Well I could have done this sooner, but life (living at home) has been super hectic. Today is the day I can officially finish my last traveling blog post of Sherri Jo’s Because I Can World Tour. I suppose in the back of my mind I’ve been procrastinating this as well. I don’t REALLY want it to end. But I also know when you shut one door, another...
Wow… how did I get here? It’s gotta be done. Time to officially finish off this long journey and go home. I land in Melbourne where I will wait for poor Tony to arrive by ship. It was exciting to land in my own country followed by a crazy taxi ride through the night, but not far to my wonderful hosts house in Essendon. I had a couple of days to get to...
After I sent the motorcycle to Australia in a ship (so sad!) from Christchurh New Zealand, I had plenty of time to waste over the next 3-4 weeks. You can always count on the Gold’s to pipe up and they invited me back down to their place! The day I rode my motorcycle north from them a month ago was full of rain and I didn’t get to see the spectacular...
A very long full rain day riding from Omarama in Central Otago, north of Christchurch to Waikuku Beach, where I’ll be housesitting for another month! Hey! I spent a fortune shipping my bike from South America to New Zealand. So I’m going to take my time! I met a wonderful couple who are going to Europe to visit family and tour Italy and while they are...
Queenstown was AWESOME!! Now I’m on the road again early in the morning to ride to my next “appointment”. I’ve booked a place on the boat in Doubtful Sound! This is the jewel in the crown for anyone who ever travels to New Zealand. It’s a bit pricey, but I’m told it can’t be missed. OH man, it was a chilly ride! I did not...
Now that I’ve experienced the Abel Tasman, the highlight of the north of the south island (i just like saying that) can be crossed off my list and now I must continue to the south of the south island! 😉 Back toward Nelson and over the west coast.. It’s another beautiful day to ride a motorcycle in New Zealand! I made my way to Punakaiki also known as...
After 40+ hours flying from Indiana to Auckland, New Zealand via Washington DC, San Francisco and Sydney, Australia, I finally got a few hours sleep at a late night airport hotel (yuk). First thing in the morning the lovely girl from TNL Shipping, Deanne, picked me and my luggage up from the hotel on her way to work to take me to my bike.. so nice! They had...
On Tuesday, Aaron from KTM got a mate of his to sort out my side stand problem.. I didn’t get to meet him, but his name is Barney, and he owns Parnaby’s Welding in Perth. Barney Parnaby! (I don’t know how the name works out that way, but I like it!) He was wonderfully kind, a Harley Rider, and did the work for free in support of my...
Well I have to say I had a wonderful time in Perth! I was there for a whole week. I’m glad about that for a few reasons.. When I looked at what I needed to accomplish to get the bike ready for overseas, I knew if I didn’t make it to Perth on the Friday, then everything would be closed Saturday and Sunday, and I would be stressin’..! So...