April 4

After driving down to the coast, we headed north. Night was approaching and we weren't in any mood to pay for a hotel. We thought we would try the BMW anonymous book and hopefully find a tent space in someone's yard. That attempt was unsuccessful. The person that Pat called from the anonymous book kind of freaked us out. He was making too many references to guns and was unwilling to give us his address so that we could input it into the GPS. He argued with Pat over that idea. He thought he needed a GPS so that he could give us coordinates. He just wasn't willing and didn't understand. Yikes! By this time it was dark, we were tired and I almost got into a accident. Some over eager teenager, trying to impress his friends was driving like an idiot and pulled out in front of me. I almost hit him! Thank God for ABS, although my tire (not sure if it was the front or back) chirped for a split second. After a near collision, we stopped at a KOA campground. We soon found out that it was going to cost us as much to stay here as a hotel. We kept on going and by the end of the night settled for a remote corner of a truck stop. We used the rain cover from the tent and bungeed it down to the bike. Pat and I ate a meal of dinty moore beef stew (very greasy and nasty, but suitable on an adventure trip) and after that, I was ready for nothing else but sleep. I put my earplugs in and I was out. Surprisingly that night was one of the best nights sleep i'd gotten in awhile.