Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Jesse got a new ignition switch for the V-Strom, and immediately started taking the bike apart to install the new piece. In order to get it installed, he had to take off quite a bit of the bike. On Thursday, we drove to Berryville, AR, to attend Red Davidson’s funeral, so he really could not work on the bike much that day. Friday, he was able to get it all completed, and we worked to get all the last minute things completed: notify the credit card companies, verify health insurance & motorcycle insurance in Canada, obtain traveler’s checks/cash, start the final packing process. Saturday morning, we packed all the clothes in ziplock bags, carefully labeled, so that finding stuff might be easier. Loaded clothing, a few food supplies, water, tent, sleeping bag & pad, maps, Milepost, camera, Passport, Emergency contact numbers, phone/camera chargers, tools, etc. Had to make a trip to town to get better bungie straps to hold the tent, sleeping bag, and pads on the passenger seat.  He finally left about 4 p.m. and it was hard to watch him drive down our road and turn out of site...