The good: I finally got out of Thunder Bay
The Bad: It was freakin cold all day
The Ugly: My bike broke down AGAIN... this time in McMunn [1 hr East of Winnipeg]
My day started off quite pleasant... Stopped back into Kakabek Falls to see my friend Tom at the Shell station and thank him again for putting me in contact with Ted - the Harley store owner.
Tom and his wife... I had a better picture but lost it when I exchanged my phone the following day.
I stopped into a small diner and met the most unique-looking man:
His face was like a Caricature someone might draw... His head and face were as long as a horse's and his nose was long, bumpy, wide and big enought to house a backyard full of cats... I had to get his picture... BTW... he too, was very nice... Wonder if he took my picture?
After thatI stopped at a Trading Post for gas and a coffee to warm up a little when I came upon a bear.... an BIG Bear!
I thought Hairy Davidson was big... This bear was over 10 feet tall!
Later in the day it started to warm up a little and the bike was runing fine... until I pulled into the McMunn Motor Hotel and Gas bar... [McMunn: Population: 10]
You can see my bike in the distance and these 2 red vehicles are Grant's... He's owned the McMunn hotel for over 35 years... I walked into his establishment to find him hard at work at his desk:
Grant is a nice down-to-earth guy who enjoys runing his business and vacationing in Coco Beach Florida... He's a man of few words... When I asked if the place fills up on Fridays he said, "Yup". When I learned McMunn's population was only ten and asked him where all the people come from he looked at me and said, "The Highway"... Still not sure if he was being funny or was just a little tired of my Columbo questioning...
Said my goobyes to Grant and went out to start my bike... It didn't start!... Again!
I phoned the CAA again and an hour later Scott showed up with his flatbed.
Turns out Scott is a Harley man... He and his daughter both ride sporsters and bike together to places like Sturgis SD.... Scott took me to the Winnipeg Harley shop where I met Craig and Ryan [no pics yet] who had a quick look at my bike and concluded I needed a high-performance starter to go with all the other high-performance Screamin Eagle upgrades I've put on the bike.
Ryan was quite confident he could have me fixed up and on my way the following day by noon....As I write this... It's the following day....3:20 pm..... Stay tuned for more devastating news!
MB11
The Bad: It was freakin cold all day
The Ugly: My bike broke down AGAIN... this time in McMunn [1 hr East of Winnipeg]
My day started off quite pleasant... Stopped back into Kakabek Falls to see my friend Tom at the Shell station and thank him again for putting me in contact with Ted - the Harley store owner.
I stopped into a small diner and met the most unique-looking man:
After thatI stopped at a Trading Post for gas and a coffee to warm up a little when I came upon a bear.... an BIG Bear!
Later in the day it started to warm up a little and the bike was runing fine... until I pulled into the McMunn Motor Hotel and Gas bar... [McMunn: Population: 10]
Said my goobyes to Grant and went out to start my bike... It didn't start!... Again!
I phoned the CAA again and an hour later Scott showed up with his flatbed.
Ryan was quite confident he could have me fixed up and on my way the following day by noon....As I write this... It's the following day....3:20 pm..... Stay tuned for more devastating news!
MB11
Poor Joe, hope this trek would not be known as "tow truck express".......hopefully this HD would fix the problem so that you can get to Victoria BC without more tow truck rides. Oh Happy Days!!!!!Love Wu
ReplyDeleteI sure wish I knew who this is...that posted this. I just stumbled across your blog by complete accident. I'm sorry to hear your bike brok down in McMunn. And I can't thank you enough though Grant is my dad unfortunately he passed away suddenly in July I've never seen this blog before today...and the picture you have of him brings me back to just yesterday. If there is any way I could get a copy of it that would be amazing...cause that is so him. You must have known him fairly well to know coco beach was one of his favorited spots. And the pic you have of him is exactly where I remember him sitting last aswell. And he looked exactly like that...I miss him so much and it truly would be amazing to get a copy of the picture you have of my dad Grant Nettleton Sincerely Vicki Nettleton
ReplyDeletejust incase you do get this message my email is nett_le_ton@shaw.ca thank you so much