Day 29 - Missoula, MT to Kennewick, WA

Good news! Great news! The part arrived at the dealer and was installed. After hooking the bike up to the computer and a test ride it was pronounced as fixed.

We were able to leave the dealer just about noon. Because of the time change from Mountain to Pacific time we gain another hour. We've left out motorcycles and computers on Pacific time the entire time so as far as I was concerned we left about 11am.

The ride was pretty nice from Missoula through Idaho. It rained on us a little and got a little cold going over a mountain pass at the border between Montana and Idaho but nothing that lasted more than 5 or 10 minutes. We had suited up for rain because of the past week. The weather reports said that the weather was going to clear but we just didn't trust it. Around Coeur d'Alene we finally took the rain gear off.

Just south of Spokane the scenery turns pretty boring and the temperature started going up. The roads in this area look very much like central valley California I-5. We pulled into Kennewick, WA with the temperature at about 87.

My bike didn't have any overheating problems which is nice. That takes one worry away. I did check the dash lights much more frequently though!

We're glad to be heading home. The next two days will be pretty long but we're ready for the final push to get home.