Finally on the Road!!!

Ok we had planned on a 10 am departure on Tuesday....bikes were packed and we were dressed.  WHOOPSIE, Bev's beloved Harley wouldn't turn over.  Her first words were "no way, this bike has NEVER let me down in 113,000 km."

We put the trickle charger on, got it started and Bev drove it to her trusty HD mechanic Josh.
The battery died at Josh's and wouldn't start at all even with a booster.  She then went off the local HD dealership and purchased a new battery.  NOOOO, the charging circuit on the bike was not working.  Josh said she needed a new charging system (translated into the parts she needed: stator, rotor and regulator). Bev spent the afternoon calling all the GTA HD dealerships trying to find these parts. The Barrie HD could get it by Wednesday morning and so she got them to Josh by noon.
She and Dave hit the road at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon (ie., the house had no food).
The good thing about travelling this time of day is that there was no line up on the Fort Erie Peace Bridge to the USA and hardly any at customs.

The customs official asked the usual questions and then seemed surprised that we were headed to New Mexico.  She asked Dave where we would be staying, and he responded "probably Super 8 hotels".  Then she asked him if he knew anyone in New Mexico...to which he responded "not yet".  She then asked why we were going there to which Dave responded "we are retired and we are tourists".  Then she shrugged her shoulders and said "drive on!!".

We made it to just north of Ellicottville the first night and could see bits of snow still on the Holiday Valley ski hills (where we have skied).  On Thursday we continued south on US219, a lovely curvy hilly road with little traffic and one that skirted dark clouds around us.  We made it almost all the way down Pennsylvania to Somerset near the Maryland border.

We were desperate to find a Mexican restaurant since it is Cinco De Mayo (May 5th) celebration but not such margarita bar in Somerset.