Saturday, sunday and monday

We finally hit the road on Saturday around 2:15. We were on the Vincwnt Road when Bob discovered he didn't have his cell phone. Back home for that and after searching all over with no sucess in finding it, he rembered he had packed it in his top bag. Back on road to Hammond River to connect with others. Geoff, Bev, Jamie, Lynn and newbie Pete arrived about 20 minutes late. Ricki was heading out from Millidgeville and was caught in heavy rain in East Riverside. Geoff suggested that Bev call Ricki to verify his location. Bev goes to the edge of the road and hollers "R i c k i i i i". I can see that the next few days with this crew are going to be entertaining! We decided to start off as the drizzle was coming. By the time I got to the UltraMart in Nawagewauk I was drenched. I did meet up with Ricki there and eventually Bob. The rain pounded off the pavement making visibility poor and my eyes were stinging. We all met up in Hampton and continued on to Bloomfield where we stopped at Jim Bowland's farm. He and his partner, Melanie, showed us through the barn ckecking out all the animals. There wete 4 baby horses whuch were fun to see. As it was now 5 pm and pouring we got Jim to hitch up the horse trsilor and load our bikes. Bob and I are carrying a MUCH heavier load than the others. When it came time to load my bike onto the trailor I said " I can't lift it". I think jim's 15 year old son , Jr, must have figured I was a weakling so hastily went to help me. It was so funny to see him pick up the front end and then bog down trying to lift the back!!! Was quite a shock for him!! Bukes and people loaded we were driven to Bev ans Geoff's placw at Poley. First stop the liqour store. It was nice not to ne in the heavy rain and warm! we chnged into dry clothes putting all wet stuff in dryer. Ricki made an amazing spaghetti dinner and MaraAnne arrived with a salad. After dinner and clean up ricki started with the guitar and we had a great jam session. Geoff and Bev had invited other people in the community and there were 5 other guitarists and 20 people in attendance. Lots of fun and laughs and we were in bed by 12:30. Rushing to get this done as kitchen closes in 20 min. Will hope to post later about Sunday and today. Have been without internet for the past 2 days.