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Hi everyone. Just wanted to let y'all know what was going on with Wanda and me. We left home Sunday morning at about 11 A.M. trailering the bike on our trip out West. We got as far as Decatur Tx. by dark. Monday for my B-day we drove as far as Pueblo, Co. then stopped for the evening and went out to celebrate. We left there Tuesday morning and travelled west on US 50 to Canon City and had breakfast. While there we met two BMW riders who know Don Norwood and Tommy Arnold. His name is Wayne Hunt, don't remember the other guy's name. We had also met two BMW riders on Monday at a rest area on I-25 who were on their way to the rally. One of them also knows Don. After breakfast we drove up C0. 9 to Breckenridge and was wishing we were riding the bike instead. What a great road. We arrive at Wanda's cousin's in Fraser, Co. and spent the night. We let on the bike Wednesday morning for Jackson Wy. The temperature was 36 degrees at 6 A.M. About 2 hours from their house it started to feel like I was having trouble with the clutch actuating. I had lots of slack in the clutch lever and it kept getting worse as we rode. We stopped for breakfas in Riverside, Wy and I had so much play that I was afraid the clutch would not engage. I decided that our trip was over and we would hopefully be able to get back to Fraser and the trailer. Thre BMW riders arrived and after some diagnosing we found that the clutch lever adjustment screw had backed off a lot and after readjusting the problem was solved. What had me worried was that it seemed fine when we left in the morning but got progressively more slack as we went on. I thought mayb the slave cylinder may be leaking fluid. Problem solved and trip back on we proceeded to Jackson and arrived around 3 P.M. This morning we left around 6:30 A.M. and rode up Teton Pass into Idaho, then on Id. 33 & 28 up to Salmon for lunch where we met another BMW rider. Believe it or not this one did not know Don. We arrive at our motel between Lol and Missoula around 2 P.M. We head up to West Glacier in the morning where we'll spend two nights and hopefully finally get to do the entire Going To the Sun rd. We'll probably do it by bus so I'll get to enjoy the views better. Sunday we start out for Oregon with a couple of nights at Wanda's aunt in Portland before heading out for Salem on Wednesday. Hope the weather is nice for the rally. We've been lucky so far, no rain and most of the days temps begin in the 30s 0r 40s with the largest part of the day in the mid-60s to low 70s the later in the 80s. After the rally we may travel north into Canada for a few days then take our time travelling back towards the truck and home. Will update the trip when we can.
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. Glad I packed some extra drawers as well if you know what I mean!
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