Well, day one is over and it's been a long one. I woke up to the sound of Tony grinding coffee in the kitchen and had no idea where I was for a moment. Strange blanket, strange couch, strange house: I slowly remember that I'm in Connecticut and that, last night, my dad and his girlfriend, Meredith, showed up at my house at dusk, hurriedly strapped my motorcycle into the trailer attached to the back of my pickup truck, and whisked me away to our rendezvous point at Tony's house in Connecticut, where Matty was already waiting.
This morning we woke up early, just as Jap rolled into the driveway, trying to get a head start on the day, but after we finally worked out the jigsaw puzzle of trying to load everyone's stuff and the coolers into the bed of the truck, a rainstorm swept in and forced us to wait it out for a little over an hour. We drove from about 9:15 a.m. to around 8:45--almost a full 12 hours of riding. The guys were all on their bikes, while Meredith and I rode in the truck, towing just my bike and looking like the biggest couple of lesbos you've ever seen. My MoHo's would be so proud! We traded back and forth with the driving about every other rest stop and did word puzzles together to pass the time. Thankfully we brought a metric s***-ton of CD's so we have plenty of great music for the long drive.
Other than the MONSTROUS tires we saw on the back of an oversize semi and the priceless moment when Meredith saw a couple other bikers pull up behind us and called them "stranglers" (she meant "stragglers"), it eas a pretty uneventful day. We ended up just short of our goal of Cleveland: at a Comfort Inn in Youngstown, OH. All in all, a great first day. Here are a couple pictures of the crew, for your enjoyment:
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