14 August 2009 Seattle, Washington

I started working on my blog when I got up and continued to work on it until 2:00 p.m. Then Carol and I drove to the post office and I mailed to Mary all the pictures I want to post to my blog. Now it’s time to ship home my spare tires and my extra stuff I don’t want on my motorcycle. Oh that was an expensive adventure. I said it before and I will say it again: the two worst things I hate about motorcycle riding are carrying additional gasoline and spare tires. Both take a toll on the motorcycle. Between the gasoline and the tires they wrecked the paint on my top box. Now I’m shipping them back to Minnesota. That’s not free…………..I grumbled all the way back to my sister and brother-in-law's home. I can’t throw them away; they’re brand new tires. When we got back home I continued to work on my blog until 4:30 a.m.