Jack and I are beginning to believe we have a guardian angel riding around with us. We left Tok around 8:00 this morning in bright sunshine and only ran into a 20 minute delay on the AlCan due to construction. Not bad, comparatively. Then, we made our way into Palmer and to Hartley Motors where we met Jeff Pendergrass, the most wonderful motorcycle service guy I've ever met. After the horrible guy I dealt with on the phone at Anchorage Motorsports yesterday, Jeff was a blessing! We got there around 2:30, he took us in immediately, rooted around to find brake pads for our 8 year old bike, made us comfortable in his employee break room, brought us bottled water because he thought we looked thirsty, fixed our bike in less than an hour, and then topped it all off by insisting on washing the road dirt off the 'Wing for us. Unbelievable! He was so kind and attentive and incredibly considerate. We made an appointment to stop by his shop on the way back for an oil change. I intend to write to Honda and sing his praises. How lucky could we get?? We could have spent the next week or so changing our plans, driving around in a rental car, and dealing with obnoxious, expensive "service" people. Whew!
We are now in Anchorage and plan to attend Ken and Julie's wedding tomorrow at 2:00. The weather is looking drizzly for the next three days or so, but should be pretty again by the time we head up to Telkeetna on Sunday. I will post photos tomorrow night after the wedding.
I hope all is well at home. Tony - if you get a chance, please email and let us know how things are at the house and kids, drop us a line and let us know that you're alive and well! :) We love you!!
L
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Good Morning Sunshine...glad to see you've made it safely! (that seems to be a good word to use.) so let me ask you this, have you been making plans along the way for next year's trip????? jack, tony has not been on his bike since you've left, he must be grieving! everything is fine here. take care, have fun at the wedding and we'll talk w/you soon! love ya, janie
oh ps laura, the picture of your ankles are called cankles! lol!
that bike guy is awesome. i was hoping you guys werent gonna have to rent a car.
I think that trying to get on your blog is harder than riding your bike! (just kidding-but, I have tried so many times and haven't gotten through. Hope this works!)
Anyway, so glad you found a good person to help you with your bike. Amazing that you are still on schedule!
Am anxious to see what you think of Telkeetna. I loved that little town! Supposedly, they filmed a TV show from there.
Send a photo of Ken. Haven't seen him since he was a REALLY young guy!
Laura, your blog is fantastic! We wait for it every day! Great humor!
Bye for now.---hope it goes through this time!
Love,
Sis
Thank you guys so much for the posts. Word from home is SO welcomed!!
Jane - We're actually already talking about next summer's trip (we're so bad...) Thinking about a return to Mexico, maybe. Of course, I'm always lobbying for a trip to the southeast coast (Savannah, the Outer Banks, etc.) We'll see. Planning is half the fun! (By the way, my ankles are ALMOST back to normal :) )
Ben - Renting a car would have been a MAJOR bummer. We would have had to cut our trip short, I'm sure, as everything here is very expensive and a rental would have been, too. Finding this guy out here in the boondocks was such a stroke of luck! How is everything going with you? Is everything ok at home? How are your brothers?
JoAnn - So GLAD you were able to figure out the blog! The little envelope in the bottom corner of the comment window was confusing for a lot of people. That might have been what was holding you up, too. However, we got your post and loved hearing from you! We're really looking forward to Talkeetna; it's one of my mom's favorite places. We're headed there on Sunday.
More tomorrow!
Love you all,
L
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