Fellow Riders

Without Rich, Woody is on his own many days and likely more in his own head than he has been the last four months. Fortunately he continues to meet interesting people to share the motorcycle habit and to pass the miles, share stories of adventure and meet friends and family. On his way to the "steel rat" he found a few and maybe finally started to realize Minnesota was a long, long way from him. :

"the ride from bocas del toro to the boat took three days. i met up with two other riders from oregon who were going to be on the same boat in bocas, and we headed out towards david, panama. one of the riders, milan, has family there that he had not seen since he was a child. we stayed with an aunt of his who fed us wonderful panamanian food. the next day, the ride was flat and hot and uneventful. it took us, however, across the ¨bridge of the americas¨, which brought to me, a feeling of being far away from home. the panama canal is something to see, no doubt. it is flat out amazing that man constructed this to join the two largest oceans of the world. incredible. the supertankers are impressive as well. they do not have the length of our oarboats, but their height and width leaves one feeling very small. we stayed in veracruz at milan´s grandfather´s house. he had not seen him since he was young either. good people all around."

-- luludilly