Tommy's Garage KC: East Coast Trip 2012

   Ok, so, 8 years ago, give or take, my buddy, Argo, bought an '01 Heritage, stock. We tore it apart, bolted on some pretty, changed some gaskets and added an S&S E. Soon after, he went away for a while and his bike ended up in Viginia with his bud, Shawn.
   Fast forward to 2012. Argo is back and his bike is still in Virginia with only 500 miles tacked on in 8 years. His plan is to buy a one-way plane ticket and ride his motorcycle home. Sounds like fun to me! I decided to ride my motorcycle to Virginia and ride back with him.
   Argo was scheduled to land in Baltimore on Friday, 8-17-12. I left my place on Sunday, 8-12-12. The bike I rode belonged to a good friend of mine, PC. I payed for it, tagged and insured it the week before I left. The poor thing had sat in my Dad's garage for a couple of years with, maybe, a couple of tanks of running time, total. Sounds like the perfect bike to ride half way across the country! I didn't have time to make a proper sissy bar before leaving, so I fashioned one out of some all-thread and cable clamps from the farm store. Argo topped it off with some twine and duct tape.... classy!
   Sunday afternoon, rode to west St Louis to stay the night with my cousin, Al, and his family. His little boy was super stoked to have a motorcycle in the house! We talked for hours about motorcycles, panda hunting, jumping his bicycle, and whatever else came to his 5-year-old mind. It was great, really. Got to catch up with Al too. Before we crashed for the night, had him flip a coin to determine where I was riding from there. Heads = northeast, tails = southeast. It was heads! I kinda hoped it would be, though I would have honored fate.
   Tomorrow's mission: ride through Indy and get as close to Canton as possible......