Cherokee NC June 2018

Day 1, Saturday June 9

It was an answer to prayer that the bikes were ready for the trip!  Bessie needed new forks which of course were not standard, so extenders had to be ordered, so the repairs took a week.  Got her back Tuesday.  The Silver Fox suddenly (or we just noticed) began losing air from the air bags and after a day of riding the fenders would be rubbing the back tires.  Had to order the air bags from Motor Trike and they arrived on Thursday.  The shop started working on her as soon as they arrived and got it fixed by Thursday afternoon.  I was doing a lot of praying and believing God was going to take care of us.  Then Friday after packing the trailer we hooked it up to test the lights and I had no brake lights!  Back to the shop I go.  Robbie (the mechanic) said it was a switch he had apparently set wrong so 2 minutes tops and he had it right. 

With happy smiles on our faces we (Don, me and Todd) pulled out of the driveway at 5:30 AM Saturday morning and met Bernie and Faye at the corner of their road at 6 AM.  With stops at Hardees for breakfast and then Gordonsville for lunch we made it to Danville around 5:30 PM.  Economy Inn is nothing to brag about but it was clean; on the way and cheap.  All we needed for a one-night stop.   We had covered 355 miles and were exhausted so after a shower we went to bed.  The train tracks ran right across the street and I only heard the train once.