Service Day

The cold woke me up around 0130 this morning. The temperature had dropped to 30°F, and my heated socks and tent space heater were barely keeping up. But I got back to sleep until 0500 when I unzipped the tent to find everything covered in ice 😲.

I packed up, but instead of strapping everything back on the bike, I just walked my stuff over to Powder Keg HD's service entrance. Well, I half slid, half scooted over there. The parking lot was a sheet of slick just begging for me fall. No, thank you.

Instead of moving the bike, I moved myself across the road to McDonalds and worked on my routes until 0900. Then I walked back over to the Keg (the ice had melted by now) to move the bike around to service.

I gave the picture of all the codes that the bike threw yesterday and made myself comfortable in the new waiting area. I continued to work on a new route from here to San Antonio, then I heard a familiar voice. One of the HOG chapter members was here! Frank and I chatted for a bit, then he told me the chapter meeting was tonight at the Keg! Yay!

After lunch across the street (not McDonald's), the service manager showed me my front rotor. It's really pitted and gouged, so he's going to overnight one. Since I have to spend another night, I'm getting a hotel room. I don't want to sleep in that cold again.

At 1800, I wandered back over to the Keg to check on the bike (no further updates) and say hey to my friends coming for the chapter meeting. It was really great to see so many faces again. I didn't stay for the meeting though--I keep telling them I'm leaving but I don't actually go away 🤣. I had a hot shower and called it an early night. Awesome day even without the miles.

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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2026 starting odometer: 46667
Starting odometer: 49675
Ending odometer: 49675
Daily mileage: 0
2026 miles total: 3008Okumaya devam et