Wow...rush hour in Sacramento....

We're now on our way to Sacramento to pick up Anna's bike. Rush hour is weird here....bumper to bumper cars...but it MOVES. 30 to 40 mph, but at least it moves. Its kind of cool!

Turns out, the Sacramento Harley shop thinks that the crankcase was overfilled at her last oil change. Her plugs, air cleaner, and jets were clogged with an oil/gas mixture. Her air cleaner was really clogged and her plugs were pretty fouled. They cleaned out the system and change out the fouled parts with new ones. Yay!

Saw motorcycles lane-splitting......my first time seeing that. I actually took a pic of one guys splitting lanes as we were going 20 mph in rush hour.

Helping out around the house...

After a nice breakfast this morning, I got the tools together to do the daily pool cleaning routine. Scrubbed the sides of the pool (no wonder why Diana's arms are so toned...pulling that huge scrubber through the water is HARD), and almost fell in during the process. Then, got the huge net to pick up debris (pigeon feathers, bugs, and grass). Plugged in the automatic pool vacuum to suck up floor junk, and I was done.

Dishes,...then laundry later.....

My bike is done with its oil change and tuneup....so I'll pick it up later.....

The harley place finally called Anna about her broken-bike....they suspect that a modulator is malfunctioning. On top of that, they found GAS and oil in her air filter. A bit of oil I can understand....but gas?? They're going to take it out on the freeway to try and duplicate the loss of power.....if it dies they should have a better idea of what's going on.

More blogging to come later.....

forgot to include this pic in the Crater Lake blog post...

Anna Marie and Lyn at Crater Lake

Playing in the pool...

Pics of Lyn, Anna, and my nieces Leina and Keilani, playing in the pool this afternoon. I've got a weird tan line now... ha ha!!

Moto trip: Day 5

Took my bike to Elk Grove Cycle Center to get my oil changed and get a fluids check and a once -over for the return tour to Seattle. Should be picking up the bike later this afternoon. I hope the Harley shop can figure out what's wrong with Anna's bike before friday.

Aaaah. Sitting here with my feet in Diana's pool....hoping I don't drop this phone in it! Ha ha! Now to decide what to do for lunch.....

The pics above are of my niece Keilani and my sister adjusting the pool cleaner....

*Comment* Geez, maybe I should rotate pics before I post them

Oops. Sorry about that pic of my windshield, folks. I'm blogging from my phone, so there's bound to be a lot of mistakes and spelling errors.....

Moto trip: Day 4

What day is today? Feels kind of funny not being sure of the day. I usually spend a lot of time on my bike during the weekends, so I think I might be on "permanent weekend".

Anna got her bike towed to the local Harley dealership. Hopefully they'll find out what's going on with her bike before we have to leave on Friday.

Lyn and I washed the insect carcasses from our bikes today. Yuk! On our way to my sister's last night, I could HEAR the bugs slapping into my windshield....in 2 minutes I watched my windshield go from clear to covered. Eeew. My saddlebags, my jacket, chaps, boots, were covered in bug parts and bug innards. Funny my helmet didn't get much at all.

Taking my bike to the shop in the morning for an oil change....gotta get to bed now!

My sister Diana took us to a wonderful restaurant, "Savory Chicken", which has the best Filipino style fried chicken and gravy I've ever had! I wish there was one in Seattle!

Pics- day 2

Pics: Stretching at a rest stop, a brilliant red sun (caused by the haze of smoke caused by Napa Valley's wildfire situation), Anna's bike dead at the side of the freeway, my poor tool bag riddled with hundreds of insect parts (yuk).