That's All Folks

Sunday September 18. Got up and started out towards Canada. Took my time on a leisurely route before driving through Buffalo to Fort Erie. The border crossing was a breeze, no lineups, no tough questions. Good to be back in Canada. Rode to St. Catherines and then phoned Peter to see if Toni, Jess and him would like some company for the evening.

I arrived in Paris, about four. Swapped some stories, had a delicious dinner, played cards and had a very enjoyable time.

This morning I woke up about 7:30, read for a bit, before waking Peter up about 9. We talked over breakfast and then I left Paris about 10:30.

Easy uneventful drive to Toronto. Arrived by 12:15 and after talking to Danny, Atilla, and Tomo briefly, I headed down to Wilkit Creek Park to run the 10k Terry Fox Run with Carol. Good to see I was still able to do it!

That's it. That's all she wrote. So after 47 days, 47 differents motels and beds, 17 states, 20,000 thousand kilometers, (12,000 miles), innumerable twists, turns, switchbacks, mountain passes, dozens of parks, meeting lots of wonderful people, seeing thousands of amazing things (and bringing back pictures of most of them!), some amazing hikes, and most importantly: about a total of one hour of rain in all that time - I'm home.

Could I have gone longer? Yes! I enjoyed it immensely and would gladly do it again. I enjoyed my own company, didn't get lonely or homesick and there is still lots of things to see out west!

I want to thank my partner in this ride, without whom I could not have done it: the Yamaha 1100 Silverado was a dream to ride, presented no problems in any way, did everything I asked of it, was very comfortable ( I only had to fluff up my cheeks a couple of times!) and only had to be reshoed once! It never complained it was tired, or hot or cold, or didn't want to go where I wanted to. I bought this bike especially for this trip and it did not disappoint in any way. Who could ask for a better partner.

I want to thank all of you who followed along, especially those who took the time to write a little response or say hi. It's really appreciated after a long day's ride and you are alone in a motel room. It was good to hear from people and I appreciated the comments. So, thanks for that.

Now I have about 10 days to organize a bunch of things before the next adventure!