Marty, Neil, Jim and I mounted up promptly at 8:40 to fight the strong south wind for the 123 miles to Douglass, KS. First stop was to join Richard and the Lindsborg crew but to our aghast no one was home. It isn't like Richard to leave early, something must be up. We battled the wind to Hesston where we pulled over for a breather. No sooner had we stopped than Richard & Joyce on their scoot followed closely by Bill and Paul pulled into Casey's where we had stopped. Richard's feet barely touched down and he was off again muttering something about getting to Braum's pick up T-Shirts. Well that mystery is solved, he's picking up a batch of ROMEO T-shirts for the guys and doesn't want to be late meeting his contact.
Windblown, hot and hungry we find the restaurant, I never did find out the name of the place. The sign just had an M on it. Quite a menu for a small town place but as some of the ROMEOs found out a good portion wasn't available until supper. No problem they had a special and sandwiches. The young lady seemed very efficient, calling us old guys hon and sugar as she took our orders. That always makes for a better tip you know, we like to be called hon and sugar by attractive young waitresses. The illusion was shattered when she started bringing out the food and made an announcement that the kitchen had screwed up her tickets and we would have to tell what we ordered as she brought it out.......who had a special? Half the room raised their hands and laughed.......shades of Victoria and last weeks screw up. We all ate though so it was a good lunch.
I thought we were going to the Guzzi dealer in Wichita so Marty could pick up so parts but as it turned out we left him there talking to a salesman about an '03 Guzzi that he had just taken for a test ride. I'm betting he buys it for his trip to Wisconsin next week. Everyone needs two Moto Guzzis.
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