NY-Pennsylvania-West Virginia-Ohio

The list of the places traveled wrapped up in one single entry might sound impressive, but it really isn’t. It was actually quite uneventful, at least when it comes to spectacular stories or breakdowns. Really nothing much to write a lot that interests the crowds, but for us it was some good and interesting days of travel.

We hit the road from NYC a bit later than intended, amazingly enough it was not our self to blame this time (I will not mention any names for your sake Eddie). Our plan for the day was to reach Gettysburg, PA to see the battlefields. The ever helpful Johnny Fox had contacted Battlefield Harley Davidson that were expecting us, so we had to reach them before they closed for the day, which we did not. Meredith at the dealer had arranged a hotel room for us and left the confirmation at the door though, how sweet isn’t that?

The next day we dropped by them and met the very sweet Meredith, as well as the owner that gave us some gear we were short on. Amazing guys, and for sure the best designed HD outlet I’ve seen so far with a civil war theme.

John Boettcher showed up as well, he had taken a day off to ride with us again. I really should not mention John in this blog as it makes us look like motorcycle-sissies, but what can I do when he rides 250 miles in the morning when it rains cats and dogs, just to make a detour and ride with us when he’s got a day off.

The rest of the day it was pouring down, and it took less than two hours before I had swim-skin on my hands and it was fairly cold, but still we made it to Morgan Town, West Virginia. Soaking wet we got into a motel. We went to a restaurant and had dinner, which was on the house when they discovered that we were infamous world travelers, then went to the hotel and had a bit too much wine while talking bullshit until God knows when.

John Left us the next morning, and we rode to Cincinatti Ohio, to Dale’s place, a sidecar racer and Christina’s friend that put us up for the night, and everybody agreed it had been a nice trip.

Så mange stednavne i et enkelt blog-indlæg ser måske meget imponerende ud, men så hårdt var det nu ikke. Det var faktisk ret begivenhedsløst mht. historier eller mekaniske sammenbrud. Ikke noget at skrive om for nyhedshungrende læsere, men for os var det et par dages god og interessant rejse.

Vi kom afsted fra New York City lidt senere end planlagt (af hensyn til Eddie vil vi ikke nævne nogen navne). Dagens plan var at komme hen at se en af de mest berømte slagmarker fra Den Amerkanske Borgerkrig, ved Gettysburg i Pennsylvania. Den evigt hjælpsomme Johnny Fox havde kontaktet H-D forhandleren Battlefield Harley-Davidson ventede vores ankomst, så vi måtte nå derned før lukketid, hvilket mislykkedes. Meredith, en af de ansatte, havde skaffet os et hotelsværelse, og sat bekræftelsen i døren – sødt gjort. Næste dag besøgte vi så butikken og mødte den rigtig søde Meredith, samt ejeren, der gav os nogle ting vi stod og manglede. Imponerende folk, og bestemt den bedst designede H-D shop jeg endnu har set - med Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig som tema.

John Boettcher var også mødt op, efter at have taget dagen fri så han kunne køre med os. Jeg burde egentlig ikke nævne John i den her blog, for det får os til at ligne mc-tøsedrenge, men hvad kan man gøre når han kører 400 km om morgenen mens det står ned i stænger, og så bare kører en omvej for at følges med os nu han alligevel har fri? Resten af dagen pissede det også ned, så efter få timer havde jeg svømmehud mellemfingrene og var ret kold, men vi kom da frem til Morgantown i West Virginia.

Vi ankom drivvåde til et motel, fik os en middag på restaurant (som blev på husets regning da de opdagede vi var berygtede jordomrejsende), gik tilbage til motellet og fik en tand for megen vin mens vi snakkede om alt til guderne må vide hvor sent. John forlod os næste morgen og selv kørte vi til Cincinatti i Ohio, til en fyr ved navn Dale. Han er sidevognsracer og ven af Christina, og gav os husly og alle var enige om at det havde været en god tur.

Klaus doing field-adjustments of his mudguard. While we stood there a very nice Brasilian guy pulled over, asked if we needed help, and then donated 30 dollars and a bottle of wine. It restores some sort of faith in mankind when you're out there and experience things like this. Thanks a lot to the Brasilian, if you read this please contact me.

Klaus justerer skærmen undervejs. Mens vi stod dér, stoppede en meget venlig brasilianer, spurgte om vi havde brug for hjælp, og donerede 30 dollars og en flaske vin. Man får sin tillid til ens medmennesker igen når man er ude og opleve den slags. 1000 tak til brasilianeren – kontakt mig hvis du læser dette.

This boulevard was named after, uh, somebody.

Hans Screiber, Sales and Marketing Director of Wyndham Gettysburg donated a very nice hotel room for the night. The best we've stayed in so far on the trip. "I had some spare beds for the night, so I could just as well give one to you as our contribution to the trip" he said. Thanks a lot Hans! If you're going to Gettysburg, check it out, a really nice hotel with good staff and facilities.

Hans Screiber, der stod for salg og marketing for Wyndham Gettysburg, sponsorerede et fint hotelværelse for natten. faktisk det bedste vi har overnattet på på hele turen. "Jag havde et par ekstra til overs, så jeg kunne lige så godt give et til jer, som vores bidrag til turen," sagde han. 1000 tak, Hans! Tjek stedet hvis du kommer til Gettysburg en dag, det er et udmærket sted med gode ansatte og betjening.

Outside Battlefield HD, Gettysburg.

Meredith was so sweet and took good care of us, included talking to Hans to get us the hotel room. I tried to get her promoted when I spoke to the owner, I hope it works.

Den søde meredith som tog godt vare på os, inklusive det med at overtale Hans til at give os et hotelværelse. Jeg provede at få hende forfremmet da jeg talte med hendes chef. Håber det virker.

The infamous John Boettcher meets up again with the infamous Team KCCD. Here in the Gettysburg battle field where they ate corn and fighted until they were absolutely sick and tired of it during the civil war. Gettysburg is actually a place well worth a visit.

Den berygtede John Boettcher møder atter det berygtede Team KCCD, her i Gettysburg hvor de sloges og åd majskolber til de var trætte og syge af det. Gettysburg er nu et besøg værd.

John got to borrow a very nice pig at a rest area. Quite a hunk of a pig.

John fik lov at låne en gris på en rasteplads. Faktisk lidt af en stor gris.

Swim-skin appeared quite quickly that day. Certainly a better day to be a reptile or fish than motorcyclist.

Svømmehud kom hurtigt den dag, hvor det ville have været bedre at være en fisk eller et reptil, fremfor en motorcyklist.

Dale and wife in Cincinatti took us in for the night, sidecar racers and friends of Christina Divigard. Next season he was going to use his daughter as monkey (sidecar passenger). Nice family doing a nice family sport!

Dale og hans kone i Cincinatti gav os husly - de var sidevognsracere og venner af Christina Divigard. I næste sæson vil han bruge sin datter som 'aben' (sidevognspassager). Nydelig familie med en nydelig familie-sport!