Holiday Inn Cleveland-So Independence, Oh

For those of you who haven't heard yet, I am going back to Mexico for a week in December. Rather than staying in Irapuato, I will be staying with two missionaries in Leon. I'll visit with them and their friends for most of the time, however I will head to Irapuato for a day or two to visit my friends there as well! <br><br>This is such a great opportunity. I've really missed so many of these wonderful people, and so decided it would be great to ...

... dus twee stoelen voor mijzelf. Schoenen uit, dikke sokken aan (dank je wel voor de tip, Eline), jas als deken en slapen maar. Jammer alleen dat ik niet van het uitzicht kon genieten.<br><br>Het hotel was een beetje in een buitenwijk, maar met de taxi slechts een kwartiertje... en dat kost dan ook maar $15.00. Waar ze dat van doen, weet ik niet maar Amsterdamse taxichauffeurs zijn zo bescheiden niet... Mijn hotelkamer was al beschikbaar dus ik heb lekker ...

Day 1 of the great trekkkkkk west and all I can think of is the sad state of American drivers. The majority of the people on the road need to re-learn, or learn, how to drive (please!). There is no need to pull in front of a solitary approaching car when there is ample space to get into the left lane afterward, especially when you're an 18-wheeler. How trucks can continually pull in front of cars when there is no traffic ...

I took a trip to the Iron Pony Motorcycle Accessories store in Westerville, Ohio (shameless plug for store inserted here!), where they absolutely EVERYTHING imaginable for a bike rider.<br><br>I spent way too much but got new Harley cycle boots, Gerbing heated jacket liner and glove liners. LOVE the heated gear ...

... and Roll Hall of Fame. The first day I spent in Bedford, and then settled myself in my hotel in Independence, just south of Cleveland. <br><br>Dinner was at Tom Evans, a place I had seen the commercials for, but with none in Canada, had never been too...YUM - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy and biscuits! <br>

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... etc. I have triplet third cousins that I'd only ever seen the baby photos of, so it was fantastic being able to see photos of them now as 28 year old successful women. Also, it was good being fed home-cooked food instead of awful, awful American junk food. (Sorry Americans who might be reading this .... i.e. Dave) :)<br><br>

... but Bryan ate all of his and half of mine. However, the pie was amazing. We tried Coconut cream, Banana cream and peanut buttter cream. No sign of Stanley stopping for a piece of pie :) First gas stop - $3.99 per gallon - not bad. On weather, we are really lucky. It was nice the whole drive. The second we walked into the Glider, it started pouring and ...