{"id":5800,"date":"2011-03-29T15:30:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T22:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5800"},"modified":"2011-03-29T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T23:26:54","slug":"another-gypsy-tour-comes-to-a-flat-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5800","title":{"rendered":"Another Gypsy Tour Comes to a Flat Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some highlights from my long weekend motorcycle trip:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I rode from Tucson to Las Vegas on Thursday.\u00a0 That night the kids and I went out to dinner, along with our friend Rudy.\u00a0 Rudy&#8217;s an old hashing friend; I slept at his house during the trip.<\/li>\n<li>I bought a balaclava to wear under my open-face helmet so I didn&#8217;t get too much sun on my face.\u00a0 On Facebook (and in an <a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5776\">earlier post<\/a> to this blog) I called it a baclava.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll never live that down &#8230; my friends won&#8217;t let me.<\/li>\n<li>On Friday I went to see Taylor play fast-pitch softball.\u00a0 She plays high school varsity and is really quite the athlete &#8230; as are all her team members.\u00a0 I know that because they won.\u00a0 Not only did they win, it was a shutout.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday we watched Quentin play Little League.\u00a0 His team lost, but we all had a great time watching the game.\u00a0 After the game we went to Hooters for the by-now obligatory photo session.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t count my two 400+ mile solo rides to &amp; from Las Vegas, the big ride was Sunday, when Gregory and I rode from Las Vegas to Zion National Park in Utah and back.\u00a0 Gregory rode a loaner from the local BMW dealer, and unfortunately didn&#8217;t make it all the way home &#8230; a flat tire sidelined him 10.7 miles west of Mesquite, Nevada (<em>aka<\/em> &#8220;the perineum of Nevada&#8221;).\u00a0 We put a can of compressed air and sealant in the tire, but that didn&#8217;t work.  I plugged the hole with a tubeless tire repair kit and we put another can of air\/sealant in it.  That worked &#8230; for about a mile.  We waited together in a truck pullover beside I-15, working things out with the BMW dealer back in Las Vegas.  Once we got the cell phone call that the dealer was en route to Mesquite to pick up Gregory and the bike, I rode back alone.\u00a0 Gregory got back, safe &amp; sound, two hours later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And now, the photos to go with the highlights (click the photos to view on a separate page; click them again to enlarge):<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5800 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5801'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-24-11_1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5801\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5801'>\n\t\t\t\tDinner w\/family &#038; friend\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5802'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-24-11_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5802\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5802'>\n\t\t\t\tThe baclava\/balaclava\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5803'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-26-11_1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5803\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5803'>\n\t\t\t\tTaylor with her mom &#038; grandmother\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5804'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-25-11_1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5804\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5804'>\n\t\t\t\tTaylor on first\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5805'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-26-11_3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5805\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5805'>\n\t\t\t\tQuentin at the bat\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5806'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-26-11_4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5806\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5806'>\n\t\t\t\tThe boyz @ Hooters\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5807'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-27-11_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5807\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5807'>\n\t\t\t\tZion National Park\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5808'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-27-11_4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5808\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5808'>\n\t\t\t\tAwaiting rescue\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=5809'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3-27-11_5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5809\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5809'>\n\t\t\t\tGregory rescued\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Total mileage this trip: 1410.  The Wing ran perfectly, but after Gregory&#8217;s experience, I made sure to stock up on emergency tire repair stuff &#8230; compressed air, extra plugs, rubber cement.  The baclava\/balaclava was a lifesaver &#8230; although it was cold, it was always sunny, and I&#8217;d have been badly sunburnt without it.<\/p>\n<p>Next big trip?  Probably this fall, when I plan to ride up to the Flagstaff\/Grand Canyon area.\u00a0 And you can bet I&#8217;ll be ready in the event of a flat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some highlights from my long weekend motorcycle trip: I rode from Tucson to Las Vegas on Thursday.\u00a0 That night the kids and I went out to dinner, along with our friend Rudy.\u00a0 Rudy&#8217;s an old hashing friend; I slept at his house during the trip. I bought a balaclava to wear under my open-face helmet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycling","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5800"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5820,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions\/5820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}