March 19, 2011

On the road again. Dad and got on the road for 8 this morning. We said good-bye to grandpa and nana, and we were on our way. We road all the way to Los Mochis, where we got a place for the night.

March 18, 2011

After breakfast dad and I hopped on our bike and headed over to Christine's place. Dad and I arrived there and she was at the beach so we went and got a beer and some food. We came back and visited with Christine's company. Christine showed up about an hour later and we all had a nice visited. Around 3:30 we headed back to grandpa and nana's. From there we got our selves ready and went out to watch the Xuitla Dancers, Christine and her guests came and watched too. The dancers were really cool. They did a bunch of different dances from the different provences on Mexico. It was a great way to spend the evening.

March 17, 2011

This morning we all went out for beakfast at the "Pancake House" and had breakfast. We met Christine there, dads cousin, and we all went back to grandpa and nana's house.  We all had a nice visit then nana and I went out to the Puerto Vallarta "Botanical Grardens". We had a nice day together. When nana and I returned from our adventure we all went out to the malacon. We had another wonderful night with our family.

March 16, 2011

Today dad and I just relaxed and up-dated our blogs. We also replaced my hub bearrings on my bike. We enjoyed Grandpa and Nana's company during the day. Then when night came we had a nice game of hearts.

March 15, 2011

Today we are gonna see Grandpa Al and Nana Lynda. We left Zihuantanejo at 7 and rode all day till 5. We had a couple problems on the way. Like about an hour on the rode. Dad quickly was slowing down for a speed bumb, because they are everywhere in mexico. Anyways dad quickly slowed down for the bumb and scince dad is trying to conserve energy so his battery will last long he has no head lights, break lights, dash or signals. I saw him dam near stopped and I was only a couple meters behind him. I swirved so I wouldn't hit him dirrectly in the back. This quick thinking on my part help the stiuation in a large amount. I swirved but not soon enough, our side bags clipped. Mine ended up exploding all of the road and dads just broke off. I drove of the road, but kept the bike up the whole way, and came to a stop. Dad was just nudged over a little, but he kept the bike up too. We quickly pick up all of the stuff pack it into my side bag where we discovered a large crack in the plastic. Not a problem the bag still closes. Dads bag on the other hand, the latch was the only thing that broke. So we just strapped it on and were on our way. Nothing much was said then. Later we are going and it feels like my back tire is flat. Oh great. We stopped and checked it out and the tire pressure is perfect, but my hub bearings arn't. Perfect... We decided they will be good enough to get us to Puerto Vallarta. We kept on trucking. We had to stop again because I lost my top bag. Luckyly it was just dangling behind my bike by the strap that was holding it down. Man this has been one hell of a day. Anyways we finally made it to Al and Lynda's place. We went out for dinner and visited for the rest of the night

March 14, 2011

It is time to test dad's theory. We rode all day and the battery slowly diminished. But we made it to our destination for the day, Zihuantanejo. We found a hotel and parked the bikes. Funny thing was that dads battery didn't even have enough power to start up so he could drive the bike from the reception to the room. He planned that right.

March 13, 2011

Today we didn't ride. We just took care of the bike. We took the whole front of the bike apart. Dad check over all the plugs and finally decided that the alternator was toast. Man this sucks. So what dad did was went out and bought a big car battery hooked it up to his battery, and bought a battery charger. So hopfully the car batteries life will last a whole day of riding and charge at night. That was the plan.