Day 6

By this morning, the guys had decided that the motorcycle was having an issue other than the battery.  We needed another part.  Off to Upper Sandusky with Barb again that morning to Theil's Wheels.  To the guy at the parts counter with the shaved head....you rock!  He fixed us up with what was necessary and we were back on the road in no time. 

Our itenerary for the day was to go to Findlay, Oh to see where Chowder had lived as a child for a while.  We called Dwight along the way to get the address and was on our way.  Findlay is only about a 30 minute ride from Barb and Eddie's house and we got there and located the street we were looking for.  However, there wasn't a house with the house number that we were given.  Up and down the street we went without luck.  Chowder noticed a house that looked familiar and we stopped but he wasn't for certain given the info we had gotten.  After looking around, we were going to head south for the first time all week. 

We got onto I 75 headed south and stopped at a rest area not far out.  When we started to leave, the bike didn't want to crank.  Chowder got it started and we made the decision to go back to Barb and Eddie's.  The GPS took us what could only be considered the scenic route as it took three times as long to get back as when we left.  We finally got back and after checking everything and calling Theil's Wheels, it was the concensus that the part we got was not a good part.  Unfortunately, this decision came on the phone about ten minutes before they were to close for the day and they were almost thirty minutes away. 

This left us the evening to spend with Barb and Eddie.  We enjoyed dinner together and then went by President Harding's memorial.  This was an impressive site to see.  Even more impressive was that the marble for the memorial came from the Georgia Marble Company in Tate, Georgia which is just up the road from our home.  I did not know this for sure at the time but told the others that I would bet on it and I was right!  The stones in the momorial were massive and so well carved.  Beautiful!