The men piled into the truck, bikes loaded up, tools packed tight -- off to the beautiful state of Michigan they went! Early Tuesday morning Steve, Mike and Jerry left for Sault Ste. Marie.
Following behind them ... were the wives. Mary, Deb and Mom were in the van behind them. Okay, I don't know if they were ACTUALLY right behind them, but I like to think that they were.
For the ride to MI, the wives were deciding who should be the co-pilot. It was an unanimous vote that it WOULD NOT be Mary. When they all took a trip to Las Vegas to go to Meecum Auction, Mary, as the co-pilot, missed the exit by 15 miles. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you read that correctly 15 MILES!!!!!!! If you know Mary, you can guess what she was busy doing. She was too busy talking to Jerry of course!
On the way to Michigan they stopped at Doc's Harley Davidson dealership in Shawano, Wisconsin. They stopped to see Doc and Kersten who were both in the 2018 Motorcycle Cannonball. A father daughter duo! Also, they saw some alligators!
Tuesday, they mostly just drove all day. However, they did decide to do some gambling. They signed up for "players club cards" to get $5 free for the slot machines. They all go to the casino, enter their cards and use the 5 bucks, except of course for Mike. He thought it was "too complicated" so he just put a $20 in the machine. He was winning on the quarter machine, but thought winning quarters wasn't "thrilling" enough and needed to move to the dollar machine. I unfortunately don't know how this turned out for him. If you know Mike, I'm sure you can hear him complain about how it's not thrilling enough to be playing for quarters.
September 4th
As the men prepare for the start day, they are trying to get the bikes working at optimal conditions. Unfortunately, Jerry's bike quit working. He and Mike tinkered around a bit and it started to work. PHEWFTA. The only problem, they don't think they really did anything, so they don't think that they truly fixed it, so they're afraid it will happen again. The bike quit working MID drive the first time. They took it for a test ride and it stayed running, so lets keep our fingers crossed that it can get through the next week and 4 days!
I do have to throw Mike under the bus a little. Because lets be real- it really wouldn't be any fun if I didn't. I guess Mike and Starry (Steve) went for a test ride. Jerry was hooking up his speedometer. Mom and Deb were busy helping another rider get his route map set up (it truly is a community). When Mom went back to their area, Mom asked Mike where his sunglasses were, you guessed it folks! He couldn't remember where he put them!!! If you remember from the Motorcycle Cannonball from a year ago - this is a very common occurrence with Mike. Especially when his head is so preoccupied with getting ready and all the stuff that must be going through his head. Good news is, they did find the sunglasses. Mary says he's going to be naked by the time he gets to key west! haha.
Tomorrow is the "Official Start"!!!! September 5th. If it is anything like the Motorcycle Cannonball they drive a small amount into town, take the group picture and people come to look at the bikes, and then they drive back to where they are staying. It sounds kind of silly, but it was actually super fun. It's still worth points and it's fun to see all the bikes.
I look forward to updating you guys more tomorrow. Hopefully I will get a chance to talk with Mom or Mike slightly more. I will be headed out to Milwaukee to meet up with Mike, Steve and Jerry and cheer them on Saturday. There will hopefully be loads of information then, and more pictures. Let's be real-- I like to over do things.
<3 Thanks for following along on this journey!
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