Summer Dream 2006

A hearty country breakfast launched Harley day. First an oil change - Lil’ Joe pulled his weight today twistin' a wrench under the thunder machine. Oil flowed like wine at last night’s party. In no time at all the Big Blue Crayon was refitted with a new filter and fresh life blood.

Then over a second cup of coffee, Bill reminded me that I had asked him to make me a new adapter for the GPS, a request made days earlier. The GPS (every motorcycle needs one), mounted on the handle bar (old location) was shielded from the sun for over half the day. Eastbound we were blind in the morning, until the sun was high enough to light the display. Yes, there is a backlight but that eats batteries. So a new bracket was forged in fire, ground to a polish and painted chrome. Couldn’t look more like an HD add-on.if it came from Milwaukie. Bill can do anything.

A trail run over to Dale Klee (remember him from yesterday’s notes) found him mowing the lawn. Dale, Jeannie and I visited for an hour and shard a lot of great memories. As kids, he lived four houses down the street from me. We meet again in 46 years. A wonderful tour of his art studio left me wanting to stock up on another nostalgia print, Christmas cards and calendars. Beautiful work and now I've seen where it’s created in Minnesota.

The rest of the day was exploring the countryside, ending at the Mongolian grill near the Cities. Barb joined us from work in the middle a great Midwest thunderstorm. A classic rainbow tied off the landscape and the sweet fragrance of a fresh rain ended another perfect day.

Oh..... found Lil’ Joe at home, off the JackD tonight and taste testing the local wines. He says Minnesota has pretty decent vino.