Saturday, August 21, 2010

2010 Trip DAY ONE 303 miles - Medford OR

Woohooo…the girls are off and riding!!! They have left California and crossed the border into the lovely state of Oregon. Thankfully, they did not cross the Arizona boarder…they would have made them go back home.

This year, the girls are planning their ride by going from roadside oddity to roadside oddity. And the girls started off the ride by visiting an oddity all of a mile from their house!!!! Yes, Woodland Ca actually has a travel destination or maybe just wacky people who did very strange things to their home. The made the outside of their home into a 1950’s dinner and gas station complete with a giant “Big Boy” in red and white and holding a hamburger that adorns their roof. Big Boy is hot...



Before the girls hit the hiway they stopped at Biff's favorite coffee shop – Dutch Brothers of course and got some yummy coffee to drink along the way.
Then vroom, vroom and they flew up I-5 for a couple hours before they stopped at oddity #2!! In Redding they saw the beautiful giant glass sundial. The structure is stunning and is in a beautiful park with a river. They stood in awe for awhile and just enjoyed the sceenery.Then they hit the road again.


It was a beautiful day for a ride. The sun was out and the air stayed warm. And how can the girls not wonder at the beauty of the land as they roared through the pines of Shasta national forest. They saw the beautiful green lake and the snow covered Mt Shasta. It was amazing views.
Their fellow drivers on the other hand were not quite as beautiful. Biff thinks it is a really bad idea when big huge semi trucks decide to share the lane with a motorcyclist. And those gull darn semis are so fricking load, so much more obnoxious than those darn Harley riders. Biff was particularly annoyed by the semi that wanted to get a little closer to her…in her lane…and the worst part of it was that the semi was so loud Biff cold not hear her audio book!!! she is trying to hear The Girl with The Dragon Tatoo. How dare a semi interupt her listening...

Once the girls got into Oregon they stopped for the day in Medford but before they checked into the hotel they made one more oddity stop. Yup, oddity #3 was one huge black crow! This was a true oddity….in the parking lot of a hardware store stood a twenty foot tall black crow!!!! Now who would have wanted to have such a thing and who would have taken the time to build it…….Yet it stands proud in Medford Or.


Oh yea, we can’t forget the lovely dinner they had at Black Bear Dinner. Sheri almost had to fight for Biffy as this charming waiter was mighty sweet on the Big bad Biker Babe…Biffy….Oooo lala…..a road romance…..was averted..

This year, the girls are being accompanied by a little four legged doggie named Roadie. She is all of eight pounds and has her own specially designed motorcycle seat right behind Sheri. And today, Roadie became a true motorcyclist!!! She may seem sweet and innocent but this bow wow is a rough and tough OUTLAW BIKER DOG!!! Biffy and Sheri stopped in a park for a rest stop and that Roadie hopped out of her seat and pranced around the park acting like she was king of the forest!!! And of course our tough biker dog absolutely ignored, those signs that said “No Dogs in Park.” And if breaking that rule was not enough…..she is a stole away in the girl’s hotel room!!! And as the ride went on, all of a sudden Sheri notice roadie had changed her appearance….the usually clean and pristine puppy was now covered in biker oil!!! Yea she looks tough now!!!That four legged one is a rebel.

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