There and back...The best vacation of my life

[MrGeo]

:yahoo: :yahoo: Congratulations Father and Mother, The God of all creation Bless you. GEO. :grin: :grin:

 

[dan filipi]

Under 3 lb's wow, she is small but she looks well aware of what's going on!

Baby's are cool, have 3 of my own. Congrats bro.

 

[joedrum]

baby ...wow ...that neat i guess no one thought of this ending ....great mackie ....neat deal the wing took you to the event of life :mrgreen:

 

[zcarron]

Absolutely a great story!Congradulations on a beautiful baby.May God bless you and your family.



Ron

 

[MarkB]

I'm coming late to this story, but having done some touring by bicycle, I certainly have an appreciation for the trials and tribulations such travel can bring about. In the end, it's all well worth it as your story is testament to.

I chuckled a little bit as my son and I rode some of the same roads you did. We rode through Hells Canyon and I'm certain we shared other roads through there. In fact, we overnighted in Oxbow and watched them fight a fire in the mountains by scooping up water from the Snake River and using it to douse the fire.

Thanks again for sharing your trip, I absolutely loved it! Also congrats with your daughter, they are precious!

Mark

 

[mwbill37841]

yep thanks for sharing,glad everthing ended so well .thanks god bless. you and yours,bill

 

[mcgovern61]

This is such a great story, I think it is worth a bump! :clapping:

 

[OldWrench]

Great story, thanks so much for sharing it with us. One of my daughters was premature and she is now grown with a family of her own and doing well.

 

[1burthabutt]

Would love to know more about the wee one now. How is she doing?

 

[brianinpa]

This is such a great story, I think it is worth a bump! :clapping:

Thanks for the bump because I never would have seen it.

Great story Bigmackie!!!

 

[BIGmackie]

I'll update everyone soon.

 

[mcgovern61]

Bump for some good winter reading for Members that have not had a chance to see this! :yes:

 

[Joep]

Congrats on the new addition to the family... gonna get a side car? .. can't family trip on the wing without one...

 

[bronko37]

Great story. Im gonna go on a ride about myself. Gonna take my recently acquired 75 wing wherever the wind blows me. Very inspiring and well written.

 

[Head]

I just read from start to finish! Very nice, Makes me want to pack up the bike and get of of DODGE for a while!

 

[tom foreman]

awsum post..nice bike...kool story.. :music: :beer: :moped: ..I,went to little Sturgis.last year...have a good one...

 

[BIGmackie]

Wow, the response to this post is quite impressive. When I posted this ride report I figured only a few people would read it right after I posted it and it would be forever lost after that.

I figure I am long overdue for an update since it has been 3 years since I took this journey and I still think about it fondly and often.

I sadly had to sell my prescious wing last year due to circumstances beyond my control, but it is still alive and well riding around Whidbey Island. I saw it about two weeks ago when the weather was nice, it still has the Cadillac emblem on it. I have not taken another long cycle trip since this one and I have REALLY been itching too lately. I figure these things NEED to be done at least once a year, and I am long overdue.

Since I no longer have my Wing as my steed to journey America, I am at a bit of a disadvantage; but I was given (repeat GIVEN) a '98 Suzuki Intruder 1400 that was in minor disrepair and that will likley be the scooter that takes me on my next great adventure sometime next year. I will not be without a goldwing with me however, as my Dad (after being inspired by my venture into madness with my Goldwing) got an '86 GL1200 LTD in nearly perfect condition that he has been riding around town for over a year now getting ready for a similar trip and I am looking to go with him. Safety in number and all that... plus a road trip without a wing would just seem wrong.

As for my last update, my Daughter is doing fantastic after her stay at the NICU and is developing normally. She's infatuated by motorcycles (she calls them "Daddy's go-go's) and got to take her first ride on one last November at my Dad's house. It was not lost to me that the first bike she rode on was the same mini-bike I rode on as an infant.

Thank you all for your kind words and the continued reminder of my awesome road trip. I still lurk this site fairly often reading all the useful tid-bits on info that come out of this awesome forum.

 

[dan filipi]

Sounds like another awesome ride report in store for us :rocks:

 

[mcgovern61]

98' Suzuki Intruder! NICE! (We expect a full ride report when you do go!) :yes: :yahoo:

 

[brianinpa]

I look forward to the ride report!