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We are doing pretty good keeping this group together through towns. Rest stops have been made at service stations or fast food joints when possible but there have been times when we have just had to pull off the side of the road. Those are the times when Glenn is out walking in the desert looking for snakes and Bernie is doing jumping jacks to get the feeling back in his arms and legs. We have had a couple of minor mishaps, the one time my bike didn’t want to start and then today when Roger’s bike refused to start. He noticed it was not starting right earlier in the day and then we made our last rest stop around 4 PM and she wouldn’t start. Talk about good things happening; we had stopped at a service station located between two auto parts stores. He went to the NAPA store and they just happened to have a battery for his bike. The guys removed the old battery and installed the new one and an hour later we were back on our way. I lost my cell phone – this may not be a mishap but rather a blessing. Ginny put her camcorder in her coat pocket and it went bouncing down the road. Bernie stopped to pick it up even though he was sure it was broken but don’t you know it still works perfectly! When traveling this way you need to know the regular gas is 85 NOT 87; I think that is what happened the day my bike was acting up. I had filled up and just grabbed the regular gas. Once I ran that tank out and paid attention to get the 87 she has been running fine; plus we are now at an altitude of 300 feet instead of 7000 +.