuel pressure. $170.00 later and an hour of my time and she is back up and running fine.

Whew.. dodged another bullet.

Since getting rid of the old shovel head, I had gotten out of practice of tinkering on bikes. There is something to be said for buying new, but when warranties expire, you have to get creative. Luckily it all worked out and the entire trip ended on a high note and was a much needed break for Alice and yours truly.

Now off to Florida in the fall. I’ll take plenty of tools.

Jodon

Not sure what day of the escape this is but here we go anyway.

To start, a beautiful day. Hardly any traffic and not to hot. After lunch it started to heat up. And up. So hot in fact, ole yellar broke down. I figure a wire to the injectors may have frayed. But what do I know. I do know alice is on her way alone to the house and here I sit waiting on a tow. At least it happened only 30 miles from home and not out in the middle of no where. I'll follow up with an epilogue later. Right now I'm getting something cool to drink.

Jodon

What a day.

A whole day of riding the back roads of the Ozark Mountains.

Hwy 7, Hwy 9, Hwy 10, Hwy 274. the list just goes on and on and we found them alltoday.

No more that about 1/4 mile of straight road all day. Huge vistas and sweeping curves. Alice did great.

It was hot though. Here are some shots of the roads leading up to Petit Jean State Park. A realy fine place.

Highways…highways… they really suck.Boring and just plain dull. I understand the point. The whole system was designed to get you from point A to point B in the quickest most effecient way. That just really doesn’t work for a motorcycle. The one bright spot of the day was a side trip to Jefferson Tx. What a cool little town. We are definitly going to plan a weekend stay and explore more of this little berg. It looks like they are going all out for the 4th. We might just stop back by on Sunday. We’ll see. No plans…remember?

Day one started about noon.

Took the back roads to Center, Tx. Hwy 87 between Burkeville and Center is some of the best riding east Texas has to offer. Good roads, sweeping curves and beautiful vistas. Got to the hotel about 5 and stepped into a local diner for a great chicken fried steak and LOTS of ice tea. Then off to the pool and some cold adult beverages. Did I mention it was HOT. 100 + on the bikes. It makes for a long hot day. Still worth it though. We both need this.

Changing plans for tomorrow, going to shoot up to Texarkana and check out the new HD dealership, catch some lunch and talk to some locals about routes to Hot Springs. We’ll see what happens. We had thought of going to Gibsland to see where Bonnie and Clyde met their end but we’ll save that for another day. I hear their still dead so there’s no big rush. Part of the plan was not to plan much…so that’s the plan.

more later…probably

jodon

It’s early yet. Still cool (upper 70’s) and everyone else is still tucked in.

One of my favorite times.

A cup or two of Community on the patio with Bear is a great way to start a Saturday.

 Yeah, Bear got up with me. good dog.

Enjoy the mornings every chance you can

jodon