We are now up to day 7 of what was supposed to be a six day trip. We get up and are on our way to Theil's Wheels for the third time. This time our friendly parts counter guy is not there and instead we get a surly guy who doesn't know our history. We take our part in and explain that it needs to be exchanged and he wants to know what we did to make sure this is what needs to happen. He takes the stance that it has to be something that we did to his part that we paid for... Not a good way to start the day! He quizzes Chowder for about five minutes before he decides that he has no other choice but to replace it. Not good when you hit trouble and the salesman has a chip the size of Montana on his shoulder! Speaking of issues, we were worried that we couldn't get another part for the bike so just in case, we called two different car rental companies in the Marion area and no one in the area will rent one way! If you break down in that area, you might as well contact a realtor because you will not be leaving as there is no way to get out!
With our part in hand, we got the motorcycle running, took Barb her car at work, and headed South! We did not stop except for short little breaks until we made it well into Kentucky! When we had gone as far as we could go, we bedded down for the night. Tomorrow, we hope to make it home:)
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