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“Two Spaniards Cross This Land”
Ihave just read
Enrique & Angeles
de Vidania’s story of
their trip across
“This Land” and I
want to say, even as
a Canadian, how
delightful it is to
read of “our land”
through the eyes
of this dynamic
and adventuresome
couple. My wife & I have visited many
of the sites that Enrique & Angeles have, but
his descriptions and pictures put my memories
to shame.
I mean no criticism when I say that his
manner of speech and the written word conveyed
an old-world style and grace we seldom
experience. And then we see his pictures—Niagara
Falls, Bretton Woods,
depositing sand from his home on the beach
in California,Times Square, and his wife in a
billboard for her birthday there.
Enrique, you are, as we say in America,
The Man.
And Angeles, you are The Lady.We would
be delighted to meet you both one day.
Joe & Joan Paquette
GWRRA #84738
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Know When To Stop
My statement concerns not only when to
hang up your helmet for good, but
when to stop and rest! I know of a person
who I will not call a friend due to reasons I
will explain. This person is well into his 70s
and has a reputation of riding hundreds of
miles (at least 800) before stopping to rest,
so he can have bragging rights when he
returns to the local bike club! Yes, he rides a
Gold Wing1800. I don’t view him as a friend
because he was on a ride, which I did not go
on (Thank God!) and a rider/passenger went
down and had to go to the hospital.This [fellow]
would not go to the hospital to see
how the fallen couple were doing; he had to
keep to his schedule so he could brag about
how far he rode without stopping for the
night.
The really terrible thing is that others are
trying to follow in his footsteps. I have gone
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on a trip with someone who idolizes this
idiot and when I pointed down at my gas
tank (signaling that I need gas) he said okay.
He went two more exits on the highway and
would not get off. At this point my low gas
light was on. I pulled ahead of him and got off
at the next exit, forcing him to follow. I found
out later that he had printed out the trip on
his computer and it gave the location you
should be by a certain time and he was trying
to beat that by barreling on. I would have
been fit to be tied if I had run out of gas and
had to stand on the side of the interstate
until he or someone could bring gas to me.
We’re both retired, so what was the rush To
beat the computer and get to the local bike
club and brag! Beware, and know who you
ride with!
Walter Brunson
GWRRA #240233
Zebulon, Georgia
Rescue Plus A Must
You never think that you will need a tow
until trouble happens. In March a year
ago, my wife Jerlene & I enjoyed a seven-day
cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. We drove
our old ’93 Cadillac to Miami and left it
parked on the fifth floor in the parking
garage at the cruise ship terminal.
After seven days of fun, fun, fun and go, go,
go, we docked back at the Miami Cruise Ship
Port. It was about 8 a.m. on Saturday when
we were herded off the ship.
Our car was still there—a wonderful
sight to see. She is a little old, but she still
looks nice and is very comfortable to drive
and ride. I put the key into the ignition only
to quickly learn she wasn’t going to start this
time. We had never had trouble with her
starting before.
Here we were, deep in Miami, as far as
you can go without wading in the ocean. I
could not find the problem. My next thought
was to walk back to the ship’s dock and ask
about the nearest service station, but at the
Miami Ship Terminal there are not many
English-speaking people around to talk to or
places to receive help.
Flustered, I walked back to the car where
my wife was waiting. She already had her
GWRRA Rescue Plus card in her hand and
was ready for my phone. We called the
Rescue Plus number on the card.The lady at
the other end of the phone line was nice,
thoughtful and ready to help.While she kept
us on line, she found the nearest service station,
told them where we were and sent
them to tow us in. Rescue help would arrive
in 20 to 40 minutes.
After about an hour, the lady from
GWRRA Rescue Plus called us back to make
sure we had received service. It is so nice to
know, should something happen when you
are away from home and should you need a
tow, Rescue Plus is there for you.
Thank you for GWRRA’s Rescue Plus.
James Smithson
GWRRA #170280
Lewisburg,Tennessee
Travel Network Builds Friendships
The Motorcycle Travel Network is best
described as a “bed-and-breakfast” club.
Members of the MTN host motorcycle travelers
overnight and provide them breakfast.
When staying overnight, a nominal fee of $20
per night for two is paid to the host. For
more information, visit the MTN website at
www.motorcycle-travel.net.
We joined this summer and had our first
visitors last August 26. GWRRA Members
Bill & Sandy Hatfield from Commerce,
Georgia, stopped on a trip to Florida to visit
their family. Bill is Chapter Director for
Chapter GA-S. We took Bill & Sandy to
Schooners, a local beach bar, to view the Gulf
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