The day begins with the sound of the Uhaul truck backing onto the front lawn, ramp being pulled out and bikes unloaded by Marco. He clears out the Uhaul truck with all of our gear with the exception of what belonged to Bruno and extra gear that we wanted to send back, for today was the day that we parted…
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I can tell you how we crossed the most narrow section of Texas and through Oklahoma, which was never part of our plan, but frankly, we don’t have many pictures and sitting in a truck’s cabin isn’t all that interesting. Our saving grace was watching Django Unchained on Gomes’ iPhone just before getting into Memphis. To make a long story…
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Marco walked down the street to a parts store to buy some items while Gomes and I finished getting ready this morning. The plan was to make it to Memphis. It was a chill day and we just sat in the U-Haul truck cabin laughing about the situation, and talking about the trip and other interesting topics of conversation that…
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Tensions were a bit high this morning, especially on my side because I was worried about my bike and stressing about time once again. We get ready and I go out to check on my bike’s fluids. I learn that the coolant is fine but the oil is practically non existent. There is some at the bottom but not enough…
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Departing from the city of angels was when I felt as if we were heading home. The Grand Canyon wasn’t far and we were definitely looking forward to it yet I couldn’t help but feel as though we were traveling towards the end of our journey. The later halves of our days would now consist of the long and losing…
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We left Gallop and headed for Albuquerque. There, Gomes wanted to check out the house from Breaking Bad. I had also asked Marco the night before to reach out on the forums again to see if anyone in New Mexico or East Texas could help solve his rear tire problem. As we rolled into Albuquerque to stop for gas…
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It’s Saturday evening, being that motorcycle shops are closed tomorrow, and Monday as well, it’s just about that time for us to face a new problem. A new squeak has made itself known coming from my rear wheel. Being that the bearings on the rear have to be just as old as the ones that blew on the front wheel…
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It was a late start for us as we were tired from the night before. We set out on our bikes towards Desert View which is still in the Grand Canyon National Park. We stop along the way to get some more pictures. When we get to Desert View we go for another round of photos and climb the watch…
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As I stood over darkness, I lifted my gaze up into the stars and saw more than I could’ve ever imagined. What started with trembling then became confident, broad breaths taken in with the Canyon air. As my eyes exposed themselves to what I was actually seeing, a creeping fear lingered, reminding me that below the ledge that I was…
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Following in the usual, yet some how unpredictable, pattern of emotional downs we arrive at the Grand Canyon to discover that every campground is fully booked. If there was one place we were looking forward to pitching a tent at the most, it was here but Labor Day weekend and our inability to predict break downs to properly book dates…
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