A group of us went for a ride on our old bikes today and pulled in at one of our favourite eating places about 100 miles from home.
We parked up next to a yellow Honda Goldwing trike with matching trailer and a Florida license plate. We admired the rig, but it's not our cup of tea.
The restaurant was crowded, but there was a middle-aged couple sitting at a double table with four empty chairs. They invited us to join them and take a seat. We were wearing club T-shirts so they knew we were bike riders - and probably saw us ride in anyway.
We began to chat with them and learned they owned the big yellow Honda parked outside. They live in Florida now but were from Indiana.
I asked how they enjoyed the ride up here and that's when my eyes bugged out
They had ridden across the US - Florida to California - up the coast to Oregon and Washington; across British Columbia and across the continent through parts of Canada and the US, finally arriving in Nova Scotia a couple of days ago
The couple are both retired and obviously have means to leave home for months on end and stay in motels and eat in restaurants every day.
I asked the fellow what his destination was for today and he said, "I don't know. It's wherever we are tonight." I loved that answer
That's what they've been doing for the past several months - going wherever the road leads.
It was fantastic meeting them and enjoying a meal with them.
Go folks, go
We parked up next to a yellow Honda Goldwing trike with matching trailer and a Florida license plate. We admired the rig, but it's not our cup of tea.
The restaurant was crowded, but there was a middle-aged couple sitting at a double table with four empty chairs. They invited us to join them and take a seat. We were wearing club T-shirts so they knew we were bike riders - and probably saw us ride in anyway.
We began to chat with them and learned they owned the big yellow Honda parked outside. They live in Florida now but were from Indiana.
I asked how they enjoyed the ride up here and that's when my eyes bugged out
They had ridden across the US - Florida to California - up the coast to Oregon and Washington; across British Columbia and across the continent through parts of Canada and the US, finally arriving in Nova Scotia a couple of days ago
The couple are both retired and obviously have means to leave home for months on end and stay in motels and eat in restaurants every day.
I asked the fellow what his destination was for today and he said, "I don't know. It's wherever we are tonight." I loved that answer
That's what they've been doing for the past several months - going wherever the road leads.
It was fantastic meeting them and enjoying a meal with them.
Go folks, go
