DrScotch

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 autres 34 jours sans pluie... Le reste des 3 Mousquetaires ont pris une route direction nord-est en direction du Quebec ou ils arrivent probablement aujourd'hui. The map shows my route home and I will add ... read more

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 partout en Louisianne, ce qui en fait un etat spectaculaire. Des autoroutes construites sur pilotis sur plus de 25 kilometres! Des villes comme “Maringouin”! Et bien sur, Bourbon Street, au coeur de New Orleans, ou ... read more

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 have yet to see a drop of rain or a temperature below 30? Not robbing it in. We are longing for nice cool Canadian breeze! Enjoy it for us. We will soon as well! Getting ... read more

"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 les risques de contagion, nous avons consomme une quantite suffisante de liquide, tel que prescrit par le DrScotch. J'ai beaucoup apprecie mes degustations , je suis la gouteuse officiel du groupe. No problema... pas encore. Nous avons ... read more

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 deck and watch the stars... Bonjour la gang,le voyage est toujours aussi extraordinaire.L'autoroute payante est tres payante, genre 16.00$ par moto pour pas long au Mexique.Tres beau bateau que nous avons pris et tres propre.Andre ... read more