Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Day miles: 154
Trip miles: 3,473
On our trip through Los Angeles to our hotel last evening we poked along in a bad traffic jam. Our goal for this morning was to get out of L.A. as quickly as possible. We had Jill select the "fastest route" for our exit.
However we had a slight delay - our first motorcycle "incident" on the trip. We filled up with gas at a gas station, then went to the air pump to adust our tire pressure. The pump was broken so we had to go to another gas station down the street. We parked our bikes close together at the air pump and finished adjusting our tire pressure. I walked over to the gas pump area to get 
some water to wash my hands. When I looked back at the motorcycles I saw my motorcycle move and then fall over. Someone was backing around in the gas station lot and backed into my trailer and knocked over my motorcycle. I quickly ran over to the motorcycle and car that backed into my trailer. At first I thought my bike fell into Dale's bike - it was inches away! Fortunately there was negligible damage - a small knick in the valve cover where the foot peg rotated when the bike fell down.
I'm glad there was no real damage. Getting insurance payment could have been a mess. The person who backed into the trailer was driving a rented car, had a driver's license from Mexico, but lived and worked in Costa Rica. We exchanged information. The driver was very apologetic cooperated very well.
some water to wash my hands. When I looked back at the motorcycles I saw my motorcycle move and then fall over. Someone was backing around in the gas station lot and backed into my trailer and knocked over my motorcycle. I quickly ran over to the motorcycle and car that backed into my trailer. At first I thought my bike fell into Dale's bike - it was inches away! Fortunately there was negligible damage - a small knick in the valve cover where the foot peg rotated when the bike fell down.I'm glad there was no real damage. Getting insurance payment could have been a mess. The person who backed into the trailer was driving a rented car, had a driver's license from Mexico, but lived and worked in Costa Rica. We exchanged information. The driver was very apologetic cooperated very well.
We finally got on our way and had very little traffic out of L.A. We followed the National Trails/Route 66 highway for quite a while.Outside San Bernadino we stopped at the Wigwam Hotel - a real Route 66 attraction in its day. The hotel is still in operation. The wigwam's are made of concrete.
Route 66 is painted on the road in quite a few places. At one point I started a quick stop to take a picture. Johann was behind me left his mark on the road as he avoided me (see the picture).
No comments:
Post a Comment