This morning Bruce, Dave, Evan, Maurie & I shared a cab to Mainfreight USA to pick up our bikes. The staff there were great to deal with and the whole process of uncrating went smoothly. I put the fuse back in the bike and it started without a hitch.
The ride back to the motel went a bit pear shaped. First, Bruce couldn't start his Triumph, so Dave left him with a map while he sorted out his problem & he agreed to make his own way back. The rest of us set off and with some detours (& deciding not to follow Dave down the wrong exit), Evan, Maurie & I made it back first to the motel. We had just parked and unpacked our gear when Dave turned up. Bruce arrived about an hour later after getting his bike running and getting lost! Thank goodness for GPS I say!
One hitch today was that the motel refused to store our suitcases for us (even though this had not been a problem when the last Kiwi group stayed there 2 years ago). Dave managed to talk his way around them (he had smaller bags - and the person he had dealt with over the phone when he booked the room had agreed to do it). Tracee & I had two large cases (as we had purchased some motorcycle gear in Boston) and the manager was not keen to accommodate us. I rang the guys at Mainfreight and Rhonda in the office there said it would not be a problem and they would put them in a lock up for us until we returned. It meant another taxi ride which was a pain - but got it sorted in the end.
We took the Metro train down to the waterfront tonight for a great meal (& a Guinness) in a great resturant.
We set off on our adventure by Harley tomorrow...
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