Yep - the Bandit made it home, but immediately had honey "dues" to pay, including repairing a garage door that jumped track and replacing the filler tube in a toilet, both that began acting up while I was away... Welcome home honey!
It was a rather eventful departure from Marble Falls. Turning left/South on 7 out of The Hub my oil light came on. :huh: Pulled over in the construction area and threw it on the center stand - no oil showing in the sight glass. WTF is this??? Dropped it back down with plans to return to The Hub but the light went off. Decided to head to Jasper and buy some oil and top her off. Light didn't come back on the dash, but it did in the sky! All of the sudden it was like I was dodging cloud to ground lighting and the sky opened up.
So I pulled over, donned the rain gear and headed on to Jasper. Pulled over there and checked the radar on the phone. Damn if I wasn't right slap in the middle of this. Contemplated going back to The Hub again. But it was just as far back as it was to push on thru this sh*t. If I had decided to wait it out in Jasper it appeared to be about two hours before it would clear. So I decided to push on. Of course my boots filled with water draining off the Frogg Toggs, but finally drove out of the storm about 20 minutes later. That was the last of the rain and made it to Russelville in about three hours. Now it was sunny and 88 degrees... Smoked on down to Hot Springs and decided to bail on my excursion to Louisiana. I hit the Go Home button on the Garmin. Made it home safe around 7 pm / 11 hours 620 miles - no more oil light, but it does need to be topped off. Not sure what that's about...
Had a great time, seeing old friends and making a few new ones. See ya'll next year, if not sooner.
