Ride to Lake County

We departed Klamath Falls around 8 a.m. Hwy 97 to Weed for a fuel stop and then I-5 to Corning for a fuel and Olive Pit stop.

We stopped in Williams at Granzella's for lunch. We figured that since we had begun the ride with breakfast at Granzella's it was only right to end the ride there as well.

Uneventful (thank you, God!) ride home. Temperatures around 100 - amazing how on a motorcycle you know when the temperature changed by a couple of degrees. We were well suited to the hot weather with our Techniche brand evaporative cooling vests. Worth every penny we paid for them. John toughed it out without putting on his vest.

I didn't make a lot of comments about the scenery because if you really want to know you need to go there yourself.

Observations about this ride:

Idaho needs to put more law enforcement on Hwy 20 so people don't feel they can drive as stupidly as they do.

South Dakota has the shortest, littlest toilets! We opined that perhaps they got a real deal on some used kindergarten toilets.

Iowa needs to have the same person determining what constitutes a 'bump' - and let that person drive on all the roads. Right now there must be too many people deciding!

Choosing a motel room is easier with Trip Advisor.

The deli owner in Madrid, NM needs to learn some people skills.

Don't believe that Jason Alexander Quality Inn advertisement on television - it is a lie or they slipped the name on some run down motel in Klamath Falls. No nice breakfast, badly decorated, no operating ice maker in the annex building we were in, hot tub that didn't know the meaning of hot, bad wifi, and ignorant staff.

For me the best motel was the La Quinta in Albuquerque. Embassy Suites in Des Moines was nice. However the staff at La Quinta performed above and beyond to make our stay nice. The staff at Embassy Suites did not - and the housekeeping staff was substandard.

There were many times during the ride that one of the five of us would make a comment about something and someone else would respond that they too had thought the same thing. Talk about getting comfortable with your riding partners.

For me this was a thoroughly enjoyable ride. No tantrums (except by me!); no pouting because of some little thing; no storming off; no dithering at gas stations and parking lots. When we agreed to a time to leave everyone was ready to go on time.

I hope everyone else had as good a time as I did and feels that this adventure was outstanding.

We road just short of 4,000 miles.

Next adventure....more national parks in California.