We are home-but don't go away yet...I will have a few closing words of widom and advise later tonight or tomorrow. You don't want to miss it!

Unpacking

Scott taking Bailey's crate off back of bike....huuuuum!

Columbia River/Vantage...beautiful day! Scott is following me-I have cruise set @ 74-he must feel like he is crawling!

Left Spokane @ 7am...scott is wiping his tears....is it cuz he had to leave Lola? Vacation over...back to work? Or that I am not on the bike?

Grandma wore them both out !

Lo checking out her new mexican dress & indian mocosains papa bought her!

Lola being a tough biker babe with gram's doo rag!

Now that's what I am talking about!

2:15 fast thru kellogg....next stop Lola!

Remind me the next time I do lookout pass (montana & idaho) to wear motocross pads so I don't skin my knees as we are winding the pass at 95mph !!!!

Soooo-every now & then I would pick up scratch tix at the gas stations....took about $25 from the state of texas & thasnkfully we have another montana. Stop as I have $10 to pick up from montana

12pac time- leaving missoula montana.....scott needs to pull the reins back on this pony....last couple hours he has been averaging. 100

Fan of the day!

Holy moly (what scott would say). It is COLD! The up side is my butt bone is on ice!

Zoooooming to lola's house!

Leaving idaho Falls at 6:20mt ...can you tell we are ready to see Lola! Wearing coats & gloves + its 46 here & the part of Montana we are going thru hit a nation record low of 28 yesterday

Don't think that just cuz we are getting to Lola's house tomorrow my blog is done....

....stay tuned as I will have some final thought and suggestions for any of you that might be crazy enough to do what I did (especially at the ripe age of "50" and in my buff bod)~see anything is possible.

Love and kisses-Good Night

THE PACK

Actually I have had all of the same luxuries of riding in the front seat of my car on this trip.

Scott wore a backpack (as you can see in a lot of pictures) during the trip and in that pack was

*phone
*camera
*gps
*sunscreen
*chapstick
*paper & pen
*maps
*gum
*extra ear plugs
*drugs (legal ibruprofen and my secret stash)
*crackers
*candy
*bottled water
*gloves
*facemask

....hence all of the pictures that got taken, and even paid our household bills while riding.

Well, you may even be saying that catching some zzzz's is something that I would do in the front seat of my car.........and I did lower my head and tuck my fingers into the backrest not to fall off and had a little quiet time too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

************************IMPORTANT NOTICE******************************

Any people willing to join a committee to officially declare riding on the back of a motorcycle to San Antonio at an average of 9-12 hours of seat time a day with only short breaks...a SPORT/ATHLETIC EVENT-please let me know. I will be forming the committee soon.

I have been called many things in my life, but I would love to be able to have the title of "ATHLETE" added to that list!

We are at a nice hotel here in Idaho Falls...

...took showers and walked across the street to a mall and stretch our legs, had dinner at Red Robin, got some magazines and lattes at Barnes and Noble and to our room for jammies and light reading.

My new dance I created....

you start in the center then its...
right cheek
left cheek
tail bone
lean forward
lean back

all the same time its...
hands tucked behind your back
hands dangling at your side
hands on your thighs

and you do it all over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over until your approximately 100 miles is up and then you stretch your leg muscles getting off the bike and walk to the potty room and back....swing your leg back over the seat and you start all over again at the top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(this dance is in the process of being copyrighted-do not reproduce without the written consent of ME)

We made it to Idaho Falls, Idaho...

....It is official-we are tired! Today not only my butt hurt, but my head pounded (between heat and poor sleep). Tomorrow will be easy to get up out of bed, cuz that 513 miles will be easier knowing we get to see Lola & Bailey!

Utah

Price

Made it thru salt lake...getting closae to idaho

Price, Utah

Leaving moab 8:45mt 500 miles til idaho falls & one day closer to (ola!

SHOWER TIME!

... I am pretty much brain dead! Scott is in the shower, so I better get up there so he doesn't beat me to bed! Looking forward to getting home and seeing all of you. Love and Kisses

Moab, Utah

We are staying in Moab tonight. It is very pretty here-the views are incredible. Moab is a huge tourist area with white water rafting, hiking, bike riding, etc. The main street was really hopping with the tourists. Looks like a fun place to come back and visit when we have more time. You kids would love it here.

We ate at the Moab Brewery-Scott had a burger and I had a spinach salad with salmon, very good! Made a stop at the t-shirts and picked some up for treats.

HOT!

Today was a LONG day...we were on the bike for 600 miles-our longest day yet and it was a scorcher! We started out in Roswell, NM crossed into Colorado for a couple hours and then into Utah. The sun was so hot that we finally had to put on long sleeved shirts and facemask to stop from burning.