When we arrived we checked into our hotel and went to Gayla's house to visit. We all had a nice time, the last time we were there was for Gayla's funeral.
Saturday we got up and rode to the edge of town to visit with my nephew Jake. My brother Mike and the rest of his family were not home this weekend, so Doug hung out with Jake for a few hours while Bev and I rode back into town so Bev could visit with her sister.
After a nice lunch at Schaats Bakery, we rode back up the Mikes house and hung with Jake for a while, then Doug decided that he wanted to get a new tail light for his bike, it had burnt out a few weeks before. So off to Napa we rode. Jake followed us in his car. Once there Doug bought the light, and then checked his oil level... it was low, so we had to ride to Kragen to buy some motorcycle oil. It took a whole quart! This trip was becoming Doug's maintenance ride.... more to come :)
Saturday night we went to a local pizza parlor to watch the ND/USC football game. Gayla's husband John and their kids all showed up to join us too. That was fun. Doug also had more bonding time with his Cousin..
Sunday morning we got up for the ride home, and had plans to meet up with my brother Mike and the rest of his family 1/2 way. It was about 22 degrees in Bishop that morning, and Doug's Marauder would not start. It was still on the original battery from 2002, and it had finally died. Luckily, the Napa store was right across the street and they do carry motorcycle batteries. We went over and bought it and then installed it and the bike start right up. Off we rode to meet up with Mike.
We met them and 1/2 way home, and had a nice lunch with them. Following lunch they told us the holiday traffic was backed up so we decided to take a alternate route home, it added about 50 miles to our ride, but that doesn't matter. We ended up riding out the 178 towards Lake Isabella. An awesome ride and great weekend and Doug got the maintenance to his Marauder that it needed!
