Day 55 – Friday: August
09, 2013, miles ridden today: 301.0
The
day began this morning at 0500, Walter had to catch a shuttle to the airport,
and me had to catch a few more winks. Actually I was waiting around for
Tourtech-USA, distributor of Gear, Parts & Accessories for Adventure Motorcycle
Touring Motorcycles like my own R1200GSA.
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| Tourtech Showroom This bike & Gear has been around the world - same Blue & Black Suit I'm Wearing |
I
rode to the Seattle address, located Tourtech and rode around looking for a
Starbuck’s. This is a rough, heavy industrial side of town and I located a
Tully’s Coffee shop in front of its corporate headquarters. I think they share
the facilities with Kim’s favorite Beer Rainer Breweries. Latte’ was excellent,
Oatmeal so-so…
After
doing my business at Tourtech I headed for Olympia, WA to visit Gerbings, a manufacturer
of Heated Apparel; I have a jacket and gloves made by them. During the trip my
temperature control just caught on everything, so I purchased the components to
hard wire it into the motorcycle. Another project for later…
Along the way I rode up to Gig Harbor (always thought name was unique) that took me across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. I experienced a drastic weather change of 12°F and fog from one side to the other.
Along the way I rode up to Gig Harbor (always thought name was unique) that took me across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. I experienced a drastic weather change of 12°F and fog from one side to the other.
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| Tacoma Narrows |
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| Entering Gig Harbor, WA |
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| Got to include my Bike |
Upon
leaving Olympia I said to myself, “now where”. Evergreen Aerospace Museum was
my new destination. I got there too late to go inside, so decided to find a
nearby campsite or lodge and tour the museum Saturday. Well there was none to
be had so I headed for the coast via Route 18. The RV’ers have it all wrapped
up, no Tenting, I tried a half dozen places and gave up using the Garmin. I
just kept my eyes peeled for a suitable place to pull off and camp. About 12
miles from the coast I found one in Otis, OR. It was kind of “skuzzy”, but had
clean bathroom and shower, and it was $10.
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| Spruce Goose is Inside |
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| A 747 Water slide |
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| Air National Guard Unit |
Closest
place to eat was up the highway a bit at a place called the Roadhouse, a local
hangout with jukebox blasting, and the valleys finest holding court at the bar.
Again the appearance left something to be desired, but the food was good.
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| Campsite in Otis, OR |
One of the major industries here in the WA / OR area is logging. Piles of logs, tucks, sawmills are everywhere.
Back
to camp and called it a day rather early, 8 PM.
Lata’
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