Day 11

My alarm went off at 6:30 AM. I got up and started to get dressed in the dark. I didn't want to bother "the old man," Ken, who was still asleep. As I was dressing, Ken got up and started to get dressed. We finished getting dressed and packed. We went to breakfast in the lobby area. This motel is very nice! As we were eating, the others started coming in and having breakfast. Chuck brought his computer and I went and got the maps so that we could decide where we were going to go. Chuck checked the weather for the area of Yellowstone and found that it was NOT GOOD! We all talked about it and decided to head south instead. We talked about heading toward Salt Lake City, UT and explore that area for a couple of days and watch the weather in and around Yellowstone National Park. We loaded our Motors and left the motel at 9:01 AM.

Ken led us to a gas station and we arrived at 9:04 AM. It was less that a mile away. After getting gas, remember we had breakfast and drank coffee, we made a pit stop. We left at 9:18 AM.

It was my turn to lead again. I programed my Navigation System for Twin Falls, ID. and we left. We headed eastbound from Boise and enjoyed the scenery. As we were on I-84, the Snake River paralleled the highway. We rode through farm land and saw a lot of cows. Not only did we see a lot of cows, but we smelled a lot of "cow plop." When we rode Route 66 last year, we rode through areas where there were a lot of cows, however, it didn't smell like this! We rode for 67 miles and stopped at 10:13 AM in a small town named Glenn's Ferry, ID. We stopped at a gas station/convenience store for a pit stop. After the pit stop, some of the guys bought some drinks to "reload." Just before we left, Chuck gave me the address for the Harley Dealership in Twin Falls. I loaded the address on the Navigation System and away we went. We left at 10:42 AM.

We continued on I-84 and followed the Snake River. We saw distant mountains with snow caps. After 65 miles of riding, we arrived in Twin Falls, ID at 11:47 AM. We stopped at the Harley Davidson Dealership so that Bruce could get his 5,000 mile service. Bruce and Jan started arguing as to who was going to enter the store first and get first crack at the t-shirts. You know that it is so important for Harley riders not to buy the same shirt. God forbid that we go on a ride and two riders have on the same t-shirt! It turned out that Jan didn't buy a shirt and Chuck and Bruce bought different shirts. Bruce took his shirt to the service area and sign it in. We looked at the new motors and Bruce told us that we could go for lunch and that it would be his treat because we stood by to let him get his Motor serviced. We all agreed to the "free lunch."

We all got on our Motors, except for Bruce. Bruce's Motor was being serviced, so he had to "double up." Ken was nice enough to offer to give Bruce a ride, after all, Bruce had to go with us. He was buying and he didn't want to give up his credit card. As Bruce got on Ken's Motor, I couldn't resist and took a picture of it. We left at 12:41 PM. When we got to the restaurant down the street, Bruce approached me and had a wad of bills in his hand and asked me how much it was going to cost him for me not to post the picture. I told Bruce that I would not put on the blog that he is now Ken's "bitch." That would NOT be nice.

We arrived at the "Burger Stop" at 12:44 PM after riding 1 mile. We had a good lunch. After we finished, a gentleman approached us and asked us about our Motors and our journey. He was a nice man and was very interested in what we were doing. He left us and soon returned. He told us that he worked for Wrigley Gum and put 7 new packs of gum on the table for us. He told us that they were new and were not currently sold at stores. Ken got one pack and Jan got two packs. The cookie battle continued. We left at 1:59 PM.

Chuck had to go next door to the bank and visit the ATM. The Group left and I was the last to follow. The Group was about 4 car lengths ahead of me so I quickly drove through the traffic and caught up. I got my camera ready and rode next to Ken and Bruce. I took a few pictures of Ken and his sweetie. Ken's sweetie made an obscene gesture at me! We came up to a red light and I heard Bruce tell Ken that I was doing a video. Bruce was right. As I stopped at the red light, I had set up the camera for video and as soon as the light turned green, I started filming. They looked so cute. We arrived back at the Harley Dealership and waited in the service area waiting room. We arrived at the dealership at 2:03 PM. Bruce's Motor was finally finished and we were all at our Motors waiting for him. Bruce told us that they did a very good job in servicing and washing his Motor. Chuck and I talked about where we needed to go and where we were going to stop for the night. We decided that we would stop in Pocatello, ID. for the night. I set my Navigation System. We left at 3:18 PM.

I was still in the lead and headed eastbound. After riding for 36 miles, we stopped at 3:49 PM in Burley, ID. Chuck told me that he needed gas and he didn't want me to go too far. We gassed us, made a pit stop and left at 4:02 PM.

Bruce led with Chuck behind him. I was communicating with Chuck on the CB and telling him which exit to take and where to turn. We rode for 81 miles and arrived in Pocatello, ID at the Best Western at 5:10 PM. Jan entered the motel lobby and made "the deal." We got a great rate! We parked our Motors, took our bags into our rooms and tucked our Motors in for the night.

We checked into our rooms and we decided that this would be our laundry night. We were rushing to get our dirty clothes and get to the laundry room on property and be the first to get started. Would you believe it, Chuck beat us all to the only working washing machine. When Jan and I arrived, Chuck was already loading the machine. I put my laundry on top of the machine and Jan did the same. We went back to the lobby for some coffee and a few minutes later, Jan called Chuck on his cell phone and told him that his laundry was done. Back to the laundry room we went.

We stayed in the laundry room and B.S.ed while the laundry was being done. Chuck and I got our lap tops and did our blogs while we were waiting. I'm sure it was a funny sight to see six grown bikers in the motel laundry room doing laundry.

We had somewhat of a slight disappointment today in that we weren't able to go to Yellowstone National Park and NO refrigerator magnet! We did, however, stay at a very nice motel and today, checked into a nice motel. We traveled 252 miles and we are still in Idaho. We at least got Bruce's Motor serviced and dad many laughs. We are here in the laundry room and doing our blogs. This is one night that I won't be up until 2:00 AM typing up my blog and uploading pictures! We are not sure what tomorrow brings. We will see. Life is good...