On Tuesday, some "career development twist" at home in Oakville (Shanna's impromptu departure from Putting-Edge...) prompted a decision from your blogger to head north to be at his wife's side. So we split up! Marc is now home after a little Nashville - Oakville 1300kms dash straight home. Parti a 4:00 am hier pour arriver juste a temps pour souper a 6:00 pm (Francois, Andre, Bob: ca c'est 1300kms en 13 heures compte tenu que nous perdons 1 heure en chemin...). Pour la premiere fois de l'expedition, la derniere journee: de la pluie!! Mais suffisamment par contre pour compenser pour les [View Full Entry]

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Heading north! Direction: Canada! Well, we left New Orleans yesterday and rode away to cross 3 states today: Mississipi, Alabama and Tenessee. We started to see some clouds in the sky, quite an unusual sight for us... We have yet to see some rain since we left Canada 31 days ago! WOW! Aujourd'hui, "for the record" we had to give Andre a bungee cord to replace the clutch spring that broke on the Yamaha... We will keep under silence that we had to fix the seat on Bob's Suzuki, bend back her (his... it is getting confusing...) brake pedal (although it [View Full Entry]

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It is our 1st time in New Orleans. And it has been superb! We are staying at the Ste-Marie in the French Quarter, 100 ft from the heart of Bourbon St, right in the action. Possibly the best possible location to enjoy the beat of the Big Easy, all for $49 per night, parking for the bikes, breakfast & wireless included: we had to splurge! Stayed out late last night as prescribed. Found an absolutely great Blues bar where “Rooster” was in great spirit to perform and entertain the crowd with his band, the “Chicken Hawks”. Il y a de l’eau [View Full Entry]

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Well we saw lots of what Texas has to offer yesterday. We rode along the Gulf and its beaches to observe what the Houstonians do on Saturday: they show off their motorcycles on the main, invade beautiful sandy beaches and do a little fishing. It is a relax day, especially for those who live on the Galveston beach and have been repairing their homes since a hurricane hit the coast last September. These houses built high to resist the next hurricane testify of the determination of the Texans to win the next encounter as there will be one: they just don't [View Full Entry]

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Today, we rode along the south of Texas, maybe 10 kms or so from the Gulf of Mexico, enough to catch a glimpse of the occasional "bayou" and the Gulf itself, once in a while. But fields after fields of crops as far as the eye can see, along with oil or nuclear plant. Texas is big indeed. And fun... if you like staring at the infinity! So this was our 3rd straight day of 500 + kms: when we don't stop to take pictures, we cover more ground! Good thing we enjoy the riding part! Did we mention that we [View Full Entry]

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You must actually sing the title of this blog, an old tune from the Beatles, revisited for thew occasion! Well, we could not "blog" two nights ago as the motel (fancy word for the jail we stayed into just out of San Luis Postosi) did not have internet (neither did it have toilet seats, AC, TV or a key to the room... Metal doors that locked once! But, we could park the bikes right at the door: that put a smile on Andre's face! Finally, we managed to enjoy a beer with the front tires of the bike as foot rest, [View Full Entry]

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"The Destination matters less than the Journey!" "C'est pas tant la destination que le parcours qui compte!" This being said, our Ajijic destination makes us revisit that statement for a little while... Very nice break! We enjoyed a little Mexican immersion at the local Chapala market. To prevent any swine contamination, we made sure to absorb the right amount of liquid as prescribed by DrScotch. Il faut dire que le p'tit break qu'on a a Ajijic rend la destination plutot agreable... On s'est paye un bain de foule Mexicain hier, histoire de tester cette affaire de grippe. Pour limiter [View Full Entry]

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Well, here we are in Ajijic (pronounce “Hahihic”), at Luc & France’s, our most southern destination (this time…). Ajijic is a small town along lake Chapala, south east of Guadalajara, where Luc retired a few years ago with France. The location, on mountain side, with a stunning view of the lake and the Mount Garcia, “The Sleeping Giant”, is simply superb. We will abuse their hospitality a few more days then back on the saddle riding north-east for a change. Our next destination: New Orleans. After which, the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky, then home, first stop [View Full Entry]

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We are 200 kms from Guadalajara. A flat tire on the HD (of course...) prevented us from reaching our destination yesterday. Luckily, our brother Luc is making a delivery of a new tire this morning so we can pursue our journey. Otherwise, we would have visited "Tepic" for too long a stay, although Andre doesn't seem to mind the late night scenery here. Otherwise, a worry free 12 hour ferry crossing of the Mar de Cortes to Mazatlan during the night (my very first "cruise" - I had to leave the "too claustrophobic for my taste" cabin to sleep on the [View Full Entry]

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Again some majestic sceneries today. Riding though the Sierra La Giganta, with more than 100 consecutive curves on mountain sides. Pour les bikers du Lac Bowker: traverser la Sierra Giganta (chaine de montagnes) avec sa multitude de courbes est une experience de reve pour motocyclistes. Pour les golfeurs de Quebec, un p'tit 18? On a skippe les premiers 18 pour se concentrer sur le 19... [View Full Entry]

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