I'm beginning to feel everyday on this trip will be a "Good News - Bad News" story, so let's begin. After a very longer than 4 hour flight from Houston to Seattle I hopped on the prop job for the final leg into Kalispell and oh what a ride it was! Ever been on the "Hotel Hell" ride at Disneyworld? The one that rides on the elevator from the Twilight Zone that suddenly drops about 50 feet? Well, they moved it to Horizon Airlines and it happens over the mountains between Seattle and Kalispell. I get the seat at the very back to get the full effect. I thought the lady from Long Island sitting next to me was going to spill her drink in my lap but she was more skilled than me. Anyway, when I do get to Kalispell I find out they have lost my luggage. I started to ask if maybe it bounced out the cargo bay on one of those thrill drops but I didn't want to push my bad luck. I catch a taxi to the motel and have the good news my bike made it safe:
Pardon the fuzzy pictures but all I have to work with is the cell phone camera, which is like the Mars Rover having to use its backup camera. While waiting to hear about my luggage I've put the bike together using the all purpose tool I had in the seat pack.
There's a really good restaurant around the corner right on the main drag:
It's pretty warm here in Kalispell and windy, but a lot dryer. I see a lot of PAC riders are here but I've been too busy trying to round up my luggage to introduce myself. I compare notes about gas prices with the taxi driver. Oh, gotta go, I think Horizon has found my luggage.
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